The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.
Winners 1930s YearWinnerFilm 1935 John Ford The Informer 1936 Rouben Mamoulian The Gay Desperado 1937 Gregory La Cava Stage Door 1938 Alfred Hitchcock The Lady Vanishes 1939 John Ford Stagecoach
1940s YearWinnerFilm 1940 John Ford The Grapes of Wrath The Long Voyage Home 1941 How Green Was My Valley 1942 John Farrow Wake Island 1943 George Stevens The More the Merrier 1944 Leo McCarey Going My Way 1945 Billy Wilder The Lost Weekend 1946 William Wyler The Best Years of Our Lives 1947 Elia Kazan Boomerang Gentleman's Agreement 1948 John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1949 Carol Reed The Fallen Idol
1950s YearWinnerFilm 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz All About Eve 1951 Elia Kazan A Streetcar Named Desire 1952 Fred Zinnemann High Noon 1953 From Here to Eternity 1954 Elia Kazan On the Waterfront 1955 David Lean Summertime 1956 John Huston Moby Dick 1957 David Lean The Bridge on the River Kwai 1958 Stanley Kramer The Defiant Ones 1959 Fred Zinnemann The Nun's Story
1960s YearWinnerFilm 1960 Jack Cardiff Sons and Lovers Billy Wilder The Apartment 1961 Robert Rossen The Hustler 1962 No award given (newspaper strike) 1963 Tony Richardson Tom Jones 1964 Stanley Kubrick Dr. Strangelove 1965 John Schlesinger Darling 1966 Fred Zinnemann A Man for All Seasons 1967 Mike Nichols The Graduate 1968 Paul Newman Rachel, Rachel 1969 Costa-Gavras Z
1970s YearWinnerFilm 1970 Bob Rafelson Five Easy Pieces 1971 Stanley Kubrick A Clockwork Orange 1972 Ingmar Bergman Cries and Whispers 1973 François Truffaut Day for Night 1974 Federico Fellini Amarcord 1975 Robert Altman Nashville 1976 Alan J. Pakula All the President's Men 1977 Woody Allen Annie Hall 1978 Terrence Malick Days of Heaven 1979 Woody Allen Manhattan
1980s YearWinnerFilm 1980 Jonathan Demme Melvin and Howard 1981 Sidney Lumet Prince of the City 1982 Sydney Pollack Tootsie 1983 Ingmar Bergman Fanny and Alexander 1984 David Lean A Passage to India 1985 John Huston Prizzi's Honor 1986 Woody Allen Hannah and Her Sisters 1987 James L. Brooks Broadcast News 1988 Chris Menges A World Apart 1989 Paul Mazursky Enemies, A Love Story
1990s YearWinnerFilm 1990 Martin Scorsese Goodfellas 1991 Jonathan Demme The Silence of the Lambs 1992 Robert Altman The Player 1993 Jane Campion The Piano 1994 Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction 1995 Ang Lee Sense and Sensibility 1996 Lars von Trier Breaking the Waves 1997 Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential 1998 Terrence Malick The Thin Red Line 1999 Mike Leigh Topsy-Turvy
2000s YearWinnerFilm 2000 Steven Soderbergh Erin Brockovich Traffic 2001 Robert Altman Gosford Park 2002 Todd Haynes Far from Heaven 2003 Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation 2004 Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby 2005 Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain 2006 Martin Scorsese The Departed 2007 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men 2008 Mike Leigh Happy-Go-Lucky 2009 Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
2010s YearWinnerFilm 2010 David Fincher The Social Network 2011 Michel Hazanavicius The Artist 2012 Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty 2013 Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave 2014 Richard Linklater Boyhood 2015 Todd Haynes Carol 2016 Barry Jenkins Moonlight 2017 Sean Baker The Florida Project 2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma 2019 Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie Uncut Gems
2020s YearWinnerFilm 2020 Chloé Zhao Nomadland 2021 Jane Campion The Power of the Dog 2022 S. S. Rajamouli RRR 2023 Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer2024 RaMell Ross Nickel BoysNew York Film Critics Circle 2024 Winners List: ‘The Brutalist’ Named Best Film - Variety2025Jafar Panahi It Was Just an Accident
Multiple winners 18 directors have won the award multiple times.
Wins Director 4 John Ford 3 Woody Allen Robert Altman John Huston Elia Kazan David Lean Fred Zinnemann 2 Ingmar Bergman Kathryn Bigelow Jane Campion Jonathan Demme Todd Haynes Stanley Kubrick Ang Lee Mike Leigh Terrence Malick Martin Scorsese Billy Wilder
References
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