Top 5 directors in the Oscar race

We have to wait two more days to know who will win the Oscar. A brief introduction about the top 5 directors in the Oscar race.

James Cameron: He made the film Avatar with app $500 million and make the audience feel that they are in a new world. His original name is James Francis Cameron. He worked as an assistant with the director Roger Karman. James got fame with the film Terminator. His first film was Firanha part 2: the spaning in 1981. He is interested in making films related to science-art-fiction. He directed other films like Terminator 2, Aliens, Judgement day 2 and Titanic. He has 5 wifes and his 3rd wife is Katherine Bijelo. She is competing with him in this Oscar.

Katherine Bijelo: She is the 3rd wife of famous director James Cameron. Her original name was Katherine Ann Bijelo. She made “The heart locker” film and is in the Oscar race for the first time. She was a student of Columbia Film School. She started her career in 1982 with ‘The Love Less’.

Kwentin Tarontino: He started his career with ‘My best friend’s birthday’ in 1987. He has written and produced this film and also acted in this film. Now he is in the Oscar race with his “Inglorious Bastards”. It has taken 10 years for preparing the script for this film. He feels that getting nominated for Oscar itself is a good reward for his efforts and if he wins the Oscar, it will be a bonus to him. He directed ‘Pulp Fiction’ in 1994 but only got Oscar for best Screenplay. This time he is expecting either a best director or best screenplay award.

Lee Daniels: He made five films as a producer. He directed only two pictures; his first picture ‘Shadow Boxer’ in 2005 and second film ‘Precious:Best on the novel Push by sapphire’. He has been nominated for his second film. Presently he is making a film called ‘Selma’ and plans to release in 2011. This is the first time that he has been nominated for Oscar.

Jason Reetman: He started his career as a writer and director at the age of 21 with the film ‘Operation’(1998). He made 9 pictures till now. He is in the Oscar race for his latest film “Up in the Air”. He makes comedy films and adds some sensitive issues into the film. In 2005, he made a film called ‘Thank you for smoking’ and discussed the ill effects from the smoking and in 2007 he made ‘Juno’ and showed the difficulties faced by a girl who got pregnancy at small age