In fact, only five women have ever been nominated and only Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt locker) has ever won.
No matter what the individual situation, there are a lot of potentially missed opportunities to look at.
The acclaimed foreign drama Burning was also left out of the Foreign Language Film category, which is another shock.
The 2019 Oscar nominations have been revealed and, while there were some pleasant surprises in the bunch, as per usual, there were plenty of snubs to go around.