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Academy Awards Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Runner-up: Stephen Daldry, The Reader Runner-up: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Runner-up: Gus Van Sant, Milk Runner-up: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Boston Film Critics Win: Gus Van Sant, Milk Win: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park Broadcast Film Critics Association Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Nominee: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominee: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Nominee: Gus Van Sant, Milk Nominee: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Chicago Film Critics Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Nominee: Andrew Stanton, WALL-E Nominee: Gus Van Sant, Milk Nominee: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominee: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Dallas Fort Worth Critics Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Runner-Up: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Runner-Up: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Runner-Up: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Runner-Up: Gus Van Sant, Milk Directors' Guild Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Runner-Up: Gus Van Sant, Milk Runner-Up: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Runner-Up: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Runner-Up: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Golden Globes Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Nominee: Stephen Daldry, The Reader Nominee: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominee: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Nominee: Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road Golden Satellites Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Runner-up: Stephen Daldry, The Reader Runner-up: Tom McCarthy, The Visitor Runner-up: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Runner-up: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Runner-up: Gus Van Sant, Milk Los Angeles Film Critics Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Runner-up: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight National Board of Review Win: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button National Society of Film Critics Win: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky New York Film Critics Win: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky Online Film Critics Association Win: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Runner-Up: Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler Runner-Up: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Runner-Up: Andrew Stanton, WALL-E Runner-Up: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Southeastern Film Critics Association Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Runner-up: Gus Van Sant, Milk Spirit Awards Win: Tom McCarthy, The Visitor Nominee: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River Nominee: Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop Nominee: Lance Hammer, Ballast Nominee: Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

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