My initial Oscar predictions for the 2019 season continues with Best Director with Picture on the horizon! If you missed my first takes on the acting categories, you can find them right here:
https://toddmthatcher.com/2019/08/25/early-2019-oscar-predictions-best-actor/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2019/08/25/early-2019-oscar-predictions-best-actress/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2019/08/24/early-2019-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actress/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2019/08/24/early-2019-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actor/
In 2018, my inaugural projections yielded 2 out of the 5 eventual nominees. That includes the winner Alfonso Cuaron for Roma and Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman. My ten other possibilities section a year ago called out two additional nominees – Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite) and Adam McKay (Vice).
Here we go:
EARLY OSCAR PREDICTIONS: BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Other Possibilities:
Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Todd Haynes, Dark Waters
Kasi Lemmons, Harriet
Terrence Malick, A Hidden Life
James Mangold, Ford v Ferrari
Jay Roach, Bombshell
Steven Soderbergh, The Laundromat
Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
Lulu Wang, The Farewell
Best Picture tomorrow!
