BLACKKKLANSMAN 
DA 5 BLOODS 
DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA 
Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland" has earned seven nominations for 2020 honors from the Chicago Film Critics Association, followed by six each for Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods," Kelly Reichardt's "First Cow" and Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things."David Fincher's "Mank" and Emerald Fennell's "Promising Young Woman" took five nominations each. With 28 nominations, Netflix is the most recognized studio, followed by Amazon with 16 and and A24 with 15. Zhao and Fennell each earned three nominations.The Best Director category is...
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Over the last three and a half decades, Lee has built an impressive body of work that’s been both consistently provocative and groundbreaking — from 1986’s “She’s Gotta Have It” to 2018’s “BlacKkKlansman,” which earned him an Oscar for best adapted screenplay — and remarkably diverse. In addition to a wealth of films of various genres, he’s directed Nike commercials, music videos, stage shows, a video game (“NBC 2K16”) and docs about everything from Michael Jackson to Hurricane Katrina, as well as acted in more than a dozen projects. That trend continues with his two latest projects: Netflix feature “Da 5 Bloods,” about five African-American vets who return to Vietnam, and a filmed version of David Byrne’s Broadway concert show “American Utopia” for HBO Max.
