Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman is also up for best original screenplay and best film, but Fennell herself is not among the directing nominees.
Four women and three foreign-language directors have been nominated for this year’s Bafta awards in a list whose reach and inclusivity come as a marked contrast to last year’s nominations.
These were “put together by Bafta, comprising of a diverse range of backgrounds, experience and age”.
The other contenders for best film are The Father, Florian Zeller’s adaptation of his play about a man battling dementia, Kevin Macdonald’s Guantanamo Bay drama The Mauritanian and Nomadland.