Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual film award given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Winners
1980s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Roman Polanski | Tess |
| 1981 | Steven Spielberg | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| 1982 | Steven Spielberg | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1983 | Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani | The Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo) |
| 1984 | Bertrand Tavernier | A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne) |
| 1985 | John Huston | Prizzi's Honor |
| 1986 | David Lynch | Blue Velvet |
| Oliver Stone | Platoon | |
| 1987 | Stanley Kubrick | Full Metal Jacket |
| 1988 | Stephen Frears | Dangerous Liaisons |
| 1989 | Woody Allen | Crimes and Misdemeanors |
1990s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Martin Scorsese | Goodfellas |
| 1991 | Jonathan Demme | The Silence of the Lambs |
| 1992 | Robert Altman | The Player |
| 1993 | Steven Spielberg | Schindler's List |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
| 1995 | Ang Lee | Sense and Sensibility |
| 1996 | Mike Leigh | Secrets & Lies |
| 1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |
| 1998 | John Boorman | The General |
| 1999 | David O. Russell | Three Kings |
2000s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Cameron Crowe | Almost Famous |
| 2001 | David Lynch | Mulholland Drive |
| 2002 | Roman Polanski | The Pianist |
| 2003 | Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation |
| 2004 | Zhang Yimou | House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)[1] |
| 2005 | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain |
| 2006 | Martin Scorsese | The Departed |
| 2007 | Julian Schnabel | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) |
| 2008 | Gus Van Sant | Milk |
| Paranoid Park | ||
| 2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker |
2010s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network |
| 2011 | Martin Scorsese | Hugo[2] |
| 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty |
| 2013 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave |
| 2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood |
| 2015 | Todd Haynes | Carol[3] |
| 2016 | Damien Chazelle | La La Land |
| 2017 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Phantom Thread |
| 2018 | Lynne Ramsay | You Were Never Really Here |
| 2019 | Bong Joon-ho | Parasite |
2020s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland[4] |