Lisa Cholodenko for (“Star-Crossed Lovers and Things Like That”), The Girl from Plainville
Helen Shaver for (“String Cheese”), Maid
Courtney Hunt for (“Surrender”), Under the Banner of Heaven
David Mackenzie for (“When God Was Love”), Under the Banner of Heaven
Mike White for (“Arrivals”), The White Lotus
AND THE WINNER IS:
COURTNEY HUNT FOR ("SURRENDER"), UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN
This is the first win and nomination for Courtney Hunt.
Under the Banner of Heaven was one of those series that had been hotly anticipated the entire television season and when the show premiered with it's first three episodes at the end of April I like many was thankful that the anticipation was succeeded and the show was not disappointing. Choosing any episode of the series as the best directed was going to be a challenge because there was such great directing on the show but what made me choose Hunt in the end is her episode contains the most memorably directed sequence for me. The tense standoff which opens the episode was spectacularly shot with each movement adding to the tension and eventul victory by the cops. Hunt really led this episode very well making for one of the greatest hours of the past television year.
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