Who was the runner-up to Best Director?

[Leo Grant Logan Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 6 Posts: 205 View Predictions]

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Let’s speculate to see who was arguably the runner-up for the Best Director Oscar prize. My picks:

2000s
Ang Lee
Peter Jackson
Rob Marshall
Clint Eastwood
Martin Scorsese
Paul Haggis
Alejandro G. Inarritu
Paul Thomas Anderson
David Fincher
James Cameron

2010s
David Fincher
Martin Scorsese
Steven Spielberg
Steve McQueen
Richard Linklater
Tom McCarthy
Barry Jenkins
Christopher Nolan
Spike Lee
Sam Mendes

2020s
David Fincher
Kenneth Branagh

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[Leo Grant Logan Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 6 Posts: 205 View Predictions]

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1970s
Robert Altman
Peter Bogdanovich
Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather)
William Friedkin
Roman Polanski
Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon)
Sidney Lumet (Network)
George Lucas
Hal Ashby
Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now)

1980s
Martin Scorsese
Hugh Hudson
Steven Spielberg
Bruce Beresford
David Lean
John Huston
Woody Allen
Norman Jewison
Mike Nichols
Jim Sheridan

1990s
Martin Scorsese
Oliver Stone
James Ivory
Jane Campion
Quentin Tarantino
Michael Radford
Joel Coen
Curtis Hanson
John Madden
Lasse Hallstrom

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[Leo Grant Logan Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 6 Posts: 205 View Predictions]

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1960s
Fred Zinnemann
Stanley Kramer
Robert Mulligan
Elia Kazan
Robert Stevenson
David Lean
Mike Nichols
Norman Jewison
Anthony Harvey
George Roy Hill

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[Leo Grant Logan Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 6 Posts: 205 View Predictions]

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1950s
Billy Wilder
Vincente Minnelli
Cecil B. DeMille
William Wyler
George Seaton
Joshua Logan (Picnic)
Michael Anderson
Joshua Logan (Sayonara)
Stanley Kramer
Jack Clayton

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[Brayfers Joined: Oct 19th, 2018 Topics: 17 Posts: 1719 View Predictions]

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• 2021: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
• 2020: David Fincher, Mank
• 2019: Sam Mendes, 1917
• 2018: Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
• 2017: Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
• 2016: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
• 2015: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
• 2014: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• 2013: Steven McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
• 2012: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
• 2011: Martin Scorsese, Hugo
• 2010: David Fincher, The Social Network
• 2009: James Cameron, Avatar
• 2008: Gus Van Sant, Milk
• 2007: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
• 2006: Alejandro G. Inarittu, Babel
• 2005: Paul Haggis, Crash
• 2004: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
• 2003: Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
• 2002: Rob Marshall, Chicago
• 2001: Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• 2000: Ridley Scott, Gladiator

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- Paul Rogers, Best Film Editing

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[Leo Grant Logan Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 6 Posts: 205 View Predictions]

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1940s
Alfred Hitchcock
Orson Welles
Michael Curtiz
Henry King (The Song of Bernadette)
Henry King (Wilson)
Leo McCarey
Clarence Brown
David Lean
Laurence Olivier
Robert Rossen

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[Vincent Figueroa Joined: Jul 26th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 245 View Predictions]

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1938 Michael Curtiz- Angels With Dirty Faces

1939  John Ford-  Stagecoach

1940  Alfred Hitchcock-Rebeca

1941  Orson Wells  Citizen Kane

1942 Marvin Leroy -Random Harvest

1943 Henry King-  The Song of Bernadette

1944  Otto Preminger- Laura

1945 Alfred Hitchcock- Spellbound

1946  Frank Capra It’s a Wonderful Life

1947  David Lean- Great Expectations

1948  Laurence Olivier-  Hamlet

1949  Robert Rossen- All the King’s men

1950  Billy Wilder-  Sunset  Boulevard

1951 Vicente Minelli-  An American in Paris

1952 Cecil B DeMille-  The Greatest Show on Earth

1953 William Wyler- Roman Holiday

1954 Alfred Hitchcock- Rear Window

1955 Joshua Logan- Picnic

1956 King Vidor-   War and Peace

1957 Billy Wilder –  Witness for the Prosecution

1958  Robert Wise- I Want to Live!

1959  Jack Clayton- Room at the Top

1960 Alfred Hitchcock- Pyscho

1961 Federico Fellini- La Dolce Vita

1962 Robert Mulligang- To Kill a Monckingbird

1963  Federico Fellini- 8 1/2

1964 Stanley Kubrick-  Doctor Strangelove

1965 Hiroshi Teshigahara   The Woman in the Dunes

1966 Mike Nichols  Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1967 Arthur Penn-   Bonnie and Clyde

1968 Stanley Kubrick-  2001: A Space Odyssey

1969 Costa Gavras-  Z

1970 Robert Altman- MASH

1971 Peter Bogdanovich- The Last Picture Show

1972  Francis Ford Copoola- The Godfather

1973 William Friedkin-  The Exorcist

1974 Roman Polanski- Chinatown

1975  Sydney Lumet- Dog Day Afternoon

1976 Sydney Lumet- Network

1977 George Lucas-  Star Wars

1978 Alan Parker-  Midnight  Express

1979 Francis Ford Coppola- Apocalypse Now

1980  David Lynch  –  The Elephant Man

1981 Steven Spielberg-  Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982  Wolfgang Petersen- Daas Boot

1983 Ingmar Bergman  -Fanny and Alexander

1984 Roland Joffé – The Killing Fields

1985  Akira Kurosawa- Ran

1986 Woody  Allen- Hannah and her Sisters

1987  John Boorman-  Hope and Glory

1988  Alan Parker –  Mississippi Burning

1989 Jim Sherindan-  My Left Foot

1990 Martin Scorsese- Godfellas

1991 Oliver Stone – JFK

1992 James Ivory-  Howards End

1993  Jane Campion- The Piano

1994  Quentin Tarantino- PulpFiction

1995 Mike Figgis- Leaving  Las Vegas

1996  Joel Coen-  Fargo

1997- Curtis Hanson-L.A Confidential

1998- Peter Weir- The Truman Show

1999- Michael Mann- The Insider

2000-Ridley Scott (Gladiator)

2001- Peter Jackson (The Fellowship of the Ring)

2002-Rob Marshall ( Chicago)

2003-Fernando Meirelles (City of God)

2004- Martin Scorsese (  The Aviator)

2005- Steven Spielberg (Munich)

2006-Alejandro G. Inarritu (Babel)

2007  Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood)

2008- David Fincher   (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

2009- James Cameron (Avatar)

2010 David Fincher-  The Social Network

2011 Terrence Malick-  Tree of Life

2012- David O Russell-  Silver Linings Playbook

2013-Steve Mcqueen-  Twelve Years of Slave

2014- Richard Linklater-  Boyhood

2015- George Miller – Mad Max:Fury Road

2016- Barry Jenkins – Moonlight

2017- Christopher Nolan- Dunkirk

2018- Pawel Pawlikowski- Cold War

2019- Sam Mendes- 1917

2020-Thomas Vintenberg-Another Round

2021- Steven Spielberg-  West Side Story

4.Hitchcock.3-Spielberg 2-Scorsese 2-Fincher 2-Kubrick 2-Parker 2-Coppola 2-Fellini 2-Lumet 2-Wilder

 

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[Leo Grant Logan Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 6 Posts: 205 View Predictions]

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Vincent_Figueroa wrote:

1944 Otto Preminger- Laura

1954 Alfred Hitchcock- Rear Window

1956 King Vidor- War and Peace

1958 Robert Wise- I Want to Live!

1960 Alfred Hitchcock- Pyscho

1961 Federico Fellini- La Dolce Vita

1963 Federico Fellini- 8 1/2

1965 Hiroshi Teshigahara The Woman in the Dunes

1968 Stanley Kubrick- 2001: A Space Odyssey

1982 Wolfgang Petersen- Daas Boot

1983 Ingmar Bergman -Fanny and Alexander

1985 Akira Kurosawa- Ran

1995 Mike Figgis- Leaving Las Vegas

1998- Peter Weir- The Truman Show

2003-Fernando Meirelles (City of God)

2018- Pawel Pawlikowski- Cold War

2020-Thomas Vintenberg-Another Round

I don’t see each of those as runner-ups considering none of their films made it into Best Picture.

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[Leo Grant Logan Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 6 Posts: 205 View Predictions]

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For this year, I’ll say the runnerup was Steven Spielberg given his Golden Globe victory.

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[Babylonian Joined: Aug 16th, 2021 Topics: 8 Posts: 4014 View Predictions]

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I’m guessing Spielberg was the runner-up in 2022 and 2023.

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Everything Everywhere All At Once in every eligible category

Hold My Hand - Lady Gaga for Best Original Song

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[Brayfers Joined: Oct 19th, 2018 Topics: 17 Posts: 1719 View Predictions]

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I would say Spielberg also but it was probably a huge distance between 1st and 2nd. I also think Field couldve been up there.

Letterboxd: Brayfers

!EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE!
- SEVEN OSCARS
- BEST PICTURE
- Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress
- Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Actor
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Supporting Actress
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Best Director & Best Original Screenplay
- Paul Rogers, Best Film Editing

FYC (TV):
- Abbott Elementary
- House of the Dragon
- The White Lotus
- The Last of Us

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