The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.
Winners 2000s YearWinnerFilmRef 2000 Steven Soderbergh Traffic "Vancouver film critics pick Quebec film Maelstrom as best Canadian film". Canadian Press, February 14, 2001.Darren AronofskyRequiem for a Dream Ang LeeCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2001 Baz Luhrmann Moulin Rouge! Robert AltmanGosford Park Wes AndersonThe Royal Tenenbaums David LynchMulholland Drive Peter JacksonThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2002 Stephen Daldry The Hours "Vancouver critics pick best of 2002". Calgary Herald, January 30, 2002.Roman PolanskiThe Pianist Martin ScorseseGangs of New York 2003 Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Sofia CoppolaLost in Translation Clint EastwoodMystic River 2004 Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby Alexander PayneSideways Martin ScorseseThe Aviator 2005 Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain George ClooneyGood Night, and Good Luck. David CronenbergA History of Violence 2006 Alfonso Cuarón Children of Men Clint EastwoodLetters from Iwo Jima Martin ScorseseThe Departed 2007 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men Paul Thomas AndersonThere Will Be Blood Jason ReitmanJuno 2008 David Fincher The Curious Case of Benjamin Button "Vancouver critics praise ‘Milk’". Variety, January 13, 2009.Danny BoyleSlumdog Millionaire Gus Van SantMilk 2009 Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker Jason ReitmanUp in the Air Quentin TarantinoInglourious Basterds
2010s YearWinnerFilmRef 2010 David Fincher The Social Network "Incendies, Barney’s lead Vancouver Critics Awards". Playback, January 11, 2011.Darren AronofskyBlack Swan Joel Coen and Ethan CoenTrue Grit 2011 Terrence Malick The Tree of Life "Vancouver critics name The Artist top film of 2011". The Globe and Mail, January 10, 2012.Michel HazanaviciusThe Artist Martin ScorseseHugo 2012 Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty Ang Lee Life of Pi Steven Spielberg Lincoln 2013 Alfonso Cuaron Gravity Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Inside Llewyn Davis Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave 2014 Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Richard Linklater Boyhood Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel 2015 George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road Todd Haynes Carol Alejandro González Iñárritu The Revenant 2016 Kenneth Lonergan Manchester by the Sea Damien Chazelle La La Land Denis Villeneuve Arrival 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson Phantom Thread Greta Gerwig Lady Bird Christopher Nolan Dunkirk 2018 Paul Schrader First Reformed Alfonso Cuarón Roma Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite 2019 Bong Joon-ho Parasite Sam Mendes 1917 Martin Scorsese The Irishman
2020s YearWinnerFilmRef 2020 Chloé Zhao Nomadland Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2021.David Fincher Mank Etan Vlessing, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 'Mank' Leads With Five Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 19, 2021.Thomas VinterbergAnother Round 2021 Denis Villeneuve Dune Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022. Kenneth Branagh Belfast Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022. Jane Campion The Power of the Dog2022 Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sceinert Everything Everywhere All at Once Todd Field Tár Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin 2023 Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer Jonathan Glazer The Zone of Interest Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower Moon 2024 Denis Villeneuve Dune: Part Two Sean Baker Anora RaMell Ross Nickel Boys 2025 Ryan Coogler Sinners Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another Chloé Zhao Hamnet
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