1. David O. Russel – The Fighter * * * * *
2. David Fincher – The Social Network * * * *
3. Joel & Ethan Coen – True Grit * * * *
4. Martin Scorsese – Living In The Material World * * * *
5. Richard Ayoade – Submarine * * * 1/2
6. Zack Snyder – Sucker Punch * * * 1/2
7. Cameron Crowe – Pearl Jam Twenty * * * 1/2
8. Azazel Jacobs – Terri * * * 1/2
9. Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech * * * 1/2
10. Shimmy Marcus – SoulBoy * * *
11. Lee Unkrich – Toy Story 3 * * *
12. Anton Corbijn – The American * * *
13. Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck – It’s Kind Of A Funny Story * * *
14. Philip Seymour Hoffmann – Jack Goes Boating * * *
15. Sam Taylor-Wood – Nowhere Boy * * *
16. Paul Feig – Bridesmaids * * 1/2
17. Richard J Lewis – Barney’s Version * * 1/2
18. Todd Phillips – Due Date * * 1/2
19. Miguel Arteta -Cedar Rapids * * 1/2
20. Robert Rodriguez – Machete * * 1/2
21. Mark Romanek – Never Let Me Go * * 1/2
22. George Nolfi – The Adjustment Bureau * * 1/2
23. William Monohan – London Boulevard * * 1/2
24. John Wells – The Company Men * * 1/2
25. Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan * * 1/2
26. Derek Cianfrance – Blue Valentine * * 1/2
27. Jesse Peretz – Our Idiot Brother * * 1/2
28. Jeff Tremaine – Jackass 3D * * 1/2
29. Spencer Sussex – Hesher * * 1/2
30. David Michôd – Animal Kingdom * *
31. Dennis Dugan – Just Go With It * *
32. Tom Hanks – Larry Crowne * *
33. Thomas McCarthy – Win Win * *
34. Rob Ebstein & Jeffrey Friedman – Howl * *
35. Edward Zwick – Love And Other Drugs * *
36. James L Brooks – How Do You Know * *
37. Matthew Vaughn – X-Men: First Class * *
38. Todd Phillips – The Hangover 2 * *
39. Brad Furman – The Lincoln Lawyer * 1/2
40. Michael Goldbach – Daydream Nation * 1/2
41. SJ Clarkson – Toast * 1/2
42. Francis Lawrence – Water For Elephants * 1/2
43. John Requa & Glenn Ficarra – Crazy, Stupid, Love * 1/2
44. Aaron Schneider – Get Low * 1/2
45. James Gunn – Super * 1/2
46. Seth Gordon – Horrible Bosses * 1/2
47. Jonathan Levine – 50/50 * 1/2
48. Tate Taylor – The Help * 1/2
49. Paul Haggis – The Next Three Days *
50. David Dobkin – The Change Up *
51. Sofia Coppola – Somewhere *
52. Shane Feste – Country Strong *
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