This is the complete list of the winners of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Winners
1970s YearWinnerFilm 1975 Sidney Lumet Dog Day Afternoon 1976 Sidney Lumet Network 1977 Herbert Ross The Turning Point 1978 Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter 1979 Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer
1980s YearWinnerFilm 1980 Roman Polanski Tess 1981 Warren Beatty Reds 1982 Steven Spielberg E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1983 James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment 1984 Miloš Forman Amadeus 1985 Terry Gilliam Brazil 1986 David Lynch Blue Velvet 1987 John Boorman Hope and Glory 1988 David Cronenberg Dead Ringers 1989 Spike Lee Do the Right Thing
1990s YearWinnerFilm 1990 Martin Scorsese Goodfellas 1991 Barry Levinson Bugsy 1992 Clint Eastwood Unforgiven 1993 Jane Campion The Piano 1994 Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction 1995 Mike Figgis Leaving Las Vegas 1996 Mike Leigh Secrets & Lies 1997 Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential 1998 Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan 1999 Sam Mendes American Beauty
2000s YearWinnerFilm 2000 Steven Soderbergh Erin Brockovich Traffic 2001 David Lynch Mulholland Drive 2002 Pedro Almodóvar Talk to Her (Hable con ella) 2003 Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004 Alexander Payne Sideways 2005 Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain 2006 Paul Greengrass United 93 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood 2008 Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire 2009 Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
2010s YearWinnerFilm 2010 Olivier Assayas Carlos David Fincher The Social Network 2011 Terrence Malick The Tree of Life 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson The Master 2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity 2014 Richard Linklater Boyhood 2015 George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road 2016 Barry Jenkins Moonlight 2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water Luca Guadagnino Call Me by Your Name 2018 Debra Granik Leave No Trace 2019 Bong Joon-ho Parasite
2020s YearWinnerFilm 2020 Chloé Zhao Nomadland 2021 Jane Campion The Power of the DogLos Angeles Film Critics 2021 Winners List - Variety 2022 Todd Field TÁRLos Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) 2022 Winners - Variety 2023 Jonathan Glazer The Zone of InterestLos Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) 2023: Winners List - Variety 2024 Mohammad Rasoulof The Seed of the Sacred Fig 2025 Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another
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