# Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

The Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director is one of the annual awards given by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

## Winners
### 1990s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| 1997 | Atom Egoyan | The Sweet Hereafter |
| 1997 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Boogie Nights |
| 1997 | James Cameron | Titanic |
| 1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |
| 1997 | Ang Lee | The Ice Storm |
| 1998 | Steven Spielberg | Saving Private Ryan |
| 1998 | Steven Soderbergh | Out of Sight |
| 1998 | Todd Solondz | Happiness |
| 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Magnolia |
| 1999 | Sam Mendes | American Beauty |
| 1999 | Steven Soderbergh | The Limey |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Traffic |
| 2000 | Ang Lee | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2001 | David Lynch | Mulholland Drive |
| 2001 | Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| 2001 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Amélie |
| 2002 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Punch-Drunk Love |
| 2002 | Alfonso Cuarón | Y Tu Mamá También |
| 2002 | Todd Haynes | Far from Heaven |
| 2003 | Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2004 | Michel Gondry | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| 2005 | David Cronenberg | A History of Violence |
| 2006 | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | The Child (L'Enfant) |
| 2006 | Stephen Frears | The Queen |
| 2006 | Paul Greengrass | United 93 |
| 2006 | Martin Scorsese | The Departed |
| 2007 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | No Country for Old Men |
| 2007 | David Cronenberg | Eastern Promises |
| 2007 | David Fincher | Zodiac |
| 2008 | Jonathan Demme | Rachel Getting Married |
| 2008 | Danny Boyle | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 2008 | Andrew Stanton | WALL-E |
| 2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker |
| 2009 | Steve McQueen | Hunger |
| 2009 | Quentin Tarantino | Inglourious Basterds |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| 2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network |
| 2010 | Darren Aronofsky | Black Swan |
| 2010 | Christopher Nolan | Inception |
| 2011 | Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life |
| 2011 | Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist |
| 2011 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Drive |
| 2012 | Paul Thomas Anderson | The Master |
| 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty |
| 2012 | Leos Carax | Holy Motors |
| 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón | Gravity |
| 2013 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Inside Llewyn Davis |
| 2013 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave |
| 2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood |
| 2014 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Inherent Vice |
| 2014 | Wes Anderson | The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| 2015 | Todd Haynes | Carol |
| 2015 | Tom McCarthy | Spotlight |
| 2015 | George Miller | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 2016 | Maren Ade | Toni Erdmann |
| 2016 | Damien Chazelle | La La Land |
| 2016 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight |
| 2017 | Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird |
| 2017 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Phantom Thread |
| 2017 | Jordan Peele | Get Out |
| 2018 | Alfonso Cuarón | Roma |
| 2018 | Lee Chang-dong | Burning |
| 2018 | Paul Schrader | First Reformed |
| 2019 | Bong Joon-ho | Parasite |
| 2019 | Noah Baumbach | Marriage Story |
| 2019 | Martin Scorsese | The Irishman |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland |
| 2020 | Kelly Reichardt | First Cow |
| 2020 | Lee Isaac Chung | Minari |
| 2021 | Jane Campion | The Power of the Dog |
| 2021 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Drive My Car |
| 2021 | Denis Villeneuve | Dune |
| 2022 | Charlotte Wells | Aftersun |
| 2022 | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 2022 | Sarah Polley | Women Talking |
| 2023 | Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest |
| 2023 | Martin Scorsese | Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 2023 | Justine Triet | Anatomy of a Fall |
| 2024 | RaMell Ross | Nickel Boys |
| 2024 | Sean Baker | Anora |
| 2024 | Payal Kapadia | All We Imagine as Light |