[DOC] [TLE] Ava DuVernay is the 9th Woman Snubbed Best Director for a Best ... [PAR] Jan 15, 2015 ... But don't just list women who didn't get nominated for Best Director without even 
trying to discuss why any of them should have been based on the work they did. 
... There *were* a few times where it was an advantage, and that ticked me .... 
when she directed Awakenings, but the film was up for best picture. [DOC] [TLE] She Makes Movies | Huffington Post [PAR] Aug 20, 2015 ... It wasn't until 2009 that the first Oscar for Best Director went to a woman! ... ____ 
1. Probably best known for her stunning Broadway production of The Lion King. 
... her movie Awakenings was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar in 1991. ... she 
became the first female director to have a film that grossed $100... [DOC] [TLE] A Change in Direction? : Women Directors Make Slight Inroads in ... [PAR] Mar 12, 1991 ... Women make up 51% of the nation's journalists, 22% of lawyers and 11% of the 
... directed by Marshall--have been nominated for best picture. [DOC] [TLE] 15 Great Filmmakers Who Have Never Received An Oscar ... [PAR] Jan 13, 2016 ... In previous years, we've looked at the directors who've never joined the elite ... 
women who have never received a Best Director Oscar nod (though many .... 
One is that it automatically downgrades the Best Picture nominees who do ... with 
only four films to her name on here, especially being as she was so... [DOC] [TLE] Penny Marshall - Director, Producer - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... Penny Marshall became a successful film director after starring in the sitcom ... 
Laverne and Shirley, a sitcom chronicling the lives of two women ... Her next 
movie, Awakenings, was nominated for a Best Picture ... It was later revealed that 
she did have cancer, and her personal struggle will be one of the... [DOC] [TLE] 31 Days of Oscar: Women Director Snubs - The Vintage Cameo [PAR] Feb 10, 2015 ... Women have been a part of the film industry since the very ... But I was interested 
in a few specific instances where women did direct films ... Now, general wisdom 
says that the nominees for Best Picture and ... almost every year there's at least 
one director that is left out, and in ... Awakenings 1990, (63rd) [DOC] [TLE] FILM - Are Women Directors an Endangered Species? - NYTimes.com [PAR] Mar 17, 1991 ... There is no disputing that women directors have made more progress ... woman 
to direct a film nominated for best picture, "Children of a Lesser God. ... The latest 
movie she directed, "Awakenings," received nominations in the best ... of Ms. 
Marshall and a few other prominent women, by and large directing... [DOC] [TLE] Once, twice, three noms for ladies | The University News [PAR] Mar 30, 2007 ... Women on college campuses outnumber their masculine counterparts. ... have 
only given three women nominations in the Best Director category. ... 
Awakenings), and directed a Best Picture nominee (Awakenings). ... Patty 
Jenkins, one of Coppola's few contemporaries, is another American-born director
. [DOC] [TLE] 16 Best Directors Who Never Won an Oscar - Screen Rant [PAR] Dec 31, 2015 ... Is it the number of positive reviews for their films, or is it the amount of awards ... 
the lack of awards is not necessarily condemning, as some films take a while ... 
Penny Marshall, she earned not even one nomination for Best Director. ... Award 
nominations from the following categories: Best Picture, Best Actor... [DOC] [TLE] The 10 Best Movies Directed by Women - The Cinemaholic [PAR] Jun 12, 2016 ... Women directors have made some of the very best films through film history, ... 
reviews and Oscar nods for Best Picture, they often get little or no respect. ... but 
two years later her film Awakenings (1990) was a Best Picture ... Two years after 
that she made one of the years very best

Question: One of the few women directors to have their films nominated for Best Picture, she did it with "Awakenings"
Answer: Penny Marshall