Chloé Zhao ('Hamnet')

In the five shortlist for Best Director, she is the only one who has already won the Oscar, in 2021 for 'Nomadland'. An encore seems impossible, but it is certain that Zhao is now one of the most important names on the world film scene: with "Hamnet" she has surpassed herself, even if the Oscar is clearly deserved by Paul Thomas Anderson for "One Battle After Another"