Oscars 2021: Who Should Win Every Award (And Who Actually Will)

4. Best Director

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Nominees

Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)

David Fincher (Mank)

Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)

Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)

Who Should Win: Chloé Zhao

Chloé Zhao has steamrolled Best Director awards all season, but with good reason - it's extremely difficult to tell such a roaming, epic story in an intimate and focused way, while getting superb performances out of a large ensemble cast.

Who Will Win: Chloé Zhao

Zhao not winning would be a massive shock given her success across the circuit. When she wins, she'll become only the second woman in history to nab the Best Director Oscar - after Kathryn Bigelow scooped the gong for The Hurt Locker back in 2010.

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