AwardsWatch - Best Director

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)

Erik Anderson October 29, 2021

After Paweł Pawlikowski (2018’s Cold War) and Thomas Vinterberg (2020’s Another Round) made the cut in the best director category it seems like we’re all... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)

Erik Anderson September 27, 2021

It took a bit of time but the game of chicken between Warner Bros and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) has a winner and... Read More

Set of "The hand of God" by Paolo Sorrentino.
in the picture Paolo Sorrentino.
Photo by Gianni Fiorito
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Set del film "E' stata la mano di Dio" di Paolo Sorrentino.
Nella foto Paolo Sorrentino.
Foto di Gianni Fiorito
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2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (August)

Erik Anderson August 20, 2021

The heated battle for the trending non-English language director slot just got hotter this week with the reveal of the first trailer for Paolo Sorrentino’s... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (July)

Erik Anderson July 20, 2021

Definitely glad I waited until after Cannes to do July Oscar predictions because the festival, and the winners in particular, really gave the race a... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (June)

Erik Anderson June 28, 2021

I’m feeling very good about my Asghar Farhadi prediction last month as his new film, A Hero, was announced in competition for this summer’s Cannes... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (May)

Erik Anderson May 14, 2021

After a season in which Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) made Academy Awards history and became the first woman of color to win the Best Director Oscar... Read More

FINAL 2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR

Erik Anderson April 21, 2021

Making history at the Oscars is always a great thing to celebrate but it’s also a measured response tempered by the fact that it took... Read More

FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR

Erik Anderson March 12, 2021

While I am comfortable predicting that we will get two female directors in this category for the first time in Oscar’s 93-year history, the question... Read More

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2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (February)

Erik Anderson February 19, 2021

I’m hesitant to finally call this the ‘Year of the Woman’ in the directing category since we’ve been burned so many times before but I... Read More

DA 5 BLOODS (L to R) DIRECTOR SPIKE LEE , CLARKE PETERS as OTIS , DELROY LINDO as PAUL , JONATHAN MAJORS as DAVID , NORM LEWIS as EDDIE in DA 5 BLOODS . Cr. DAVID LEE /NETFLIX © 2020

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (January)

Erik Anderson January 29, 2021

While Nomadland‘s Chloé Zhao remains the overwhelming favorite and frontrunner, at least with critics so far, Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods) is moving up as... Read More