For this week’s episode, it’s all about directors nominated at the Academy Awards. Sophia and Nick play the Movie Director Game, a creation of “The Big Picture” podcast, where they choose their favorite (and runner-up) director of each decade starting with the 1950’s. The directors are categorized by the release date of their feature directorial debut and in order to be included they must have earned a Best Director nomination at The Oscars for any of their films. Follow along with the links below as they discuss the: 50’s (4:52), 60’s (12:59), 70’s (20:27), 80’s (31:17), 90’s (37:04), 2000’s (48:09), and 2010’s (55:32). Afterwards, they play a mini game where they take all of their winners and award some other superlatives, including Best First Feature and Best Best Director Win (1:00:20).

Inspired by the Movie Director Game by “The Big Picture”: https://www.theringer.com/2020/2/21/21146882/introducing-movie-director-game-with-sam-esmail

List of Directorial Debuts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_directorial_debuts

Music: “The Greatest Adventure” by Jonathan Adamich

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