# Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Commercials

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first awarded at the 32nd Directors Guild of America Awards in 1980.

## Winners and nominees
### 1970s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Commercials |
| 1979 (32nd) | Robert Lieberman | – |
| 1979 (32nd) | Bob Giraldi | – |
| 1979 (32nd) | R. Hagmann | – |
| 1979 (32nd) | N. Lacy | – |
| 1979 (32nd) | Richard Loew | – |

### 1980s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Commercials |
| 1980 (33rd) | George Gomes | A&W Restaurants' "Dancing", Bell System's "Joey Called", and Sara Lee's "Red Dye" |
| 1980 (33rd) | Allan Dennis | – |
| 1980 (33rd) | Bob Giraldi | Broadway's "Evita" and Miller Lite's "Pool" |
| 1980 (33rd) | Richard Loew | Breakstone' "Bedtime" and "Mom", and Beauvalle's "Toulouse" |
| 1980 (33rd) | Gérard Pirès | – |
| 1981 (34th) | Richard Levine | Pepsi's "First Love" and "Papa", and Kodak's "Summer Colt" |
| 1981 (34th) | R. Hagmann | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "Julie Through the Looking Glass", and Coca-Cola's "Railway Crossing" |
| 1981 (34th) | Tibor Hirsch | SOS's "Anniversary", Partager's "Camargue", United Airlines' "Clem's Story", and GTE's "Santa's Workshop" |
| 1981 (34th) | Joe Pytka | Henry Weinhard's' "Alaska", Bud Light's "Football", and Coca-Cola's "Thirsty Workers" |
| 1981 (34th) | Melvin Sokolsky | Fisher's "Beam" and Dr Pepper's "Roundy Room" and "Whistling" |
| 1982 (35th) | Joe Pytka | Bud Light's "Baseball" and "Basketball", and Henry Weinhard's' "Future/Gallup" |
| 1982 (35th) | William Dear | Budweiser's "Here's To You", KIMN's "Patron" and "Waitresses", and ABC Sports' "Promo" |
| 1982 (35th) | R. Hagmann | Coca-Cola's "Soccer", and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "Video Games" |
| 1982 (35th) | Richard Loew | The Travelers Companies' "Auto", IBM's "Bakery", American Express' "City Terrace", Fotomat's "Grandmothers", and 7 Up's "Of Course You Do" |
| 1982 (35th) | Norman Toback | Activision's "River Raid", Straw Hat Pizza's "Tim Conway/Horse", and GTE's "Trip" |
| 1983 (36th) | Bob Brooks | – |
| 1983 (36th) | Stuart Hagmann | – |
| 1983 (36th) | Manny Perez | Dr Pepper's "Detective", "Hunchback", and "Last Meal" |
| 1983 (36th) | Joe Pytka | Bud Light's "Boxer", "Pairs", and "Rodeo" |
| 1983 (36th) | Neil Tardio | United States Army's "Father & Son" and Xerox' "Laser Printing" |
| 1984 (37th) | Stuart Hagmann | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "Right Moment", IBM's "Skates", and McDonald's' "Stranger in the House" |
| 1984 (37th) | William Dear | Budweiser's "3D" and "Window Washers, Frontier's "Concourse of Doom", Honda's "Devo", and Bell Atlantic's "Dragnet" |
| 1984 (37th) | Leslie Dektor | Levi's' "Blues", John Player & Sons' "Own the Night", and NutraSweet's "Wait" |
| 1984 (37th) | Richard Levine | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "Good Samaritans" and Sonecor's "Radio Telescope" |
| 1984 (37th) | Michael Ulick | Coca-Cola's "First Job", American Greetings' "Peace", and Kodak's "Statue of Liberty" |
| 1985 (38th) | Ed Bianchi | Diet Pepsi's "Forward Pass", National Institute on Drug Abuse's "Gauntlet", Bounce's "Jump", and American Express' "Young Lawyers" |
| 1985 (38th) | Leslie Dektor | Apple's "American Dream" and "Changes", Levi's' "Bluesmen" and "The Gathering", and Coca-Cola's "Havens" |
| 1985 (38th) | Jim Johnston | United Negro College Fund's "Father and Son", California Cooler's "Matt", and Nike's "The Shooter" |
| 1985 (38th) | Richard Levine | Pacific Bell's "Boxers" and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "The More I See You" |
| 1985 (38th) | Joe Pytka | Pepsi's "Archeology", Special Olympics' "E.T. Special Olympics", and Henry Weinhard's' "Saloon" |
| 1986 (39th) | Joe Pytka | John Hancock Financial's "Brothers", Henry Weinhard's' "Chuck Wagon", and Pepsi's "Floats" |
| 1986 (39th) | Jeremiah S. Chechik | Connecticut Bank's "Clock Tower", Michelob's "Tonight, Tonight", and AT&T's "Wave" |
| 1986 (39th) | Leslie Dektor | Levi's' "Celebration", Blue Cross' "Gallstones", Home Savings of America's "Harold Arlund", and SecureHorizons' "Harry's Neighborhood" |
| 1986 (39th) | Richard Levine | Pacific Bell's "Father & Son", Wells Fargo's "Grass Valley", and Gallo's "Weddings" |
| 1986 (39th) | Sidney Myers | United Way's "American Way", "Family in Crisis" and "Youth in Crisis", and Bell Atlantic's "Beauty Parlor", "Girl Trouble" and "Jazzman" |
| 1987 (40th) | Richard Levine | Pepsi's "Apartment 10-G", DuPont's "Bill Demby", and Arnott's Biscuits' "Trouble" |
| 1987 (40th) | Leslie Dektor | Drug Free America Foundation's "Girl & Dealer" and "Tricks of the Trade", and United Airlines' "Pep Talk" |
| 1987 (40th) | Robert Lieberman | Hallmark Cards' "40th Birthday" and McDonald's' "New Kid" |
| 1987 (40th) | Jeffrey Lovinger | American Express' "Recital", Little Caesars' "The Wisdom", and Aetna's "World Series" |
| 1987 (40th) | Joe Pytka | Perrier's "Continents", John Hancock Financial's "40th Birthday", and Apple's "I'm Different" |
| 1988 (41st) | James Gartner | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "Braces & Glasses", Major League Baseball's "Interesting Friends", and Church World Service's "Journal" |
| 1988 (41st) | David Ashwell | Crossland Federal Savings Bank's "Detective", Gallo's "Dinner for Six", Kellogg's' "Hard Days Work", and Pepsi's "Thumbs Up" |
| 1988 (41st) | Leslie Dektor | Security Pacific Bank's "Football", Schlage's "School", and Levi's' "Yo Yo Do-Wop" |
| 1988 (41st) | Richard Levine | Delta Air Lines' "Company B", Hyundai's "Escape", and Seagram's "Kzev" and "Relationships" |
| 1988 (41st) | Robert Lieberman | AT&T's "Celebration", and McDonald's' "County Champ" and "Olympic Hopefuls" |
| 1989 (42nd) | David Cornell | AT&T's "Small Town" |
| 1989 (42nd) | Leslie Dektor | Pepsi's "Glasnost", International Cotton Association's "One Day", and United Airlines' "Speech" |
| 1989 (42nd) | James Gartner | First City Texas' "Going Back to Work", Pizza Hut's "Right Field", and Barnett Bank's "World Series" |
| 1989 (42nd) | Michael Grasso | Dr Pepper's "Baseball" and 7-Eleven's "Proposal" and "Small Businessmen" |
| 1989 (42nd) | Richard Levine | Pepsi's "Missing Link" and "Two Michaels", and Sprint's "Trauma Unit" |

### 1990s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Commercials |
| 1990 (43rd) | Peter Smillie | Jeep Wrangler's "Driving Lesson", United Parcel Service's "Ian Alistair Mackenzie", National Council on Alcoholism's "Little Girl", and FMC Corporation's "Perfectionist" |
| 1990 (43rd) | Leslie Dektor | Mercedes-Benz' "Interview", Saturn's "Launch", and Bell Atlantic's "Sundays" |
| 1990 (43rd) | James Gartner | Pizza Hut's "Driveway" and "The Big Moment", and AT&T's "Why Not" |
| 1990 (43rd) | Michael Grasso | Hallmark Cards' "100th Birthday" and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "HIV Positive" |
| 1990 (43rd) | Joe Pytka | Nike's "Bo & Bo", FedEx' "New Technology", and Diet Pepsi's "Opera" |
| 1991 (44th) | Joe Pytka | Hallmark Cards' "Dance Card" and Nike's "The Bo Show" |
| 1991 (44th) | Leslie Dektor | Bell Atlantic's "Joanne", Saturn's "Petersburg", and Tele-Communications Inc.'s "Taxi Driver" |
| 1991 (44th) | James Gartner | FedEx' "Adoption" and HBO's "Party" |
| 1991 (44th) | Stephen Kessler | MasterCard's "Directions", Tony's Pizza's "House", MCI Communications' "Joe College", Giant Eagle's "Romeo & Julie" and "Tea Time", and Jack in the Box' "Trapeze Act" |
| 1991 (44th) | Domenic Mastrippolito | AIDS Project Los Angeles' "Talk About It" |
| 1992 (45th) | Leslie Dektor | American Express' "Elevator", US West's "Missed the Bus", Bank of America's "Second Generation", and Southern California Edison's "Truth" |
| 1992 (45th) | William Patterson | Philips' "DCC Clear Sound" |
| 1992 (45th) | Joe Pytka | Nike's "Hare Jordan" and Hallmark Cards' "Old Friend" |
| 1993 (46th) | James Gartner | FedEx' "Applause" and "Golden Package", and AT&T's "Baseball & Piroshki" |
| 1993 (46th) | Mark Coppos | United Parcel Service's "Drivers" and "The Office", Reebok's "Kick/Farmer-Patrick", MasterCard's "Supermarket", and Infiniti's "Walkaround/Rehearsal" |
| 1993 (46th) | Daniel Duchovny | Wachovia's "Crown Account", Pine Street Inn's "I'll Be Home For Christmas", Foundation Health's "Otters", and Harvard Community Health Plan's "Scott" |
| 1993 (46th) | Peter Goldschmidt | Air France's "Speed of Sound" |
| 1993 (46th) | Joe Pytka | Nike's "Barkley of Seville" and "Kenya", and Pepsi's "Playground" |
| 1994 (47th) | Michael Bay | California Milk's "Aaron Burr", "Baby and Cat" and "Vending Machine", Miller Lite's "Big Lawyer Round-up", and Nike's "Deion Sanders" |
| 1994 (47th) | Leslie Dektor | IBM's "French Guys" and "Nuns", American Airlines' "Important", and Buena Vista's "Snow White" |
| 1994 (47th) | Tony Kaye | Volvo's "Photographer" and "Stuntman", and Dunlop's "Unexpected" |
| 1994 (47th) | Ray Lawrence | MCI's "Death on the 19th Hole", "E-Mail" and "Martin" |
| 1994 (47th) | Joe Pytka | Nike's "Season's Song" and "The Wall", and Pepsi's "Summer of Love" |
| 1995 (48th) | Robert Lieberman | Hallmark Cards' "Jeffrey's Secret" and Merrill Lynch's "Sisters Already Retired" |
| 1995 (48th) | Steven Chase | Pepsi's "All Sports Basketball", Mountain Dew's "Crooner", Anheuser-Busch's "Fishing" and "Primate", and AT&T's "Paddleball" |
| 1995 (48th) | Tony Kaye | Guinness' "Men & Women", TAG Heuer's "Mind Games", and Volvo's "Twister" |
| 1995 (48th) | Joe Pytka | Pepsi's "Diner", "Set Piece" and "Stranded" |
| 1995 (48th) | Kinka Usher | Timex Corporation's "Angel" and "Dog To Vet", and California Milk's "Full Body Cast", "Interrogation" and "Trix" |
| 1996 (49th) | Tarsem Singh | Nike's "Good vs. Evil", Levi's' "Poolboy", and Coca-Cola's "Red" |
| 1996 (49th) | James Gartner | Apple's "Crowd Control" and AT&T's "Amazing Grace" |
| 1996 (49th) | David Kellogg | Little Caesars' "Training Camp", American Express' "Gas Pump", and Kodak's "Pie Plate" |
| 1996 (49th) | Peter Nydrle | Coca-Cola's "Savion’s Challenge", Harley-Davidson's "Waiting for the Bus" and "Birds", National Car Rental's "Dolphins", Maxfli's "Tell You Something", and Reebok's "Gods" |
| 1996 (49th) | Kinka Usher | Nissan's "Dream Garage", "Toys - G.I. Joe" and "Parking Meter", and Polaroid's "Dog & Cat" and "Architect" |
| 1997 (50th) | Bruce Dowad | Isuzu's "Giant", Mercedes-Benz' "Don't Fence Me In", and Coca-Cola's "World Dance" |
| 1997 (50th) | Robert Black | Lay's' "Antonio", Rite Aid's "Firefighter", and Southwestern Bell's "Rancher" |
| 1997 (50th) | Thom Higgins | Weyerhaeuser's "Love Note", Oreo's "Basketball", and Ford's "Generations" |
| 1997 (50th) | Erich Joiner | Smith & Wesson's "Bonus", "Yacht" and "Grandma" |
| 1997 (50th) | David Wild | Washington's Lottery's "Born to be Wild", Zima's "Sticky Shoes", and Saturn's "Doc Payne" |
| 1998 (51st) | Kinka Usher | Sony's "Egg", Mountain Dew's "Michael Johnson's World", Miller Brewing's "Cupid", Nike's "Undercover Ushers", and Hallmark's "Neighbor Lady" |
| 1998 (51st) | Amy Hill and Chris Riess | Saturn's "Driving Range", Bronson Medical Centers' "Pediatrics", AmSouth's "Life", and Long John Silver's' "London Loves Us" |
| 1998 (51st) | Peter Darley Miller | 360 Communications' "Chase", Slice's "Dissection", Midway Games' "Target Practice", PlayStation's "Scout", and Nike's "The Great Magician" |
| 1998 (51st) | Rocky Morton | Taco Bell's "Bobbing Head" and "Romeo and Juliet", Fox Sports' "Feet", and PlayStation's "Laundromat" |
| 1998 (51st) | Tarsem Singh | John Hancock Financial's "Sarajevo", Miller Brewing's "Séance" and "Dances with Dog", and Beck's' "Romance" |
| 1999 (52nd) | Bryan Buckley | Monster.com's "When I Grow Up", E-Trade's "TriMount Studios" and "Broker", and OnHealth.com's "Friends" |
| 1999 (52nd) | Adam Cameron and Simon Cole | Frito-Lay's "Sizes", Church's Chicken's "Fire 2", Adidas' "El Duque Dance", Amazon's "Two Minutes", Dreyer's' "Truck Driver", and Snapple's "Sponsor" |
| 1999 (52nd) | Leslie Dektor | Coca-Cola's "Downhill Racer", e.Score.com's "The Debate", and Allstate's "Anthem" |
| 1999 (52nd) | Rocky Morton | Lexus' "Fly", Homestead's "Comb" and "Stick", and The Minus Man's "Promo" |
| 1999 (52nd) | Dewey Nicks | Ameritrade's "Let’s Light this Candle", "I Just Want to be Held" and "Square Dance", and Union Bay's "Rocket Man" |

### 2000s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Commercials |
| 2000 (53rd) | Leslie Dektor | Idea Exchange's "New Eyes" and "The Run Home", and Pocketcards's "The Check" |
| 2000 (53rd) | Dante Ariola | Nike's "Elephant" and Hewlett-Packard's "Tickets" and "Taxi" |
| 2000 (53rd) | Bryan Buckley | FedEx' "Action Figures" and E-Trade's "Monkey", "Wazoo" and "Basketball" |
| 2000 (53rd) | David Cornell | Visa's "Synchronized Commercialism", "Tattoo" and "I Enjoy Being a Girl", and Charles Schwab's "Ringo" and "Retirement" |
| 2000 (53rd) | Lenard Dorfman | IBM's "Harlem Fencer" and "Senegal Women's Basketball", and Excite's "Camped" |
| 2001 (54th) | Bob Kerstetter | Musco Family Olive's "Worker", "Orphanage", and "Birds" |
| 2001 (54th) | Adam Cameron and Simon Cole | Dr Pepper/Seven Up's "Calendar", "Captive Audience" and "Singers", Cingular Wireless's "Touchdown Dance School", Visa's "Baby Talk", and Toyota's "Subtitles" |
| 2001 (54th) | Craig Gillespie | Holiday Inn Express' "Kiss Reunion", Citibank's "Delivery Room" and "College Tuition", Ameritech's "Plumber", and SBC's "Welcome Wagon" |
| 2001 (54th) | Joe Pytka | NYC Miracle's "The Deli" and "Skating", Disney's "Pillow Talk", and Ad Council's "Ketchup Soup" |
| 2001 (54th) | Baker Smith | Lucky Magazine's "Cheryl 'N Me", Fox Sports' "Nail Gun", Toshiba's "Asylum", and Heineken's "Birth of Scratching" |
| 2002 (55th) | Baker Smith | Canal+'s "Black Bands" and "Visigoths", Fox Sports' "Lightning" and "Wind", and BMW's "Clown" |
| 2002 (55th) | Dante Ariola | PlayStation 2's "Signs", Lee's "Cheese", and Bank of America's "Butcher" |
| 2002 (55th) | Leslie Dektor | American Express' "Crazy Love", America's Second Harvest's "Rent or Food", and Verizon's "Lady Liberty" |
| 2002 (55th) | Craig Gillespie | Citibank's "Treadmill", Holiday Inn Express' "Snake Bite", Chevrolet's "Cops", SBC's "Coffee Machine", and EDS's "Suki" |
| 2002 (55th) | Noam Murro | Saturn's "Sheet Metal", eBay's "Do It eBay", and E-Trade's "Pick" and "Pitch" |
| 2003 (56th) | David Fincher | Nike's "Gamebreakers" and "Speed Chain", and Xelibri's "Beauty for Sale" |
| 2003 (56th) | Lance Acord | Adidas' "Wake Up Call", Nike's "Cross Country Spirit", and Mitsubishi's "Part Car, Part Religion" |
| 2003 (56th) | Errol Morris | Miller's "Pager" and "Alternative Fuel", Nike's "Bernard" and "Kathryn", and Cisco's "Meanwhile" |
| 2003 (56th) | Noam Murro | Got Milk?'s "Birthday", Saturn's "Beautiful", and Bud Light's "Mr. Way Too Much Cologne Wearer" |
| 2003 (56th) | Joe Pytka | Gatorade's "23 vs. 39", IBM's "Prodigy", and Nextel's "Shakespeare" |
| 2004 (57th) | Noam Murro | Adidas' "Carry", Starbucks' "Glen", and eBay's "Toy Boat" |
| 2004 (57th) | Dante Ariola | Stella Artois' "Circus", Levi's' "Urban Legend", and Barclays' "Money Tree" |
| 2004 (57th) | Fredrik Bond | Three's "Cherry" and "Jelly Fish", and Nike's "The Other Game" |
| 2004 (57th) | Andrew Douglas | Renault's "Feel It", PricewaterhouseCoopers' "The Air", Barclays' "New Day", and Microsoft's "Hat" |
| 2004 (57th) | Jim Jenkins | Discovery Channel's "Antlers" and "Milk Truck", Nextel's "Dance Party", and TBS' "Strange Fruit" |
| 2005 (58th) | Craig Gillespie | Ameriquest's "Surprise Dinner" and "Mini-Mart", and Altoids's "People of Pain" and "Fable of the Fruit Bat" |
| 2005 (58th) | Spike Jonze | Adidas' "Hello Tomorrow", Miller Beer's "Penguin", and Gap's "Pardon Our Dust" |
| 2005 (58th) | Rocky Morton | BellSouth's "Kung Fu Clowns" and "Dance Fight Plumbers", Cheese Nips' "Office", and CSI's "Take Me Home" |
| 2005 (58th) | Noam Murro | Hummer's "Monsters", Orange's "Black Out", and Nike's "Run Barefoot" |
| 2005 (58th) | Rupert Sanders | Adidas' "Made to Perfection" and Xbox's "Joy" |
| 2006 (59th) | Dante Ariola | Coca-Cola's "First Taste", Traveler's Insurance's "Snowball", and Johnnie Walker's "Human" |
| 2006 (59th) | Bryan Buckley | American Express' "Animal" and Burger King's "Manthem" and "More Mayo" |
| 2006 (59th) | David Gray | Tribeca Film Festival's "Transvestite" and "Mugger", Full Tilt Poker's "Jesus Throws", and eBay's "Born" |
| 2006 (59th) | Tom Kuntz | Altoids' "Fruit Pants" and Skittles' "Trade", "Beard" and "Leak" |
| 2006 (59th) | Joe Pytka | Budweiser's "Clydesdales American Dream", Disney's "Preparation", and WTC Memorial's "Where Were You" |
| 2007 (60th) | Nicolai Fuglsig | Guinness' "Tipping Point", J. C. Penney's "It's Magic", and Motorola's "Journey" |
| 2007 (60th) | Dante Ariola | PlayStation 3' "Grenade", Wrigley's "Flare", and Nike's "Addicted" |
| 2007 (60th) | Fredrik Bond | Got Milk?'s "Straw" and J. C. Penney's "Aviator" |
| 2007 (60th) | Frank Budgen | Bravia's "Playdoh" and Save Our Selves/Live Earth's "S.O.S." |
| 2007 (60th) | Noam Murro | Volkswagens's "Night Drive", Orbit's "Affair", and NBA's "Remember" |
| 2008 (61st) | Peter Thwaites | Barclaycard's "Waterslide" and Guinness' "Light Show" |
| 2008 (61st) | Fredrik Bond | Levi's' "First Time" |
| 2008 (61st) | David Fincher | Nike's "Fate", Apple's "Hallway", and Stand Up to Cancer's "Stand Up For Something" |
| 2008 (61st) | Tom Kuntz | FedEx's "Carrier Pigeons", Xbox's "Lips", Skittles' "Pinata", and Got Milk?'s "White Gold Is" |
| 2008 (61st) | Rupert Sanders | Air Jordan's "Clock Tower" |
| 2009 (62nd) | Tom Kuntz | Cadbury's "Eyebrows", Old Spice's "Scents For Gents", Skittles' "Tailor", and CareerBuilder's "Tips" |
| 2009 (62nd) | Joaquin Baca-Asay | CSX's "Breathe", Bank of America's "Doors", LensCrafters' "See What You Love", and Volvo's "Switch" |
| 2009 (62nd) | Garth Davis | U.S. Cellular's "Shadow Puppets" |
| 2009 (62nd) | Craig Gillespie | Cars.com's "David Abernathy", Guinness' "Slide", and Orbit's "Dusty" |
| 2009 (62nd) | Chris Palmer | Budweiser's "Lyric" and J2O's "Riviera Truckstop (Garage Playboy)" and "A Horse Called Cynthia (Cowboy - Mr. Darcy)" |

### 2010s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Commercials |
| 2010 (63rd) | Stacy Wall | Nike's "Rise" and "Handshake", Microsoft's "Really?", and Adidas' "Slim Chin & D Rose" |
| 2010 (63rd) | Frank Budgen | Sony Bravia's "World Cup" and "Thunderstruck" and Honda's "RGB" |
| 2010 (63rd) | Craig Gillespie | Cars.com's "Timothy Richman", Snickers' "Game" and "Road Trip", and CareerBuilder's "Another Language" and "Casual Friday" |
| 2010 (63rd) | Tim Godsall | DirecTV's "Opulence", Hyundai's "Bull", and HBO's "Eastbound & Mom" |
| 2010 (63rd) | Tom Kuntz | Old Spice's "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like", "Questions", "Did You Know", and "Boat" |
| 2011 (64th) | Noam Murro | Heineken's "Handlebar Mustache", DirecTV's "Hot House", Battlefield 3's "Is It Real?", and Volkswagens's "Pinata" |
| 2011 (64th) | Lance Acord | Nike's "Paint the Town" and "The Chosen", Volkswagen's "The Force", and NBA's "Sweetest Moment" |
| 2011 (64th) | Dante Ariola | Volkswagen's "Black Betty", Nissan's "Gas Powered Everything", and Jim Beam's "Parallels" |
| 2011 (64th) | Fredrik Bond | Heineken's "Date" and "The Entrance" |
| 2011 (64th) | Steven Miller | Cheetos' "Fort", GEICO's "Guinea Pigs" and "Sushi", Ortega's "Parking Lot", and Dos Equis' "Pommel Horse", "Pygmy" and "Speed Dating" |
| 2012 (65th) | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Procter & Gamble's "Best Job" |
| 2012 (65th) | Lance Acord | Nike's "Jogger" and "Greatness", Volkswagen's "The Dog Strikes Back", and Levi's' "Thread" |
| 2012 (65th) | Steve Ayson | Carlton Draught's "Beer Chase" |
| 2012 (65th) | Fredrik Bond | Puma's "Surfer" and Budweiser's "Eternal Optimism" |
| 2012 (65th) | Tom Kuntz | Old Spice's "Terry Crews Muscle Music" and DirecTV's "Stray Animals", "Roadside Ditch" and "Platoon" |
| 2013 (66th) | Martin de Thurah | Hennessy V.S' "The Man Who Couldn't Slow Down" and Acura's "Human Race" |
| 2013 (66th) | Fredrik Bond | Heineken's "Voyage" and Johnnie Walker's "From The Future" |
| 2013 (66th) | John X. Carey | Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" |
| 2013 (66th) | Noam Murro | Guinness' "Basketball", DirecTV's "Kids", and Volkswagen's "Mask" |
| 2013 (66th) | Matthijs van Heijningen | PlayStation's "Perfect Day" and Verizon's "#Forty Eight" |
| 2014 (67th) | Nicolai Fuglsig | Guinness' "Sapeurs" and FEMA's "Waiting" |
| 2014 (67th) | Lauren Greenfield | Always' "Always #LikeAGirl" |
| 2014 (67th) | Brendan Malloy and Emmett Malloy | Nike's "The Huddle" |
| 2014 (67th) | Daniel Mercadante and Katina Hubbard | Dick's Sporting Goods' "Sports Matter" and Facebook's "We Are Not Alone" and "Big Sister" |
| 2014 (67th) | Noam Murro | Dodge's "Ahead of Their Time" and Guinness' "Empty Chair" |
| 2015 (68th) | Andreas Nilsson | Comcast's "Emily's Oz", General Electric's "Time Upon a Once", and Old Spice's "Dad Song" |
| 2015 (68th) | Juan Cabral | IKEA's "Monkeys" and Lurpak's "Freestyle" |
| 2015 (68th) | Miles Jay | ESPN's "It Can Wait" |
| 2015 (68th) | Tom Kuntz | Old Spice's "So It Begins", Heineken's "The Chase", and Clash of Clans' "Revenge" |
| 2015 (68th) | Steve Rogers | Nike Golf's "Ripple" and Nike's "Snow Day" |
| 2016 (69th) | Derek Cianfrance | Nike Golf's "Chase", Powerade's "Doubts" and "Expectations", and Squarespace's "Manifesto" |
| 2016 (69th) | Lance Acord | Apple's "Frankie's Holiday" and Kohl's' "Movie Night" |
| 2016 (69th) | Dante Ariola | SunTrust's "Hold Your Breath", Lyft's "Riding is the New Driving", and Beats' "Tell Me When To Go" |
| 2016 (69th) | Fredrik Bond | Apple's "Dive", Philips' "Everyday Hero", and LG's "World of Play" |
| 2016 (69th) | A.G. Rojas | S7 Airlines' "The Best Planet" and Samsung's "The Snail" |
| 2017 (70th) | Martin de Thurah | StubHub's "Festival" and "Machines", and Wealthsimple's "Mad World" |
| 2017 (70th) | Alma Har'el | Procter & Gamble's "Love without Bias" |
| 2017 (70th) | Will Hoffman and Julius Metoyer | KitchenAid's "Anthem" and Ford's "Go Further" |
| 2017 (70th) | Miles Jay | Bose's "Alive", and Squarespace's "Calling JohnMalkovich.com" and "Who is JohnMalkovich.com?" |
| 2017 (70th) | Isaiah Seret | Samsung's "Growing Up" and "I Love You", and Kohler's "Never Too Composed" |
| 2018 (71st) | Spike Jonze | Apple's "Welcome Home" |
| 2018 (71st) | Steve Ayson | Dollar Shave Club's "Getting Ready" and Speight's' "The Dance" |
| 2018 (71st) | Fredrik Bond | Virgin TV's "Harmony", BT Sport's "Take Them All On", and Confused.com's "The Big Win" |
| 2018 (71st) | Martin de Thurah | Audi's "Final Breath", Chase Bank's "Mama Said Knock You Out", and Macy's' "Space Station" |
| 2018 (71st) | David Shane | Babbel's "Alien" and Cure Alzheimer's Fund's "Mothers & Daughters" |
| 2019 (72nd) | Spike Jonze | Squarespace's "Dream It" and MedMen's "The New Normal" |
| 2019 (72nd) | Fredrik Bond | Hewlett-Packard's "Lighter Than Air,", Coca-Cola's "Take it Lightly", and Apple's "Nap" |
| 2019 (72nd) | Mark Molloy | Apple's "Underdogs" |
| 2019 (72nd) | Ridley Scott | Hennessy's "The Seven Worlds" |
| 2019 (72nd) | Dougal Wilson | AT&T's "Train" |

### 2020s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Commercials |
| 2020 (73rd) | Melina Matsoukas | Beats by Dre's "You Love Me" |
| 2020 (73rd) | Steve Ayson | Nike's "The Great Chase" |
| 2020 (73rd) | Nisha Ganatra | Bodyform/Libresse's "#wombstories" |
| 2020 (73rd) | Niclas Larsson | VW Touareg's "See the Unseen," Volvo XC60's "The Parents" |
| 2020 (73rd) | Taika Waititi | Coca-Cola's "The Letter" |
| 2021 (74th) | Bradford Young | Channel 4's "Super. Human." |
| 2021 (74th) | Steve Ayson | Mattress Firm's "Anthem", and Miller Lite's "Award Speech" and "Networking" |
| 2021 (74th) | Kathryn Bigelow | Apple's "Hollywood In Your Pocket" |
| 2021 (74th) | Ian Pons Jewell | Apple's "ECG" and "Sleep", Squarespace's "Time", and Instacart's "Your Mom’s Short Ribs" |
| 2021 (74th) | Henry-Alex Rubin | Sandy Hook Promise's "Teenage Dream" |
| 2022 (75th) | Kim Gehrig | Apple's "Accessibility" and "Run Baby Run" |
| 2022 (75th) | Juan Cabral | John Lewis & Partners' "For All Life's Moments" and Apple's "Share the Joy" |
| 2022 (75th) | Craig Gillespie | Apple's "Hard Knocks", Jimmy John's' "Problem", and Nissan's "Thrill Driver" |
| 2022 (75th) | David Shane | Apple's "Detectives", ITVX's "Smile", and Procter & Gamble's "Traffic Stop" |
| 2022 (75th) | Ivan Zachariáš | Apple's "Data Auction" and Upwork's "This Is How We Work Now" |
| 2023 (76th) | Kim Gehrig | Apple's "Run This Town" and Expedia's "The Travelers" |
| 2023 (76th) | Martin de Thurah | Levi's' "Fair Exchange" and "Legends Never Die" |
| 2023 (76th) | Seb Edwards | Battle of the Baddest's "Rumble" |
| 2023 (76th) | Craig Gillespie | Apple's "Waiting Room" |
| 2023 (76th) | Andreas Nilsson | Apple's "R.I.P. Leon" and "Action Mode", Les Mills' "Choose Happy" and Snapchat's "Wait'll You See This" |
| 2024 (77th) | Andreas Nilsson | Hennessy's "Board Game", Andrex' "First Office Poo", Apple's "One More, Apple", and Virgin Media's "Whizzer" |
| 2024 (77th) | Lance Acord | Volkswagen's "An American Love Story" |
| 2024 (77th) | Kim Gehrig | Sirius XM's "A Life in Sound", Nike's "Am I A Bad Person", and Apple's "Find Your Friends" |
| 2024 (77th) | Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim | CeraVe's "Michael CeraVe" |
| 2024 (77th) | Ivan Zachariáš | Apple's "Flock" |

## Individuals with multiple awards
### 3 awards

* Joe Pytka

### 2 awards

* Leslie Dektor
* Martin de Thurah
* Nicolai Fuglsig
* James Gartner
* Kim Gehrig (consecutive)
* Stuart Hagmann (consecutive)
* Spike Jonze (consecutive)
* Richard Levine
* Robert Lieberman
* Noam Murro
* Andreas Nilsson