BEST DIRECTOR: BRANAGH, CAMPION, HAMAGUSHI, SPIELBERG AND VILLENEUVE
Spielberg will almost certainly land his eighth Oscar nomination for Best Director following “Close Encounters” (1977), “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), “ET” (1982), “Schindler’s List” (1993) – First Oscar, “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) – Second Oscar, “Munich” (2005) and “Lincoln” (2012). This nomination would tie him with Billy Wilder as Oscar’s third most nominated director behind William Wyler with 12 nominations and Martin Scorsese with 9 nominations.
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