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NEW YORK 鈥� Chlo茅 Zhao and Emerald Fennell have been nominated for outstanding directorial achievement by the Directors Guild of America, marking the first time two women have ever competed for the guild's top honour.

The 73rd Annual DGA Awards, considered a strong indicator of directing honours at the Academy Awards, announced nominees Tuesday. In the more than seven decades of the awards, only nine times before had a female filmmaker been nominated for best director. Most recent was Greta Gerwig in 2018 for 鈥淟ady Bird.鈥�

But on Tuesday, Zhao 鈥� widely considered the frontrunner for the directing Oscar 鈥� was nominated for her much-acclaimed 鈥淣omadland," about a woman (Frances McDormand) travelling the American West while living in her van. Zhao recently became the second woman to ever win best director at the Golden Globes, and the first woman of Asian descent. She was joined in the DGA Awards by Fennell, who made her directorial debut with the black revenge comedy 鈥淧romising Young Woman.鈥�

Also nominated were Lee Isaac Chung ("Minari"), Aaron Sorkin ("The Trial of the Chicago 7") and David Fincher ("Mank").

In the past 17 years, 15 DGA winners went on to win at the Oscars, though they diverged last year when Sam Mendes ("1917") was the guild's pick and Bong Joon Ho ("Parasite") triumphed at the Academy Awards.

The DGA's first-time feature category was also atypically diverse, with three people of colour among the nominees. Nominated were Radha Blank (鈥淭he Forty-Year-Old Version鈥�), Regina King (鈥淥ne Night in Miami...鈥�), Fernando Fr铆as de la Parra (鈥淚鈥檓 No Longer Here鈥�), Darius Marder (鈥淪ound of Metal鈥�) and Florian Zeller (鈥淭he Father鈥�).

The Directors Guild Awards will be held virtually April 10.

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This story corrects the date of the Directors Guild Awards to April 10.

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press