Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director

Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
The 2025 recipient: Park Chan-wook
Awarded for	Best Direction
Country	United States
Presented by	Florida Film Critics Circle
First award	Joel Coen Fargo (1996)
Currently held by	Park Chan-wook No Other Choice (2025)
Website	floridafilmcritics.com

The Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an award given by the Florida Film Critics Circle to honor the finest directing achievementes in filmmaking.

Winners

• † = Winner of the Academy Award for Best Director

1990s

Year	Winner	Film
1996	Joel Coen	Fargo
1997	Curtis Hanson	L.A. Confidential
1998	Peter Weir	The Truman Show
1999	Sam Mendes †	American Beauty

2000s

Year	Winner	Film
2000	Steven Soderbergh	Erin Brockovich
		Traffic †
2001	Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002	Martin Scorsese	Gangs of New York
2003	Peter Jackson †	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004	Alexander Payne	Sideways
2005	Ang Lee †	Brokeback Mountain
2006	Martin Scorsese †	The Departed
2007	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen †	No Country for Old Men
2008	Danny Boyle †	Slumdog Millionaire
2009	Jason Reitman	Up in the Air

2010s

Year	Winner	Film
2010	David Fincher	The Social Network [1]
2011	Martin Scorsese	Hugo
2012	Ben Affleck	Argo
2013	Steve McQueen	12 Years a Slave
2014	Richard Linklater	Boyhood
2015	George Miller	Mad Max: Fury Road
2016	Damien Chazelle †	La La Land
2017	Christopher Nolan	Dunkirk
2018	Alfonso Cuarón †	Roma
2019	Céline Sciamma	Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2020s

Year	Winner	Film
2020	Chloé Zhao †	Nomadland
2021	Jane Campion †	The Power of the Dog
2022	Park Chan-wook	Decision to Leave
2023	Todd Haynes	May December
2024	Bertrand Bonello	The Beast
2025	Park Chan-wook	No Other Choice

References

1. Maxwell, Erin (20 December 2010). "Florida Film Critics laud 'Inception,' 'Social Network'". Variety. Retrieved 30 November 2024.