
Scott Menzel
Predicted Nominees:
1. Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight)
2. Kemp Powers, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
3. Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Raymond, “First Cow” (A24)
4. Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller, “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
5. Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
Runner-Up Predictions:
6. Kata Wéber, “Pieces of a Woman” (Netflix)
7. Eleanor Catton, “Emma” (Focus)
8. Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, “The Prom” (Netflix)
9. Mark L. Smith, “The Midnight Sky” (Netflix)
10. Luke Davies, Paul Greengrass, “News of the World” (Universal)

Karen M. Peterson
Predicted Nominees:
- Kemp Powers, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon)
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
- Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
- Luke Davies, Paul Greengrass, “News of the World” (Universal)
- Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow” (A24)
Runner-Up Predictions:
6. Charlie Kaufman, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” (Netflix)
7. Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
8. Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, and Lee Kern, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon)
9. Kata Wéber, “Pieces of a Woman” (Netflix)
10. M.B. Traven and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani, “The Mauritanian” (STX Films)