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The big news here is that two names (Woody Allen and David Fincher) weren’t really expected to be on this list today. Yet, here they are, moving both films into surefire Best Picture contention. Steven Spielberg, Tate Taylor, Terrence Malick, Bennett Miller, Nicolas Winding Refn and to a lesser extent Stephen Daldry all took major hits with this announcement. However, we do have an idea where Oscar voters may be situated. Honestly, I’m not sure what to think of this list yet. I’ll have to ruminate.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

As promised, I have posted the history of this particular guild on my website. You can find it by following this link: Directors Guild of America.

The Nominations

Best Director

Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Directors Guild of America Data

Year Founded: 1936
First Awards: 1948 (64)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

  • Nominee was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
  • Nominee was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
  • Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Director: 23 (4-5-5-5-4) N / 2 (1-0-0-0-1) I

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