AFT Awards: Best Director

This is the twenty-fifth category of the 1st Annual AFT Film Awards to be announced. The AFT Awards are my own personal choices for the best in film of each year and the best in television of each season. The AFT Film Awards include the traditional Oscar categories and a number of additional specific honors. Nominees are listed in alphabetical order by film title. Winners will be announced in late February.

Runners-up:
WAITRESS
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
A MIGHTY HEART
AVENUE MONTAIGNE
GONE BABY GONE

The nominees:
AFTER THE WEDDING (Susanne Bier)
THE BUBBLE (Eytan Fox)
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (Julian Schnabel)
EASTERN PROMISES (David Cronenberg)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)