Golden Globe Predictions: Best Director – Motion Picture

I think the showier films will be honored here even if they don’t make the top spots in the respective Best Picture races. Directors like Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire), David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road), and Baz Luhrmann (Australia) should fare well here. Gus Van Sant (Milk), Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), John Patrick Shanley (Doubt), and Edward Zwick have a shot as well. For the fifth slot, however, I’m predicting the insanely popular Christopher Nolan for this year’s most popular film (The Dark Knight). This category often has six nominees, so Van Sant or Allen could easily slip in.

Predicted five:
BAZ LUHRMANN, AUSTRALIA
DAVID FINCHER, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, THE DARK KNIGHT
SAM MENDES, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
DANNY BOYLE, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE