Oscar Buzz: Directors, Writers, Producers Guilds & BAFTA Awards Nominations

As we get closer and closer to Oscar nominations, guilds and other industry associations are announcing their nominees for the best in film of 2012.

The guild awards are generally the best indicator of what or who will be nominated for an Academy Awards. Academy members usually are part of some guild, so it would make sense to pay extra attention to the DGA, PGA and WGA nominees and winners. In the case for WGA, many major contenders’ scripts (Django Unchained is one example) are ineligible for WGA, but are eligible for Oscar. As for the BAFTAs, they haven’t always proven to be a consistent predictor for the Oscars. However, as with any awards season ceremony, it helps narrow down the contenders.

Below are all of the nominations for the Directors, Writers, Producers Guilds and BAFTA Awards.

Directors Guild Award Nominees

BEN AFFLECK – Argo

KATHRYN BIGELOW – Zero Dark Thirty

ANG LEE – Life of Pi

TOM HOOPER – Les Misérables

STEVEN SPIELBERG – Lincoln

DGA Snubs: David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained), Michael Haneke (Amour), Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

Writers Guild Awards Nominees

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Flight, Written by John Gatins

Looper, Written by Rian Johnson

The Master, Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Moonrise Kingdom, Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

Zero Dark Thirty, Written by Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Argo, Screenplay by Chris Terrio; Based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman

Life of Pi, Screenplay by David Magee; Based on the novel by Yann Martel

Lincoln, Screenplay by Tony Kushner; Based in part on the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky; Based on his book

Silver Linings Playbook, Screenplay by David O. Russell; Based on the novel by Matthew Quick

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

The Central Park Five, Written by Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns

The Invisible War, Written by Kirby Dick

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Written by Alex Gibney

Searching for Sugar Man, Written by Malik Bendejelloul

We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, Written by Brian Knappenberger

West of Memphis, Written by Amy Berg & Billy McMillin

Contenders Ineligible for WGA: Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino), Amour (Michael Haneke), Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar)

Producers Guild Awards Nominees

“Argo” – Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov

“Beasts of the Southern Wild” – Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn

“Django Unchained” – Producers: Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher

“Les Misérables” – Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh

“Life of Pi” – Producers: Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark

“Lincoln” – Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg

“Moonrise Kingdom” – Producers: Wes Anderson & Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales

“Silver Linings Playbook” – Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon

“Skyfall” – Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson

“Zero Dark Thirty” – Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison

PGA snubs: The Master, Amour, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

ANIMATED FILM

“Brave” Producer: Katherine Sarafian

“Frankenweenie” Producers: Allison Abbate, Tim Burton

“ParaNorman” Producers: Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner

“Rise of the Guardians” – Producers: Nancy Bernstein, Christina Steinberg

“Wreck-It Ralph” – Producer: Clark Spencer

BAFTA 2013 Nominations

BEST FILM

ARGO Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney

LES MISÉRABLES Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh

LIFE OF PI Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark

LINCOLN Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy

ZERO DARK THIRTY Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

ANNA KARENINA Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tom Stoppard

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL John Madden, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Ol Parker

LES MISÉRABLES Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer

SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin

SKYFALL Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

BART LAYTON (Director), DIMITRI DOGANIS (Producer) The Imposter

DAVID MORRIS (Director), JACQUI MORRIS (Director/Producer) McCullin

DEXTER FLETCHER (Director/Writer), DANNY KING (Writer) Wild Bill

JAMES BOBIN (Director) The Muppets

TINA GHARAVI (Director/Writer) I Am Nasrine

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

AMOUR Michael Haneke, Margaret Ménégoz

HEADHUNTERS Morten Tyldum, Marianne Gray, Asle Vatn

THE HUNT Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Morten Kaufmann

RUST AND BONE Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux

UNTOUCHABLE Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun