# Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director

The Razzie Award for Worst Director is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst director of the previous year. The following is a list of nominees and recipients of that award, along with the film(s) for which they were nominated.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s

| Year | Director | Film |
| 1980 (1st) |
| 1980 (1st) | Robert Greenwald | Xanadu |
| 1980 (1st) | John G. Avildsen | The Formula |
| 1980 (1st) | Brian De Palma | Dressed to Kill |
| 1980 (1st) | Richard Fleischer | The Jazz Singer |
| 1980 (1st) | William Friedkin | Cruising |
| 1980 (1st) | Stanley Kubrick | The Shining |
| 1980 (1st) | Michael Ritchie | The Island |
| 1980 (1st) | John Trent | Middle Age Crazy |
| 1980 (1st) | Nancy Walker | Can't Stop the Music |
| 1980 (1st) | Gordon Willis | Windows |
| 1981 (2nd) |
| 1981 (2nd) | Michael Cimino | Heaven's Gate |
| 1981 (2nd) | John Derek | Tarzan, the Ape Man |
| 1981 (2nd) | Blake Edwards | S.O.B. |
| 1981 (2nd) | Frank Perry | Mommie Dearest |
| 1981 (2nd) | Franco Zeffirelli | Endless Love |
| 1982 (3rd) |
| 1982 (3rd) | Ken Annakin | The Pirate Movie |
| 1982 (3rd) | Terence Young | Inchon |
| 1982 (3rd) | Matt Cimber | Butterfly |
| 1982 (3rd) | John Huston | Annie |
| 1982 (3rd) | Hal Needham | Megaforce |
| 1983 (4th) |
| 1983 (4th) | Peter Sasdy | The Lonely Lady |
| 1983 (4th) | Joe Alves | Jaws 3-D |
| 1983 (4th) | Brian De Palma | Scarface |
| 1983 (4th) | John Herzfeld | Two of a Kind |
| 1983 (4th) | Hal Needham | Stroker Ace |
| 1984 (5th) |
| 1984 (5th) | John Derek | Bolero |
| 1984 (5th) | Bob Clark | Rhinestone |
| 1984 (5th) | Brian De Palma | Body Double |
| 1984 (5th) | John Guillermin | Sheena |
| 1984 (5th) | Hal Needham | Cannonball Run II |
| 1985 (6th) |
| 1985 (6th) | Sylvester Stallone | Rocky IV |
| 1985 (6th) | Richard Brooks | Fever Pitch |
| 1985 (6th) | Michael Cimino | Year of the Dragon |
| 1985 (6th) | George Pan Cosmatos | Rambo: First Blood Part II |
| 1985 (6th) | Hugh Hudson | Revolution |
| 1986 (7th) |
| 1986 (7th) | Prince | Under the Cherry Moon |
| 1986 (7th) | Jim Goddard | Shanghai Surprise |
| 1986 (7th) | Willard Huyck | Howard the Duck |
| 1986 (7th) | Stephen King | Maximum Overdrive |
| 1986 (7th) | Michelle Manning | Blue City |
| 1987 (8th) |
| 1987 (8th) | Norman Mailer | Tough Guys Don't Dance |
| 1987 (8th) | Elaine May | Ishtar |
| 1987 (8th) | James Foley | Who's That Girl |
| 1987 (8th) | Joseph Sargent | Jaws: The Revenge |
| 1987 (8th) | Paul Weiland | Leonard Part 6 |
| 1988 (9th) |
| 1988 (9th) | Blake Edwards | Sunset |
| 1988 (9th) | Stewart Raffill | Mac and Me |
| 1988 (9th) | Michael Dinner | Hot to Trot |
| 1988 (9th) | Roger Donaldson | Cocktail |
| 1988 (9th) | Peter MacDonald | Rambo III |
| 1989 (10th) |
| 1989 (10th) | William Shatner | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier |
| 1989 (10th) | John G. Avildsen | The Karate Kid Part III |
| 1989 (10th) | Jim Drake | Speed Zone |
| 1989 (10th) | Rowdy Herrington | Road House |
| 1989 (10th) | Eddie Murphy | Harlem Nights |

### 1990s

| Year | Director | Film |
| 1990 (11th) |
| 1990 (11th) | John Derek | Ghosts Can't Do It |
| 1990 (11th) | John G. Avildsen | Rocky V |
| 1990 (11th) | Brian De Palma | The Bonfire of the Vanities |
| 1990 (11th) | Renny Harlin | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane |
| 1990 (11th) | Prince | Graffiti Bridge |
| 1991 (12th) |
| 1991 (12th) | Michael Lehmann | Hudson Hawk |
| 1991 (12th) | Dan Aykroyd | Nothing but Trouble |
| 1991 (12th) | William Graham | Return to the Blue Lagoon |
| 1991 (12th) | David Kellogg | Cool as Ice |
| 1991 (12th) | John Landis | Oscar |
| 1992 (13th) |
| 1992 (13th) | David Seltzer | Shining Through |
| 1992 (13th) | Danny DeVito | Hoffa |
| 1992 (13th) | John Glen | Christopher Columbus: The Discovery |
| 1992 (13th) | Barry Levinson | Toys |
| 1992 (13th) | Kenny Ortega | Newsies |
| 1993 (14th) |
| 1993 (14th) | Jennifer Lynch | Boxing Helena |
| 1993 (14th) | Uli Edel | Body of Evidence |
| 1993 (14th) | Adrian Lyne | Indecent Proposal |
| 1993 (14th) | John McTiernan | Last Action Hero |
| 1993 (14th) | Phillip Noyce | Sliver |
| 1994 (15th) |
| 1994 (15th) | Steven Seagal | On Deadly Ground |
| 1994 (15th) | Lawrence Kasdan | Wyatt Earp |
| 1994 (15th) | John Landis | Beverly Hills Cop III |
| 1994 (15th) | Rob Reiner | North |
| 1994 (15th) | Richard Rush | Color of Night |
| 1995 (16th) |
| 1995 (16th) | Paul Verhoeven | Showgirls |
| 1995 (16th) | Renny Harlin | Cutthroat Island |
| 1995 (16th) | Roland Joffé | The Scarlet Letter |
| 1995 (16th) | Frank Marshall | Congo |
| 1995 (16th) | Kevin Costner | Waterworld |
| 1995 (16th) | Kevin Reynolds | Waterworld |
| 1996 (17th) |
| 1996 (17th) | Andrew Bergman | Striptease |
| 1996 (17th) | John Frankenheimer | The Island of Dr. Moreau |
| 1996 (17th) | Stephen Frears | Mary Reilly |
| 1996 (17th) | John Landis | The Stupids |
| 1996 (17th) | Brian Levant | Jingle All the Way |
| 1997 (18th) |
| 1997 (18th) | Kevin Costner | The Postman |
| 1997 (18th) | Jan de Bont | Speed 2: Cruise Control |
| 1997 (18th) | Luis Llosa | Anaconda |
| 1997 (18th) | Joel Schumacher | Batman & Robin |
| 1997 (18th) | Oliver Stone | U Turn |
| 1998 (19th) |
| 1998 (19th) | Gus Van Sant | Psycho |
| 1998 (19th) | Michael Bay | Armageddon |
| 1998 (19th) | Jeremiah S. Chechik | The Avengers |
| 1998 (19th) | Roland Emmerich | Godzilla |
| 1998 (19th) | Arthur Hiller (as Alan Smithee) | Burn Hollywood Burn |
| 1999 (20th) |
| 1999 (20th) | Barry Sonnenfeld | Wild Wild West |
| 1999 (20th) | Jan de Bont | The Haunting |
| 1999 (20th) | Dennis Dugan | Big Daddy |
| 1999 (20th) | Peter Hyams | End of Days |
| 1999 (20th) | George Lucas | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace |

### 2000s

| Year | Director | Film |
| 2000 (21st) |
| 2000 (21st) | Roger Christian | Battlefield Earth |
| 2000 (21st) | Joe Berlinger | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 |
| 2000 (21st) | Steven Brill | Little Nicky |
| 2000 (21st) | Brian De Palma | Mission to Mars |
| 2000 (21st) | John Schlesinger | The Next Best Thing |
| 2001 (22nd) |
| 2001 (22nd) | Tom Green | Freddy Got Fingered |
| 2001 (22nd) | Michael Bay | Pearl Harbor |
| 2001 (22nd) | Peter Chelsom | Town & Country |
| 2001 (22nd) | Warren Beatty | Town & Country |
| 2001 (22nd) | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Glitter |
| 2001 (22nd) | Renny Harlin | Driven |
| 2002 (23rd) |
| 2002 (23rd) | Guy Ritchie | Swept Away |
| 2002 (23rd) | Roberto Benigni | Pinocchio |
| 2002 (23rd) | Tamra Davis | Crossroads |
| 2002 (23rd) | George Lucas | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones |
| 2002 (23rd) | Ron Underwood | The Adventures of Pluto Nash |
| 2003 (24th) |
| 2003 (24th) | Martin Brest | Gigli |
| 2003 (24th) | Robert Iscove | From Justin to Kelly |
| 2003 (24th) | Mort Nathan | Boat Trip |
| 2003 (24th) | The Wachowskis | The Matrix Reloaded |
| 2003 (24th) | The Wachowskis | The Matrix Revolutions |
| 2003 (24th) | Bo Welch | The Cat in the Hat |
| 2004 (25th) |
| 2004 (25th) | Pitof | Catwoman |
| 2004 (25th) | Bob Clark | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 |
| 2004 (25th) | Renny Harlin and/or Paul Schrader | Exorcist: The Beginning |
| 2004 (25th) | Oliver Stone | Alexander |
| 2004 (25th) | Keenen Ivory Wayans | White Chicks |
| 2005 (26th) |
| 2005 (26th) | John Asher | Dirty Love |
| 2005 (26th) | Uwe Boll | Alone in the Dark |
| 2005 (26th) | Jay Chandrasekhar | The Dukes of Hazzard |
| 2005 (26th) | Nora Ephron | Bewitched |
| 2005 (26th) | Lawrence Guterman | Son of the Mask |
| 2006 (27th) |
| 2006 (27th) | M. Night Shyamalan | Lady in the Water |
| 2006 (27th) | Uwe Boll | BloodRayne |
| 2006 (27th) | Michael Caton-Jones | Basic Instinct 2 |
| 2006 (27th) | Ron Howard | The Da Vinci Code |
| 2006 (27th) | Keenen Ivory Wayans | Little Man |
| 2007 (28th) |
| 2007 (28th) | Chris Sivertson | I Know Who Killed Me |
| 2007 (28th) | Dennis Dugan | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry |
| 2007 (28th) | Roland Joffé | Captivity |
| 2007 (28th) | Brian Robbins | Norbit |
| 2007 (28th) | Fred Savage | Daddy Day Camp |
| 2008 (29th) |
| 2008 (29th) | Uwe Boll | In the Name of the King |
| 2008 (29th) | Uwe Boll | Postal |
| 2008 (29th) | Uwe Boll | Tunnel Rats |
| 2008 (29th) | Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer | Disaster Movie |
| 2008 (29th) | Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer | Meet the Spartans |
| 2008 (29th) | Tom Putnam | The Hottie and the Nottie |
| 2008 (29th) | Marco Schnabel | The Love Guru |
| 2008 (29th) | M. Night Shyamalan | The Happening |
| 2009 (30th) |
| 2009 (30th) | Michael Bay | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
| 2009 (30th) | Walt Becker | Old Dogs |
| 2009 (30th) | Brad Silberling | Land of the Lost |
| 2009 (30th) | Stephen Sommers | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra |
| 2009 (30th) | Phil Traill | All About Steve |

### 2010s

| Year | Director | Film |
| 2010 (31st) |
| 2010 (31st) | M. Night Shyamalan | The Last Airbender |
| 2010 (31st) | Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer | Vampires Suck |
| 2010 (31st) | Michael Patrick King | Sex and the City 2 |
| 2010 (31st) | David Slade | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse |
| 2010 (31st) | Sylvester Stallone | The Expendables |
| 2011 (32nd) |
| 2011 (32nd) | Dennis Dugan | Jack and Jill |
| 2011 (32nd) | Dennis Dugan | Just Go with It |
| 2011 (32nd) | Michael Bay | Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
| 2011 (32nd) | Tom Brady | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star |
| 2011 (32nd) | Bill Condon | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 |
| 2011 (32nd) | Garry Marshall | New Year's Eve |
| 2012 (33rd) |
| 2012 (33rd) | Bill Condon | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 |
| 2012 (33rd) | Sean Anders | That's My Boy |
| 2012 (33rd) | Peter Berg | Battleship |
| 2012 (33rd) | Tyler Perry | Good Deeds |
| 2012 (33rd) | Tyler Perry | Madea's Witness Protection |
| 2012 (33rd) | John Putch | Atlas Shrugged: Part II |
| 2013 (34th) |
| 2013 (34th) | All 13 directors (Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, and Jonathan van Tulleken) | Movie 43 |
| 2013 (34th) | Dennis Dugan | Grown Ups 2 |
| 2013 (34th) | Tyler Perry | A Madea Christmas |
| 2013 (34th) | Tyler Perry | Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor |
| 2013 (34th) | M. Night Shyamalan | After Earth |
| 2013 (34th) | Gore Verbinski | The Lone Ranger |
| 2014 (35th) |
| 2014 (35th) | Michael Bay | Transformers: Age of Extinction |
| 2014 (35th) | Darren Doane | Saving Christmas |
| 2014 (35th) | Renny Harlin | The Legend of Hercules |
| 2014 (35th) | Jonathan Liebesman | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| 2014 (35th) | Seth MacFarlane | A Million Ways to Die in the West |
| 2015 (36th) |
| 2015 (36th) | Josh Trank | Fantastic Four |
| 2015 (36th) | Andy Fickman | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 |
| 2015 (36th) | Tom Six | The Human Centipede 3 |
| 2015 (36th) | Sam Taylor-Johnson | Fifty Shades of Grey |
| 2015 (36th) | The Wachowskis | Jupiter Ascending |
| 2016 (37th) |
| 2016 (37th) | Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley | Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party |
| 2016 (37th) | Roland Emmerich | Independence Day: Resurgence |
| 2016 (37th) | Tyler Perry | Boo! A Madea Halloween |
| 2016 (37th) | Alex Proyas | Gods of Egypt |
| 2016 (37th) | Zack Snyder | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice |
| 2016 (37th) | Ben Stiller | Zoolander 2 |
| 2017 (38th) |
| 2017 (38th) | Tony Leondis | The Emoji Movie |
| 2017 (38th) | Darren Aronofsky | Mother! |
| 2017 (38th) | Michael Bay | Transformers: The Last Knight |
| 2017 (38th) | James Foley | Fifty Shades Darker |
| 2017 (38th) | Alex Kurtzman | The Mummy |
| 2018 (39th) |
| 2018 (39th) | Etan Cohen | Holmes & Watson |
| 2018 (39th) | Kevin Connolly | Gotti |
| 2018 (39th) | James Foley | Fifty Shades Freed |
| 2018 (39th) | Brian Henson | The Happytime Murders |
| 2018 (39th) | The Spierig Brothers | Winchester |
| 2019 (40th) |
| 2019 (40th) | Tom Hooper | Cats |
| 2019 (40th) | Fred Durst | The Fanatic |
| 2019 (40th) | James Franco | Zeroville |
| 2019 (40th) | Adrian Grünberg | Rambo: Last Blood |
| 2019 (40th) | Neil Marshall | Hellboy |

### 2020s

| Year | Director | Film |
| 2020 (41st) |
| 2020 (41st) | Sia | Music |
| 2020 (41st) | Charles Band | Corona Zombies |
| 2020 (41st) | Charles Band | Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King |
| 2020 (41st) | Charles Band | Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51 |
| 2020 (41st) | Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes | 365 Days |
| 2020 (41st) | Stephen Gaghan | Dolittle |
| 2020 (41st) | Ron Howard | Hillbilly Elegy |
| 2021 (42nd) |
| 2021 (42nd) | Christopher Ashley | Diana the Musical |
| 2021 (42nd) | Stephen Chbosky | Dear Evan Hansen |
| 2021 (42nd) | Coke Daniels | Karen |
| 2021 (42nd) | Renny Harlin | The Misfits |
| 2021 (42nd) | Joe Wright | The Woman in the Window |
| 2022 (43rd) |
| 2022 (43rd) | Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Sun | Good Mourning |
| 2022 (43rd) | Judd Apatow | The Bubble |
| 2022 (43rd) | Andrew Dominik | Blonde |
| 2022 (43rd) | Daniel Espinosa | Morbius |
| 2022 (43rd) | Robert Zemeckis | Disney's Pinocchio |
| 2023 (44th) |
| 2023 (44th) | Rhys Frake-Waterfield | Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey |
| 2023 (44th) | David Gordon Green | The Exorcist: Believer |
| 2023 (44th) | Peyton Reed | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania |
| 2023 (44th) | Scott Waugh | Expend4bles |
| 2023 (44th) | Ben Wheatley | Meg 2: The Trench |
| 2024 (45th) |
| 2024 (45th) | Francis Ford Coppola | Megalopolis |
| 2024 (45th) | S. J. Clarkson | Madame Web |
| 2024 (45th) | Todd Phillips | Joker: Folie à Deux |
| 2024 (45th) | Eli Roth | Borderlands |
| 2024 (45th) | Jerry Seinfeld | Unfrosted |

## Age superlatives

| Record | Director | Film | Age |
| Oldest winner | Francis Ford Coppola | Megalopolis | 85 years, 327 days |
| Oldest nominee | Francis Ford Coppola | Megalopolis | 85 years, 289 days |
| Youngest winner | Jennifer Lynch | Boxing Helena | 25 years, 347 days |
| Youngest nominee | Jennifer Lynch | Boxing Helena | 25 years, 347 days |

## Multiple wins

2 wins
* Michael Bay
* John Derek
* M. Night Shyamalan