San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director

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San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
Todd Field, 2023.jpg
The 2022 recipient: Todd Field
Awarded forExcellence in Cinematic Direction Achievement
CountryUnited States
Presented by San Francisco Film Critics Circle
First awarded Todd Haynes
Far from Heaven (2002)
Currently held by Todd Field
' Tár (2022)
Website sffcc.org

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director [1] is an award given by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle to honor a film director who has delivered an outstanding directing while working in the film industry.

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Winners

2000s

YearWinnerFilm
2002 Todd Haynes Far from Heaven
2003 Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 Alexander Payne Sideways
2005 Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
2006 Paul Greengrass United 93
2007 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
2008 Gus Van Sant Milk
2009 Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker

2010s

YearWinnerFilm
2010 Darren Aronofsky Black Swan
David Fincher The Social Network
2011 Terrence Malick The Tree of Life
2012 Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty
2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity
2014 Richard Linklater Boyhood
2015 George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 Barry Jenkins Moonlight
2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water
2018 Spike Lee BlacKkKlansman
2019 Bong Joon-ho Parasite

2020s

YearWinnerFilm
2020 Chloé Zhao Nomadland
2021 Jane Campion The Power of the Dog
2022 Todd Field Tár

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References

  1. Jeffrey M. Anderson (2024-01-12). "SF Bay Area Film Critics Awards announced". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2024-08-31.