# Oscar ballot: Best Director

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-director/809985>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 3, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-director/809985 "2018-03-03T23:55:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-director/809985/1 "2018-03-03T23:55:10Z")

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Who would get your vote for Best Director?

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-director/809985/2 "2018-03-04T19:34:24Z")

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bump

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-director/809985/3 "2018-03-05T00:42:25Z")

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I don’t think there’s any chance in the world he’d win, but I’d actually vote for Jordan Peele. There was just so, SO much right in what he captured in some of the interaction between the characters of different races.

I suspect Mr. del Toro will win.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-director/809985/4 "2018-03-05T02:27:17Z")

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> [@Asimovian](#):
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> I don’t think there’s any chance in the world he’d win, but I’d actually vote for Jordan Peele. There was just so, SO much right in what he captured in some of the interaction between the characters of different races.
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> I suspect Mr. del Toro will win.

I think that’s more an argument for a screenplay win or best picture.

To me Dunkirk was an amazing feat of direction.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-director/809985/5 "2018-03-05T04:18:47Z")

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That surprised me, I was thinking Gerwig.