New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | |
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Awarded for | Best Director |
Country | United States |
Presented by | New York Film Critics Circle |
First awarded |
John Ford The Informer (1935) |
Currently held by |
Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer (2023) |
Website |
nyfcc |
The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.
Year | Winner | Film |
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1935 | John Ford | The Informer |
1936 | Rouben Mamoulian | The Gay Desperado |
1937 | Gregory La Cava | Stage Door |
1938 | Alfred Hitchcock | The Lady Vanishes |
1939 | John Ford | Stagecoach |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1940 | John Ford | The Grapes of Wrath |
The Long Voyage Home | ||
1941 | How Green Was My Valley | |
1942 | John Farrow | Wake Island |
1943 | George Stevens | The More the Merrier |
1944 | Leo McCarey | Going My Way |
1945 | Billy Wilder | The Lost Weekend |
1946 | William Wyler | The Best Years of Our Lives |
1947 | Elia Kazan | Boomerang |
Gentleman's Agreement | ||
1948 | John Huston | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
1949 | Carol Reed | The Fallen Idol |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1950 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | All About Eve |
1951 | Elia Kazan | A Streetcar Named Desire |
1952 | Fred Zinnemann | High Noon |
1953 | From Here to Eternity | |
1954 | Elia Kazan | On the Waterfront |
1955 | David Lean | Summertime |
1956 | John Huston | Moby Dick |
1957 | David Lean | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
1958 | Stanley Kramer | The Defiant Ones |
1959 | Fred Zinnemann | The Nun's Story |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1960 | Jack Cardiff | Sons and Lovers |
Billy Wilder | The Apartment | |
1961 | Robert Rossen | The Hustler |
1962 | No award given (newspaper strike) | |
1963 | Tony Richardson | Tom Jones |
1964 | Stanley Kubrick | Dr. Strangelove |
1965 | John Schlesinger | Darling |
1966 | Fred Zinnemann | A Man for All Seasons |
1967 | Mike Nichols | The Graduate |
1968 | Paul Newman | Rachel, Rachel |
1969 | Costa-Gavras | Z |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1970 | Bob Rafelson | Five Easy Pieces |
1971 | Stanley Kubrick | A Clockwork Orange |
1972 | Ingmar Bergman | Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) |
1973 | François Truffaut | Day for Night |
1974 | Federico Fellini | Amarcord |
1975 | Robert Altman | Nashville |
1976 | Alan J. Pakula | All the President's Men |
1977 | Woody Allen | Annie Hall |
1978 | Terrence Malick | Days of Heaven |
1979 | Woody Allen | Manhattan |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1980 | Jonathan Demme | Melvin and Howard |
1981 | Sidney Lumet | Prince of the City |
1982 | Sydney Pollack | Tootsie |
1983 | Ingmar Bergman | Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) |
1984 | David Lean | A Passage to India |
1985 | John Huston | Prizzi's Honor |
1986 | Woody Allen | Hannah and Her Sisters |
1987 | James L. Brooks | Broadcast News |
1988 | Chris Menges | A World Apart |
1989 | Paul Mazursky | Enemies, A Love Story |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1990 | Martin Scorsese | Goodfellas |
1991 | Jonathan Demme | The Silence of the Lambs |
1992 | Robert Altman | The Player |
1993 | Jane Campion | The Piano |
1994 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
1995 | Ang Lee | Sense and Sensibility |
1996 | Lars von Trier | Breaking the Waves |
1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |
1998 | Terrence Malick | The Thin Red Line |
1999 | Mike Leigh | Topsy-Turvy |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
2000 | Steven Soderbergh [1] | Erin Brockovich |
Traffic | ||
2001 | Robert Altman | Gosford Park |
2002 | Todd Haynes | Far from Heaven |
2003 | Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation |
2004 | Clint Eastwood | Million Dollar Baby |
2005 | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain |
2006 | Martin Scorsese | The Departed |
2007 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | No Country for Old Men |
2008 | Mike Leigh | Happy-Go-Lucky |
2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker [2] |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network [3] |
2011 | Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist [4] |
2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty [5] |
2013 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave [6] |
2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood [7] |
2015 | Todd Haynes | Carol [8] |
2016 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight [9] |
2017 | Sean Baker | The Florida Project [10] |
2018 | Alfonso Cuarón | Roma [11] |
2019 | Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie | Uncut Gems [12] |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland [13] |
2021 | Jane Campion | The Power of the Dog [14] |
2022 | S. S. Rajamouli | RRR [15] |
2023 | Christopher Nolan | Oppenheimer [16] |
18 directors have won the award multiple times.
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | |
---|---|
Awarded for | Best Director |
Country | United States |
Presented by | New York Film Critics Circle |
First awarded |
John Ford The Informer (1935) |
Currently held by |
Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer (2023) |
Website |
nyfcc |
The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1935 | John Ford | The Informer |
1936 | Rouben Mamoulian | The Gay Desperado |
1937 | Gregory La Cava | Stage Door |
1938 | Alfred Hitchcock | The Lady Vanishes |
1939 | John Ford | Stagecoach |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1940 | John Ford | The Grapes of Wrath |
The Long Voyage Home | ||
1941 | How Green Was My Valley | |
1942 | John Farrow | Wake Island |
1943 | George Stevens | The More the Merrier |
1944 | Leo McCarey | Going My Way |
1945 | Billy Wilder | The Lost Weekend |
1946 | William Wyler | The Best Years of Our Lives |
1947 | Elia Kazan | Boomerang |
Gentleman's Agreement | ||
1948 | John Huston | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
1949 | Carol Reed | The Fallen Idol |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1950 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | All About Eve |
1951 | Elia Kazan | A Streetcar Named Desire |
1952 | Fred Zinnemann | High Noon |
1953 | From Here to Eternity | |
1954 | Elia Kazan | On the Waterfront |
1955 | David Lean | Summertime |
1956 | John Huston | Moby Dick |
1957 | David Lean | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
1958 | Stanley Kramer | The Defiant Ones |
1959 | Fred Zinnemann | The Nun's Story |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1960 | Jack Cardiff | Sons and Lovers |
Billy Wilder | The Apartment | |
1961 | Robert Rossen | The Hustler |
1962 | No award given (newspaper strike) | |
1963 | Tony Richardson | Tom Jones |
1964 | Stanley Kubrick | Dr. Strangelove |
1965 | John Schlesinger | Darling |
1966 | Fred Zinnemann | A Man for All Seasons |
1967 | Mike Nichols | The Graduate |
1968 | Paul Newman | Rachel, Rachel |
1969 | Costa-Gavras | Z |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1970 | Bob Rafelson | Five Easy Pieces |
1971 | Stanley Kubrick | A Clockwork Orange |
1972 | Ingmar Bergman | Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) |
1973 | François Truffaut | Day for Night |
1974 | Federico Fellini | Amarcord |
1975 | Robert Altman | Nashville |
1976 | Alan J. Pakula | All the President's Men |
1977 | Woody Allen | Annie Hall |
1978 | Terrence Malick | Days of Heaven |
1979 | Woody Allen | Manhattan |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1980 | Jonathan Demme | Melvin and Howard |
1981 | Sidney Lumet | Prince of the City |
1982 | Sydney Pollack | Tootsie |
1983 | Ingmar Bergman | Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) |
1984 | David Lean | A Passage to India |
1985 | John Huston | Prizzi's Honor |
1986 | Woody Allen | Hannah and Her Sisters |
1987 | James L. Brooks | Broadcast News |
1988 | Chris Menges | A World Apart |
1989 | Paul Mazursky | Enemies, A Love Story |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
1990 | Martin Scorsese | Goodfellas |
1991 | Jonathan Demme | The Silence of the Lambs |
1992 | Robert Altman | The Player |
1993 | Jane Campion | The Piano |
1994 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
1995 | Ang Lee | Sense and Sensibility |
1996 | Lars von Trier | Breaking the Waves |
1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |
1998 | Terrence Malick | The Thin Red Line |
1999 | Mike Leigh | Topsy-Turvy |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
2000 | Steven Soderbergh [1] | Erin Brockovich |
Traffic | ||
2001 | Robert Altman | Gosford Park |
2002 | Todd Haynes | Far from Heaven |
2003 | Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation |
2004 | Clint Eastwood | Million Dollar Baby |
2005 | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain |
2006 | Martin Scorsese | The Departed |
2007 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | No Country for Old Men |
2008 | Mike Leigh | Happy-Go-Lucky |
2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker [2] |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network [3] |
2011 | Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist [4] |
2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty [5] |
2013 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave [6] |
2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood [7] |
2015 | Todd Haynes | Carol [8] |
2016 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight [9] |
2017 | Sean Baker | The Florida Project [10] |
2018 | Alfonso Cuarón | Roma [11] |
2019 | Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie | Uncut Gems [12] |
Year | Winner | Film |
---|---|---|
2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland [13] |
2021 | Jane Campion | The Power of the Dog [14] |
2022 | S. S. Rajamouli | RRR [15] |
2023 | Christopher Nolan | Oppenheimer [16] |
18 directors have won the award multiple times.