Best Director Oscar Nominees 2024: 5 Filmmakers Vying For The Trophy This Year
Following the Oscars 2024 nominations, a number of significant, enduring candidates are vying to be named the winner of the Best Director category. From Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon to Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer. 5 directors are competing for the trophy this year!
A Look At Best Director Oscar Nominees 2024
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Jonathan Glazer is the writer and director of the 2023 historical drama film The Zone of Interest, which is partially based on Martin Amis' 2014 novel. It was a joint production of Poland and the United Kingdom. In the film, Christian Friedel plays Rudolf H?ss, the German Nazi commander, who moves close to the German Auschwitz concentration camp with his wife Hedwig (Sandra H¨šller) in an attempt to create the life of their dreams.
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Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Yorgos Lanthimos and Tony McNamara are the directors and writers of the 2023 movie Poor Things. Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Abbott, Ramy Youssef, and Jerrod Carmichael are among the actors who star in it. The story, which is based on Alasdair Gray's 1992 novel, centers on Bella Baxter, a young lady in Victorian London who commits suicide and is later brought back to life by a scientist, setting off on a journey of self-discovery.
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Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan is the writer, director, and co-producer of the epic biographical drama film Oppenheimer, which comes out in 2023. As J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who is recognized as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his work on the Manhattan Project, the World War II initiative that produced the first nuclear weapons, Cillian Murphy plays Oppenheimer.? Additionally starring in the movie are Emily Blunt as Oppenheimer's wife "Kitty," Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, the chief of the Manhattan Project, Florence Pugh as Oppenheimer's communist girlfriend Jean Tatlock, and Matt Damon as Leslie Groves. Kenneth Branagh, Rami Malek, Josh Hartnett, and Casey Affleck make up the ensemble supporting cast.
Where To Watch: Prime Video
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese co-wrote, produced, and directed the 2023 American epic western murder drama film Killers of the Flower Moon. Screenwriters Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese adapted the narrative from David Grann's 2017 nonfiction book. After oil was found on tribe grounds, a string of murders of Osage members and their relatives occurred in the Osage Nation during the 1920s in Oklahoma. On their reservation, the tribal people had maintained their mining rights; however, a dishonest local political boss was trying to embezzle the tribe's riches.
Where To Watch: AppleTv
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
The 2023 French legal drama thriller film Anatomy of a Fall (French: Anatomie d'une chute) is directed by Justine Triet and is based on a script that she co-wrote with Arthur Harari. Sandra H¨šller plays a writer who is attempting to clear her name of any involvement in her husband's passing. On May 21, 2023, Anatomy of a Fall made its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Queer Palm and took home the Palme d'Or and Palm Dog Awards. On August 23, 2023, Le Pacte opened it theatrically in France. It was met with critical praise, sold over a million tickets, and received 11 nominations for the 49th C¨Ļsar Awards.
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