..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Kim Voynar
..Michael Wilmington

PictureX Director
xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress
xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

BEST DIRECTOR
Director - Film	Comment
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby	The Man
Martin Scorsese - The Aviator	Ironically, the kind of stuff he never does gets him nominated this year
Alexander Payne - Sideways	Time to get the nod
Mike Nichols - Closer	He's Nichols
Michael Mann - Collateral	He's Mann & Digital Cinema steps up
The Potentially Overlooked Best Picture Directors
Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
Taylor Hackford - Ray
Joel Schumacher - Phantom Of The Opera
The Alternates Who Could Overcome
Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
Almodovar - Bad Education
Bill Condon - Kinsey
And...
Alejandro Amenabar - The Sea Inside
Brad Bird - The Incredibles
James L. Brooks - Spanglish
Terry George - Hotel Rwanda
Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Walter Salles - The Motorcycle Diaries
Brad Silberling - Lemony Snicket

20 Weeks To Oscar Charts
Picture|.|||.Director|x| |Screenplay/Adapted Screenplay
xActor/Supporting Actor ||.|Actress/Supporting Actress

Earlier Charts
December 2, 2004 | November 25, 2004
November 18, 2004 | November 11, 2004 | November 4 , 2004 | October 28, 2004 | October 21, 2004 | October 14, 2004 | September 22, 2004 | August 4, 2004

December 9 , 2004
- by David Poland