Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.

Winners 2000s YearDirector(s)Film 2002 Spike Jonze (tie) Adaptation. Sam Mendes (tie) Road to Perdition Denzel Washington (tie) Antwone FisherPeter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersRob Marshall Chicago 2003 Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingSofia Coppola Lost in TranslationClint Eastwood Mystic RiverFernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund City of GodPeter Weir Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2004 Michel Gondry Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2005 Steven Spielberg MunichGeorge Clooney Good Night, and Good Luck.Ron Howard Cinderella ManAng Lee Brokeback MountainFernando Meirelles The Constant Gardener 2006 Martin Scorsese The Departed 2007 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men 2008 Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire 2009"Air" Leads D.C. Critics Winners|IndieWire Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt LockerLee Daniels PreciousClint Eastwood InvictusJason Reitman Up in the AirQuentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds

2010s YearDirector(s)Film 2010 David Fincher The Social NetworkDarren Aronofsky Black SwanDanny Boyle 127 HoursJoel Coen and Ethan Coen True GritChristopher Nolan Inception 2011 Martin Scorsese HugoWoody Allen Midnight in ParisMichel Hazanavicius The ArtistAlexander Payne The DescendantsNicolas Winding Refn Drive 2012 Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark ThirtyBen Affleck ArgoPaul Thomas Anderson The MasterTom Hooper Les MisérablesSteven Spielberg Lincoln 2013 Alfonso Cuarón GravitySpike Jonze HerBaz Luhrmann The Great GatsbySteve McQueen 12 Years a SlaveMartin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street 2014 Richard Linklater BoyhoodDamien Chazelle WhiplashAva DuVernay SelmaDavid Fincher Gone GirlAlejandro G. Iñárritu Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2015'Spotlight' Named Top Film by D.C.-Area Film Critics|Hollywood Reporter George Miller Mad Max: Fury RoadAlex Garland Ex MachinaTodd Haynes CarolAlejandro G. Iñárritu The RevenantRidley Scott The Martian 2016 Damien Chazelle La La LandBarry Jenkins MoonlightKenneth Lonergan Manchester by the SeaDavid Mackenzie Hell or High WaterDenis Villeneuve Arrival 2017 Christopher Nolan DunkirkGuillermo del Toro The Shape of WaterGreta Gerwig Lady BirdJordan Peele Get OutDee Rees Mudbound 2018 Alfonso Cuarón RomaRyan Coogler Black PantherBradley Cooper A Star Is BornBarry Jenkins If Beale Street Could TalkYorgos Lanthimos The Favourite 2019 Bong Joon-ho ParasiteGreta Gerwig Little WomenSam Mendes 1917Martin Scorsese The IrishmanQuentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2020s YearDirector(s)Film 2020Nomadland tops the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Metro Weekly Chloé Zhao NomadlandLee Isaac Chung MinariEmerald Fennell Promising Young WomanRegina King One Night in Miami…Kelly Reichardt First Cow 2021 Jane Campion The Power of the DogKenneth Branagh BelfastDavid Lowery The Green KnightSteven Spielberg West Side StoryDenis Villeneuve Dune 2022DC Film Critics Name Everything Everywhere All At Once Best Movie Of The Year - Punch Drunk Critics Daniels Everything Everywhere All at OnceTodd FieldTÁRMartin McDonaghThe Banshees of InisherinSarah PolleyWomen TalkingSteven SpielbergThe Fabelmans 2023 Christopher Nolan OppenheimerGreta Gerwig BarbieYorgos Lanthimos Poor ThingsMartin Scorsese Killers of the Flower MoonCeline Song Past Lives 2024 Brady Corbet The BrutalistDenis Villeneuve Dune: Part TwoEdward Berger ConclaveJon M. Chu WickedSean BakerAnora

See also Academy Award for Best Director

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