| National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
Current recipient: Jonathan Glazer
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| Awarded for | Best Director |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Society of Film Critics |
| First awarded | Michelangelo Antonioni Blowup (1966) |
| Currently held by | Jonathan Glazer The Zone of Interest (2023) |
| Website | nationalsocietyoffilmcritics |
The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film director of the year.
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Michelangelo Antonioni | Blowup |
| 1967 | Ingmar Bergman | Persona |
| 1968 | Ingmar Bergman | Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) |
| Shame (Skammen) | ||
| 1969 | François Truffaut | Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Martin Scorsese | Raging Bull |
| 1981 | Louis Malle | Atlantic City |
| 1982 | Steven Spielberg | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1983 | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | The Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo) |
| 1984 | Robert Bresson | Money (L'argent) |
| 1985 | John Huston | Prizzi's Honor |
| 1986 | David Lynch | Blue Velvet |
| 1987 | John Boorman | Hope and Glory |
| 1988 | Philip Kaufman | The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
| 1989 | Gus Van Sant | Drugstore Cowboy |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Martin Scorsese | Goodfellas |
| 1991 | David Cronenberg | Naked Lunch |
| 1992 | Clint Eastwood | Unforgiven |
| 1993 | Steven Spielberg | Schindler's List |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
| 1995 | Mike Figgis | Leaving Las Vegas |
| 1996 | Lars von Trier | Breaking the Waves |
| 1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |
| 1998 | Steven Soderbergh | Out of Sight |
| 1999 | Mike Leigh | Topsy-Turvy |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Erin Brockovich |
| Traffic | ||
| 2001 | Robert Altman | Gosford Park |
| 2002 | Roman Polanski | The Pianist |
| 2003 | Clint Eastwood | Mystic River |
| 2004 | Zhang Yimou | Hero (Ying xiong) |
| House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) | ||
| 2005 | David Cronenberg | A History of Violence |
| 2006 | Paul Greengrass | United 93 |
| 2007 | Paul Thomas Anderson | There Will Be Blood |
| 2008 | Mike Leigh | Happy-Go-Lucky |
| 2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network |
| 2011 | Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life |
| 2012 | Michael Haneke | Amour |
| 2013 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Inside Llewyn Davis[1] |
| 2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood[2] |
| 2015 | Todd Haynes | Carol[3] |
| 2016 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight[4] |
| 2017 | Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird[5] |
| 2018 | Alfonso Cuarón | Roma[6] |
| 2019 | Greta Gerwig | Little Women[7] |
