Last Updated: January 22, 2012 (FINAL PREDICTIONS)
Red = virtually guaranteed a nomination
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1. The Artist |
2. Hugo |
3. The Descendants |
4. War Horse |
5. Midnight in Paris |
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Michael Hazanavicius |
Martin Scorsese |
Alexander Payne |
Stephen Spielberg |
Woody Allen |
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He may not be a well-known director in North America, but a lot of credit will go to the director for The Artist‘s style and crowd-pleasing results. |
For its visual scope alone, Hugo is quite an achievement. With a probable BP nom and such a respected director at its helm, it seems like a likely pick in this category. |
The Descendants isn’t as visually showy, but there is probably still enough there to earn Payne another Best Director nomination. |
Spielberg’s last Director nom was for Letters from Iwo Jima, and this could easily be the film that gets him back in contention. He’s certainly trying. |
He’s already got a DGA and Globe nomination, and people love him and his film. |
Other Possibilities
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), Bennett Miller (Moneyball) David Fincher (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Tate Taylor (The Help)
Past Predictions
December: 1. Hazanavicius, 2. Spielberg, 3. Payne, 4. Scorsese, 5. Miller
November: Daldry, Hazanavicius, Spielberg, Fincher, Payne
October: Daldry, Fincher, Hazanavicius, Payne, Spielberg
September: Daldry, Fincher, Hazanavicius, Payne, Spielberg
August: Cronenberg, Eastwood, Fincher, Reitman, Spielberg
July: Cronenberg, Eastwood, Fincher, Reitman, Spielberg
June: Cronenberg, Eastwood, Fincher, Reitman, Spielberg
May: Cronenberg, Eastwood, Fincher, Malick, Spielberg
March: Cronenberg, Fincher, Malick, Scorsese, Spielberg
Times Like Those 
Spielberg didn’t direct “Letters From Iwo Jima”, Eastwood did. He was one of the producers. Spielberg’s last director nom was for “Munich” (’05). As for Miller, he is the classic example of a director being frozen out of a best director nom even though its because of him that the movie even works. The nom will go to Malick before it will go to Miller.
You’re absolutely right (and I even managed to spell “Steven” wrong, too…) Thanks for the correction.