Best New Director was an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle from its first inception in 1989 until discontinuing in 1996. There was no award in 1993.
1980s 1989 Kenneth Branagh – Henry V Runners-up: Steve Kloves – The Fabulous Baker Boys and Jim Sheridan – My Left Foot
1990s 1990 Whit Stillman – Metropolitan Runners-up: John McNaughton – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves
1991 John Singleton – Boyz n the Hood Runner-up: Anthony Minghella – Truly, Madly, Deeply
1992 Allison Anders – Gas Food Lodging Runners-up: Quentin Tarantino – Reservoir Dogs and Tim Robbins – Bob Roberts
1994 Darnell Martin – I Like It Like That Runners-up: Kevin Smith – Clerks and David O. Russell – Spanking the Monkey
1995 Chris Noonan - Babe Runners-up: Lodge Kerrigan – Clean, Shaven and Noah Baumbach – Kicking and Screaming
See also John Cassavetes Award MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker
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