Best Director

Predictions

1. Edward Berger – Conclave (Focus Features)

2.Sean Baker – Anora (NEON)

3.Brady Corbet – The Brutalist (A24)

4.Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)

5.RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM)

Other possibilities

6.Steve McQueen – Blitz (Apple Original Films)

7.Denis Villeneuve – Dune Part II (Warner Bros)

8.Ridley Scott – Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)