Гильдия режиссеров назвала своих номинантов:

Lee Isaac Chung ("Minari")
Emerald Fennell ("Promising Young Woman")
David Fincher ("Mank")
Aaron Sorkin ("The Trial of the Chicago 7")
Chloe Zhao ("Nomadland")

First-Time Feature
Radha Blank ("The Forty-Year-Old Version")
Fernando Frias de la Parra ("I'm No Longer Here")
Regina King ("One Night in Miami")
Darius Marder ("Sound of Metal")
Florian Zeller ("The Father")