The Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the Houston Film Critics Society.
Winners 2000s YearWinner and nomineesFilm2007Tim BurtonSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetJoel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old MenSidney Lumet Before the Devil Knows You're DeadSean Penn Into the Wild2008Danny BoyleSlumdog MillionaireDavid Fincher The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonRon Howard Frost/NixonChristopher Nolan The Dark KnightGus Van Sant Milk2009Kathryn BigelowThe Hurt LockerJames CameronAvatarLee DanielsPrecious: Based on the Novel "Push" by SapphireClint Eastwood InvictusJason ReitmanUp in the AirQuentin TarantinoInglourious Basterds
2010s YearWinner and nomineesFilm2010David FincherThe Social NetworkDarren AronofskyBlack SwanDanny Boyle127 HoursJoel Coen and Ethan CoenTrue GritChristopher NolanInception2011Nicolas Winding RefnDriveWoody AllenMidnight in ParisMichel HazanaviciusThe ArtistTerrence MalickThe Tree of LifeAlexander PayneThe Descendants2012Ben AffleckArgoKathryn BigelowZero Dark ThirtyTom HooperLes MisérablesSteven SpielbergLincolnQuentin TarantinoDjango Unchained2013Alfonso CuarónGravityJoel Coen and Ethan CoenInside Llewyn DavisPaul GreengrassCaptain PhillipsSteve McQueen12 Years a SlaveAlexander PayneNebraska2014Richard LinklaterBoyhoodPaul Thomas AndersonInherent ViceWes AndersonThe Grand Budapest HotelDamien ChazelleWhiplashAlejandro G. IñárrituBirdman2015Alejandro G. IñárrituThe RevenantLenny AbrahamsonRoomTom McCarthySpotlightGeorge MillerMad Max: Fury RoadRidley ScottThe Martian2016Damien ChazelleLa La LandBarry JenkinsMoonlightKenneth LonerganManchester by the SeaDavid MackenzieHell or High WaterDenis VilleneuveArrival2017Greta GerwigLady Bird Guillermo del ToroThe Shape of WaterChristopher NolanDunkirkJordan PeeleGet OutSteven SpielbergThe Post2018Alfonso CuarónRomaBradley CooperA Star Is BornBarry JenkinsIf Beale Street Could TalkYorgos LanthimosThe FavouriteAdam McKayVice2019Bong Joon-hoParasiteSam Mendes1917Martin ScorseseThe IrishmanQuentin TarantinoOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodLulu WangThe Farewell
2020s YearWinner and nomineesFilm2020Chloé ZhaoNomadlandLee Isaac ChungMinariEmerald FennellPromising Young WomanRegina KingOne Night in Miami...Darius MarderSound of MetalAaron SorkinThe Trial of the Chicago 72021Jane CampionThe Power of the DogPaul Thomas AndersonLicorice PizzaKenneth BranaghBelfastGuillermo del ToroNightmare AlleyDenis VilleneuveDune2022Daniel KwanDaniel ScheinertEverything Everywhere All at OnceMartin McDonaghThe Banshees of InisherinBaz LuhrmannElvisSteven SpielbergThe FabelmansTodd FieldTÁRSarah PolleyWomen Talking2023Christopher Nolan OppenheimerGreta GerwigBarbieYorgos LanthimosPoor ThingsAlexander PayneThe HoldoversMartin ScorseseKillers of the Flower Moon2024 Brady Corbet The BrutalistSean BakerAnoraEdward BergerConclaveJon M. ChuWickedCoralie FargeatThe SubstanceDenis VilleneuveDune: Part Two2025 Ryan CooglerSinnersPaul Thomas AndersonOne Battle After AnotherGuillermo del ToroFrankensteinJosh SafdieMarty SupremeChloé ZhaoHamnet
References
External links Houston Film Critics Society official website