2014 Oscar Predictions: Best Director (Is Alfonso Cuarón a Lock to Win?)

Like their films, Alfonso Cuarón, David O. Russell, and Steve McQueen are the frontrunners for Best Director.

This race is locked up. It’s locked up to that point that I am actually using it as part of my argument for Best Picture.

Alfonso Cuarón hasn’t lost a single race in his march to Oscar glory. It makes sense seeing as he made use of every single minute of screen time. Each shot was so well calculated and packed with meaning. It is really a director’s film.

Had “12 Years a Slave” maintained the strength it had earlier in the race, then Steve McQueen would have a chance, but without a DGA win his chances have pretty much been skunked.

Check out my rankings below and all of our Oscar predictions here!

Will Win: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Could Win: N/A
Should Win: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Should have been Nominated: Spike Jonze, Her

Karl Delossantos

Hey, I'm Karl, founder and film critic at Smash Cut. I started Smash Cut in 2014 to share my love of movies and give a perspective I haven't yet seen represented. I'm also an editor at The New York Times, a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, and a member of the Online Film Critics Society.

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