# The Oscars: Best Director

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-director/713110>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 19, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-director/713110 "2015-02-19T18:40:04Z")\
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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:** [February 19, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-director/713110/1 "2015-02-19T18:40:04Z")

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If you had an AMPAS ballot, which achievement would get your vote?

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-director/713110/2 "2015-02-19T18:58:10Z")

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I thought Inarritu’s direction became too distracting, so I go with Linklater.

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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:** [February 21, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-director/713110/3 "2015-02-21T04:18:48Z")

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Curious that among all the Oscar polls, this has the fewest votes by a significant margin.