# Goya Award for Best New Director

The Goya Award for Best New Director (Spanish: Premio Goya a la Mejor Dirección Novel) is the Goya awarded yearly to the best debuting director. The award was first presented at the fourth edition of the Goya Awards with Ana Díez being the first winner for her film Ander eta Yul.
Three directors have won this category and later have received the Best Director award, Alejandro Amenábar won for Tesis (1996) and went on to win Best Director twice, for The Others (2001) and The Sea Inside (2005); Fernando León de Aranoa won for Familia (1997) and later won Best Director thrice, for Barrio (1998), Mondays in the Sun (2002) and The Good Boss (2022); and Juan Antonio Bayona won for The Orphanage (2007) and went on to win Best Director twice, for The Impossible (2012) and A Monster Calls (2016).
Five films have won both this award and Best Film, Agustín Díaz Yanes's Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995), Alejandro Amenábar's Tesis (1996), Achero Mañas's Pellet (2000), Raúl Arévalo's The Fury of a Patient Man (2016) and Pilar Palomero's Schoolgirls (2020). Animator Enrique Gato became the first to historically win the award for an animated film with Tad, The Lost Explorer.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s

| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
| 1989 (4th) | Ana Díez | Ander eta Yul | Ander eta Yul |
| 1989 (4th) | Cristina Andreu | Brumal | Brumal |
| 1989 (4th) | Isabel Coixet | Massa vell per morir jove | Massa vell per morir jove |
| 1989 (4th) | Xavier Villaverde | Continental | Continental |
| 1989 (4th) | Teodoro Ríos and Santiago Ríos | Guarapo | Guarapo |

### 1990s

| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
| 1990 (5th) | Rosa Vergés | Boom Boom | Boom Boom |
| 1990 (5th) | Paco Periñán | Against the Wind | Contra el viento |
| 1990 (5th) | José María Carreño | Ovejas negras | Ovejas negras |
| 1991 (6th) | Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Butterfly Wings | Alas de mariposa |
| 1991 (6th) | Ana Belén | Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento | Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento |
| 1991 (6th) | Manuel Gómez Pereira | Salsa rosa | Salsa rosa |
| 1992 (7th) | Julio Médem | Vacas | Vacas |
| 1992 (7th) | Álex de la Iglesia | Acción mutante | Acción mutante |
| 1992 (7th) | Chus Gutiérrez | Sublet | Sublet |
| 1993 (8th) | Mariano Barroso | My Soul Brother | Mi hermano del alma |
| 1993 (8th) | José Ángel Bohollo | Ciénaga | Ciénaga |
| 1993 (8th) | Arantxa Lazkano [eu] | Los años oscuros [ca] | Los años oscuros [ca] |
| 1994 (9th) | La Cuadrilla – Santiago Aguilar Alvear and Luis Guridi | Justino, un asesino de la tercera edad | Justino, un asesino de la tercera edad |
| 1994 (9th) | Héctor Carré | Dame lume | Dame lume |
| 1994 (9th) | Álvaro Fernández Armero | Todo es mentira | Todo es mentira |
| 1995 (10th) | Agustín Díaz Yanes | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto |
| 1995 (10th) | Manuel Huerga | Antarctica | Antártida |
| 1995 (10th) | Icíar Bollaín | Hola, ¿estás sola? | Hola, ¿estás sola? |
| 1996 (11th) | Alejandro Amenábar | Tesis | Tesis |
| 1996 (11th) | David Trueba | The Good Life | La buena vida |
| 1996 (11th) | Alfonso Albacete [es], Miguel Bardem and David Menkes [es] | Not Love, Just Frenzy | Más que amor, frenesí |
| 1997 (12th) | Fernando León de Aranoa | Familia | Familia |
| 1997 (12th) | Mireia Ros [es] | La Moños | La Moños |
| 1997 (12th) | David Alonso and Fernando Cámara | Memorias del ángel caído | Memorias del ángel caído |
| 1998 (13th) | Santiago Segura | Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley | Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley |
| 1998 (13th) | Javier Fesser | The Miracle of P. Tinto | El milagro de P. Tinto |
| 1998 (13th) | Miguel Albaladejo | The First Night of My Life | La primera noche de mi vida |
| 1998 (13th) | Salvador García Ruiz [es] | Mensaka | Mensaka, páginas de una historia |
| 1999 (14th) | Benito Zambrano | Solas | Solas |
| 1999 (14th) | Miguel Bardem | The Ugliest Woman in the World | La mujer más fea del mundo |
| 1999 (14th) | María Ripoll | The Man with Rain in His Shoes | The Man with Rain in His Shoes |
| 1999 (14th) | Mateo Gil | Nobody Knows Anybody | Nadie conoce a nadie |

### 2000s

| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
| 2000 (15th) | Achero Mañas | Pellet | El Bola |
| 2000 (15th) | Daniel Monzón | Heart of the Warrior | El corazón del guerrero |
| 2000 (15th) | Cesc Gay | Nico and Dani | Krámpack |
| 2000 (15th) | Patricia Ferreira | I Know Who You Are | Sé quién eres |
| 2001 (16th) | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Intacto | Intacto |
| 2001 (16th) | Víctor García León | No Pain, No Gain | Más pena que gloria |
| 2001 (16th) | Carlos Molinero [es] | Savages | Salvajes |
| 2001 (16th) | Javier Balaguer [es] | Mine Alone | Solo mía |
| 2002 (17th) | Julio Wallovits [ca] and Roger Gual [es] | Smoking Room | Smoking Room |
| 2002 (17th) | Inés París [es] and Daniela Fejerman | My Mother Likes Women | A mi madre le gustan las mujeres |
| 2002 (17th) | Eduard Cortés | Nobody's Life | La vida de nadie |
| 2002 (17th) | Ramón Salazar | Stones | Piedras |
| 2003 (18th) | Ángeles González Sinde | Sleeping Luck | La suerte dormida |
| 2003 (18th) | David Serrano | Football Days | Días de fútbol |
| 2003 (18th) | Jaime Rosales | The Hours of the Day | Las horas de día |
| 2003 (18th) | Pablo Berger | Torremolinos 73 | Torremolinos 73 |
| 2004 (19th) | Pablo Malo [eu] | Cold Winter Sun | Frío sol de invierno |
| 2004 (19th) | Santiago Amodeo | Astronauts | Astronautas |
| 2004 (19th) | Vicente Peñarrocha [ca] | Body Confusion | Fuera del cuerpo |
| 2004 (19th) | Ramón de España [es] | Kill Me Tender | Haz conmigo lo que quieras |
| 2005 (20th) | José Corbacho and Juan Cruz | Tapas | Tapas |
| 2005 (20th) | Asier Altuna and Telmo Esnal | Aupa Etxebeste! | Aupa Etxebeste! |
| 2005 (20th) | Guillem Morales | The Uninvited Guest | El habitante incierto |
| 2005 (20th) | Santiago Tabernero [es] | Life and Colour | Vida y color |
| 2006 (21st) | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | DarkBlueAlmostBlack | Azuloscurocasinegro |
| 2006 (21st) | Carlos Iglesias | Crossing the Border | Un franco, 14 pesetas |
| 2006 (21st) | Javier Rebollo [es] | Lola | Lo que sé de Lola |
| 2006 (21st) | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo [es] | The Night of the Sunflowers | La noche de los girasoles |
| 2007 (22nd) | Juan Antonio Bayona | The Orphanage | El orfanato |
| 2007 (22nd) | Félix Viscarret [es] | Under the Stars | Bajo las estrellas |
| 2007 (22nd) | Tomás Fernández [es] | Suso's Tower | La torre de Suso |
| 2007 (22nd) | Tristán Ulloa and David Ulloa | Modesty | Pudor |
| 2008 (23rd) | Santiago Zannou | The One-Handed Trick | El truco del manco |
| 2008 (23rd) | Belén Macías [es] | My Prison Yard | El patio de mi cárcel |
| 2008 (23rd) | Nacho Vigalondo | Timecrimes | Los cronocrímenes |
| 2008 (23rd) | Irene Cardona [ca] | Un novio para Yasmina | Un novio para Yasmina |
| 2009 (24th) | Mar Coll | Tres dies amb la família | Tres dies amb la família |
| 2009 (24th) | David Planell [es] | The Shame | La vergüenza |
| 2009 (24th) | Borja Cobeaga | Friend Zone | Pagafantas |
| 2009 (24th) | Antonio Naharro and Álvaro Pastor | Me, Too | Yo, también |

### 2010s

| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
| 2010 (25th) | David Pinillos [es] | Bon Appétit | Bon Appétit |
| 2010 (25th) | Emilio Aragón Álvarez | Paper Birds | Pájaros de papel |
| 2010 (25th) | Juana Macías | Plans for Tomorrow | Planes para mañana |
| 2010 (25th) | Jonás Trueba | Every Song Is About Me | Todas las canciones hablan de mí |
| 2011 (26th) | Kike Maíllo | Eva | Eva |
| 2011 (26th) | Paula Ortiz | Chrysalis | De tu ventana a la mía |
| 2011 (26th) | Paco Arango [es] | Maktub | Maktub |
| 2011 (26th) | Eduardo Chapero-Jackson | Verbo | Verbo |
| 2012 (27th) | Enrique Gato | Tad, the Lost Explorer | Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones |
| 2012 (27th) | Paco León | Carmina or Blow Up | Carmina o revienta |
| 2012 (27th) | Isabel de Ocampo [es] | Evelyn | Evelyn |
| 2012 (27th) | Oriol Paulo | The Body | El cuerpo |
| 2013 (28th) | Fernando Franco | Wounded | La herida |
| 2013 (28th) | Neus Ballús | La plaga [ca] | La plaga [ca] |
| 2013 (28th) | Jorge Dorado | Mindscape | Mindscape |
| 2013 (28th) | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stockholm | Stockholm |
| 2014 (29th) | Carlos Marqués-Marcet | 10,000 km | 10,000 km |
| 2014 (29th) | Juan Fernando Andrés [es] and Esteban Roel | Shrew's Nest | Musarañas |
| 2014 (29th) | Francisco Sánchez Varela | Paco de Lucía: La búsqueda | Paco de Lucía: La búsqueda |
| 2014 (29th) | Beatriz Sanchís [es] | They Are All Dead | Todos están muertos |
| 2015 (30th) | Daniel Guzmán | Nothing in Return | A cambio de nada |
| 2015 (30th) | Dani de la Torre | Retribution | El desconocido |
| 2015 (30th) | Juan Miguel del Castillo [es] | Food and Shelter | Techo y comida |
| 2015 (30th) | Leticia Dolera | Requirements to Be a Normal Person | Requisitos para ser una persona normal |
| 2016 (31st) | Raúl Arévalo | The Fury of a Patient Man | Tarde para la ira |
| 2016 (31st) | Salvador Calvo | 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines | 1898, Los últimos de Filipinas |
| 2016 (31st) | Marc Crehuet [es] | The One-Eyed King | El rey tuerto |
| 2016 (31st) | Nely Reguera | María (and Everybody Else) | María (y los demás) |
| 2017 (32nd) | Carla Simón | Summer 1993 | Estiu 1993 |
| 2017 (32nd) | Sergio G. Sánchez | Marrowbone | El secreto de Marrowbone |
| 2017 (32nd) | Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo | Holy Camp! | La llamada |
| 2017 (32nd) | Lino Escalera [ca] | Can't Say Goodbye | No sé decir adiós |
| 2018 (33rd) | Arantxa Echevarría | Carmen & Lola | Carmen y Lola |
| 2018 (33rd) | Andrea Jaurrieta | Ana by Day | Ana de día |
| 2018 (33rd) | César Esteban Alenda and José Esteban Alenda | Not the End | Sin fin |
| 2018 (33rd) | Celia Rico Clavellino | Journey to a Mother's Room | Viaje al cuarto de una madre |
| 2019 (34th) | Belén Funes | A Thief's Daughter | La hija de un ladrón |
| 2019 (34th) | Salvador Simó [ca] | Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles | Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas |
| 2019 (34th) | Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia | The Platform | El hoyo |
| 2019 (34th) | Aritz Moreno [es] | Advantages of Travelling by Train | Ventajas de viajar en tren |

### 2020

| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
| 2020 (35th) | Pilar Palomero | Schoolgirls | Las niñas |
| 2020 (35th) | David Pérez Sañudo [es] | Ane Is Missing | Ane |
| 2020 (35th) | Bernabé Rico | One Careful Owner | El inconveniente |
| 2020 (35th) | Núria Giménez Lorang [ca] | My Mexican Bretzel | My Mexican Bretzel |
| 2021 (36th) | Clara Roquet | Libertad | Libertad |
| 2021 (36th) | Carol Rodríguez Colás [ca] | Girlfriends | Chavalas |
| 2021 (36th) | Javier Marco Rico | Josephine | Josefina |
| 2021 (36th) | David Martín de los Santos | That Was Life | La vida era eso |
| 2022 (37th) | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | Lullaby | Cinco lobitos |
| 2022 (37th) | Carlota Pereda | Piggy | Cerdita |
| 2022 (37th) | Elena López Riera [ca] | The Water | El agua |
| 2022 (37th) | Juan Diego Botto | On the Fringe | En los márgenes |
| 2022 (37th) | Mikel Gurrea [eu] | Cork | Suro |
| 2023 (38th) | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | 20,000 Species of Bees | 20.000 especies de abejas |
| 2023 (38th) | Itsaso Arana | The Girls Are Alright | Las chicas están bien |
| 2023 (38th) | Álvaro Gago [gl] | Matria | Matria |
| 2023 (38th) | Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vasquez | Upon Entry | Upon Entry |
| 2023 (38th) | Alejandro Marín | Love & Revolution | Te estoy amando locamente |
| 2024 (39th) | Javier Macipe | The Blue Star | La estrella azul |
| 2024 (39th) | Miguel Faus [es] | The Quiet Maid | Calladita |
| 2024 (39th) | Pedro Martín-Calero | The Wailing | El llanto |
| 2024 (39th) | Sandra Romero | As Silence Passes By | Por donde pasa el silencio |
| 2024 (39th) | Paz Vega | Rita | Rita |

## Statistics

The following list is for Best New Director nominees and winners that went on to win or be nominated for Best Director. The times that the directors won either of the categories are in bold.
| Director(s) | Best New Director | Best Director |
| Isabel Coixet | Massa vell per morir jove (1989) | My Life Without Me (2003) The Secret Life of Words (2005) Nobody Wants the Night (2015) The Bookshop (2017) It Snows in Benidorm (2020) Un amor (2023) |
| Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Butterfly Wings (1991) | The Dead Mother (1993)Baby (2020) |
| Manuel Gómez Pereira | Salsa rosa (1991) | Mouth to Mouth (1995) |
| Julio Médem | Vacas (1992) | Earth (1996) Sex and Lucia (2001) |
| Álex de la Iglesia | Acción mutante (1992) | The Day of the Beast (1995) Common Wealth (2000) The Oxford Murders (2008) The Last Circus (2010) |
| Manuel Huerga | Antarctica (1995) | Salvador (Puig Antich) (2006) |
| Icíar Bollaín | Hola, ¿estás sola? (1995) | Take My Eyes (2003) Mataharis (2007) Even the Rain (2010) Rosa's Wedding (2020)Maixabel (2021) |
| Alejandro Amenábar | Thesis (1996) | Open Your Eyes (1998) The Others (2001) The Sea Inside (2004) Agora (2009) While at War (2019) |
| David Trueba | The Good Life (1996) | Soldiers of Salamina (2003) Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)Jokes & Cigarettes (2023) |
| Fernando León de Aranoa | Familia (1997) | Barrio (1998) Mondays in the Sun (2002) A Perfect Day (2015)The Good Boss (2021) |
| Javier Fesser | The Miracle of P. Tinto (1998) | Camino (2008) Champions (2018) |
| Benito Zambrano | Solas (1999) | Solas (1999) Habana Blues (2005) The Sleeping Voice (2011) |
| Mateo Gil | Nobody Knows Anybody (1999) | Blackthorn (2011) |
| Daniel Monzón | Heart of the Warrior (2000) | Cell 211 (2009) El Niño (2014) |
| Cesc Gay | Nico and Dani (2000) | In the City (2003) Truman (2015) |
| Jaime Rosales | The Hours of the Day (2003) | Solitary Fragments (2007) |
| Pablo Berger | Torremolinos 73 (2003) | Blancanieves (2012) |
| Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | DarkBlueAlmostBlack (2006) | Family United (2013) |
| Juan Antonio Bayona | The Orphanage (2007) | The Impossible (2012) A Monster Calls (2016) Society of the Snow (2023) |
| Paula Ortiz | Chrysalis (2011) | The Bride (2015)The Red Virgin (2024) |
| Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stockholm (2013) | May God Save Us (2016) The Realm (2018) The Beasts (2022) |
| Salvador Calvo | 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016) | Adú (2020) |
| Carla Simón | Summer 1993 (2017) | Alcarràs (2022) |
| Pilar Palomero | Schoolgirls (2020) | Motherhood (2022) |