{"id":26581,"date":"2013-02-22T06:39:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T11:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=26581"},"modified":"2022-02-27T18:07:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T23:07:02","slug":"oscars-2013-know-your-nominees-best-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/22\/oscars-2013-know-your-nominees-best-director\/","title":{"rendered":"OSCARS 2013: Know Your Nominees: Best Director."},"content":{"rendered":"

In the days leading up to the 85th Academy Awards, FilmBuffOnline will be offering profiles on all the nominees in the major categories. Some may be well know, others might be new to you, but if you need a refresher on these talented nominees, here it is.<\/em><\/p>\n

Michael Haneke<\/h1>\n

\"michaelNominated for:\u00a0<\/strong>Directing the tale of a elderly couple dealing with a debilitating disease in Amour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other honors for directing this film:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, 2013 BAFTA Awards.<\/p>\n

Won,\u00a0<\/strong>Best Direction, Bavarian Film Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Director, European Film Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Director of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards.<\/p>\n

Won,\u00a0<\/strong>Best Actress,\u00a0National Board of Review<\/p>\n

Won,\u00a0<\/strong>Best Director, National Society of Film Critics Awards.<\/p>\n

Where you might know him from:<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Haneke is a prominent director in Europe and many of his films have made a splash over in America, including\u00a0Cach\u00e9 (Hidden), Funny Games,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0The White Ribbon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

History with Oscar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is Michel Hazanavicius\u2019 first Oscar nomination, although he is also nominated this year for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.<\/p>\n

Benh Zeitlin<\/h1>\n

\"BenhNominated for:<\/strong>\u00a0Directing the fairy-tale like story of a poor family living in a remote bayou community in\u00a0Beasts of the Southern Wild.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other honors for directing this film:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Independent Spirit Awards,<\/p>\n

Won,\u00a0<\/strong>Best Director,\u00a0Seattle International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Where you might know him from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outside of shorts, Zeitlin has not directed any feature films.<\/p>\n

History with Oscar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

As this is Benh Zeitlin’s first film, it is also his first Oscar nomination. But he is also nominated this year for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published for the same film.<\/p>\n

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Ang Lee<\/span><\/p>\n

\"AngNominated for:<\/strong>\u00a0Directing the story of a young man stranded at sea with a tiger in Life of Pi.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other honors for directing this film:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Australian Film Institute<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, 2013 BAFTA Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Broadcast\u00a0Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated<\/span>, Best Director, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated,\u00a0Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, Director’s Guild of America.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director-Motion Picture, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n

Won,\u00a0<\/strong>Best Director, Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Director, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Director of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, San Diego\u00a0Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards.<\/p>\n

Where you might know him from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lee is a director with and eclectic resume, doing films ranging from\u00a0Hulk\u00a0<\/strong>to Sense and Sensibility,\u00a0<\/b>from\u00a0The Wedding Banquet\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0The Ice Storm<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

History with Oscar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ang Lee has been nominated for an Oscar three times in the past, winning once, and is nominated for another award this year\u2013with\u00a0Gil Netter and David Womark for Best Motion Picture of the Year,\u00a0Life of Pi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2001: Best Director,\u00a0Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/strong>\u00a0(Lost to Steven Soderbergh,\u00a0Traffic<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

2001: Best Picture,\u00a0Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/strong>\u00a0(With William Kong and Li-kong Hsu; Lost to Gladiator<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

2006: Best Achievement in Directing, Brokeback Mountain<\/strong>\u00a0(Won<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Steven Spielberg<\/h1>\n

\"Steven-Spielberg\"Nominated for:<\/strong>\u00a0Directing a look at a certain era of our 16th President’s life in\u00a0Lincoln<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other honors for directing this film:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Australian Film Institute<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Broadcast\u00a0Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, 2013 Critics\u2019 Choice Awards.<\/p>\n

2nd Place<\/strong>, Best Director, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated,\u00a0Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, Director’s Guild of America.<\/p>\n

Nominated<\/span>, Best Director-Motion Picture, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated<\/span>, Best Director, Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association.<\/p>\n

Where you might know him from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steven Spielberg has had a long and productive career behind the cameras. Notable films include\u00a0Jaws<\/strong>,\u00a0A.I. Artificial Intelligence<\/strong>, and\u00a0Catch Me If You Can<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

History with Oscar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steven Spielberg has been nominated for an Oscar an impressive thirteen times in the past, winning three times, and is nominated for another award this year\u2013with Kathleen Kennedy for Best Motion Picture of the Year,\u00a0Lincoln<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

1978: Best Director, Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/strong> (Lost to Woody Allen,\u00a0Annie Hall<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

1982: Best Director,\u00a0Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/strong>\u00a0(Lost to Warren Beatty,\u00a0Reds<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

1983: Best Director,\u00a0E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\u00a0<\/strong>(Lost to Richard Attenborough,\u00a0Gandhi<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

1983: Best Picture,\u00a0E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(with Kathleen Kennedy. Lost to Gandhi<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

1986: Best Picture\u00a0The Color Purple <\/strong>(with Quincy Jones, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall. Lost to Out of Africa<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

1994: Best Director,\u00a0Schindler’s List\u00a0<\/strong>(Won<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

1994: Best Picture,\u00a0Schindler’s List<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>(with Gerald R. Molen & Branko Lustig,\u00a0Won<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

1999: Best Director,\u00a0Saving Private Ryan\u00a0<\/strong>(Won<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

1999: Best Picture,\u00a0Saving Private Ryan<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(with Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn. Lost to Shakespeare in Love<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

2006: Best Achievement in Directing,\u00a0Munich\u00a0<\/strong>(Lost to Ang Lee,\u00a0Brokeback Mountain<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

2006: Best Motion Picture of the Year,\u00a0Munich\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>(with Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mandel. Lost to Crash<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

2007: Best Motion Picture of the Year,\u00a0Letters from Iwo Jima\u00a0<\/strong>(with Clint Eastwood and Robert Lorenz. Lost to The Departed<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

2012: Best Motion Picture of the Year,\u00a0War Horse<\/strong>\u00a0(with Kathleen Kennedy. Lost to The Artist<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

David O. Russell<\/h1>\n

\"davidNominated for:<\/strong>\u00a0Directing the story of two damages people who come together over ballroom dancing and the Philadelphia Eagles in\u00a0The Silver Linings Playbook.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other honors for directing this film:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Direction, Australian Film Institute<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Broadcast\u00a0Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Won, <\/strong>Director of the Year, Hollywood Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, Independent Spirit Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Director, San Diego\u00a0Film Critics Society Awards.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Director, Satellite Awards.<\/p>\n

Where you might know him from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russell has directed films such as\u00a0Spanking the Monkey<\/strong>,\u00a0Three Kings<\/strong>, and\u00a0I Heart Huckabees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

History with Oscar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

David O. Russell has been nominated for one Oscar but is also nominated this year for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.<\/p>\n

2011: Best Achievement in Directing,\u00a0The Fighter\u00a0<\/strong>(Lost to Tom Hooper,\u00a0The King’s Speech<\/strong>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This list of Best Director nominees is more notable for who was left off the list than who made it on.<\/div>\n

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