National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
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The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film director of the year.
American director Martin Scorsese and Swedish director Ingmar Bergman won this award a record 3 times. Scorsese for 1976 Taxi Driver, 1980 Raging Bull and 1990 GoodFellas; Bergman for 1967 Persona, 1968 Skammen & Vargtimmen and 1970 En passion. François Truffaut, Luis Buñuel Portolés, Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Mike Leigh, Clint Eastwood, Terence Malick, and David Cronenberg each won the award twice.
Winners
1960s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Michelangelo Antonioni | Blowup |
| 1967 | Ingmar Bergman | Persona |
| 1968 | Ingmar Bergman | Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) |
| Shame (Skammen) | ||
| 1969 | François Truffaut | Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) |
1970s
1980s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Martin Scorsese | Raging Bull |
| 1981 | Louis Malle | Atlantic City |
| 1982 | Steven Spielberg | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1983 | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | The Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo) |
| 1984 | Robert Bresson | Money (L'argent) |
| 1985 | John Huston | Prizzi's Honor |
| 1986 | David Lynch | Blue Velvet |
| 1987 | John Boorman | Hope and Glory |
| 1988 | Philip Kaufman | The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
| 1989 | Gus Van Sant | Drugstore Cowboy |
1990s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Martin Scorsese | Goodfellas |
| 1991 | David Cronenberg | Naked Lunch |
| 1992 | Clint Eastwood | Unforgiven |
| 1993 | Steven Spielberg | Schindler's List |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
| 1995 | Mike Figgis | Leaving Las Vegas |
| 1996 | Lars von Trier | Breaking the Waves |
| 1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |
| 1998 | Steven Soderbergh | Out of Sight |
| 1999 | Mike Leigh | Topsy-Turvy |
2000s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Erin Brockovich |
| Traffic | ||
| 2001 | Robert Altman | Gosford Park |
| 2002 | Roman Polanski | The Pianist |
| 2003 | Clint Eastwood | Mystic River |
| 2004 | Zhang Yimou | Hero (Ying xiong) |
| House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) | ||
| 2005 | David Cronenberg | A History of Violence |
| 2006 | Paul Greengrass | United 93 |
| 2007 | Paul Thomas Anderson | There Will Be Blood |
| 2008 | Mike Leigh | Happy-Go-Lucky |
| 2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker |
2010s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network |
| 2011 | Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life |
| 2012 | Michael Haneke | Amour |
| 2013 | Joel and Ethan Coen | Inside Llewyn Davis |
| 2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood |
| 2015 | Todd Haynes | Carol |
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