OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR

Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank

Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan

Derek Cianfrance for Blue Valentine

David Fincher for The Social Network

Luca Guadagnino for I Am Love

AND THE WINNER:

DARREN ARONOFSKY FOR BLACK SWAN

This is the first win and third nomination for Darren Aronofsky. He was previously nominated for directing and producing The Wreslter (2008).

I have loved basically every film that Aronofsky has directed but there is just something so unique and great about Black Swan that has instantly made it my favourite film of his entire filmography. The film is so suspenseful and as the film progresses the tension rises and under the great direction of Aronofsky the film never feels over the top or out of control. Even as the film gets wilder and wider its Aronofskys steady hand that keep the film perfectly pitched. He showed a great control with his previous film The Wrestler when it came to a intimate character study that with Black Swan he achieves the same thing and does it to an even greater level.