There are always more films in the discussion for any given award that can possibly be nominated, and if the votes happen to fall the right way, there’s a chance, however unlikely, that we could see the majority of the Best Director category filled by women.
Nobody would be all that shocked to see any of those three women nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards.
There were many people who thought that at least one of those three women could see a Best Director nomination at the Golden Globes and Steven Spielberg’s prediction that it could happen at the Oscars could certainly still come true.
All three films were critically acclaimed and should be part of the conversation.