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This year’s Best Director category was arguably its most packed in years.

Remarkably, this is Nolan’s first win for Best Director.

Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan on the set of Oppenheimer

It also formed one half of the ‘Barbenheimer’ summer craze, alongside the release of Greta Gerwig’sBarbie.

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Mikey Madison and Mark Eidelstein in Anora

Christopher Nolan / Daniel Craig as James Bond

Adrien Brody as László Tóth in The Brutalist

Ben Affleck in Air

Eva Victor as Agnes in Sorry, Baby

Dwayne Johnson in The Smashing Machine

Adam Driver in Megalopolis

Keir Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey

M. Night Shyamalan

Kit Connor in Warfare

A screenshot from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, showing a man named Verso covered in dirt and blood, looking into the camera.

Lewis Pullman as "Bob" in Thunderbolts*

A screenshot of the upcoming PS5 game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

A sprite sheet for Hollow Knight Silksong

Podracing on a screen in Andor season 2 episode 4

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2