Critics' Choice Awards, Best Director - TheTVDB.com

2026

Joachim Trier / Affeksjonsverdi

Guillermo del Toro / Frankenstein

Chloé Zhao / Hamnet

2025

Sean Baker / Anora

RaMell Ross / Nickel Boys

Denis Villeneuve / Dune: Part Two

Jacques Audiard / Emilia Pérez

Brady Corbet / The Brutalist

Coralie Fargeat / The Substance

Jon M. Chu / Wicked

Edward Berger / Conclave

2024

Alexander Payne / The Holdovers

Martin Scorsese / Killers of the Flower Moon

Yorgos Lanthimos / Poor Things

Bradley Cooper / Maestro

Christopher Nolan / Oppenheimer

Greta Gerwig / Barbie

2023

Baz Luhrmann / Elvis

James Cameron / Avatar: The Way of Water

S.S. Rajamouli / ఆర్ఆర్ఆర్

Steven Spielberg / The Fabelmans

Todd Field / TÁR

Daniel Scheinert / Everything Everywhere All at Once

Martin McDonagh / The Banshees of Inisherin

Gina Prince-Bythewood / The Woman King

Daniel Kwan / Everything Everywhere All at Once

Damien Chazelle / Babylon

Sarah Polley / Women Talking

2022

Jane Campion / The Power of the Dog

Guillermo del Toro / Nightmare Alley

Paul Thomas Anderson / Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh / Belfast

Steven Spielberg / West Side Story

Denis Villeneuve / Dune: Part One

2021

Aaron Sorkin / The Trial of the Chicago 7

Regina King / One Night in Miami...

Chloé Zhao / Nomadland

David Fincher / Mank

Emerald Fennell / Promising Young Woman

Lee Isaac Chung / Minari

2020

Sam Mendes / 1917

Benny Safdie / Uncut Gems

Josh Safdie / Uncut Gems

Bong Joon-ho / 기생충

2019

Spike Lee / BlacKkKlansman

Alfonso Cuarón / Roma

2018

Luca Guadagnino / Call Me by Your Name

Guillermo del Toro / The Shape of Water

Greta Gerwig / Lady Bird

2017

Kenneth Lonergan / Manchester by the Sea

Damien Chazelle / La La Land

2016

Denis Villeneuve / Arrival

Mel Gibson / Hacksaw Ridge

Tom McCarthy / Spotlight

2015

Ava DuVernay / Selma

David Fincher / Gone Girl

2014

Martin Scorsese / The Wolf of Wall Street

Spike Jonze / Her

2013

Ang Lee / Life of Pi

2012

Nicolas Winding Refn / Drive

Michel Hazanavicius / The Artist

2011

Danny Boyle / 127 Hours

David Fincher / The Social Network

2010

Clint Eastwood / Invictus

Jason Reitman / Up in the Air

James Cameron / Avatar

2009

Gus Van Sant / Milk

David Fincher / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Danny Boyle / Slumdog Millionaire

2008

Tim Burton / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Ethan Coen / No Country for Old Men

Joel Coen / No Country for Old Men

2007

Bill Condon / Dreamgirls

Clint Eastwood / Letters from Iwo Jima

2006

Ang Lee / Brokeback Mountain

2005

Clint Eastwood / Million Dollar Baby

2004

Clint Eastwood / Mystic River

Tim Burton / Big Fish

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