The National Board of Review Award for Best Directorial Debut is an annual film award given (since 1997, with the exceptions of 1998 and 2000) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. [1]
Year | Winner | Film |
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1997 | Kasi Lemmons | Eve's Bayou |
1999 | Kimberly Peirce | Boys Don't Cry |
Year | Winner | Film |
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2001 | John Cameron Mitchell | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
2002 | Rob Marshall ‡ | Chicago |
2003 | Vadim Perelman | House of Sand and Fog |
2004 | Zach Braff | Garden State |
2005 | Julian Fellowes | Separate Lies |
2006 | Jason Reitman | Thank You for Smoking |
2007 | Ben Affleck | Gone Baby Gone |
2008 | Courtney Hunt ≠ | Frozen River |
2009 | Duncan Jones | Moon |
Oren Moverman ≠ | The Messenger | |
Marc Webb | (500) Days of Summer |
Year | Winner | Film |
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2010 | Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger ≠ | Restrepo |
2011 | J. C. Chandor ≠ | Margin Call |
2012 | Benh Zeitlin ‡ | Beasts of the Southern Wild |
2013 | Ryan Coogler | Fruitvale Station [2] |
2014 | Gillian Robespierre | Obvious Child |
2015 | Jonas Carpignano | Mediterranea |
2016 | Trey Edward Shults | Krisha |
2017 | Jordan Peele ‡ | Get Out [3] |
2018 | Bo Burnham | Eighth Grade [4] |
2019 | Melina Matsoukas | Queen & Slim [5] |
Year | Winner | Film |
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2020 | Channing Godfrey Peoples | Miss Juneteenth [6] |
2021 | Michael Sarnoski | Pig [7] |
2022 | Charlotte Wells | Aftersun [8] |
2023 | Celine Song | Past Lives [9] |
2024 | India Donaldson | Good One |
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