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Best Director Most likely winner :     Steven Spielberg   for Lincoln. Leaving out Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow and Quentin Tarantino pretty much made this Spielberg's to lose. And doesn't reflect too well on the Academy either. Backup Pick :    David O. Russell for  Silver Linings Playbook. The production company of Weinstein have been campaigning hard for this and it's a good film with the acting performances set up well. The thing about best director is it's the easiest award to give to someone the academy likes because it's ambiguous and the academy doesn't really love Russell. Most deserving :      Michel Haneke for  Amour. Haneke has the most carefully crafted film here. All in all it is definitely his film in every scene. His presence is all around the film and it is an excellent film. If they give it for the greatest impact a director has on the film, this is it. Best Adapted Screenplay Most li...

Picked from directors who are Asian or film mostly in Asia. In the languages of the country that they're filming in. Or Asian languages. So if Clint Eastwood had decided to film all future movies like letters From Iwo Jima he'd be here. To qualify I'm making it that the director has to release an excellent film (in my opinion) during the 21st century and I need to be able to find at least 3 excellent reference films 21. Wang Xiaoshuai -China Directing Timespan : 1993- present Reference Films: Beijing Bicycle (2001); Shanghai Dreams (2005); The Days (1993) 20. Lee Chang-Dong - South Korea Directing Timespan : 1997-present Reference Films: Poetry (2010); Oasis (2002); Peppermint Candy (1999) 19. Kim Ki-duk - South Korea Directing Timespan : 1996-present Reference Films: Spring,Summer,Fall,Winter...and Spring (2003); The Bow (2005); Birdcage Inn (1998); 18. Johnnie To - Hong Kong Directing Timespan : 1990-present Reference Films: Life Without Principle (2011); Mad Detective ...