AwardsWatch - Best Director

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

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

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

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (December)

Erik Anderson December 25, 2020

It’s Chloé Zhao’s world, we’re just living in it. Ahead of the first critics’ awards I think any of us could have predicted that Chloé... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (November)

Erik Anderson November 27, 2020

Best Director is historically an exciting and often surprising category as this Academy branch has often reached outside of the Best Picture lineup (whether it’s... Read More