There were a few surprises in the best director category as expected nominations failed to pass. Neither Quentin Tarantino nor Kathryn Bigelow Or Ben Affleck or Tom Hooper received best director nominations. The nominations are: Steven Spielberg - Lincoln, Ben Zeitlin "Beasts of the Southern Wild"), David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook Ang Lee for Life of Pi and Michale Haneke for Amour.

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