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Brady Corbet said he made 'zero dollars' directing the Oscar-winning epic 'The Brutalist,' so he then directed three commercials for Bloomberg.

Best Director commentary (Updated Feb. 27, 2025): Brady Corbet dominated early directing prizes, sweeping nearly every award leading up to the televised ceremonies — until Sean Baker stormed in ...

The betting odds tell us the race for Best Director is between two men, Sean Baker and Brady Corbet. Based on the -195 odds for Baker, the Anora director has an implied probability of 66.1% of ...

Sean Baker won Best Director at the Oscars for Anora. He defeated Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance), and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown).

Sean Baker urged for the preservation of traditional cinema as he accepted the Best Director accolade at the prestigious Academy Awards on Sunday. Clinching his third trophy of the evening for Anora,

“Long live independent film,” Baker, 54, said with his best picture Oscar in hand ... The film faced stiff competition at the Oscars — particularly from Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” a sweeping immigrant story recognized with 10 nominations ...

Sean Baker has won the Academy Award for Best Director at the 2025 Oscars. He wins for helming Anora, which has had a great night at the awards ceremony. Accepting the award, he said, "Filmmakers, keep making films for the big screen. Distributors, please focus first and foremost on the theatrical releases of your films."

Is Anora helmer Sean Baker really on his way to a Best Director win at the 2025 Oscars, or is The Brutalist's Brady Corbet the one to beat? And which two films will triumph in the Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay races?

An exhuberant Sean Baker urged filmmakers to keep movie theaters alive and “Keep making movies for the big screen,” in his acceptance speech after winning the Oscar tonight for best directing for Anora. This was Baker’s fourth nomination and second win tonight.