DGA Awards nominations: Gerwig, Lanthimos, Nolan, Payne, Scorsese

The five Directors Guild of America Awards nominees for Best Director are: our predicted Oscar winner Christopher Nolan (“Oppenheimer”), three of his closest rivals — Greta Gerwig (“Barbie”), Yorgos Lanthimos (“Poor Things”) and  Martin Scorsese (“Killers of the Flower Moon”) — plus surprise nominee Alexander Payne (“The Holdovers”).

Payne got in over our predicted fifth Oscar nominee, Jonathan Glazer (“The Zone of Interest”), However, in the 75-year history of the DGA Awards there have only been five years when the whole roster went on to reap Academy Award nominations.

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Celine Song (“Past Lives”) had to settle for a nomination for First-Time Feature Director. Her competition: Cord Jefferson (“American Fiction”), Manuela Martelli (“Chile ’76”), Noora Niasara (“Shayda”) and A.V. Rockwell (“A Thousand and One”),

Winners will be revealed at the 76th annual DGA Awards on February 10. That is 12 days before final voting for the Oscars opens. The 96th Academy Awards take place on Sunday, March 10.

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