Barbie's Greta Gerwig is first solo female director with a $1 billion movie

As Barbie breaks the box office, grossing over $1 billion globally, director Greta Gerwig has made history as the first solo female director to reach this impressive feat.

The actress-turned-director and screenwriter has already built up an impressive resume, being nominated for the Best Director Oscar in 2018 for Lady Bird. Speaking to the New York Times, she said: "I was originally meant to just write it with Noah, and then we finished the script and that was the thing that made me want to direct it.

Celebrating this huge milestone for the both the Barbie film and Greta personally, Warner Bros. co-chairs and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy released a statement praising the directed.

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