Best of 2009 - Best Director

Best Director:

5. Ramin Bahrini - Goodbye Solo

I wanted Lynn Shelton to make my best director list for her work on Humpday but Bahrini deserves the spot, partly because of the way he shaped this film but additionally because he actually helped his actors with scripted dialogue I'm sure.






4. Carey Fukunga - Sin Nombre

Part of this nomination comes from the meer fact that Fukunga made what I consider to be the best movie of the year. Its also a credit to his work shaping brilliant sympathetic characters confronted with extraordinary challenges.



3. Spike Jonze - Where the Wild Things Are

Jonze is so good at what he does and what he does is make movies like Where the Wild Things Are. Its a kid's movie for adults thats magical, fun, and heartbreaking all at once.






2. Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

This is a credit to the way Tarantino put together some of the best scenes I've scene recently. He blends suspense and humor possibly better than any director and had those scenes tied together better, he could be one slot higher.






1. Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

The subtlety of her direction is what makes it so good in The Hurt Locker. The little things that add extra layers to a film where essentially the same thing continues to happen, just in slightly different ways. Bigelow put together the full package, performance, story, action, suspense, humor.