National Board of Review Award for Best Director
National Board of Review Award for Best Director | |
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Current recipient: Martin Scorsese | |
Awarded for | Best Director |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Board of Review |
First awarded | Jean Renoir The Southerner (1945) |
Currently held by | Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) |
Website | nationalboardofreview |
The National Board of Review Award for Best Director is one of the annual film awards given (since 1945) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1]
Winners
1940s
Year | Winner | Film |
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1945 | Jean Renoir | The Southerner |
1946 | William Wyler | The Best Years of Our Lives |
1947 | Elia Kazan | Boomerang! |
Gentleman's Agreement [2] | ||
1948 | Roberto Rossellini | Paisan (Paisà) |
1949 | Vittorio De Sica | Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) |
1950s
Year | Winner | Film |
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1950 | John Huston | The Asphalt Jungle |
1951 | Akira Kurosawa | Rashōmon |
1952 | David Lean | The Sound Barrier |
1953 | George Stevens | Shane |
1954 | Renato Castellani | Romeo and Juliet |
1955 | William Wyler | The Desperate Hours |
1956 | John Huston | Moby Dick |
1957 | David Lean | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
1958 | John Ford | The Last Hurrah |
1959 | Fred Zinnemann | The Nun's Story |
1960s
Year | Winner | Film |
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1960 | Jack Cardiff | Sons and Lovers |
1961 | Jack Clayton | The Innocents |
1962 | David Lean | Lawrence of Arabia |
1963 | Tony Richardson | Tom Jones |
1964 | Desmond Davis | Girl with Green Eyes |
1965 | John Schlesinger | Darling |
1966 | Fred Zinnemann | A Man for All Seasons |
1967 | Richard Brooks | In Cold Blood |
1968 | Franco Zeffirelli | Romeo and Juliet |
1969 | Alfred Hitchcock | Topaz |
1970s
Year | Winner | Film |
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1970 | François Truffaut | The Wild Child (L'enfant sauvage) |
1971 | Ken Russell | The Boy Friend |
The Devils [3] | ||
1972 | Bob Fosse | Cabaret |
1973 | Ingmar Bergman | Cries and Whispers |
1974 | Francis Ford Coppola | The Conversation |
1975 | Robert Altman | Nashville |
Stanley Kubrick | Barry Lyndon | |
1976 | Alan J. Pakula | All the President's Men |
1977 | Luis Buñuel | That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) |
1978 | Ingmar Bergman | Autumn Sonata |
1979 | John Schlesinger | Yanks |
1980s
Year | Winner | Film |
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1980 | Robert Redford | Ordinary People |
1981 | Warren Beatty | Reds |
1982 | Sidney Lumet | The Verdict |
1983 | James L. Brooks | Terms of Endearment |
1984 | David Lean | A Passage to India |
1985 | Akira Kurosawa | Ran |
1986 | Woody Allen | Hannah and Her Sisters |
1987 | Steven Spielberg | Empire of the Sun |
1988 | Alan Parker | Mississippi Burning |
1989 | Kenneth Branagh | Henry V |
1990s
Year | Winner | Film |
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1990 | Kevin Costner | Dances with Wolves |
1991 | Jonathan Demme | The Silence of the Lambs |
1992 | James Ivory | Howards End |
1993 | Martin Scorsese | The Age of Innocence |
1994 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
1995 | Ang Lee | Sense and Sensibility |
1996 | Joel Coen | Fargo |
1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |
1998 | Shekhar Kapur | Elizabeth |
1999 | Anthony Minghella | The Talented Mr. Ripley |
2000s
Year | Winner | Film |
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2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Erin Brockovich |
Traffic | ||
2001 | Todd Field | In the Bedroom |
2002 | Phillip Noyce | The Quiet American |
Rabbit-Proof Fence [4] | ||
2003 | Edward Zwick | The Last Samurai |
2004 | Michael Mann | Collateral |
2005 | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain |
2006 | Martin Scorsese | The Departed |
2007 | Tim Burton | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
2008 | David Fincher | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
2009 | Clint Eastwood | Invictus |
2010s
Year | Winner | Film |
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2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network |
2011 | Martin Scorsese | Hugo |
2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty |
2013 | Spike Jonze | Her |
2014 | Clint Eastwood | American Sniper |
2015 | Ridley Scott | The Martian |
2016 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight[5] |
2017 | Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird |
2018 | Bradley Cooper | A Star Is Born |
2019 | Quentin Tarantino | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
2020s
Year | Winner | Film |
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2020 | Spike Lee | Da 5 Bloods |
2021 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Licorice Pizza[6] |
2022 | Steven Spielberg | The Fabelmans[7] |
2023 | Martin Scorsese | Killers of the Flower Moon[8] |
Multiple winners
- David Lean - 4
- Martin Scorsese - 4
- Ingmar Bergman - 2
- Clint Eastwood - 2
- David Fincher - 2
- John Huston - 2
- Akira Kurosawa - 2
- Ang Lee - 2
- John Schlesinger - 2
- Steven Spielberg - 2
- Quentin Tarantino - 2
- William Wyler - 2
- Fred Zinnemann - 2
References
- ^ "Best Director Archives – National Board of Review". National Board of Review. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan - Elia Kazan - Google Books (pg.622)
- ^ AFI|Catalog - The Devils
- ^ Acclaimed Director, Writer, and Producer Phillip Noyce Joins New York Film Academy (NYFA) Faculty as Master Class Instructor
- ^ Moonlight's Barry Jenkins Makes History As First Black Director To Win National Board Of Review Directing Award - Essence
- ^ 'Licorice Pizza' Wins Best Pictures At National Board Of Review — Deadline
- ^ Top Gun: Maverick Named Best Movie of 2022 by National Board of Review - The Hollywood Reporter
- ^ National Board of Review Names ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Best Film of 2023
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National Board of Review Award for Best Director
- Jean Renoir (1945)
- William Wyler (1946)
- Elia Kazan (1947)
- Roberto Rossellini (1948)
- Vittorio De Sica (1949)
- John Huston (1950)
- Akira Kurosawa (1951)
- David Lean (1952)
- George Stevens (1953)
- Renato Castellani (1954)
- William Wyler (1955)
- John Huston (1956)
- David Lean (1957)
- John Ford (1958)
- Fred Zinnemann (1959)
- Jack Cardiff (1960)
- Jack Clayton (1961)
- David Lean (1962)
- Tony Richardson (1963)
- Desmond Davis (1964)
- John Schlesinger (1965)
- Fred Zinnemann (1966)
- Richard Brooks (1967)
- Franco Zeffirelli (1968)
- Alfred Hitchcock (1969)
- François Truffaut (1970)
- Ken Russell (1971)
- Bob Fosse (1972)
- Ingmar Bergman (1973)
- Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
- Robert Altman / Stanley Kubrick (1975)
- Alan J. Pakula (1976)
- Luis Buñuel (1977)
- Ingmar Bergman (1978)
- John Schlesinger (1979)
- Robert Redford (1980)
- Warren Beatty (1981)
- Sidney Lumet (1982)
- James L. Brooks (1983)
- David Lean (1984)
- Akira Kurosawa (1985)
- Woody Allen (1986)
- Steven Spielberg (1987)
- Alan Parker (1988)
- Kenneth Branagh (1989)
- Kevin Costner (1990)
- Jonathan Demme (1991)
- James Ivory (1992)
- Martin Scorsese (1993)
- Quentin Tarantino (1994)
- Ang Lee (1995)
- Joel Coen (1996)
- Curtis Hanson (1997)
- Shekhar Kapur (1998)
- Anthony Minghella (1999)
- Steven Soderbergh (2000)
- Todd Field (2001)
- Phillip Noyce (2002)
- Edward Zwick (2003)
- Michael Mann (2004)
- Ang Lee (2005)
- Martin Scorsese (2006)
- Tim Burton (2007)
- David Fincher (2008)
- Clint Eastwood (2009)
- David Fincher (2010)
- Martin Scorsese (2011)
- Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
- Spike Jonze (2013)
- Clint Eastwood (2014)
- Ridley Scott (2015)
- Barry Jenkins (2016)
- Greta Gerwig (2017)
- Bradley Cooper (2018)
- Quentin Tarantino (2019)
- Spike Lee (2020)
- Paul Thomas Anderson (2021)
- Steven Spielberg (2022)
- Martin Scorsese (2023)