Director
Winner: Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG – GG

Nominees:
- Steven Spielberg, WEST SIDE STORY
- Paul Thomas Anderson, LICORICE PIZZA
- Denis Villeneuve, DUNE
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi, DRIVE MY CAR
Next 5:
- Kenneth Branaugh, BELFAST
- Reinaldo Marcus Green, KING RICHARD
- Adam McKay, DON’T LOOK UP
- Guillermo del Toro, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
- Paolo Sorrentino, THE HAND OF GOD
Also in Contention (Alphabetical by Film):
- Sian Heder, CODA
- Asghar Farhadi, A HERO
- Stephen Karam, THE HUMANS
- Ridley Scott, HOUSE OF GUCCI/THE LAST DUEL
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, THE LOST DAUGHTER
- Fran Kranz, MASS
- Pedro Almodovar, PARALLEL MOTHERS
- Pablo Larraín, SPENCER
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, TICK, TICK… BOOM!
- Julia Ducournau, TITANE
- Joel Coen, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH