The Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the Detroit Film Critics Society to honor the best director of that year.
Winners
2000s YearDirector(s)Film 2007 Joel and Ethan Coen No Country for Old MenPaul Thomas Anderson There Will Be BloodTim Burton Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSean Penn Into the WildJason Reitman JunoJulian Schnabel Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) 2008 Danny Boyle Slumdog MillionaireDarren Aronofsky The WrestlerRon Howard Frost/Nixon Christopher Nolan The Dark KnightAndrew Stanton WALL-E 2009 Pete Docter UpMore Critics Awards: Usual Suspects, Plus 'Up'|The WrapKathryn Bigelow The Hurt LockerJason Reitman Up in the AirQuentin Tarantino Inglourious BasterdsMarc Webb (500) Days of Summer
2010s YearDirector(s)Film 2010 Danny Boyle 127 Hours“Winter’s Bone,” “Social Network” Lead Detroit Critics|IndieWireDavid Fincher The Social NetworkDebra Granik Winter's BoneTom Hooper The King's SpeechChristopher Nolan InceptionEdgar Wright Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2011 Michel Hazanavicius The ArtistTerrence Malick The Tree of LifeJeff Nichols Take ShelterMartin Scorsese HugoNicolas Winding Refn Drive 2012 David O. Russell Silver Linings PlaybookBen Affleck ArgoJuan Antonio Bayona The ImpossibleKathryn Bigelow Zero Dark ThirtySarah Polley Take This Waltz 2013 Alfonso Cuarón GravityDetroit critics name 'Her' the year's best, hand Brie Larson two awards - UPROXXDavid O. Russell American HustleMartin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall StreetPaul Greengrass Captain PhillipsSpike Jonze Her 2014 Richard Linklater BoyhoodDetroit Film Critics Society flips for 'Boyhood' - The Detroit NewsWes Anderson The Grand Budapest HotelDamien Chazelle WhiplashJonathan Glazer Under the SkinAlejandro González Iñárritu Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2015 George Miller Mad Max: Fury RoadJohn Crowley BrooklynAlejandro G. Iñárritu The RevenantTom McCarthy SpotlightPaolo Sorrentino Youth 2016 Damien Chazelle La La LandBarry Jenkins MoonlightKenneth Lonergan Manchester by the SeaDavid Mackenzie Hell or High WaterDenzel Washington Fences 2017 Sean Baker The Florida ProjectDetroit Film Critics Society honors 'Florida Project' - Associated Press NewsPaul Thomas Anderson Phantom ThreadGuillermo del Toro The Shape of WaterGreta Gerwig Lady BirdChristopher Nolan DunkirkJordan Peele Get Out 2018 Adam McKay ViceBo Burnham Eighth GradeBradley Cooper A Star is BornAlfonso Cuarón RomaPaul Schrader First Reformed 2019 Martin Scorsese The IrishmanNoah Baumbach Marriage StoryBong Joon-ho ParasiteQuentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in HollywoodTaika Waititi Jojo Rabbit
2020s YearDirector(s)Film2020 Chloé Zhao NomadlandLee Isaac ChungMinariRegina KingOne Night in Miami...Aaron SorkinThe Trial of the Chicago 7Spike LeeDa 5 Bloods2021 Lin-Manuel Miranda tick, tick…BOOM!Sean BakerRed RocketKenneth BranaghBelfastDavid LoweryThe Green KnightAdam McKayDon't Look Up
See also
Academy Award for Best Director
References