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Rule Eleven: Special Rules for the Directing Award

  1. A Reminder List of all eligible motion pictures shall be sent with a nominations ballot to all members of the Directors Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five productions.
  2. The five motion pictures receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Directing award.
  3. Final voting for the Directing award shall be restricted to active and life Academy members.

82nd Academy Awards Rules

  1. Awards Definitions
  2. Eligibility
  3. The Awards Year and Deadlines
  4. Submission
  5. Balloting and Nominations
  6. Acting Awards
  7. Best Animated Feature Film Award
  8. Art Direction Award
  9. Cinematography Award
  10. Costume Design Award
  11. Directing Award
  12. Documentary Awards
  13. Film Editing Award
  14. Foreign Language Film Award
  15. Makeup Award
  16. Music Awards
  17. Best Picture of the Year Award
  18. Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards
  19. Short Films Awards
  20. Sound Editing Award
  21. Sound Mixing Award
  22. Visual Effects Award
  23. Writing Awards
  24. Testimonial Awards
  25. Special Achievement Award
  26. Gordon E. Sawyer Award
  27. Scientific and Technical Special Awards

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