| New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
Current recipient:RaMell Ross | |
| Awarded for | Best Director |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | New York Film Critics Circle |
| First award | John Ford The Informer (1935) |
| Currently held by | RaMell Ross Nickel Boys (2024) |
| Website | nyfcc |
TheNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an award given by theNew York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | John Ford | The Informer |
| 1936 | Rouben Mamoulian | The Gay Desperado |
| 1937 | Gregory La Cava | Stage Door |
| 1938 | Alfred Hitchcock | The Lady Vanishes |
| 1939 | John Ford | Stagecoach |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Jack Cardiff | Sons and Lovers |
| Billy Wilder | The Apartment | |
| 1961 | Robert Rossen | The Hustler |
| 1962 | No award given (newspaper strike) | |
| 1963 | Tony Richardson | Tom Jones |
| 1964 | Stanley Kubrick | Dr. Strangelove |
| 1965 | John Schlesinger | Darling |
| 1966 | Fred Zinnemann | A Man for All Seasons |
| 1967 | Mike Nichols | The Graduate |
| 1968 | Paul Newman | Rachel, Rachel |
| 1969 | Costa-Gavras | Z |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland[13] |
| 2021 | Jane Campion | The Power of the Dog[14] |
| 2022 | S. S. Rajamouli | RRR[15] |
| 2023 | Christopher Nolan | Oppenheimer[16] |
| 2024 | RaMell Ross | Nickel Boys[17] |
18 directors have won the award multiple times.