Oscars Best Director Odds
Find the latest Oscars Best Director betting odds from UK bookmakers.
The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Oscars Best Director Betting Odds (2025)
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist Show all Show less
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Jacques Audiard - Emilia Perez Show all Show less
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance Show all Show less
Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two Show all Show less
Ridley Scott - Gladiator II Show all Show less
RaMell Ross - Nickel Boys Show all Show less
Mohammad Rasoulof - The Seed of the Sacred Fig Show all Show less
Pedro Almodovar - The Room Next Door Show all Show less
Alex Garland - Civil War Show all Show less
Luca Guadagnino - Queer Show all Show less
The Favourites To Win Best Director at the 2025 Oscars
- Brady Corbet - The Brutalist with odds 3/10 on 10bet
- Sean Baker - Anora with odds 5/1 on bet365
- Jacques Audiard - Emilia Perez with odds 11/1 on bet365
- Edward Berger - Conclave with odds 16/1 on bet365
- James Mangold - A Complete Unknown with odds 25/1 on bet365
- Coralie Fargeat - The Substance with odds 33/1 on bet365
- Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two with odds 33/1 on bet365
- Ridley Scott - Gladiator II with odds 33/1 on bet365
- Jon M. Chu - Wicked with odds 40/1 on bet365
- Steve McQueen - Blitz with odds 40/1 on bet365
Probability to Win Best Director
With the outright odds, we can easily calculate the probability of winning Best Director at the Oscars, according to the bookmakers.
| Actor | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Brady Corbet - The Brutalist | 3/10 | 76.92% |
| Sean Baker - Anora | 5/1 | 16.67% |
| Jacques Audiard - Emilia Perez | 11/1 | 8.33% |
| Edward Berger - Conclave | 16/1 | 5.88% |
| James Mangold - A Complete Unknown | 25/1 | 3.85% |
| Coralie Fargeat - The Substance | 33/1 | 2.94% |
| Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two | 33/1 | 2.94% |
| Ridley Scott - Gladiator II | 33/1 | 2.94% |
| Jon M. Chu - Wicked | 40/1 | 2.44% |
| Steve McQueen - Blitz | 40/1 | 2.44% |
| RaMell Ross - Nickel Boys | 50/1 | 1.96% |
| Greg Kwedar - Sing Sing | 66/1 | 1.49% |
| Mohammad Rasoulof - The Seed of the Sacred Fig | 66/1 | 1.49% |
| Pedro Almodovar - The Room Next Door | 66/1 | 1.49% |
| Alex Garland - Civil War | 100/1 | 0.99% |
| George Miller - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | 100/1 | 0.99% |
| Luca Guadagnino - Queer | 100/1 | 0.99% |
| Marielle Heller - Nightbitch | 100/1 | 0.99% |
| Payal Kapadia - All We Imagine as Light | 100/1 | 0.99% |
| Todd Phillips - Joker: Folie a Deux | 100/1 | 0.99% |
| Walter Salles - I'm Still Here | 100/1 | 0.99% |
| Jason Reitman - Saturday Night | 150/1 | 0.66% |
| Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain | 150/1 | 0.66% |
| Mike Leigh - Hard Truths | 150/1 | 0.66% |
| Robert Eggers - Nosferatu | 150/1 | 0.66% |
| Erica Tremblay - Fancy Dance | 250/1 | 0.40% |
| Joachim Ronning - Young Woman and the Sea | 250/1 | 0.40% |
| Luca Guadagnino - Challengers | 250/1 | 0.40% |
Who is the Favourite to Win Best Director at the Oscars?
As of 20 January 2025, according to the odds, the favourite to win Best Director is Brady Corbet - The Brutalist, best priced at 3/10 with 10bet.
The odds mean that the probability for Brady Corbet - The Brutalist to win Best Director at the 2025 Oscars is 76.92%.
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Former Oscar Winners
| Year | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Director | Best Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Brendan Fraser (The Whale) | Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once) | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 2022 | Will Smith (King Richard) | Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) | Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) | CODA |
| 2021 | Anthony Hopkins (The Father) | Frances McDormand (Nomadland) | Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) | Nomadland |
| 2020 | Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) | Renée Zellweger (Judy) | Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) | Parasite |
| 2019 | Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) | Olivia Colman (The Favourite) | Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) | Green Book |
| 2018 | Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) | Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) | Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) | The Shape of Water |
| 2017 | Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) | Emma Stone (La La Land) | Damien Chazelle (La La Land) | Moonlight |
| 2016 | Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) | Brie Larson (Room) | Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant) | Spotlight |
| 2015 | Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) | Julianne Moore (Still Alice) | Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman) | Birdman |
| 2014 | Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) | Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) | Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) | 12 Years a Slave |
| 2013 | Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) | Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) | Ang Lee (Life of Pi) | Argo |
| 2012 | Jean Dujardin (The Artist) | Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) | Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) | The Artist |
| 2011 | Colin Firth (The King's Speech) | Natalie Portman (Black Swan) | Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) | The King's Speech |
| 2010 | Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) | Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | The Hurt Locker |
| 2009 | Sean Penn (Milk) | Kate Winslet (The Reader) | Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 2008 | Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) | Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men) | No Country for Old Men |
| 2007 | Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) | Helen Mirren (The Queen) | Martin Scorsese (The Departed) | The Departed |
| 2006 | Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) | Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) | Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) | Crash |
| 2005 | Jamie Foxx (Ray) | Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) | Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) | Million Dollar Baby |
| 2004 | Sean Penn (Mystic River) | Charlize Theron (Monster) | Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2003 | Adrien Brody (The Pianist) | Nicole Kidman (The Hours) | Roman Polanski (The Pianist) | Chicago |
| 2002 | Denzel Washington (Training Day) | Halle Berry (Monster's Ball) | Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) | A Beautiful Mind |
| 2001 | Russell Crowe (Gladiator) | Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) | Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) | Gladiator |
| 2000 | Kevin Spacey (American Beauty) | Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry) | Sam Mendes (American Beauty) | American Beauty |
