 Prior to that it had been the last gender-neutral Academy Award category to never nominate a woman.In 2019, Alfonso Cuarón became the first winner of this category to have also served as director on the film, for his film "Roma".This followed a public dispute between Cuarón and the Academy over the Academy's plan to shorten the Oscars broadcast by relegating four awards, including that for cinematography, to the commercial breaks in the show.