Golden Globe Award for Best Director

This page lists the winners of and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Since its inception in 1943, it has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization composed of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America.

Having won all four of his nominations, Elia Kazan has been honored most often in this category. Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, David Lean, Miloš Forman, and Oliver Stone tie for second place with three wins each. Steven Spielberg has had the most nominations (ten) but has received the award only twice. Barbra Streisand is the only woman to have won the award.

In the following lists, the first names, listed in bold type against a blue background, are the winners, and the following names are the remaining nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which takes place in January of the following year.

Notes:

• "†" indicates an Academy Award-winning performance.
• "§" indicates a Golden Globe Award-winning performance that was not nominated for an Academy Award.

Winners and nominees

1940s

Year	Film	Nominees
1943	The Song of Bernadette	Henry King
1944	Going My Way	Leo McCarey †
1945	The Lost Weekend	Billy Wilder †
1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Frank Capra
1947	Gentleman's Agreement	Elia Kazan †
1948	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	John Huston †
1949	All the King's Men	Robert Rossen

1950s

Year	Film	Nominees
1950	Sunset Boulevard	Billy Wilder
	All About Eve	Joseph L. Mankiewicz †
	The Asphalt Jungle	John Huston
	Born Yesterday	George Cukor
1951	Death of a Salesman	László Benedek §
	An American in Paris	Vincente Minnelli
	A Place in the Sun	George Stevens †
1952	The Greatest Show on Earth	Cecil B. DeMille
	The Narrow Margin	Richard Fleischer
	The Quiet Man	John Ford †
1953	From Here to Eternity	Fred Zinnemann †
1954	On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan †
1955	Picnic	Joshua Logan
1956	Baby Doll	Elia Kazan §
	Around the World in Eighty Days	Michael Anderson
	Giant	George Stevens †
	Lust for Life	Vincente Minnelli
	War and Peace	King Vidor
1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai	David Lean †
	12 Angry Men	Sidney Lumet
	A Hatful of Rain	Fred Zinnemann
	Sayonara	Joshua Logan
	Witness for the Prosecution	Billy Wilder
1958	Gigi	Vincente Minnelli †
	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Richard Brooks
	The Defiant Ones	Stanley Kramer
	I Want to Live!	Robert Wise
	Separate Tables	Delbert Mann
1959	Ben-Hur	William Wyler †
	Anatomy of a Murder	Otto Preminger
	The Diary of Anne Frank	George Stevens
	The Nun's Story	Fred Zinnemann
	On the Beach	Stanley Kramer

1960s

Year	Film	Nominees
1960	Sons and Lovers	Jack Cardiff
	The Apartment	Billy Wilder †
	Elmer Gantry	Richard Brooks
	Spartacus	Stanley Kubrick
	The Sundowners	Fred Zinnemann
1961	Judgment at Nuremberg	Stanley Kramer
	The Children's Hour	William Wyler
	El Cid	Anthony Mann
	The Guns of Navarone	J. Lee Thompson
	West Side Story	Jerome Robbins † and Robert Wise †
1962	Lawrence of Arabia	David Lean †
	Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man	Martin Ritt
	My Son, the Hero (Los Hermanos Del Hierro)	Ismael Rodríguez
	The Chapman Report	George Cukor
	Days of Wine and Roses	Blake Edwards
	Freud	John Huston
	Gypsy	Mervyn LeRoy
	Lolita	Stanley Kubrick
	The Manchurian Candidate	John Frankenheimer
	The Music Man	Morton DaCosta
	To Kill a Mockingbird	Robert Mulligan
1963	America, America	Elia Kazan
	The Cardinal	Otto Preminger
	The Caretakers	Hall Bartlett
	Cleopatra	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
	The Haunting	Robert Wise
	Hud	Martin Ritt
	The Ugly American	George Englund
	Tom Jones	Tony Richardson †
1964	My Fair Lady	George Cukor †
	Becket	Peter Glenville
	The Night of the Iguana	John Huston
	Seven Days in May	John Frankenheimer
	Zorba the Greek (Alexis Zorbas)	Michael Cacoyannis
1965	Doctor Zhivago	David Lean
	The Collector	William Wyler
	Darling	John Schlesinger
	A Patch of Blue	Guy Green
	The Sound of Music	Robert Wise †
1966	A Man for All Seasons	Fred Zinnemann †
	Alfie	Lewis Gilbert
	A Man and a Woman	Claude Lelouch
	The Sand Pebbles	Robert Wise
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Mike Nichols
1967	The Graduate	Mike Nichols †
	Bonnie and Clyde	Arthur Penn
	The Fox	Mark Rydell
	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Stanley Kramer
	In the Heat of the Night	Norman Jewison
1968	Rachel, Rachel	Paul Newman §
	The Lion in Winter	Anthony Harvey
	Oliver!	Carol Reed †
	Funny Girl	William Wyler
	Romeo and Juliet	Franco Zeffirelli
1969	Anne of the Thousand Days	Charles Jarrott §
	Hello, Dolly!	Gene Kelly
	Midnight Cowboy	John Schlesinger †
	The Secret of Santa Vittoria	Stanley Kramer
	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	Sydney Pollack

1970s

Year	Film	Nominees
1970	Love Story	Arthur Hiller
	Five Easy Pieces	Bob Rafelson
	MASH	Robert Altman
	Patton	Franklin J. Schaffner †
	Women in Love	Ken Russell
1971	The French Connection	William Friedkin †
	A Clockwork Orange	Stanley Kubrick
	Fiddler on the Roof	Norman Jewison
	The Last Picture Show	Peter Bogdanovich
	Summer of '42	Robert Mulligan
1972	The Godfather	Francis Ford Coppola
	Avanti!	Billy Wilder
	Cabaret	Bob Fosse †
	Deliverance	John Boorman
	Frenzy	Alfred Hitchcock
1973	The Exorcist	William Friedkin
	American Graffiti	George Lucas
	The Day of the Jackal	Fred Zinnemann
	Last Tango in Paris	Bernardo Bertolucci
	Paper Moon	Peter Bogdanovich
1974	Chinatown	Roman Polanski
	The Conversation	Francis Ford Coppola
	The Godfather Part II	Francis Ford Coppola †
	Lenny	Bob Fosse
	A Woman Under the Influence	John Cassavetes
1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Miloš Forman †
	Barry Lyndon	Stanley Kubrick
	Dog Day Afternoon	Sidney Lumet
	Jaws	Steven Spielberg
	Nashville	Robert Altman
1976	Network	Sidney Lumet
	All the President's Men	Alan J. Pakula
	Bound for Glory	Hal Ashby
	Marathon Man	John Schlesinger
	Rocky	John G. Avildsen †
1977	The Turning Point	Herbert Ross
	Annie Hall	Woody Allen †
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Steven Spielberg
	Julia	Fred Zinnemann
	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	George Lucas
1978	The Deer Hunter	Michael Cimino †
	An Unmarried Woman	Paul Mazursky
	Coming Home	Hal Ashby
	Days of Heaven	Terrence Malick
	Interiors	Woody Allen
	Midnight Express	Alan Parker
1979	Apocalypse Now	Francis Ford Coppola
	Being There	Hal Ashby
	Breaking Away	Peter Yates
	The China Syndrome	James Bridges
	Kramer vs. Kramer	Robert Benton †

1980s

Year	Film	Nominees
1980	Ordinary People	Robert Redford †
	The Elephant Man	David Lynch
	Raging Bull	Martin Scorsese
	The Stunt Man	Richard Rush
	Tess	Roman Polanski
1981	Reds	Warren Beatty †
	Atlantic City	Louis Malle
	On Golden Pond	Mark Rydell
	Prince of the City	Sidney Lumet
	Ragtime	Miloš Forman
	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Steven Spielberg
1982	Gandhi	Richard Attenborough †
	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	Steven Spielberg
	Missing	Constantin Costa-Gavras
	Tootsie	Sydney Pollack
	The Verdict	Sidney Lumet
1983	Yentl	Barbra Streisand §
	The Dresser	Peter Yates
	Fanny & Alexander	Ingmar Bergman
	Silkwood	Mike Nichols
	Tender Mercies	Bruce Beresford
	Terms of Endearment	James L. Brooks †
1984	Amadeus	Miloš Forman †
	The Cotton Club	Francis Ford Coppola
	The Killing Fields	Roland Joffé
	Once Upon a Time in America	Sergio Leone
	A Passage to India	David Lean
1985	Prizzi's Honor	John Huston
	A Chorus Line	Richard Attenborough
	The Color Purple	Steven Spielberg
	Out of Africa	Sydney Pollack †
	Witness	Peter Weir
1986	Platoon	Oliver Stone †
	Hannah and Her Sisters	Woody Allen
	The Mission	Roland Joffé
	A Room with a View	James Ivory
	Stand by Me	Rob Reiner
1987	The Last Emperor	Bernardo Bertolucci †
	Broadcast News	James L. Brooks
	Cry Freedom	Richard Attenborough
	Fatal Attraction	Adrian Lyne
	Hope and Glory	John Boorman
1988	Bird	Clint Eastwood §
	A Cry in the Dark	Fred Schepisi
	Mississippi Burning	Alan Parker
	Rain Man	Barry Levinson †
	Running on Empty	Sidney Lumet
	Working Girl	Mike Nichols
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Oliver Stone †
	Dead Poets Society	Peter Weir
	Do the Right Thing	Spike Lee
	Glory	Edward Zwick
	When Harry Met Sally	Rob Reiner

1990s

Year	Film	Nominees
1990	Dances with Wolves	Kevin Costner †
	The Godfather Part III	Francis Ford Coppola
	Goodfellas	Martin Scorsese
	Reversal of Fortune	Barbet Schroeder
	The Sheltering Sky	Bernardo Bertolucci
1991	JFK	Oliver Stone
	Bugsy	Barry Levinson
	The Fisher King	Terry Gilliam
	The Prince of Tides	Barbra Streisand
	The Silence of the Lambs	Jonathan Demme †
1992	Unforgiven	Clint Eastwood †
	A Few Good Men	Rob Reiner
	Howards End	James Ivory
	The Player	Robert Altman
	A River Runs Through It	Robert Redford
1993	Schindler's List	Steven Spielberg †
	The Age of Innocence	Martin Scorsese
	The Fugitive	Andrew Davis
	The Piano	Jane Campion
	The Remains of the Day	James Ivory
1994	Forrest Gump	Robert Zemeckis †
	Legends of the Fall	Edward Zwick
	Natural Born Killers	Oliver Stone
	Pulp Fiction	Quentin Tarantino
	Quiz Show	Robert Redford
1995	Braveheart	Mel Gibson †
	The American President	Rob Reiner
	Apollo 13	Ron Howard
	Casino	Martin Scorsese
	Leaving Las Vegas	Mike Figgis
	Sense and Sensibility	Ang Lee
1996	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Miloš Forman
	The English Patient	Anthony Minghella †
	Evita	Alan Parker
	Fargo	Joel Coen
	Shine	Scott Hicks
1997	Titanic	James Cameron †
	Amistad	Steven Spielberg
	As Good as It Gets	James L. Brooks
	The Boxer	Jim Sheridan
	L.A. Confidential	Curtis Hanson
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Steven Spielberg †
	Elizabeth	Shekhar Kapur
	The Horse Whisperer	Robert Redford
	Shakespeare in Love	John Madden
	The Truman Show	Peter Weir
1999	American Beauty	Sam Mendes †
	The End of the Affair	Neil Jordan
	The Hurricane	Norman Jewison
	The Insider	Michael Mann
	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Anthony Minghella

2000s

Year	Film	Winners and nominees
2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Ang Lee
	Erin Brockovich	Steven Soderbergh
	Gladiator	Ridley Scott
	Sunshine	István Szabó
	Traffic	Steven Soderbergh †
2001	Gosford Park	Robert Altman
	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Steven Spielberg
	A Beautiful Mind	Ron Howard †
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Peter Jackson
	Moulin Rouge!	Baz Luhrmann
	Mulholland Drive	David Lynch
2002	Gangs of New York	Martin Scorsese
	About Schmidt	Alexander Payne
	Adaptation.	Spike Jonze
	Chicago	Rob Marshall
	The Hours	Stephen Daldry
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Peter Jackson
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Peter Jackson †
	Cold Mountain	Anthony Minghella
	Lost in Translation	Sofia Coppola
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Peter Weir
	Mystic River	Clint Eastwood
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Clint Eastwood †
	The Aviator	Martin Scorsese
	Closer	Mike Nichols
	Finding Neverland	Marc Forster
	Sideways	Alexander Payne
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee †
	The Constant Gardener	Fernando Meirelles
	Good Night, and Good Luck	George Clooney
	King Kong	Peter Jackson
	Match Point	Woody Allen
	Munich	Steven Spielberg
2006	The Departed	Martin Scorsese †
	Babel	Alejandro González Iñárritu
	Flags of Our Fathers	Clint Eastwood
	Letters from Iwo Jima	Clint Eastwood
	The Queen	Stephen Frears
2007	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Julian Schnabel
	American Gangster	Ridley Scott
	Atonement	Joe Wright
	No Country for Old Men	Ethan Coen and Joel Coen †
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Tim Burton
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	Danny Boyle †
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	David Fincher
	Frost/Nixon	Ron Howard
	The Reader	Stephen Daldry
	Revolutionary Road	Sam Mendes
2009	Avatar	James Cameron
	The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow †
	Inglourious Basterds	Quentin Tarantino
	Invictus	Clint Eastwood
	Up in the Air	Jason Reitman

2010s

Year	Film	Winners and nominees
2010	The Social Network	David Fincher
	Black Swan	Darren Aronofsky
	The Fighter	David O. Russell
	Inception	Christopher Nolan
	The King's Speech	Tom Hooper †
2011	Hugo	Martin Scorsese
	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius
	The Descendants	Alexander Payne
	The Ides of March	George Clooney
	Midnight in Paris	Woody Allen

See also

• Academy Award for Best Director
• BAFTA Award for Best Direction
• Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

References

Specific

General

• "HFPS Golden Globes Page". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. http://www.hfpa.org/browse/years. Retrieved 2007-07-02. 
• "IMDb Golden Globes Page". The Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Golden_Globes_USA. Retrieved 2007-07-02.