The whole glamor world is floating in the rush of the Oscar 2022 Best Director winner predictions in the opening of Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. And the day is March 27, 2022, when the film director who will be holding the Oscar statue will be disclosed. As always, a number of names have already been echoed throughout Hollywood. Is the movie going to introduce the director or will the director be in front of the identity of the film! To verify that, let's get to know the names of the best directors that are buzzing around.
Top 10 Oscar Best Director Predictions in 2022
Jane Campion // The Power of the Dog // November 11, 2021
IMDb: 6.4 | Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Jane Campion, director of The Power of the Dog, is at the most promising stage of the Oscar 2022 Best Director predictions. Campion has won the Best Director award at 21 events around the world for just this one film. The film can be said to be a complete package of love, revenge, grief, resentment, harassment, jealousy, and toxic masculinity.
The cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kody Smit-McPhee, and Kirsten Dunst.
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi // Drive My Car // August 20, 2021
IMDb: 7.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
The inclusion of Ryusuke Hamaguchi in the potential Oscar 2022 Best Director list has surprised many critics. His success in important global award events, including the Golden Globes, has effortlessly put him in second place on the list of the possible best directors. Hidetoshi Nishijima is seen in the role of a frustrated director Yusuke Kafuku in the film. In addition to overcoming his wife's untimely death, he has to maintain his emotional balance while directing the Uncle Vanya drama in Hiroshima.
Sian Heder // CODA // August 13, 2021
IMDb: 8 | Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Sean Header has been proving his directorship since winning the Direction Award at the successful premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021. Directed by him, the film stars Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, and Marley Matlin in deaf roles. Emilia Jones' role in the lead role, Child of Deaf Adults, has been widely acclaimed. Header, who was nominated for Best Director at the Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards, can also present himself as a key player in the Oscar event.
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Julia Ducournau // Titane // 13 July 2021
IMDb: 6.6 / RottenTomatoes: 89%
The Titan movie shocked the world by winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2021. Julia Ducornau is the second female director in the history of Cannes to receive this prestigious award after Jane Campion. This body horror movie shows an unprecedented attachment of a titanium plate to the head of a woman injured in a car accident. Julia got nominations for Best Director at 4 events worldwide for this movie. The cast of this French movie includes Vincent Lyndon, Agathe Russell, and Garen Marillier.
Steven Spielberg // West Side Story // December 10, 2021
IMDb: 7.4 | Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Steven Spielberg is a well-known face on the Oscar stage. He has already won two of the eight Oscar nominations for Best Director. West Side Story is a 1957 remake of the musical stage drama of the same name. It is a romantic story of two teenagers from two different gangs competing against each other.
Spielberg has been nominated for Best Director at 14 awards events worldwide for this movie starring Ansel Elgart, Ariana Debos, and Rachel Ziegler.
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Guillermo Del Toro // Nightmare Alley // December 17, 2021
IMDb: 7.1 | Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
While Nightmare Alley may not be very box office-friendly, critics still can't neglect this Dark Noir drama directed by Guillermo del Toro. He had earlier won an Oscar as a Best Director for his 2017 film The Shape of Water. Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper, Willem Daffo, and Rooney Mara starred in the movie, which was nominated in the Best Director category at three events worldwide. The movie shows the horrible ambitions of a carnival worker, with a psychiatrist pursuing his motives.
Paul Thomas Anderson // Licorice Pizza // November 26, 2021
IMDb: 7.4 | Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Paul Thomas Anderson was nominated for Best Director 11 times but never won an Oscar. Licorice Pizza's 70s love story can captivate viewers with great nostalgia. In the movie, starring Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman, Anderson has been praised for portraying a lifelong journey through developing friendships and romance. While he may not be on the same line in the race for the best director, the movie may have a good chance in the best original screenplay category.
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Kenneth Branagh // Belfast // 2 September 2021
IMDb: 7.3 | Rotten Tomatoes: 87%
Kenneth Branagh, who has been nominated for eight Oscars for Best Director, has never won an Oscar, but with Belfast, he can give a good fight this time around. Jude Bill, Katrina Balf, Jamie Dornan, Judy Dench, and Ciaran Hinds play as the members of a working family in the movie set against the backdrop of 1969's The Troubles. Here visitors can see the picture of lifelong struggle through the eyes of an innocent child. While Branagh has consistently been praised for such an approach, his Best Director award-winning could come as a surprise.
Denis Villeneuve // Dune // October 22, 2021
IMDb: 8.1 | Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
Dune has become a favorite movie of critics as well as Cinefile. Denis Villeneuve has already received an Oscar nomination as a Best Director at the 2017 Movie Arrival. Villeneuve's chances of winning an Oscar have been greatly enhanced by the epic presentation of Dune's story well-known to movie lovers. The audience will see Paul Atreides getting involved in the conflict on a hostile planet again but in a new way. The star-studded casting of the film includes new stars Timothy Chalamet and Zendaya along with Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaacs, Jason Momoa, and Josh Brolin.
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Adam McKay // Don’t Look Up // December 24, 2021
IMDb: 7.2 / RottenTomatoes: 56%
Adam McKay has made his Don't Look Up film quite popular by assembling hot favorite stars. From a satirical point of view, the film depicts the context of the Climate Crisis. Many more popular stars including Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, and Jennifer Lawrence have been seen in this apocalyptic movie. But when it comes to talking about the directing of McKay, he has got a nomination for Best Director at the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards only apart from Oscar.
Verdict
Limelight will remain on Spielberg, Anderson, Branagh, and Campion if the super-range of Best Director Winner predictions becomes more congested. Ryusuke Hamaguchi can surprise everyone by flipping the whole chessboard and of course, it won't be an incredible one.