# National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director

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.

## Winners
### 1960s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| 1966 | Michelangelo Antonioni | Blowup |
| 1967 | Ingmar Bergman | Persona |
| 1968 | Ingmar Bergman | Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) |
| 1968 | Ingmar Bergman | Shame (Skammen) |
| 1969 | François Truffaut | Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) |

### 1970s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| 1970 | Ingmar Bergman | The Passion of Anna (En passion) |
| 1971 | Bernardo Bertolucci | The Conformist (Il conformista) |
| 1972 | Luis Buñuel | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) |
| 1973 | François Truffaut | Day for Night (La nuit américaine) |
| 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola | The Godfather Part II |
| 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola | The Conversation |
| 1975 | Robert Altman | Nashville |
| 1976 | Martin Scorsese | Taxi Driver |
| 1977 | Luis Buñuel | That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) |
| 1978 | Terrence Malick | Days of Heaven |
| 1979 | Woody Allen | Manhattan |
| 1979 | Robert Benton | Kramer vs. Kramer |

### 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 |
| 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Traffic |
| 2001 | Robert Altman | Gosford Park |
| 2002 | Roman Polanski | The Pianist |
| 2003 | Clint Eastwood | Mystic River |
| 2004 | Zhang Yimou | Hero (Ying xiong) |
| 2004 | Zhang Yimou | 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 Coen and Ethan Coen | Inside Llewyn Davis |
| 2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood |
| 2015 | Todd Haynes | Carol |
| 2016 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight |
| 2017 | Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird |
| 2018 | Alfonso Cuarón | Roma |
| 2019 | Greta Gerwig | Little Women |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland |
| 2021 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイ・カー) |
| 2021 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (偶然と想像) |
| 2022 | Charlotte Wells | Aftersun |
| 2023 | Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest |
| 2024 | Payal Kapadia | All We Imagine as Light |

## Multiple winners
### 3 wins

* Ingmar Bergman (1967, 1968, 1970)
* Martin Scorsese (1976, 1980, 1990)

### 2 wins

* Robert Altman (1975, 2001)
* Luis Buñuel (1972, 1977)
* David Cronenberg (1991, 2005)
* Clint Eastwood (1992, 2003)
* Greta Gerwig (2017, 2019)
* Mike Leigh (1999, 2008)
* Terrence Malick (1978, 2011)
* Steven Soderbergh (1998, 2000)
* Steven Spielberg (1982, 1993)
* François Truffaut (1969, 1973)