MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction

The following is a list of MTV Video Music Awards winners for Best Direction in a Video. In 2007, the award was briefly renamed Best Director, but it returned to its original name for the 2008 awards.

Year	Artist	Video	Director(s)
1984	ZZ Top	"Sharp Dressed Man"	Tim Newman
1985	Don Henley	"The Boys of Summer"	Jean-Baptiste Mondino
1986	a-ha	"Take on Me"	Steve Barron
1987	Peter Gabriel	"Sledgehammer"	Stephen R. Johnson
1988	George Michael	"Father Figure"	Andy Morahan and George Michael
1989	Madonna	"Express Yourself"	David Fincher
1990	Madonna	"Vogue"	David Fincher
1991	R.E.M.	"Losing My Religion"	Tarsem Singh
1992	Van Halen	"Right Now"	Mark Fenske
1993	Pearl Jam	"Jeremy"	Mark Pellington
1994	R.E.M.	"Everybody Hurts"	Jake Scott
1995	Weezer	"Buddy Holly"	Spike Jonze
1996	The Smashing Pumpkins	"Tonight, Tonight"	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
1997	Beck	"The New Pollution"	Beck Hansen
1998	Madonna	"Ray of Light"	Jonas Åkerlund
1999	Fatboy Slim	"Praise You"	Spike Jonze and Roman Coppola
2000	Red Hot Chili Peppers	"Californication"	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
2001	Fatboy Slim	"Weapon of Choice"	Spike Jonze
2002	Eminem	"Without Me"	Joseph Kahn
2003	Coldplay	"The Scientist"	Jamie Thraves
2004	Jay-Z	"99 Problems"	Mark Romanek
2005	Green Day	"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"	Samuel Bayer
2006	Gnarls Barkley	"Crazy"	Robert Hales
2007	Justin Timberlake	"What Goes Around... Comes Around"	Samuel Bayer
2008	Erykah Badu	"Honey"	Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto
2009	Green Day	"21 Guns"	Marc Webb
2010	Lady Gaga	"Bad Romance"	Francis Lawrence
2011	Beastie Boys	"Make Some Noise"	Adam Yauch