| RANK |
NOMINEE
|
SCORE |
CHANGE |
|
|
| 1 |
Martin
Scorsese
The Departed
|
99 |
= |
|
|
| 2 |
Stephen
Frears
The Queen
|
85 |
+2 |
| 3 |
Alejandro
González Iñárritu
Babel
|
81 |
+2 |
| 4 |
Bill
Condon
Dreamgirls
|
80 |
-1 |
| 5 |
Clint
Eastwood
Letters From Iwo Jima
|
76 |
-3 |
|
|
| 6 |
Paul
Greengrass
United 93
|
65 |
= |
| 7 |
Daynton
& Farris
Little Miss Sunshine
|
56 |
+4 |
|
|
| 8 |
Alfonso
Cuaron
Children of Men
|
44 |
+2 |
| 9 |
Todd
Field
Little Children
|
40 |
= |
| 10 |
Guillermo
Del Toro
Pan's Labyrynth
|
36 |
+6 |
| 11 |
Clint
Eastwood
Flags of Our Fathers
|
35 |
-4 |
| 12 |
Robert
Altman
A Prairie Home Companion
|
34 |
= |
| |
| 13 |
Pedro
Almodovar
Volver
|
33 |
-5 |
|
|
| 14 |
Mel
Gibson
Apocalypto
|
29 |
+1 |
| 15 |
Oliver
Stone
World Trade Center
|
28 |
-1 |
| 16 |
Robert
De Niro
The Good Shepherd
|
28 |
-3 |
| 17 |
Edward
Zwick
Blood Diamond
|
23 |
= |
| 18 |
Emilio
Estevez
Bobby
|
21 |
+2 |
| |
| 19 |
Steven
Soderbergh
The Good German
|
21 |
-1 |
| 20 |
Kevin
Macdonald
The Last King of Scottland
|
20 |
-1 |
| 21 |
Zhang
Yimou
Curse of the Golden Flower
|
19 |
= |
| 22 |
Ryan
Fleck
Half Nelson
|
18 |
+9 |
| 23 |
Anthony
Minghella
Breaking and Entering
|
17 |
= |
| |
| 24 |
Chris
Noonan
Miss Potter
|
17 |
-2 |
| 25 |
Roger
Mitchell
Venus
|
17 |
-1 |
| 26 |
Richard
Eyre
Notes on a Scandal
|
16 |
+6 |
| 27 |
Christopher
Nolan
The Prestige
|
15 |
= |
| 28 |
Spike
Lee
Inside Man
|
15 |
+2 |
| |
| 29 |
Darren
Aronofsky
The Fountain
|
15 |
-1 |
| 30 |
Sofia
Coppola
Marie-Antoinette
|
15 |
-1 |
| 31 |
Jason
Reitman
Thank You For Smoking
|
15 |
-5 |
| 32 |
David
Lynch
Inland Empire
|
15 |
+2 |
| 33 |
John
Curran
The Painted Veil
|
14 |
+8 |
