New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director

Entertainment: Movies Awards: New York Film Critics Circle

No award given in 1962 due to a newspaper strike. Tie in 1960. Missing: Gregory La Cava (1937); John Farrow (1942); Robert Rossen (1961); Bob Rafelson (1970); Chris Menges (1988)

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19

1935

John Ford

Filmmaker

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

58

1936

Rouben Mamoulian

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

54

1937

Gregory La Cava

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

34

1938

Alfred Hitchcock

Filmmaker

5.56% (1 of 18 votes)

20

1939

John Ford

Filmmaker

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

21

1940

John Ford

Filmmaker

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

22

1941

John Ford

Filmmaker

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

86

1942

John Farrow

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

11

1943

George Stevens

Filmmaker

83.33% (5 of 6 votes)

56

1944

Leo McCarey

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

57

1945

Billy Wilder

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

23

1946

William Wyler

Filmmaker

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

35

1947

Elia Kazan

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

24

1948

John Huston

Filmmaker

32.00% (32 of 100 votes)

48

1949

Carol Reed

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

49

1950

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

50

1951

Elia Kazan

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

79

1952

Fred Zinnemann

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

80

1953

Fred Zinnemann

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

81

1954

Elia Kazan

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

82

1955

David Lean

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

26

1956

John Huston

Filmmaker

32.00% (32 of 100 votes)

70

1957

David Lean

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

71

1958

Stanley Kramer

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

72

1959

Fred Zinnemann

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

73

1960

Jack Cardiff

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

74

1960

Billy Wilder

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

52

1961

Robert Rossen

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

75

1963

Tony Richardson

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

1964

Stanley Kubrick

Filmmaker

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

77

1965

John Schlesinger

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

78

1966

Fred Zinnemann

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

3

1967

Mike Nichols

Filmmaker

100% (2 of 2 votes)

16

1968

Paul Newman

Actor

39.13% (27 of 69 votes)

76

1969

Constantin Costa-Gavras

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

53

1970

Bob Rafelson

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

13

1971

Stanley Kubrick

Filmmaker

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

65

1972

Ingmar Bergman

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

10

1973

Francois Truffaut

Filmmaker

83.33% (5 of 6 votes)

4

1974

Federico Fellini

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)

5

1975

Robert Altman

Filmmaker

100% (2 of 2 votes)

66

1976

Alan J. Pakula

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

29

1977

Woody Allen

Comedian

28.35% (74 of 261 votes)

67

1978

Terrence Malick

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

30

1979

Woody Allen

Comedian

28.35% (74 of 261 votes)

60

1980

Jonathan Demme

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

61

1981

Sidney Lumet

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

62

1982

Sydney Pollack

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

63

1983

Ingmar Bergman

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

64

1984

David Lean

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

25

1985

John Huston

Filmmaker

32.00% (32 of 100 votes)

28

1986

Woody Allen

Comedian

28.35% (74 of 261 votes)

15

1987

James L. Brooks

Filmmaker

40.0% (4 of 10 votes)

55

1988

Chris Menges

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

69

1989

Paul Mazursky

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

17

1990

Martin Scorsese

Filmmaker

37.50% (3 of 8 votes)

68

1991

Jonathan Demme

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

6

1992

Robert Altman

Filmmaker

100% (2 of 2 votes)

7

1993

Jane Campion

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)

31

1994

Quentin Tarantino

Filmmaker

22.22% (2 of 9 votes)

40

1995

Ang Lee

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

33

1996

Lars Von Trier

Filmmaker

5.56% (2 of 36 votes)

36

1997

Curtis Hanson

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

37

1998

Terrence Malick

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

38

1999

Mike Leigh

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

39

2000

Steven Soderbergh

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

8

2001

Robert Altman

Filmmaker

100% (2 of 2 votes)

41

2002

Todd Haynes

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

32

2003

Sofia Coppola

Actress

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

12

2004

Clint Eastwood

Actor

80.0% (4 of 5 votes)

59

2005

Ang Lee

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

18

2006

Martin Scorsese

Filmmaker

37.50% (3 of 8 votes)

42

2007

Coen Brothers

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

43

2008

Mike Leigh

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

44

2009

Kathryn Bigelow

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

45

2010

David Fincher

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

46

2011

Michel Hazanavicius

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

47

2012

Kathryn Bigelow

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

85

2013

Steve McQueen (Director)

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

51

2014

Richard Linklater

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

83

2015

Todd Haynes

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

84

2016

Barry Jenkins

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

2

2018

Alfonso Cuaron

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)

1

2019

The Safdie Brothers

Filmmakers

100% (1 of 1 votes)

27

2020

Chloe Zhao

Filmmaker

30.91% (17 of 55 votes)

9

2021

Jane Campion

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)