On Day 5 of my first round of 2014 Oscar Predictions, we arrive at Best Director and tomorrow – we’ll get to the big daddy, Best Picture! If you missed my four posts covering the acting races, you can find them here:
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/09/01/todds-early-oscar-predictions-best-actor/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/08/31/todds-early-oscar-predictions-best-actress/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/08/30/todds-early-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actor/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/08/29/todds-early-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actress/
As with the others, I’ll list my five current predicted nominees with other possibilities listed below. FYI – my initial round of Director predictions last year yielded 3 of the 5 eventual nominees. Here we go:
Todd’s Early Predictions for Best Director
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Birdman
Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Christopher Nolan, Interstellar
Other Possibilities:
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
David Ayer, Fury
Tim Burton, Big Eyes
JC Chandor, A Most Violent Year
Ana DuVernay, Selma
Clint Eastwood, American Sniper
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner
James Marsh, The Theory of Everything
Rob Marshall, Into the Woods
Jason Reitman, Men, Women, and Children
Martin Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Jean-Marc Vallee, Wild
Best Picture predictions tomorrow!
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