The blog’s early look at the 2021 Oscar contenders arrives at Best Director. If you didn’t see the posts outlining my initial picks for the acting derbies, take a look here:
In 2020, my first estimates in the directorial field yielded 2 eventual nominees: winner Chloe Zhao (Nomadland) and David Fincher (Mank). The three others were not even mentioned: Lee Isaac Chung (Minari), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman), and surprise contender Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round).
Here’s the players as I see it at this July juncture:
EARLY OSCAR PREDICTIONS: BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Joel Coen, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley
Asghar Farhadi, A Hero
Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Other Contenders:
Pedro Almodovar, Parallel Mothers
Paul Thomas Anderson, Soggy Bottom
Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Leos Carax, Annette
Fran Kranz, Mass
Adam McKay, Don’t Look Up
David O. Russell, Canterbury Glass
Ridley Scott, House of Gucci
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
That leaves only Best Picture and it will be posted in short order!
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