BAFTA Award for Best Direction - wikipedia BAFTA Award for Best Direction BAFTA Award for Best Direction Awarded for Excellence in film directing Location London Country United Kingdom Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts First awarded 1968 Currently held by Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water ( 2017 ) Website http://www.bafta.org/ This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2014 ) Winners of the BAFTA Award for Best Direction presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. John Schlesinger, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Alan Parker, Louis Malle, Joel Coen, Peter Weir and Ang Lee tie for the most wins in this category, with two each. Martin Scorsese holds the record for most nominations, with nine. Contents 1 2010s 2 2000s 3 1990s 4 1980s 5 1970s 6 1960s 7 See also 8 References 2010s Year Director Film 2017 71st Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water Luca Guadagnino Call Me by Your Name Martin McDonagh Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan Dunkirk Denis Villeneuve Blade Runner 2049 2016 70th Damien Chazelle La La Land Tom Ford Nocturnal Animals Ken Loach I, Daniel Blake Kenneth Lonergan Manchester by the Sea Denis Villeneuve Arrival 2015 69th Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Revenant Todd Haynes Carol Adam McKay The Big Short Ridley Scott The Martian Steven Spielberg Bridge of Spies 2014 68th Richard Linklater Boyhood Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel Damien Chazelle Whiplash Alejandro G. Iñárritu Birdman James Marsh The Theory of Everything 2013 67th Alfonso Cuarón Gravity Paul Greengrass Captain Phillips Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave David O. Russell American Hustle Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street 2012 66th Ben Affleck Argo Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty Michael Haneke Amour Ang Lee Life of Pi Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained 2011 65th Michel Hazanavicius The Artist Tomas Alfredson Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Lynne Ramsay We Need to Talk About Kevin Nicolas Winding Refn Drive Martin Scorsese Hugo 64th David Fincher The Social Network Darren Aronofsky Black Swan Danny Boyle 127 Hours Tom Hooper The King 's Speech Christopher Nolan Inception 2000s Year Director Film 2009 63rd Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker Neill Blomkamp District 9 James Cameron Avatar Lone Scherfig An Education Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds 2008 62nd Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry The Reader Clint Eastwood Changeling David Fincher The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ron Howard Frost / Nixon 2007 61st Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood Paul Greengrass The Bourne Ultimatum Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck The Lives of Others ( Das Leben der Anderen ) Joe Wright Atonement 2006 60th Paul Greengrass United 93 Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Little Miss Sunshine Stephen Frears The Queen Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel Martin Scorsese The Departed 2005 59th Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain George Clooney Good Night, and Good Luck. Paul Haggis Crash Fernando Meirelles The Constant Gardener Bennett Miller Capote 58th Mike Leigh Vera Drake Marc Forster Finding Neverland Michel Gondry Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michael Mann Collateral Martin Scorsese The Aviator 2003 57th Peter Weir Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World Tim Burton Big Fish Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Anthony Minghella Cold Mountain 2002 56th Roman Polanski The Pianist Stephen Daldry The Hours Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers Rob Marshall Chicago Martin Scorsese Gangs of New York 2001 55th Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring Robert Altman Gosford Park Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind Jean - Pierre Jeunet Amélie ( Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain ) Baz Luhrmann Moulin Rouge ! 2000 54th Ang Lee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ( Wo hu cang long ) Stephen Daldry Billy Elliot Ridley Scott Gladiator Steven Soderbergh Traffic Steven Soderbergh Erin Brockovich 1990s Year Director Film 1999 53rd Pedro Almodóvar All About My Mother ( Todo sobre mi madre ) Neil Jordan The End of the Affair Sam Mendes American Beauty Anthony Minghella The Talented Mr. Ripley M. Night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense 1998 52nd Peter Weir The Truman Show Shekhar Kapur Elizabeth John Madden Shakespeare in Love Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan 1997 51st Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet James Cameron Titanic Peter Cattaneo The Full Monty Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential 50th Joel Coen Fargo Scott Hicks Shine Mike Leigh Secrets & Lies Anthony Minghella The English Patient 1995 49th Michael Radford Il Postino : The Postman Mel Gibson Braveheart Nicholas Hytner The Madness of King George Ang Lee Sense and Sensibility 1994 48th Mike Newell Four Weddings and a Funeral Krzysztof Kieślowski Three Colours : Red ( Trois couleurs : Rouge ) Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction Robert Zemeckis Forrest Gump 1993 47th Steven Spielberg Schindler 's List Richard Attenborough Shadowlands Jane Campion The Piano James Ivory The Remains of the Day 1992 46th Robert Altman The Player Clint Eastwood Unforgiven James Ivory Howards End Neil Jordan The Crying Game 1991 45th Alan Parker The Commitments Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves Jonathan Demme The Silence of the Lambs Ridley Scott Thelma & Louise 1990 44th Martin Scorsese Goodfellas Woody Allen Crimes and Misdemeanors Bruce Beresford Driving Miss Daisy Giuseppe Tornatore Cinema Paradiso ( Nuovo cinema Paradiso ) 1980s Year Director Film 1989 43rd Kenneth Branagh Henry V Stephen Frears Dangerous Liaisons Alan Parker Mississippi Burning Peter Weir Dead Poets Society 1988 42nd Louis Malle Au revoir les enfants Gabriel Axel Babette 's Feast Bernardo Bertolucci The Last Emperor Charles Crichton A Fish Called Wanda 41st Oliver Stone Platoon Richard Attenborough Cry Freedom Claude Berri Jean de Florette John Boorman Hope and Glory 1986 40th Woody Allen Hannah and Her Sisters Roland Joffé The Mission Neil Jordan Mona Lisa James Ivory A Room with a View 1984 38th Wim Wenders Paris, Texas Roland Joffé The Killing Fields Sergio Leone Once Upon a Time in America Peter Yates The Dresser 37th Bill Forsyth Local Hero James Ivory Heat and Dust Sydney Pollack Tootsie Martin Scorsese The King of Comedy 1982 36th Richard Attenborough Gandhi Costa - Gavras Missing Mark Rydell On Golden Pond Steven Spielberg E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1981 35th Louis Malle Atlantic City Bill Forsyth Gregory 's Girl Hugh Hudson Chariots of Fire Karel Reisz The French Lieutenant 's Woman 1980 34th Akira Kurosawa Kagemusha Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer David Lynch The Elephant Man Alan Parker Fame 1970s Year Director Film 1979 33rd Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now Woody Allen Manhattan Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter John Schlesinger Yanks 1978 32nd Alan Parker Midnight Express Robert Altman A Wedding Steven Spielberg Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fred Zinnemann Julia 1977 31st Woody Allen Annie Hall Richard Attenborough A Bridge Too Far John G. Avildsen Rocky Sidney Lumet Network 1976 30th Miloš Forman One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest Alan J. Pakula All the President 's Men Alan Parker Bugsy Malone Martin Scorsese Taxi Driver 29th Stanley Kubrick Barry Lyndon Sidney Lumet Dog Day Afternoon Martin Scorsese Alice Does n't Live Here Anymore Steven Spielberg Jaws 28th Roman Polanski Chinatown Francis Ford Coppola The Conversation Sidney Lumet Murder on the Orient Express / Serpico Louis Malle Lacombe Lucien 1973 27th François Truffaut Day for Night Luis Buñuel The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Nicolas Roeg Do n't Look Now Fred Zinnemann The Day of the Jackal 1972 26th Bob Fosse Cabaret Peter Bogdanovich The Last Picture Show William Friedkin The French Connection Stanley Kubrick A Clockwork Orange 1971 25th John Schlesinger Sunday Bloody Sunday Miloš Forman Taking Off Joseph Losey The Go - Between Luchino Visconti Death in Venice 1970 24th George Roy Hill Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Robert Altman M * A * S * H David Lean Ryan 's Daughter Ken Loach Kes 1960s Year Director Film 1969 23rd John Schlesinger Midnight Cowboy Richard Attenborough Oh ! What a Lovely War Ken Russell Women in Love Peter Yates Bullitt 1968 22nd Mike Nichols The Graduate Lindsay Anderson if... Carol Reed Oliver ! Franco Zeffirelli Romeo and Juliet See also Academy Award for Best Director Guldbagge Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Director Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Director Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing -- Feature Film References Jump up ^ `` BAFTA Awards Search - BAFTA Awards ''. awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 8 April 2018. BAFTA Award for Best Direction Mike Nichols ( 1968 ) John Schlesinger ( 1969 ) George Roy Hill ( 1970 ) John Schlesinger ( 1971 ) Bob Fosse ( 1972 ) François Truffaut ( 1973 ) Roman Polanski ( 1974 ) Stanley Kubrick ( 1975 ) Miloš Forman ( 1976 ) Woody Allen ( 1977 ) Alan Parker ( 1978 ) Francis Ford Coppola ( 1979 ) Akira Kurosawa ( 1980 ) Louis Malle ( 1981 ) Richard Attenborough ( 1982 ) Bill Forsyth ( 1983 ) Wim Wenders ( 1984 ) No Award ( 1985 ) Woody Allen ( 1986 ) Oliver Stone ( 1987 ) Louis Malle ( 1988 ) Kenneth Branagh ( 1989 ) Martin Scorsese ( 1990 ) Alan Parker ( 1991 ) Robert Altman ( 1992 ) Steven Spielberg ( 1993 ) Mike Newell ( 1994 ) Michael Radford ( 1995 ) Joel Coen ( 1996 ) Baz Luhrmann ( 1997 ) Peter Weir ( 1998 ) Pedro Almodóvar ( 1999 ) Ang Lee ( 2000 ) Peter Jackson ( 2001 ) Roman Polanski ( 2002 ) Peter Weir ( 2003 ) Mike Leigh ( 2004 ) Ang Lee ( 2005 ) Paul Greengrass ( 2006 ) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ( 2007 ) Danny Boyle ( 2008 ) Kathryn Bigelow ( 2009 ) David Fincher ( 2010 ) Michel Hazanavicius ( 2011 ) Ben Affleck ( 2012 ) Alfonso Cuarón ( 2013 ) Richard Linklater ( 2014 ) Alejandro G. Iñárritu ( 2015 ) Damien Chazelle ( 2016 ) Guillermo del Toro ( 2017 ) British Academy Film Awards Current Awards Actor Actress Animated Feature British Film Cinematography Costume Design Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Director Documentary Editing Film Film Not in the English Language Makeup and Hair Music Production Design Screenplay : Adapted Screenplay : Original Short Animation Short Film Sound Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Rising Star Visual Effects Special awards Fellowship Award Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award Special Award Retired awards Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Screenplay British Screenplay British Actor Foreign Actor British Actress Foreign Actress Ceremonies 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Direction&oldid=835416462 '' Categories : British Academy Film Awards Films whose director won the Best Direction BAFTA Award Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from September 2014 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা Català Čeština Deutsch Español Français Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ქართული Magyar 日本 語 Polski Português Română Русский Simple English Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська 中文 14 more Edit links This page was last edited on 8 April 2018, at 15 : 58 ( UTC ). 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Question: who won the bafta award for best director in 2008
Answer: Danny Boyle