Best Director (Predicted 5)David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
After years of producing great work that has gone unfairly unnoticed, he's finally got a project that people are taking notice to. The long overdue status will certainly help.
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
A strong campaign improved with his DGA and WGA nominations. I wouldn't necessarily call him a lock, but he's a pretty good bet by this point for making a comic book movie something incredibly more than just that.
Gus Van Sant - Milk
The film has recovered from its Golden Globe snub with huge guild support. He'll more than likely receive credit with the film as well.
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
To call him a lock is an understatement. A DGA win is all he needs to secure the Oscar.
Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Many people talk about him as the other successful point of the film. There's usually at least one lone director spot, and I think he'll be the one, whose also got overdue status.
Alt.
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
At this point, Howard certainly seems like a lock for a nomination. He's been getting nominated all over the place and he's an A-list director. However, something tells me this is a year for newcomers, instead of last year's veteran theme. Howard already has his directing Oscar and has sort of lazily slipped into this race. It's easy to still have him be in this race, but since Oscar has snubbed him before like this, I won't put it pass them to do it again.
Next time I'll have Best Picture.
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