Saturn Award for Best Director

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The Saturn Award for Best Director is an annual award given to the best director in the science fiction fantasy and horror films. It is given by the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films. The following is a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Director:[1]

Year Director Film
1974/75 Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein
1976 Dan Curtis Burnt Offerings
1977 (tie) George Lucas Star Wars
Steven Spielberg Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1978 Philip Kaufman Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1979 Ridley Scott Alien
1980 Irvin Kershner The Empire Strikes Back
1981 Steven Spielberg Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 Nicholas Meyer Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1983 John Badham WarGames
1984 Joe Dante Gremlins
1985 Ron Howard Cocoon
1986 James Cameron Aliens
1987 Paul Verhoeven RoboCop
1988 Robert Zemeckis Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1989/90 James Cameron The Abyss
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 Francis Ford Coppola Dracula
1993 Steven Spielberg Jurassic Park
1994 James Cameron True Lies
1995 Kathryn Bigelow Strange Days
1996 Roland Emmerich Independence Day
1997 John Woo Face/Off
1998 Michael Bay Armageddon
1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski The Matrix
2000 Bryan Singer X-Men
2001 Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 Steven Spielberg Minority Report
2003 Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 Sam Raimi Spider-Man 2
2005 Peter Jackson King Kong
2006 Bryan Singer Superman Returns
2007 Zack Snyder 300
2008 Jon Favreau Iron Man
2009 James Cameron Avatar
2010 Christopher Nolan Inception

[edit] Multiple Winners

  • James Cameron - 5 awards
  • Steven Spielberg - 4 awards
  • Peter Jackson - 3 awards
  • Bryan Singer - 2 awards

[edit] References

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