1. Joel & Ethan Coen – True Grit * * * *
2. Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech * * * 1/2
3. Shimmy Marcus – SoulBoy * * *
4. Lee Unkrich – Toy Story 3 * * *
5. Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck – It’s Kind Of A Funny Story * * *
6. Sam Taylor-Wood – Nowhere Boy * * *
7. Todd Phillips – Due Date * * 1/2
8. Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan * * 1/2
9. Rob Ebstein & Jeffrey Friedman – Howl * *
10. Edward Zwick – Love And Other Drugs * *
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