The Academy Award, which is considered to be the highest honor in the American film industry, was announced in Los Angeles, and "Nomadland" won three categories including Best Picture and Best Director.
Local media say it's historic that Chloe Zhao was the first Asian woman to win the director's award.
The 93rd Academy Awards announcement and award ceremony was held about two months later than last year due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
To prevent infection, attendance was severely restricted, and the main venue was not the usual Hollywood theater, but a railway station in central Los Angeles with an open space.
The most notable work award was "Nomadland," which depicts the interaction between the female protagonist, who has lost her job and home and continues to live on the car, and the people she meets everywhere she goes. I did.
Chinese-born director Chloe Zhao was the first Asian woman to win the director's award for the film, and the local newspaper Los Angeles Times said, "What she has achieved is historic."
In addition, Frances McDormand was selected for the Leading Actress Award.
On the other hand, South Korea's Youn Yuh Jung was selected for Best Supporting Actress for "Minari," which depicts the whereabouts of a man who emigrated from South Korea to the United States and his family, dreaming of success in agriculture.