The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Director is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP since the awards' inception in 2002. The award honors the best director over the age of fifty. The Best Director Award is one of the seven original trophies issued by AARP the Magazine, along with awards for Best Movie for Grownups, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Foreign Film, Best Documentary, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up.
Winners and Nominees
2000s
Year Director(s) Film 2001 Robert Altman Gosford Park 2002The PianistRabbit-Proof Fence and The Quiet AmericanI'm Going HomeGangs of New YorkMinority Report and Catch Me If You Can 2003Phone BoothMystic RiverIn America 2004CloserMillion Dollar BabyRayCollateralThe AviatorMoolaadé 2005MunichMatch PointCinderella ManBrokeback MountainThe Constant Gardener 2006Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo JimaDreamgirlsUnited 93The Departed 2007Michael ClaytonCharlie Wilson's WarThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2008MilkSlumdog MillionaireRachel Getting Married 2009The Hurt LockerInvictus
2010s
Year Director(s) Film 2010 127 HoursUnstoppableThe Company Men 2011Midnight in ParisThe Ides of MarchWe Bought a ZooThe Tree of LifeHugo 2012LincolnLife of PiSilver Linings Playbook 2013GravityAll Is LostPhilomena 2014Boyhood 2015The MartianCarolThe RevenantJoyBridge of Spies 2016SullySilenceFences 2017The Shape of WaterAll the Money in the WorldThe Post 2018BlacKkKlansmanAll is TrueRoma 2019The IrishmanThe Two Popes
2020s
Year Director(s) Film 2020/21 The United States vs. Billie HolidayOne Night in Miami...Da 5 Bloods 2021 BelfastNightmare AlleyWest Side StoryDune 2022Avatar: The Way of WaterTÁRThe Woman KingThe Fabelmans 2023AirFerrariThe HoldoversKillers of the Flower Moon 2024The Room Next DoorConclaveA Complete UnknownGladiator II 2025FrankensteinOne Battle After AnotherA House of DynamiteSpringsteen: Deliver Me from NowhereHighest 2 Lowest
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins Wins Director 2 Guillermo del Toro Steven Spielberg
Multiple nominations Nominations Director 7 Steven Spielberg Martin Scorsese 6 Clint Eastwood 5 Ridley Scott 3 Kathryn Bigelow Kenneth Branagh Guillermo del Toro Paul Greengrass Spike Lee Michael Mann 2 Woody Allen Danny Boyle Alfonso Cuarón Lee Daniels Stephen Frears Paul Haggis Ron Howard Alejandro González Iñárritu Ang Lee Mike Nichols David O. Russell Gus Van Sant
See also Academy Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Director BAFTA Award for Best Direction Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director Independent Spirit Award for Best Director
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