Director and Screenplay Predictions

Best Director

1. Ben Affleck, Argo
2. Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
3. Tom Hooper, Les Misérables
4. Ang Lee, Life of Pi
5. Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master

Other Contenders

• David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
• Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
• Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
• Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
• Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Original Screenplay

1. The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
3. Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
4. Amour, Michael Haneke
5. Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal

Other Contenders

• Flight, John Gatins
• Looper, Rian Johnson
• Promised Land, Matt Damon and John Krasinski
• The Impossible, Sergio G. Sanchez
• Smashed, James Ponsoldt and Susan Burke

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Lincoln, Tony Kushner, John Logan, and Paul Webb
2. Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell
3. Argo, Chris Terrio
4. The Sessions, Ben Lewin
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin

Other Contenders

• Les Misérables, William Nicholson
• Life of Pi, David Magee
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, and Fran Walsh
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
• Anna Karenina, Tom Stoppard

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