National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director

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.

American director Martin Scorsese and Swedish director Ingmar Bergman won this award a record three times. Scorsese won for Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), and Goodfellas (1990); Bergman won for Persona (1967), Shame (Skammen) + Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) (1968), and The Passion of Anna (En passion) (1970). Robert Altman, Luis Buñuel, David Cronenberg, Clint Eastwood, Mike Leigh, Terence Malick, Steven Spielberg, and François Truffaut each won the award twice.

Winners

1960s

Year Winner Film
1966Michelangelo Antonioni Blowup
1967Ingmar Bergman Persona
1968Ingmar Bergman Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)
Shame (Skammen)
1969François Truffaut Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés)

1970s

Year Winner Film
1970Ingmar BergmanThe Passion of Anna (En passion)
1971Bernardo BertolucciThe Conformist (Il conformista)
1972Luis BuñuelThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
1973François TruffautDay for Night (La nuit américaine)
1974Francis Ford CoppolaThe Godfather Part II
1975Robert AltmanNashville
1976Martin ScorseseTaxi Driver
1977Luis BuñuelThat Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir)
1978Terrence MalickDays of Heaven
1979Woody AllenManhattan
Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer

1980s

Year Winner Film
1980Martin Scorsese Raging Bull
1981Louis Malle Atlantic City
1982Steven Spielberg E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983Paolo and Vittorio Taviani The Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo)
1984Robert Bresson Money (L'argent)
1985John Huston Prizzi's Honor
1986David Lynch Blue Velvet
1987John Boorman Hope and Glory
1988Philip Kaufman The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1989Gus Van Sant Drugstore Cowboy

1990s

Year Winner Film
1990Martin Scorsese Goodfellas
1991David Cronenberg Naked Lunch
1992Clint Eastwood Unforgiven
1993Steven Spielberg Schindler's List
1994Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction
1995Mike Figgis Leaving Las Vegas
1996Lars von Trier Breaking the Waves
1997Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential
1998Steven Soderbergh Out of Sight
1999Mike Leigh Topsy-Turvy

2000s

Year Winner Film
2000Steven SoderberghErin Brockovich
Traffic
2001Robert AltmanGosford Park
2002Roman PolanskiThe Pianist
2003Clint EastwoodMystic River
2004 Zhang YimouHero (Ying xiong)
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
2005David CronenbergA History of Violence
2006Paul GreengrassUnited 93
2007Paul Thomas AndersonThere Will Be Blood
2008Mike LeighHappy-Go-Lucky
2009Kathryn BigelowThe Hurt Locker

2010s

Year Winner Film
2010David Fincher The Social Network
2011Terrence Malick The Tree of Life
2012Michael Haneke Amour
2013Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Inside Llewyn Davis
2014Richard Linklater Boyhood
2015Todd Haynes Carol


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