92nd Oscars' Predictions - Part 2: Best Director
by lynskeyium | created - 24 Feb 2019 | updated - 24 Feb 2019 | PublicMy personal predictions regarding next year's Academy Award nominations for the Best Director category.
Note: this list will undergo revisions until January 2020.
1. Greta Gerwig
Writer | Barbie
Greta Gerwig is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director. She has collaborated with Noah Baumbach on several films, including Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2012), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, and Mistress America (2015). Gerwig made her solo directorial debut ...
Little Women
2. Neil Jordan
Writer | The Crying Game
Neil Jordan was born on February 25, 1950 in Sligo, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for The Crying Game (1992), Greta (2018) and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). He has been married to Brenda Rawn since June 30, 2004. They have two children. He was previously married to Vivienne Shields.
Greta
3. Quentin Tarantino
Writer | Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.
In January of...
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
4. Marielle Heller
Director | The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Marielle Heller is a writer, director and actor. She was selected as a 2012 Sundance Screenwriting Fellow and 2012 Sundance Directing Fellow, and was honored with the Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship, and The Maryland Film Festival Fellowship. Her writing credits include pilots for ABC and ...
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
5. Michael Engler
Director | Downton Abbey
Michael Engler is known for Downton Abbey (2019), Sex and the City (1998) and Downton Abbey (2010). He has been married to Steven Sumser since November 23, 2014.
The Chaperone
6. James Gardner
Director | Jellyfish
James is a director and screenwriter from Hereford, England. He is a graduate of the UK's National Film & Television School (Directing Fiction MA) and is known for writing and directing the short films Barry Glitter, The Car Washer and festival favourite Ferris & The Fancy Pigeon, which was ...
Jellyfish
7. James Kent
Director | Testament of Youth
James Kent is known for Testament of Youth (2014), The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) and Stolen Girl.
The Aftermath
8. Joanna Hogg
Director | The Souvenir
Joanna Hogg was born on March 20, 1960 in London, England, UK. She is a director and writer, known for The Souvenir (2019), The Souvenir: Part II (2021) and Unrelated (2007).
The Souvenir
9. Joe Wright
Director | Pride & Prejudice
Joe Wright is an English film director. He is best known for Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), Anna Karenina (2012), and Darkest Hour (2017).
Wright always had an interest in the arts, especially painting. He would also make films on his Super 8 camera as well as spend time in the evenings...
The Woman in the Window
10. Stephen Merchant
Producer | Extras
Stephen James Merchant is an English actor, comedian, director, presenter and writer.
Alongside Ricky Gervais, Merchant was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series The Office (2001-2003), and co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both Extras (2005-2007) and Life's Too Short (...
Fighting With My Family
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