Contenders for Director

Updated: 1/15/25

1. Brady Colbert, The Brutalist
2. Sean Baker, Anora
3. Edward Berger, Conclave
4. Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
5. Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

6. James Mangold, A Complete Unknown 
7. Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
8. Jon M. Chu, Wicked
9. Payyal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
10. Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig

11. RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
12. Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
13. Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
14. Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
15. Pedro Almodovar, The Room Next Door
16. Mike Leigh, Hard Truths
17. Luca Guadagnino, Queer
18. Ali Abbasi, The Apprentice
19. Tim Fehlbaum, September 5
20. Ridley Scott, Gladiator II



1 comment:

  1. I am hoping the mavericks in the director's branch will reject George Miller's atrocious direction of the worst movie of 2015 and instead choose Lenny Abrahamson's amazing direction of Room. Otherwise, I am in agreement with your other 4 selections. If the academy goes for the awful The Revenant I will never forgive them! He will get a nomination, unfortunately, robbing much more deserving nominees such as Tom Hooper, Jay Roach, Ryan Coogler, Danny Boyle, John Crowley, and Todd Haynes. We agree that Adam McKay is getting a nomination.

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