The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Director is one of the annual Gotham Awards. It was established in 2024. RaMell Ross is the first winner of the award for Nickel Boys (2024).

Winners and nominees 2020s Year Director(s) Film 2024 RaMell Ross Nickel Boys Payal Kapadia All We Imagine as Light Sean Baker Anora Guan Hu Black Dog Jane Schoenbrun I Saw the TV Glow 2025 Jafar Panahi It Was Just an Accident Mary Bronstein If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Kelly Reichardt The Mastermind Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another Oliver Laxe Sirāt

See also Academy Award for Best Director BAFTA Award for Best Direction Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Director Independent Spirit Award for Best Director National Board of Review Award for Best Director

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