Has a woman won an Oscar for best score?

Answer 1

The first and only woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director was Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker in 2009.

There have been four other women nominated in this category: Lina Wertmüller in 1976 (Seven Beauties), Jane Campion in 1993 (The Piano), Sofia Coppola in 2003 (Lost in Translation), and Greta Gerwig in 2017 (Lady Bird).

Answer 2

Jane Campion won the best director Oscar in 2022 for 'The Power of the Dog'. Campion joins Chloé Zhao and Kathryn Bigelow as the only women to win in the category. She had previously been nominated for The Piano.

Answer 3

Two women won for Best Score, both in the short-lived Best Score for Comedy Movie (given three times, 1996-1998). They are: 1996 Rachel Portman for Emma

1997 Anne Dudley for The Full Monty

Answer 4

1973 Julia Philips won for The Sting (with Michael Philips and Tony Bill)

1994 Wendy Finerman won for Forrest Gump (with Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey)

1998 Donna Gogliotti won for Shakespeare in Love(with Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman and David Parfitt)

2003 Fran Walsh won for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (with Peter Jackson and Barrie M. Osborne)

2005 Cathy Schulman won for Crash (with Paul Haggis)

Answer 5

In the Academy Awards' 92-year history, only five women have ever been nominated for Best Director, and only one Kathryn Bigelow has ever won.

Answer 6

British composer Rachel Portman won for her original score for the 1996 film version of Jane Austen's "Emma."

Answer 7

Katryn Bigelow. She defeated her ex James Cameron for Director.