Golden Globe Winner Predictions: Best Director – Motion Picture

The competition: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Alexander Payne (The Descendants), Martin Scorsese (Hugo), George Clooney (The Ides of March),Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)

For your information: This is Scorsese’s eighth nomination in this category. HE won for “The Departed” and “Gangs of New York.” Allen has been nominated in this race four times before, Payne twice, and Clooney once. This is the first shot for Hazanavicius, whose film garnered the most total nominations, six, this year.

Who should win: Hazanavicius, though both Allen and Scorsese deserve commendation for their direction as well

Who will win: I think this will go to Scorsese, though Hazanavicius is possible too.