Precursor: 75th Directors Guild Nominations (2022)

The big news here is that Joseph Kosinski manages to make it in, but his film is the classic popular choice that might not carry over to the Oscars. The rest were expected nominees with Sarah Polley, James Cameron, Park Chan-wook, Baz Luhrmann, S.S. Rajamouli, and Gina Prince-Bythewood taking hits. Could we see an all male slate at the Oscars? It’s certainly possible as each of these directors seem like solid bets for Oscar consideration and Polley and Prince-Bythewood don’t have the clout to make inroads with the Academy’s still heavily male-centric directors branch. We shall see.

The Nominations

Best Director

Todd Field – Tár
Joseph Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best First Feature

Alice Diop – Saint Omer
Audrey Diwan – Happening
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic – Murina
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Documentary Director

Sara Dosa – Fire of Love
Matthew Heineman – Retrograde
Laura Poitras – All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Daniel Roher – Navalny
Shaunak Sen – All That Breathes