The 96th Academy Awards take place on March 10, 2024, and as ever the Best Director award will take its position as one of the so-called “Big Five”.
It makes sense. These are the masterminds, auteurs, and benevolent dictators behind our favourite flicks. Without the director, there is no cinema.
After a year that allowed a little martial arts madness into the stuffy Oscars party with Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2024 has gone back to scratching its chin and furrowing its brow – at least when it comes to the Best Director shortlist.
Would we have liked to have seen a splash of fun and colour in there with a Greta Gerwig nomination for Barbie? Quite possibly, but there’s no denying the following five selections are absolute bangers in their own right – and pretty darned varied at that.
Oscars 2024: Who should win best director?
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