Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Director

The Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Director is one of the annual awards given by the Seattle Film Critics Society.

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winners.

† indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Director.

2010s

Year	Director	Film
2016 [1] [2]
	Barry Jenkins	Moonlight
	Damien Chazelle †	La La Land
	Robert Eggers	The Witch
	Paul Verhoeven	Elle
	Denis Villeneuve	Arrival
2017 [3] [4]
	Christopher Nolan	Dunkirk
	Sean Baker	The Florida Project
	Greta Gerwig	Lady Bird
	Jordan Peele	Get Out
	Denis Villeneuve	Blade Runner 2049
2018 [5] [6]
	Alfonso Cuarón †	Roma
	Bradley Cooper	A Star Is Born
	Barry Jenkins	If Beale Street Could Talk
	Yorgos Lanthimos	The Favourite
	Paul Schrader	First Reformed
2019 [7] [8]
	Bong Joon-ho †	Parasite
	Robert Eggers	The Lighthouse
	Greta Gerwig	Little Women
	Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie	Uncut Gems
	Martin Scorsese	The Irishman

2020s

Year	Director	Film
2020 [9] [10]
	Chloé Zhao †	Nomadland
	Lee Isaac Chung	Minari
	Emerald Fennell	Promising Young Woman
	Steve McQueen	Lovers Rock
	Kelly Reichardt	First Cow
2021 [11]
	Ryusuke Hamaguchi	Drive My Car
	Jane Campion †	The Power of the Dog
	Julia Ducournau	Titane
	David Lowery	The Green Knight
	Denis Villeneuve	Dune
2022 [12]
	Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert †	Everything Everywhere All at Once
	Todd Field	Tár
	Joseph Kosinski	Top Gun: Maverick
	Martin McDonagh	The Banshees of Inisherin
	Charlotte Wells	Aftersun
2023 [13] [14]
	Martin Scorsese	Killers of the Flower Moon
	Greta Gerwig	Barbie
	Yorgos Lanthimos	Poor Things
	Christopher Nolan	Oppenheimer
	Celine Song	Past Lives

References

1. "The 2016 Seattle Film Award Nominees". Seattle Film Critics Society . Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
2. ""Moonlight" Awarded Best Picture by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society . Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
3. "'Blade Runner 2049' Leads the 2017 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society . Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
4. ""Get Out" Named Best Picture of 2017 By Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society . Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
5. "'The Favourite' Leads the 2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society . Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
6. ""ROMA" NAMED BEST PICTURE OF 2018 BY SEATTLE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY". Seattle Film Critics Society . Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
7. ""The Irishman" Leads the 2019 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society . Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
8. ""Parasite" Named Best Picture of 2019 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society . Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
9. ""Minari" Leads the 2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society . Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
10. ""Nomadland" Named Best Picture of 2020 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society . Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
11. Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2021
12. Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2022
13. “Poor Things” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” Lead the 2023 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations
14. The Seattle Film Critics Society Names “Past Lives” the Best Picture of 2023