London Film Critics' Circle Award for Director of the Year

Last updated

London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Diretor
Under The Skin - Jonathan Glazer (9723034506) (cropped).jpg
The 2023 recipient: Jonathan Glazer
Awarded forBest Director
Country England
Presented by London Film Critics Circle
First awarded Nicolas Roeg
Bad Timing (1980)
Currently held by Jonathan Glazer
The Zone of Interest (2023)
Website criticscircle.org

The London Film Critics' Circle Award for Director of the Year in an annual award given by the London Film Critics' Circle.

Contents

List of winners

YearDirector(s)Film(s)
1980 Nicolas Roeg Bad Timing
1981 Andrzej Wajda Man of Iron
1982 Costa Gavras Missing
1983 Andrzej Wajda Danton
1984 Neil Jordan The Company of Wolves
1985 Roland Joffé The Killing Fields °
1986 Akira Kurosawa Ran °
1987 Stanley Kubrick Full Metal Jacket
1988 John Huston The Dead
1989 Terence Davies Distant Voices, Still Lives
1990 Woody Allen Crimes and Misdemeanors °
1991 Ridley Scott Thelma & Louise °
1992 Robert Altman The Player °
1993 James Ivory The Remains of the Day °
1994 Steven Spielberg Schindler's List
1995 Peter Jackson Heavenly Creatures
1996 Joel Coen Fargo °
1997 Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential °
1998 Peter Weir The Truman Show °
1999 Sam Mendes American Beauty
2000 Spike Jonze Being John Malkovich °
2001 Alejandro González Iñárritu Love's a Bitch (Amores perros)
2002 Phillip Noyce The Quiet American and Rabbit-Proof Fence
2003 Clint Eastwood Mystic River °
2004 Martin Scorsese The Aviator °
2005 Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
2006 Paul Greengrass United 93 °
2007 Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood °
2008 David Fincher The Curious Case of Benjamin Button °
2009 Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
2010 David Fincher The Social Network °
2011 Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
2012 Ang Lee Life of Pi
2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity
2014 Richard Linklater Boyhood °
2015 George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road °
2016 László Nemes Son of Saul [1]
2017 Sean Baker The Florida Project [2]
2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma [3]
2019 Bong Joon-ho Parasite [4]
2020 Steve McQueen Small Axe [5]
2021 Jane Campion The Power of the Dog
2022 Todd Field Tár °
2023 Jonathan Glazer The Zone of Interest °

See also

Notes

Multiple winners

The following directors have won multiple awards:

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Ivory</span> American film director (born 1928)

James Francis Ivory is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. For many years, he worked extensively with Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. All three were principals in Merchant Ivory Productions, whose films have won seven Academy Awards; Ivory himself has been nominated for four Oscars, winning one.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress</span> Award

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in film-making.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ruth Negga</span> Irish actress (born 1981)

Ruth Negga is an Irish actress known for her roles in the AMC television series Preacher (2016–2019) and the film Loving (2016). For her portrayal of Mildred Loving in the latter, Negga received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. For her Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth in a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth in 2022, she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in film-making.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor was an award given annually by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It was first introduced in 1977 to reward the best performance by a supporting actor. In 2022, it was announced that the four acting categories would be retired and replaced with two gender neutral categories, with both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress merging into the Best Supporting Performance category.

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer is one of the annual awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michel Hazanavicius</span> French film director, producer and screenwriter

Michel Hazanavicius is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He is best known for his 2011 film, The Artist, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards. It also won him the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed spy film parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vanessa Kirby</span> British actress (born 1988)

Vanessa Nuala Kirby is a British actress. She made her professional acting debut on stage, with acclaimed performances in the plays All My Sons (2010), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010), Women Beware Women (2011), Three Sisters (2012), and as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (2014).

References

  1. 2017 London Critics' Circle Film Awards Winners Complete List|Hollywood Reporter
  2. "Three Billboards Is Triumphant at the London Film Critics Circle Awards". Empire. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ‘Roma’ Named Film of the Year by the London Film Critics Circle|IndieWire
  4. ‘Parasite’ Tops London Film Critics’ Circle Awards - Variety
  5. wins three London Critics’ Circle awards as female film-makers triumph - The Guardian