Prepping for our big Oscar show

So, right now I am knee deep in research for the Academy Awards episode of "Viewpoints On..." Lots of statistics and figures. A ton of information.

I am going to put a lot of it, or try, into the show. But, since there is literally a million different things to discuss here is an interesting topic:

"Great directors who never won a Best Director Oscar" and I am not counting "Honorary" ones.

And the list will shock you.

• Robert Altman
• Cecil B. De Mille
• John Frankenheimer
• Alfred Hitchcock
• Stanley Kubrick
• Akira Kurosawa
• Sidney Lumet
• Orson Welles

And here are a few contempory directors that have never won:

• Tim Burton
• Spike Lee
• Michael Mann
• Brian De Palma
• Ridley Scott
• Peter Weir
• DARREN ARONOFSKY! (Robbed for a nomination this year)
• David Fincher (At least got a nomination this year)
• Chris Nolan

Yeah I left Tarintino off the list. All complaints can be sent to Stephanie Holland care of Viewpoints.

Also, Gus Van Sant... yeah I'm talking to you. You lost me at "Elephant."