SmashTV Award For Best Director

The SmashTV Award For Best Director is one of the awards given annually to a director who has exhibited outstanding directing for a film while working in the film industry.
==WINNERS & NOMINEES==
Those highlighted in Bold are the winners.
1999:
*Tim Burton, Sleepy Hollow
*Sam Mendes, American Beauty
*Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez, The Blair Witch Project
*M Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense
*The Wachowskis, The Matrix
2000:
*Darren Aronofsky, Requiem For A Dream
*Ron Howard, How The Grinch Stole Christmas
*Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
*Ridley Scott, Gladiator
*Robert Zemeckis, Cast Away
2001:
*Pete Doctor, Monsters Inc.
*Peter Jackson, Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
*Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge!
*Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down
*Ben Stiller, Zoolander
2002:
*Peter Jackson, Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
*Rob Marshall, Chicago
*Craig McCracken, The Powerpuff Girls Movie
*Sam Raimi, Spider-Man
*Steven Spielberg, Catch Me If You Can
2003:
*Sofia Coppola, Lost In Translation
*Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
*Jon Favreau, Elf
*Peter Jackson, Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King
*Andrew Stanton, Finding Nemo
2004:
*Brad Bird, The Incredibles
*Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
*Alexander Payne, Sideways
*Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 2
*Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
2005:
*Tim Burton, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
*Peter Jackson, King Kong
*Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
*George Lucas, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
*Steven Spielberg, Munich AND War Of The Worlds
2006:
*Clint Eastwood, Flags Of Our Fathers AND Letters From Iwo Jima
*James McTeigue, V For Vendetta
*Martin Scorsese, The Departed
*Bryan Singer, Superman Returns
*Oliver Stone, World Trade Center
2007:
*Michael Bay, Transformers
*Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
*Joel And Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
*Greg Mottola, Superbad
*Jason Reitman, Juno
2008:
*Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler
*Guillermo Del Toro, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
*Jon Favreau, Iron Man
*Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
*Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder
2009:
*JJ Abrams, Star Trek
*Wes Anderson, Fantastic Mr. Fox
*James Cameron, Avatar
*Jason Reitman, Up In The Air
*Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds
2010:
*Tim Burton, Alice In Wonderland
*Joel And Ethan Coen, True Grit
*Christopher Nolan, Inception
*Lee Unkrich, Toy Story 3
*Edgar Wright, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
2011:
*Woody Allen, Midnight In Paris
*Michael Bay, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
*Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
*Martin Scorsese, Hugo
*David Yates, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part II
2012:
*Seth MacFarlane, Ted
*Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises
*Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
*Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
*Joss Whedon, The Avengers
2013:
*Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
*Peter Jackson, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
*Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg, This Is The End
*Martin Scorsese, The Wolf Of Wall Street
*Zack Snyder, Man Of Steel
2014:
*Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
*Ava DuVernay, Selma
*Clint Eastwood, American Sniper
*James Gunn, Guardians Of The Galaxy
*Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance)
*Bryan Singer, X-Men: Days Of Future Past
2015:
*JJ Abrams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
*Judd Apatow, Trainwreck
*Ryan Coogler, Creed
*George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
*Ridley Scott, The Martian
*Joss Whedon, Avengers: Age Of Ultron
2016:
*Damien Chazelle, La La Land
*Gareth Edwards, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
*Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea
*Tim Miller, Deadpool
*Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
*Denzel Washington, Fences
2017:
*Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape Of Water
*Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
*M Night Shyamalan, Split
*Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
*Jordan Peele, Get Out
*Steven Spielberg, The Post
2018:
*Ryan Coogler, Black Panther
*Travis Knight, Bumblebee
*Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
*Adam McKay, Marvel's The Defenders AND Vice
*Anthony & Joe Russo, Avengers: Infinity War
*Steven Spielberg, Ready Player One