BEST DIRECTOR
Director - Film	Comment
Martin Scorsese - The Departed (GG) (BFCA) (DGA)	Still the winner
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls (BFCA) (DGA)
Stephen Frears - The Queen (GG) (BFCA) (DGA)	Finally cracked the DGA
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel (GG) (DGA)	The lonely amigo.
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima (GG) (BFCA)	Yes, he didn't get in for his two films... could fall to a split vote or disinterest in The Academy
The Potential Upsetters
Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton - Little Miss Sunshine (DGA)	Now we know... they were indeed stronger than they looked
Paul Greengrass - United 93 (BFCA)	The longest of shots
Etc.
Todd Field - Little Children
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth
Clint Eastwood - Flags Of Our Fathers(GG)

Charts from January 4 Picturex Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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January 11, 2007
- by David Poland