Awards & Winners

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

The Critics' Choice Award for Best Director is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Date Established : 1996-01-22

Check all the winners of Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Director presented under Critics' Choice Movie Awards since 1995 .


Alfonso Cuarón

Honored for : Gravity

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alfonso Cuarón Gravity
Paul Greengrass Captain Phillips
Spike Jonze Her
Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell American Hustle
Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street

Ben Affleck

Honored for : Argo

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ben Affleck Argo
Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty
Tom Hooper Les Misérables
Ang Lee Life of Pi
David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg Lincoln

Michel Hazanavicius

Honored for : The Artist

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Daldry Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
Alexander Payne The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn Drive
Martin Scorsese Hugo
Steven Spielberg War Horse

David Fincher

Honored for : The Social Network

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Darren Aronofsky Black Swan
Danny Boyle 127 Hours
Joel Coen True Grit
Ethan Coen True Grit
David Fincher The Social Network
Tom Hooper The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan Inception

Kathryn Bigelow

Honored for : The Hurt Locker

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
James Cameron Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds
Jason Reitman Up in the Air
Clint Eastwood Invictus

Danny Boyle

Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant Milk

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Honored for : No Country for Old Men

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joel Coen No Country for Old Men
Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
Tim Burton Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sean Penn Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright Atonement
Sidney Lumet Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Martin Scorsese

Honored for : The Departed

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Martin Scorsese The Departed
Bill Condon Dreamgirls
Stephen Frears The Queen
Paul Greengrass United 93
Clint Eastwood Letters from Iwo Jima

Ang Lee

Honored for : Brokeback Mountain

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney Good Night, and Good Luck
Paul Haggis Crash
Ron Howard Cinderella Man
Steven Spielberg Munich
Peter Jackson King Kong

Martin Scorsese

Honored for : The Aviator

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Martin Scorsese The Aviator
Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Marc Forster Finding Neverland
Taylor Hackford Ray
Alexander Payne Sideways

Peter Jackson

Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Tim Burton Big Fish
Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood Mystic River
Jim Sheridan In America

Steven Spielberg

Honored for : Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Spielberg Catch Me If You Can","Minority Report
Roman Polanski The Pianist
Martin Scorsese Gangs of New York

Ron Howard

Honored for : A Beautiful Mind
(Tied with Baz Luhrmann for Moulin Rouge!.)

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind
Baz Luhrmann Moulin Rouge!
Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Baz Luhrmann

Honored for : Moulin Rouge!
(Tied with Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind.)

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind
Baz Luhrmann Moulin Rouge!
Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Steven Soderbergh

Honored for : Erin Brockovich, Traffic

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Soderbergh Erin Brockovich","Traffic

Sam Mendes

Honored for : American Beauty

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sam Mendes American Beauty

Steven Spielberg

Honored for : Saving Private Ryan

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan

James Cameron

Honored for : Titanic

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
James Cameron Titanic

Anthony Minghella

Honored for : The English Patient

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Anthony Minghella The English Patient

Mel Gibson

Honored for : Braveheart

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mel Gibson Braveheart