1. David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook * * * * *
2. Lee Toland Krieger – Celeste & Jesse Forever * * * * 1/2
3. PT Anderson – The Master * * * * 1/2
4. Johnny To – Drug War * * * *
5. David Chase – Not Fade Away * * * *
6. Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained * * * 1/2
7. Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty * * * 1/2
8. Berman & pulcini – Girl Most Likely * * * 1/2
9. Joe Schwanberg – Drinking Buddies * * * 1/2
10. James Ponsoldt – The Spectacular Now * * * 1/2
11. Gus van Sant – The Promised Land * * *
12. Harmony Korine – Spring Breakers * * *
13. Steven Soderberg – Beyond The Candelbra * * *
14. David Lowery – Ain’t Them Bodies Saints * * *
15. Joseph Gordon Levitt – Don Jon * * 1/2
16. Daniel Schechter – Supporting Characters * * 1/2
17. Terrence Malick – To The Wonder * * 1/2
18. Noah Baumbach – Frances Ha * * 1/2
19, Rawson Marshall Thurber – We’re The Millers * * 1/2
20. Brian DePalma – Passion * * 1/2
21. Maggie Carey – The To Do List * *
22. Ben Affleck – Argo * *
23. Paul Schrader – The Canyons * *
24. Nick Love – The Sweeney * *
25. Dan Mazer – I Give It A Year * *
26. Anne Fletcher – The Guilt Trip * *
27. Malik Bendjelloul – Searching For Sugar Man * *
28. Shawn Levy – The Internship * 1/2
29. Martin McDonagh – 7 Psychopaths * 1/2
30. Peter Jackson – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey * 1/2
31. Michael Mohan – Save The Date * 1/2
32. Ann Fletcher – The Guilt Trip * 1/2
33. Todd Phillips – Hangover 3 * 1/2
34. Ang Lee – The Life Of Pi *
35. Baz Luhrmann – The Great Gatsby *
36. Randall Miller – CBGB *
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