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Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele's Best Director nominations for Lady Bird and Get Out are also significant, not only because they're both debut films, but because this marks only the fifth time a (white) woman and a black man have been nominated for the award, respectively.

The five films nominated for Best Picture had corresponding Best Director nominations.

Three Billboards earned seven nominations, a pretty stout total, but it's where the film wasn't nominated that is more interesting: Martin McDonagh was missing from the Best Director nominations this morning.

«The Big Short,» «Room» and «Spotlight» also earned Best Director nominations.

The lack of a supporting category with the Gothams is always unfortunate as we see today with Rooney Mara (Carol) missing, as well as Cynthia Nixon in James White, despite her film getting Best Actor and Best Director nominations.

Capturing the horror of the camps like few filmmakers before and displaying a gift for camerawork both realistic and with a heightened terror that Inarritu and Lubezki would be jealous of, it's sure to win him a Foreign Language Oscar nod and could lead to Best Picture and Best Director nominations as well, while he's currently developing his second feature «Sunset,» a thriller set in Budapest in 1910.

Some might have been expecting Whiplash to have got more nominations — and it's a disappointment not to see Inherent Vice not to get best film or best director nominations.

The Oscars already snubbed Martin McDonagh once with the Best Director nominations, but the Irish writer - director was at least expected to earn a Best Original Screenplay win for his awards favorite Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

And though David O. Russell has been on a nomination hot streak of late, with American Hustle capping a trio of Best Director nominations over the last four years for the filmmaker, his chances, which seemed much higher back when his crime caper stormed onto the scene last December, have since fizzled along with the film.

Steven Spielberg (left) and Guillermo del Toro are both unsurprising picks for best director nominations.

Sifting through the list above must be daunting for Academy voters, but it's generally agreed that Affleck, Bigelow, and Spielberg's respective films are frontrunners for Best Picture, and therefore safe bets for Best Director nominations.

All four of those movies earned corresponding Best Director nominations.

Haneke snared one of the five best director nominations, and Emmanuelle Riva was honored for her work in the best actress category.

While Vidor's career continued well into the talkies — receiving Best Director nominations for «Hallelujah» (1929), «The Champ» (1932), «The Citadel» (1939) and «War and Peace» (1957)-- he was most closely associated with, and celebrated for, the great filmmaking of the late Silent film era.

Prior to that, his globally inclined psuedo - Crash, Babel, earned both Best Picture and Best Director nominations.

Runner - up is Billy Wilder with eight Best Director nominations.

This is a good year to throw precedent out the window, so I don't imagine that Three Billboards» lack of a Best Director nomination hurts it any more than the relatively low number of nominations for Get Out or Lady Bird hurt them, or Dunkirk's lack of acting or writing nominations hurts it.

Surprise additions include Mel Gibson's best director nomination; he's currently +6600 at Paddy Power.

It snagged the Best Picture Oscar although Bruce Beresford failed to get a Best Director nomination.

No Best Director nomination for «Selma» or «American Sniper» or «Unbroken»?

It's been a trivia note ever since as the last time a film won the big prize without a Best Director nomination to back it up and it's unlikely that the feat will be repeated any time soon.

Since his film was only screened for the Hollywood Foreign Press he wasn't able to earn SAG or Critics» Choice nominations but now that the film has been seen and Plummer is all over it (with just nine days of shooting and as many days of post-production) this may be the easiest and best way for the Academy to recognize the efforts and ability of director Ridley Scott (if they don't give him a Best Director nomination, that is).

Christopher Nolan, whose work in blockbusters such as «The Dark Knight» and «Inception» has earned him unparalleled box office clout, finally snagged his first best director nomination for «Dunkirk.»

Ridley Scott, hot off the heels of his Best Director nomination for All the Money in the World at the Golden Globes, debuts at # 10.

Just as many expected, Argo took home the top award of Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards, despite Ben Affleck not receiving a Best Director nomination, something that has

Denzel Washington, a sure - thing in Best Actor, could also earn his first - ever Best Director nomination for Fences.

The meaning of that best director nomination is not lost on Gerwig, who recalled her feelings when Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for best director for «The Hurt Locker» in 2010.

After getting a standing ovation at an Academy screening last fall, Mel Gibson has landed a Best Director nomination for «Hacksaw Ridge» in a competitive field that includes Damien Chazelle and Barry Jenkins

Under the Skin also managed a healthy haul of eight nominations, including Best Picture, but failed to earn a Best Director nomination for Jonathan Glazer or, more surprisingly, a Best Actress nomination for Scarlett Johansson.

Though the film debuted to not terrible reviews, there also wasn't much buzz around Clint Eastwood getting another Best Director nomination, let alone the movie earning a Best Picture nod.

Penn's third and final Best Director nomination was for the 1969 political comedy «Alice's Restaurant,» but he lost to John Schlesinger for his flashily X-rated «Cowboy.»

An auspicious breakthrough for Mitchell (who scored a Best Director nomination last week from the Independent Spirit Awards), the film excels through harmonious design elements that serve an open metaphor that dynamically allows various interpretations — and also rattle even the toughest of nerves.

Some are describing Inside Llewyn Davis as a minor film in the brothers» oeuvre, but a heavy presence in the impending critics groups» awards could boost the brothers» chances of landing a fourth Best Director nomination.

L. Travers story Saving Mr. Banks could be a favorite among Academy members, which means director John Lee Hancock also has a shot at a Best Director nomination.

No huge surprises here; it's nice to see that Inception got nominated for Best Picture, though Christopher Nolan was surprisingly snubbed for a Best Director nomination (my bet would be that he gets Best Original Screenplay).

Although it would be quite something if it does win considering the time before Argo that a film won Best Picture (and Best Actress) without a Best Director nomination also had a (now) problematic view on race, Driving Miss Daisy.

The man himself has admitted that he's hoping for his first - ever Best Director nomination.

(Kudos to the Academy for recognizing Schnabel's brilliance with a Best Director nomination.)

This marks his 2nd Best Director nomination (the first was for Capote).

Lady Bird and The Post were this year's unlucky movies, but the fact Greta Gerwig scored a Best Director nomination speaks volumes for her, so she should be comforted by that.

With countless snubs under his belt from the prestigious Academy Awards, Christopher Nolan may have found his ticket to his first Best Director nomination.

Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel) picked up his first - ever Best Director nomination.

Selma at least has a best picture nomination, but no best director nomination for Ava DuVernay.

Argo, Ben Affleck's third feature film, is looking more and more like a lock for the Best Picture prize at Sunday's Oscars, and even if the man himself didn't get a Best Director nomination, it's still a remarkable culmination of one of the most fascinating second acts in Hollywood.

It's no secret that Lee labored over this one for many years, and the Academy is likely to recognize his magnificent accomplishment with at least a Best Director nomination.

There is no question that Denis Villeneuve has been on a roll of late enjoying great success with movies like his Oscar - nominated foreign - language film Incendies, Prisoners, Sicario, Arrival and now Blade Runner 2049, which is earning buzz for a second consecutive Oscar Best Director nomination following last year's Arrival.

Ava DuVernay is the first African - American woman to get a best director nomination, and its lead, also up for best actor, is another Brit: Spooks star David Oyelowo.

Ridley Scott earned a Best Director nomination for The Martian, joining Miller, Haynes, Iñarritu, and Villeneuve in that category.

I also think that it's a writer's movie, not a director's movie, so the fact that it doesn't have a Best Director nomination doesn't scare me from predicting.

And while Hooper didn't make the Best Director Oscar cut for Les Miserables, he did land a DGA nomination for that film — a film for which his direction is largely responsible for its shortcomings — so it's probably wise to count him among those vying for a Best Director nomination.