Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Reason For Being Nominated: Another chance for the Academy to deprive him of a win
Joints Made: 44
Primary Residence: Front row at a Knicks Game
Filmmaking Style: Spike Lee is known for his penchant for placing the actors in front of the camera and the crew off screen
Biggest Regret: Feels he failed to properly address racism, urban crime, and poverty in his 1991 film Levi’s 501 Button-Fly Jeans Featuring Rob Liefeld
Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
Name Pronunciation: GRTE-gjingd veud-tbi-GHTH-jskbf
Filmmaking Style: Foreign
Career High: Leaving Poland
Previous Films: Polish People Crying Together In Black-And-White (2014), Forlorn Slavic People During The 1980s (2016), Depressed Times From The Wall (2017)
Favorite PornHub Search: Pregnancy POV best friend’s wife hot
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Influences: Probably, let’s say, Stanley Kubrick? Seems right
Background: After a decade of lingering in experimental obscurity, he wised up and directed a film about British royalty in the 18th century
Controversial Statements: “All of my films explore the universal truth that Robert Kennedy deserved to die.”
Career Highlight: Getting to boss that rude Irish fuck Colin Farrell around on the set of The Lobster
Inspiration: Anything, from the rustling of the wind through a willow tree, a crane taking flight, or a baby’s first tears after being born
Adam McKay, Vice
Smartest Career Move: Forgetting to respond to a text from Will Ferrell asking if he wanted to direct Holmes & Watson
Filmmaking Style: Didactic
Sidenote: Huh, no female directors this year? Not to take away the spotlight from McKay, but...huh!
Gear: 1978 Gibson Les Paul, 1962 Fender Stratocaster, 1996 Rickenbacker Fireglo
Net Worth: Too high to be as angry at the system as he is
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Advice To Aspiring Filmmakers: “Make sure the makeup department remembers to add Harry’s scar because otherwise you’ll end up with a lot of continuity errors that are a nightmare to fix.”
Filming Hand: Right
Career Low: When a crew member died on the set of Gravity after floating off into outer space
Aspiration: To someday cash in, direct one of those American Express commercials, and never have to aggravate himself making these stupid make-believe stories again
Net Worth: The experiences he’s had and the friendships he’s made in life
