The Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Director is one of the annual awards given by the Seattle Film Critics Society.

Winners and nominees

† indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Director.

2010s Year Director Film 2016 Barry Jenkins Moonlight Damien Chazelle † La La Land Robert Eggers The Witch Paul Verhoeven Elle Denis Villeneuve Arrival 2017 Christopher Nolan Dunkirk Sean Baker The Florida Project Greta Gerwig Lady Bird Jordan Peele Get Out Denis Villeneuve Blade Runner 2049 2018 Alfonso Cuarón † Roma Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born Barry Jenkins If Beale Street Could Talk Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite Paul Schrader First Reformed 2019 Bong Joon-ho † Parasite Robert Eggers The Lighthouse Greta Gerwig Little Women Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie Uncut Gems Martin Scorsese The Irishman

2020s Year Director Film 2020 Chloé Zhao † Nomadland Lee Isaac Chung Minari Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman Steve McQueen Lovers Rock Kelly Reichardt First Cow 2021Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2021 Ryusuke Hamaguchi Drive My Car Jane Campion † The Power of the Dog Julia Ducournau Titane David Lowery The Green Knight Denis Villeneuve Dune 2022Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2022 Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert † Everything Everywhere All at Once Todd Field Tár Joseph Kosinski Top Gun: Maverick Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin Charlotte Wells Aftersun 2023“Poor Things” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” Lead the 2023 Seattle Film Critics Society NominationsThe Seattle Film Critics Society Names “Past Lives” the Best Picture of 2023 Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower Moon Greta Gerwig Barbie Yorgos Lanthimos Poor Things Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer Celine Song Past Lives

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