2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (December Part 2) – Nolan Still Reigns

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Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) is nothing if not consistent. Despite the turn-up in Best Picture he retains his #1 spot in Best Director.

But, as in Best Picture, Jordan Peele (Get Out) and Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) make huge moves as we leave 2017 to land at #3 and #5, respectively. Ridley Scott, hot off the heels of his Best Director nomination for All the Money in the World at the Golden Globes, debuts at #10. Was the Globe nom a fluke? Maybe. The Directors Guild of America nominations on January 11, 2018 will tell us.

Here are the 2018 Oscar predictions for Best Director for the second half of December from the Gold Rush Gang. Keep an eye on all of the Gold Rush Gang’s 2018 Oscar predictions updated LIVE throughout the month.

Green – moves up from last month
Red – moves down from last month
Blue – debut/new entry

BEST DIRECTOR ERIK
ANDERSON
BRYAN BONAFEDE GREG HOWARD EVAN
KOST
JASON OSIASON KENNETH
POLISHCHUK
DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ RICHARD
ANTHONY
ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT MATT DINN TOTAL
POINTS
1 Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 94
2 Guillermo Del Toro – The Shape of Water 2 1 3 2 4 3 3 1 2 2 87
3 Jordan Peele – Get Out 1 3 4 3 5 1 2 4 6 4 77
4 Steven Spielberg – The Post 4 6 1 4 6 4 5 6 3 6 65
5 Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird 5 4 7 5 3 7 4 5 5 3 62
6 Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 6 5 5 6 9 6 6 3 7 5 52
7 Sean Baker – The Florida Project 7 7 9 8 7 5 7 7 4 8 41
8 Luca Guadagnino – Call Me By Your Name 8 8 6 7 2 8 8 8 8 7 40
9 Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread 9 8 9 8 9 10 9 9 10 18
10 Dee Rees – Mudbound 9 10 10 10 9 10 8
11 Joe Wright – Darkest Hour 10 10 10 9 5
12 Ridley Scott – All the Money in the World 10 1

OTHER CONTENDERS
Alexander Payne – Downsizing
Angelina Jolie – First They Killed My Father
Craig Gillespie – I, Tonya
Denis Villeneuve – Blade Runner 2049
Patty Jenkins – Wonder Woman

Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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