The Oscar Forecast: Directing, Writing

DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, Argo
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Tom Hooper, Les Miserables
David O. Russell, The Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

ORGINAL SCREENPLAY
Amour
Django Unchained
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Les Miserables
Lincoln
The Silver Linings Playbook