This is a list of winners for the Sundance Film Festival Directing Award for dramatic features.
Winners 1990s 1997: Morgan J. Freeman – Hurricane Streets 1998: Darren Aronofsky – Pi1998 Sundance Film Festival sundance.orgSundance Stories of Yore: "Pi"|IndieWire 1999: Eric Mendelsohn – Judy Berlin
2000s 2000: Karyn Kusama – Girlfight2000 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org 2001: John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry InchHedwig Film Wins Awards at Sundance Festival|PlaybillSundance Salutes 'The Believer' and 'Hedwig' - ABC News 2002: Gary Winick – Tadpole 2003: Catherine Hardwicke – ThirteenThirteen Cast Reunites For First Time In 15 Years - Refinery29 2004: Debra Granik – Down to the Bone 2005: Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale'Squid and Whale', a Model of an Indie Film : NPR 2006: Dito Montiel – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints 2007: Jeffrey Blitz – Rocket Science 2008: Lance Hammer – Ballast 2009: Cary Joji Fukunaga – Sin Nombre
2010s 2010: Eric Mendelsohn – 3 Backyards 2011: Sean Durkin – Martha Marcy May Marlene 2012: Ava DuVernay – Middle of NowhereAva DuVernay, Sundance Award-Winner for ‘Middle of Nowhere,’ On Why It’s Important That Stories About Black Women Be Told By Black Women|IndieWireSundance film festival hands prizes to 'dark and grim' films|Sundance film festival|The Guardian 2013: Joey Soloway – Afternoon Delight 2014: Cutter Hodierne – Fishing Without Nets 2015: Robert Eggers – The Witch 2016: Daniels - Swiss Army Man"Smoke Signals" and "Swiss Army Man" Celebrate June Birthdays - sundance.org 2017: Eliza Hittman – Beach Rats 2018: Sara Colangelo – The Kindergarten Teacher 2019: Joe Talbot – The Last Black Man in San Francisco‘The Last Black Man In San Francisco’ Director On Gentrification – Deadline
2020s 2020: Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version 2021: Sian Heder – CODACODA Is The First Sundance Premiere To Win Best Picture, But Others Have Won Oscars Too|/Film 2022: Jamie Dack – Palm Trees and Power Lines 2023: Sing J. Lee – The Accidental Getaway Driver 2024: Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio – In the SummersThe Complete List of 2024 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners|Sundance Film Festival 2025: Rashad Frett – Ricky 2026: Josef Kubota Wladyka – Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
International winners
References
See also Academy Award for Best Director