2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (May)
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Even less change in Best Director this month than in Best Picture, with Martin Scorsese still ruling the roost with Silence. The top 7 vote getters remain the same just with ever so slight changes in vote totals. We do have one new entry in Barry Jenkins for Moonlight, which sees increases in many categories this month. The first trailer for Ang Lee’s much anticipated Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is set to debut this week, we’ll see how much impact (if any) it has on next month’s totals.
OTHER CONTENDERS
Woody Allen – Café Society
Ben Younger – Bleed For This
Peter Berg – Deepwater Horizon
Kelly Reichardt – Certain Women
Denzel Washington – Fences
Robert Zemeckis – Allied
Tate Taylor – The Girl on the Train
Cédric Jimenez – HHhH
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Rob Reiner – LBJ
Derek Cianfrance – The Light Between Oceans
Yorgios Lanthimos – The Lobster
James Gray – The Lost City of Z
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Morten Tyldum – Passengers
Clint Eastwood – Sully
Niki Caro – The Zookeeper’s Wife
Follow the updated Gold Rush Gang predictions in other Oscar categories here:
BEST PICTURE
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST FILM EDITING
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
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