DANNY BOYLE and DEV PATEL, The Dickensians

DARREN ARONOFSKY and MICKEY ROURKE, The Ringers

SAM MENDES and KATE WINSLET, The Partnership

GUS VAN SANT and SEAN PENN, The Milk Men

PENÉLOPE CRUZ and WOODY ALLEN, The Odd Couple

RON HOWARD and TOM HANKS, The Classicists

NICOLE KIDMAN and BAZ LUHRMANN, The Colonists

MERYL STREEP and JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY, The Undoubted

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN and the late HEATH LEDGER, The Risktakers

CLINT EASTWOOD, The Old Hand