Here are the NBP staff predictions for Best Director. For an overview of all awards predictions, visit our Oscar Predictions page.
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NBP Staff Picks
| Matt Neglia | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 2 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
| 3 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 4 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 5 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 6 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 7 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 8 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 9 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
| 10 | Kleber Mendonça Filho (THE SECRET AGENT) |
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| Dan Bayer | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 2 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 3 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 4 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 5 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 6 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 7 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
| 8 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 9 | Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 10 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
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| Alyssa Christian | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
| 2 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 3 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 4 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 5 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 6 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 7 | Chloé Zhao (HAMNET) |
| 8 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 9 | Park Chan-wook (NO OTHER CHOICE) |
| 10 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
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| Sara Clements | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 2 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
| 3 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 4 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 5 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 6 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 7 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 8 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 9 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
| 10 | Kleber Mendonça Filho (THE SECRET AGENT) |
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| Nadia Dalimonte | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 2 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 3 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 4 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 5 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 6 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 7 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 8 | Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 9 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 10 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
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| Cody Dericks | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 2 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 3 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 4 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 5 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 6 | Paul Greengrass (THE LOST BUS) |
| 7 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 8 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 9 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 10 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
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| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 2 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 3 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 4 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 5 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 6 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 7 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
| 8 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 9 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
| 10 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
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| Megan Lachinski | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
| 2 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 3 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 4 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 5 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 6 | Kleber Mendonça Filho (THE SECRET AGENT) |
| 7 | Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 8 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 9 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 10 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
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| Giovanni Lago | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 2 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 3 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 4 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 5 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 6 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 7 | Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 8 | Maha Schilinski (SOUND OF FALLING) |
| 9 | Nia DaCosta (HEDDA) |
| 10 | Chloé Zhao (HAMNET) |
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| Will Mavity | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 2 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
| 3 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 4 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 5 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 6 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 7 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 8 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 9 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 10 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
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| Tom O'Brien | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 2 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
| 3 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 4 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 5 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 6 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 7 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 8 | Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 9 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 10 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
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| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 2 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 3 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 4 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 5 | Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 6 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 7 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 8 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 9 | Kleber Mendonça Filho (THE SECRET AGENT) |
| 10 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
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| Joselyn Safadi | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 2 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 3 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 4 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 5 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 6 | Chloé Zhao (HAMNET) |
| 7 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 8 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 9 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
| 10 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
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| Ema Sasic | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 2 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 3 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
| 4 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 5 | Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 6 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 7 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 8 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 9 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
| 10 | Lynne Ramsay (DIE, MY LOVE) |
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