Emerald Fennell

A look at new members invited by The Academy this year, from Vidya Balan in India to Emerald Fennell overseas

Besides Vidya Balan, Ekta Kapoor and mother Shobha Kapoor of Balaji Motion Pictures have been invited by The Academy to serve as members.

Tracing Cinderella's origins: Birthed by a network of women storytellers, robbed of feminist potential by male writers

Cinderella began its life as a folk tale, passed orally from household to household. The earliest recorded copy dates back to China in 850-860.

Emerald Fennel on writing script for superhero film Zatana: 'Opportunity to make something interesting and dark'

Emerald Fennell is attached to write the script for Zatanna, backed by Warner Bros and filmmaker JJ Abrams

Promising Young Woman: How a lilting, pop music-scored sequence opens Emerald Fennell’s remarkable film

Promising Young Woman is both a fast-paced thriller and a powerful account of grief and retribution.

Directors Guild of America Awards 2021: Chloe Zhao, The Queen's Gambit win top honours

Chole Zhao became the first woman of colour to win the DGA’s feature-film directing award for Nomadland

Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell tapped to write DC movie Zatanna

Emerald Fennell, breakout writer-director of Promising Young Woman, has been tapped to write Zatanna, a big-screen adaptation of the DC Comics heroine.

Chloé Zhao, Emerald Fennell make history after being nominated by DGA for directorial achievement

Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell's DGA nominations marks the first time two women have ever competed for the guild’s top honour.

Golden Globes 2021: Three female filmmakers make history in best director category

Regina King, Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell contend for the prize, which had previously nominated only five women in the Golden Globes' 77 year-history