--- description: Emma Stone took a page out of Natalie Portman's awards book while presenting the Oscar for Best Director at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. title: Emma Stone Burns Male-Dominated Best Director Field at the Oscars image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13d4d6817a825c8e/6989299997cdff2c786b4881/emma-stone-best-director.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Emma Stone Masterfully Burns Male-Dominated Best Director Field at the 2018 Oscars  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 5, 2018 3:31 PM CUT  Emma Stone speaks onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Emma Stone speaks onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 5, 2018 3:31 PM CUT [Emma Stone](http://time.com/5094933/jennifer-lawrence-emma-stone-globes/ "undefined") took a page out of [Natalie Portman’s awards book](http://time.com/5092079/natalie-portman-golden-globes-male-nominees/ "undefined") while presenting the Oscar for Best Director at the [90th Annual Academy Awards](http://time.com/5183817/oscars-2018-best-worst-moments/ "undefined"). Before announcing _The Shape of Water’s_ Guillermo Del Toro as the category’s winner, the _La La Land_ star took a jab at the ratio of men to women nominated in the field. Her comment harkened back to the moment at the 2018 Golden Globes when Portman seemed to call out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for not nominating a single female director. Women weren’t completely snubbed at the Oscars, as Greta Gerwig was up for _Lady Bird_ alongside Del Toro, _Get Out’s_ Jordan Peele, _Phantom Thread_‘s Paul Thomas Anderson and _Dunkirk_‘s Christopher Nolan. However, that didn’t stop Stone from pointing out the gender disparity in the field. “It is the vision of the director that takes an ordinary movie and turns it into a work of art,” she said. “These four men and Greta Gerwig created their own masterpieces this year.” Gerwig is only the fifth woman ever to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar. > [](https://twitter.com/GMA/status/970602415870414848) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5185688/oscars-2018-emma-stone-best-director-burn/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5185688/oscars-2018-emma-stone-best-director-burn/"},"headline":"Emma Stone Masterfully Burns Male-Dominated Best Director Field at the 2018 Oscars","datePublished":"2018-03-05T15:31:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:05.816Z","description":"The La La Land star took a page out of Natalie Portman's awards book","url":"https://time.com/5185688/oscars-2018-emma-stone-best-director-burn/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13d4d6817a825c8e/6989299997cdff2c786b4881/emma-stone-best-director.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13d4d6817a825c8e/6989299997cdff2c786b4881/emma-stone-best-director.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Oscars-2018-Emma-Stone","caption":"Emma Stone speaks onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards","creditText":"Kevin Winter/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5185688/oscars-2018-emma-stone-best-director-burn/","name":"Emma Stone Masterfully Burns Male-Dominated Best Director Field at the 2018 Oscars"}}]}] ```