San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
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| San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
 The 2019 recipient: Bong Joon-ho | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in Cinematic Direction Achievement |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | San Francisco Film Critics Circle |
| First awarded | Todd Haynes Far from Heaven (2002) |
| Currently held by | Bong Joon-ho Parasite (2019) |
| Website | sffcc |
The San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an award given by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle to honor a film director who has delivered an outstanding directing while working in the film industry.
Winners
2000s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Todd Haynes | Far from Heaven |
| 2003 | Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2004 | Alexander Payne | Sideways |
| 2005 | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain |
| 2006 | Paul Greengrass | United 93 |
| 2007 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | No Country for Old Men |
| 2008 | Gus Van Sant | Milk |
| 2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker |
2010s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Darren Aronofsky | Black Swan |
| David Fincher | The Social Network | |
| 2011 | Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life |
| 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty |
| 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón | Gravity |
| 2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood |
| 2015 | George Miller | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 2016 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight |
| 2017 | Guillermo del Toro | The Shape of Water |
| 2018 | Spike Lee | BlacKkKlansman |
| 2019 | Bong Joon-ho | Parasite |