1. Barry Jenkins-If Beale Street Could Talk
2. Bradley Cooper-A Star Is Born
3. Damien Chazelle-First Man
4. Martin Scorsese-The Irishman
5. Yorgos Lanthimos-The Favourite
   

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6. Adam McKay-Backseat
7. Desiree Akhavan-The Miseducation of Cameron Post
8. Spike Lee-Black Klansman
9. Steve McQueen-Widows
10. Josie Rourke-Mary Queen of Scots
11. Ryan Coogler-Black Panther
12. Debra Granik-Leave No Trace
13. Jacques Audiard-The Sisters Brothers
14. Joel Edgerton-Boy Erased
15. Marielle Heller-Can You Ever Forgive Me?
16. Paul Dano-Wildlife
17. Bo Burnham-Eighth Grade
18. Richard Linklater-Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
19. Terry Gilliam-The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
20. Julian Schnabel-At Eternity’s Gate
21. Boots Riley-Sorry To Bother You
22. Thomas Vinterberg-Kursk
23. Gus Van Sant-Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far ON Foot
24. Jason Reitman-The Front Runner
25. Mélanie Laurent-Galveston
26. Andrew Heckler-Burden
27. Robert Zemeckis-The Women of Marwen
28. David Lowery-The Old Man and The Gun
29. Stephen Merchant-Fighting With My Family
30. Jason Reitman-Tully
31. Reinaldo Marcus Green-Monsters and Men
32. Anthony and Joe Russo-Avengers: Infinity War
33. Fede Alvarez-The Girl in the Spider’s Web
34. Steven Spielberg-Ready Player One
35. Ava DuVernay-A Wrinkle in Time