It is great to tune into theAcademy Awardsto watch legends of the industry gather together to celebrate the best movies of the year, but it is also amazing to watch newer names receive recognition for their work. This is precisely why the Best Director category at the Oscars has been so refreshing in recent years. Over the last six years, filmmakers like the Daniels, Chloé Zhao, and Bong Joon-ho have received well-deserved acclaim. This year, five new directors are getting the spotlight put on them after directing some of thebest movies of 2024.
Most years, I find the results of the Oscars way too easy to predict. However, the2025 Academy Awardshave shaped up to be one of the most unpredictable in years. Films likeAnora,The Brutalist,Emilia Pérez, andThe Substancehave been standouts throughout awards season, but I still don’t know who’s going to win awards likeBest Director at the Academy Awards. However, whoever wins this award, it is clear thata six-year streak in the Best Director category will continue at this year’s Academy Awards.
The Oscars 2025 Will Have Another First Time Best Director Winner
The 2025 Academy Awards Will Continue A Six-Year Best Director Streak
For the past six years, a first-time winner has won Best Directorat the Academy Awards. This is a streak that is guaranteed to be continued this year, since all the nominees for Best Director are first-timers. At the 2025 Academy Awards, the nominees for Best Director are Jacques Audiard forEmilia Pérez, Sean Baker forAnora, Brady Corbet forThe Brutalist, Coralie Fargeat forThe Substance, and James Mangold forA Complete Unknown. Currently, Baker or Corbet are the favorites to win the award.
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No matter who wins the award, this is such an exciting category sincethis is the first time all the Best Director nominees are first-timers since 1998, when James Cameron won the Oscar forTitanic. This first-time Best Director winner streak started in 2020 when Bong Joon-ho won for his filmParasite. This ongoing streak is so great because it allows new filmmakers to be recognized on one of the most important stages in Hollywood.
This Oscars Streak Is More Surprising Looking At The 2010s
There Were Multiple Repeat Best Director Winners In The 2010s
Over the last few years, it has become normal for fresh directors to be elevated to new levels by winning the Best Director Oscar. However, this wasn’t always the case. In fact,this Oscars streak is even more surprising since there were multiple repeat Best Director winners throughout the 2010s. For example, Alfonso Cuarón won the Best Director Oscar forGravityin 2014 and forRomain 2019. Additionally, Alejandro G. Iñárritu won back-to-back Best Director Oscars in 2015 and 2016, forBirdmanandThe Revenant.
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Additionally, Ang Lee also won Best Director at the Academy Awards for the second time in 2013 forLife of Pi, after previously winning in 2006 forBrokeback Mountain. Sincethere were three repeat winners in less than ten years, it is extra refreshing that this first-time winner streak will continue this year. It will be exciting to see who ends up winning the Best Director Oscar at theAcademy Awards, which will be held on June 09, 2025.
