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I enjoyed David Fincher's direction in The Social Network, but I think the main reason why he's likely to win Best Director is because like a lot of actors and directors in the past (Pacino, Scorcese, Jeff Bridges) it's seen as his turn after being ignored so often in the past.

As for Christopher Nolan, I suspect he's like Steven Spielberg, he'll need to direct a very serious film about the Holocaust or something before he gets any Best Director Oscar. Though at least he's not been as robbed as Spielberg was in the 80s (beaten by Warren Beatty? Richard Attenborough?!).
I don't think that's why at all. If anything it's because of what Seraphic was saying. The Hurt Locker and The Social Network are more about what's happening now in society than anything and both of them won best director and best film. If they were to go by the way you're saying they vote, then someone like Darren should win. He's been snubbed for Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler and now Black Swan. I can't actually think of many titles that were amazing that Fincher has done aside from Se7ven and Fight Club.

Nolan is not Steven Spielberg. He's directed films like Memento. And even some of his more action driven films have intellectual themes. Cameron = Spielberg = Lucas
Fincher also did Zodiac and was nominated for Benjamin Button (as horribly Oscar bait as that was), he's very highly regarded as a director and so the success of The Social Network is a good excuse to reward him for his career to date. Aaronofsky is also highly regarded, but at a far more cult level, he's only now starting to get much wider recognition, which Fincher has had for years - and The Fountain wasn't exactly snubbed for anything, it was a critical and commercial bomb.

And my point about Nolan is that after The Dark Knight and Inception many in the Academy will now (unfairly) see him as a popcorn peddler rather than a SERIOUS FILM MAKER (Oscars love these), just like Spielberg was seen in the early 80s. Yes, Nolan's films are very different to say Raiders of the Lost Ark and E.T. but Academy voters are a bit dim and sometimes just see the box office figures and the action components of a film.