<span style="color: #222222;">Chloé Zhao has made history by becoming the first woman of colour – and  the second woman to win the best director award at the Oscars.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chinese-born, British-educated, US-based 39-year-old Zhao also won best picture for Nomadland, her third feature film.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">All three have been quietly compelling portraits of people, often played by non-professional actors, in the margins of society in the American West.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">But her next film will be a departure – a Marvel comic blockbuster, Eternals.</span><br />