Precursor: 71st Directors Guild Nominations (2018)

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Precursor: 71st Directors Guild Nominations (2018)

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January 8, 2019

91st Oscars (2018), Precursors

Wesley Lovell

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While it’s great to see Spike Lee nominated, the exclusion of the likes of Barry Jenkins and Yorgos Lanthimos is everely disappointing. Also disappointing is that Ari Aster wasn’t nominated for Best First Feature.

The Nominations

Best Director

BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee
Green Book – Peter Farrelly
Roma – Alfonso Cuaron
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper
Vice – Adam McKay

Best First Feature

Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Carlos Lopez Estrada – Blindspotting
Matthew Heineman – A Private War
Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You

Directors Guild of America Data

Year Founded: 1936
First Awards: 1948 (71)

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One response to “Precursor: 71st Directors Guild Nominations (2018)”

Hollywood Z

January 8, 2019

Well, Bradley Cooper is winning………..First Feature. I think the race here comes down to Farrelly & Lee. It would be nice to see Lee win.

I think Lanthimos will sneak in the fifth Oscar nomination slot over McKay, since support for Vice seems to be waining.

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