TheBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual film award given by theBoston Society of Film Critics.
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Roman Polanski | Tess |
| 1981 | Steven Spielberg | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| 1982 | Steven Spielberg | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1983 | Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani | The Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo) |
| 1984 | Bertrand Tavernier | A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne) |
| 1985 | John Huston | Prizzi's Honor |
| 1986 | David Lynch | Blue Velvet |
| Oliver Stone | Platoon | |
| 1987 | Stanley Kubrick | Full Metal Jacket |
| 1988 | Stephen Frears | Dangerous Liaisons |
| 1989 | Woody Allen | Crimes and Misdemeanors |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Cameron Crowe | Almost Famous |
| 2001 | David Lynch | Mulholland Drive |
| 2002 | Roman Polanski | The Pianist |
| 2003 | Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation |
| 2004 | Zhang Yimou | House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)[1] |
| 2005 | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain |
| 2006 | Martin Scorsese | The Departed |
| 2007 | Julian Schnabel | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) |
| 2008 | Gus Van Sant | Milk |
| Paranoid Park | ||
| 2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland[4] |
| 2021 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Drive My Car |
| 2022 | Todd Field | Tár[5] |
| 2023 | Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest |
| 2024 | Sean Baker | Anora |