2011 Academy Awards Director Series

Nominee: Darren Aronofsky
Picture for Nomination: Black Swan
Age: 41
From: United States
Filmography: The Wrestler (2008), The Fountain (2006), Requiem for a Dream (2000), Pi (1998)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
This is his first nomination in Directing.

Achievements in Directing:
2011 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for Black Swan
2011 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director Nomination for Black Swan
2011 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for Black Swan

Nominee: Ethan Coen
Picture for Nomination: True Grit
Age: 53
From: United States
Filmography: A Serious Man (2009), Burn After Reading (2008), To Each His Own Cinema (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), Paris, Je T'aime (2006), The Ladykillers (2004), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Big Lebowski (1998), Fargo (1996), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Barton Fink (1991), Miller's Crossing (1990), Raising Arizona (1987), Blood Simple (1984)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
2008 Best Achievement in Directing for No Country for Old Men

Achievements in Directing:
2008 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for No Country for Old Men
2008 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director for No Country for Old Men
2008 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for No Country for Old Men

Nominee: Joel Coen
Picture for Nomination: True Grit
Age: 56
From: United States
Filmography: A Serious Man (2009), Burn After Reading (2008), To Each His Own Cinema (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), Paris, Je T'aime (2006), The Ladykillers (2004), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Big Lebowski (1998), Fargo (1996), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Barton Fink (1991), Miller's Crossing (1990), Raising Arizona (1987), Blood Simple (1984)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
2008 Best Achievement in Directing for No Country for Old Men
1997 Best Director Nomination for Fargo

Achievements in Directing:
2008 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for No Country for Old Men
2008 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director for No Country for Old Men
2008 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for No Country for Old Men
2001 Cannes Film Festival Best Director for The Man Who Wasn't There
1997 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for Fargo
1997 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director for Fargo
1997 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for Fargo
1996 Cannes Film Festival Best Director for Fargo
1991 Cannes Film Festival Best Director for Barton Fink

Nominee: David Fincher
Picture for Nomination: The Social Network
Age: 48
Filmography: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Zodiac (2007), Panic Room (2002), Fight Club (1999), The Game (1997), Se7en (1995), Alien 3 (1992)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
2009 Best Achievement in Directing Nomination for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Achievements in Directing:
2011 Directors Guilds of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for The Social Network
2011 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director for The Social Network
2011 Golden Globes Best Director for The Social Network
2009 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director Nomination for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nominee: Tom Hooper
Picture for Nomination: The King's Speech
Age: 38
From: England
Filmography: The Damned United (2009), Red Dust (2004)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
This is his first nomination in Directing.

Achievements in Directing:
2011 Directors Guilds of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for The King's Speech
2011 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director Nomination for The King's Speech
2011 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for The King's Speech

Nominee: David O. Russell
Picture for Nomination: The Fighter
Age: 52
From: United States
Filmography: I Heart Huckabees (2004), Three Kings (1999), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Spanking the Monkey (1994)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
This is his first nomination in Directing.

Achievements in Directing:
2011 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for The Fighter
2011 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for The Fighter

Conclusion:
Who Wins? Tom Hooper for The King's Speech