Submitted by Robert Goldrich on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 Shane Carruth for "Upstream Color" 25% (2 votes) J.C. Chandor for "All is Lost" 25% (2 votes) Steve McQueen for "12 Years a Slave" 13% (1 vote) Jeff Nichols for "Mud" 25% (2 votes) Alexander Payne for "Nebraska" 13% (1 vote) Total votes: 8