2019 Natie Awards: Best Actor

There were a plethora of great performances this year and narrowing it down to only five was very difficult.  Some of these nominees have been nominated for multiple Natie’s while others are being included for the first time.  In any other year, any of these actors could have walked away with the trophy.

Here are the nominees for Best Actor:

Christian Bale – Dick Cheney (Vice)

Bradley Cooper – Jackson Maine (A Star is Born)

Ryan Gosling – Neil Armstrong (First Man)

Rami Malek – Freddie Mercury (Bohemian Rhapsody)

John David Washington – Det. Ron Stallworth (BlacKkKlansman)

2019 Natie’s: Best Director

There is so much that goes into making a movie; however, at the end of the day it is all in the hands of the director.  They get to turn their vision into what we see on the screen. We have been blessed by some great visionaries over the last couple of years. Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Memento) won last year for taking a unique point of view at how to film a war movie.  Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash, and First Man) and Alejandro Inarritu (The Revenant, Birdman, and Babel) both put together massive projects against all odds to win in 2017 and 2016 respectively, and Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Dazed and Confused, and School of Rock) dedicated 12 years of his life to win the 2015 Natie.

Here are the nominees for Best Director:

Damien Chazelle (First Man)

Drew Goddard (Bad Times at the El Royale)

Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)

Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)

Anthony & Joe Russo (Avengers: Infinity War)