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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...

21.Director:Richard Kelly Film: Donnie Darko (2001) Age : 26 since then : Southland Tales (2007), The Box (2009) 20.Director:Amy Heckerling Film: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Age : 28 since then : Johnny Dangerously (1984),Look Who's Talking(1989),Clueless (1995), 19.Director:Rainer Werner Fassbinder Film: Handler der vier Jahreszeiten ( The Merchant of Four Seasons) - 1972 Age : 27 since then : Angst essen Seele auf(1974),Effi Briest (1974),Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel(1975)Despair(1978),Lola (1981) 18.Director:Baz Luhrmann Film: Stricly Ballroom (1992) Age : 29 since then : Romeo+Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge (2001), Australia (2008) 17.Director:Spike Jonze Film: Being John Malkovich (1999) Age : 29 since then : Adaptation (2002), Where the Wild Things Are (2009) 16.Director:Alejandro Amenabar ...