Here are the nominees for Best Director:
Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game
Who Should Win: Probably the nominee I have the strongest opinion about this year. Has Wes won this yet? Cause (like all his films) I can’t imagine anyone else doing ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’. But having said that, ‘Birdman’ is the most original of the nominees. Inarritu should win this.
Who I’m Cheering For: Inarritu. He made the filmmaker’s film this year.
Who Will Win: Richard Linklater of course, just to spite me and make me look petty and foolish.
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Think it will be a close call between the directors of birdman and boyhood. Both deserve it for so many reasons
Agreed. No way to call it until that envelope opens.