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Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

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Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
The 2023 recipient:
Christopher Nolan
Awarded forBest Achievement in Directing
CountryUnited States
Presented byDallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
First awardedKevin Costner
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Currently held byChristopher Nolan
Oppenheimer (2023)
Websitedfwcritics.com

The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. It is given in honor of a film director who has delivered an outstanding directing while working in the film industry.

Winners

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1990s

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Year Winner Film
1990 Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves
1991 Oliver Stone JFK
1992 Clint Eastwood Unforgiven
1993 Steven Spielberg Schindler's List
1994 Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction
1995 Mike Figgis Leaving Las Vegas
1996 Joel Coen Fargo
1997 James Cameron Titanic
1998 Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan
1999 Sam Mendes American Beauty

2000s

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Year Winner(s) Film
2000 Steven Soderbergh Traffic
2001 Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind
2002 Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 Martin Scorsese The Aviator
2005 Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
2006 Martin Scorsese The Departed
2007 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
2008 Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire
2009 Jason Reitman Up in the Air

2010s

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Year Winner Film
2010 David Fincher[1] The Social Network
2011 Alexander Payne[2] The Descendants
2012 Kathryn Bigelow[3] Zero Dark Thirty
2013 Alfonso Cuarón[4] Gravity
2014 Alejandro G. Iñárritu[5][6] Birdman
2015 The Revenant
2016 Barry Jenkins[7] Moonlight
2017 Guillermo del Toro[8] The Shape of Water
2018 Alfonso Cuarón[9] Roma
2019 Sam Mendes[10] 1917

2020s

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Year Winner(s) Film
2020 Chloé Zhao[11] Nomadland
2021 Jane Campion[12] The Power of the Dog
2022 Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert[13] Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023 Christopher Nolan[14] Oppenheimer

References

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  1. ^ "DFW Film Critics Name "The Social Network" as Best Film of 2010". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  2. ^ "DFW Film Critics Name "The Descendants" as Best Film of 2011". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 16, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "DFW Film Critics Name "Lincoln" as Best Film of 2012". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 18, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "2013". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  5. ^ Whale, Chase (December 15, 2014). "DFWFCA names "Birdman" as top film of 2014". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  6. ^ Whale, Chase (December 14, 2015). "Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Name "Spotlight" Best Picture of 2015". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  7. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 13, 2016). "DFW Film Critics Name 'Moonlight' Best Film of 2016". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  8. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 13, 2017). "DFW Film Critics Name 'The Shape of Water' Best Picture of 2017". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  9. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 17, 2018). "DFW Film Critics Name "A Star Is Born" Best Picture of 2018". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  10. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 16, 2019). "DFW Film Critics Pick "1917" as Best Film of 2019". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  11. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (February 10, 2021). "DFW Film Critics Name "Nomadland" Best Picture of 2020". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  12. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 20, 2021). "DFW Film Critics Name "Power of the Dog" Best Film of 2021". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  13. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 19, 2022). "DFW Film Critics Name "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Best Film of 2022". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  14. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 18, 2023). "DFW Film Critics Name "The Holdovers" Best Picture of 2023". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
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