Giải Quả cầu vàng cho đạo diễn xuất sắc nhất

Giải Quả cầu vàng cho đạo diễn xuất sắc nhất là một trong các giải Quả cầu vàng được Hiệp hội báo chí nước ngoài ở Hollywood trao hàng năm cho đạo diễn xuất sắc của một phim. Giải này được thiết lập từ năm 1943.

Người đoạt giải cả bốn lần được đề cử, Elia Kazan là người đoạt giải này nhiều nhất. Clint Eastwood, David Lean, Miloš Forman và Oliver Stone đều đứng vị trí thứ nhì với 3 lần đoạt giải. Steven Spielberg là người được đề cử nhiều lần nhất (10 lần) nhưng chỉ đoạt giải 2 lần.

Trong danh sách dưới đây, phim và người có tên ở hàng đầu, in chữ đậm trong nền màu xanh, là phim và người đoạt giải, các tên tiếp theo (không in đậm) là các phim và người được đề cử. Các năm trong danh sách là các năm sản xuất phim, năm phát giải là năm sau.

 Thập niên 1940 
Năm Phim Đề cử 1943 Nominations for 1943 are not available. The Song of Bernadette  Henry King 1944 Nominations for 1944 are not available. Going My Way  Leo McCarey 1945 Nominations for 1945 are not available. The Lost Weekend  Billy Wilder 1946 Nominations for 1946 are not available. It's a Wonderful Life  Frank Capra 1947 Nominations for 1947 are not available. Gentleman's Agreement  Elia Kazan 1948 Nominations for 1948 are not available. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre  John Huston 1949 All the King's Men  Robert RossenThe Heiress  William Wyler 

 Thập niên 1950 
Năm Phim Đề cử 1950 Sunset Boulevard  Billy WilderAll About Eve  Joseph L. Mankiewicz The Asphalt Jungle  John Huston Born Yesterday  George Cukor  1951 Death of a Salesman  László BenedekAn American in Paris  Vincente Minnelli A Place in the Sun  George Stevens  1952 The Greatest Show on Earth  Cecil B. DeMilleThe Narrow Margin  Richard Fleischer The Quiet Man  John Ford  1953 Nominations for 1953 are not available. From Here to Eternity  Fred Zinnemann 1954 Nominations for 1954 are not available. On the Waterfront  Elia Kazan 1955 Nominations for 1955 are not available. Picnic  Joshua Logan 1956 Baby Doll  Elia KazanAround the World in Eighty Days  Michael Anderson Giant  George Stevens Lust for Life  Vincente Minnelli War and Peace  King Vidor  1957  Cầu sông Kwai  David Lean12 Angry Men  Sidney Lumet A Hatful of Rain  Fred Zinnemann Sayonara  Joshua Logan Witness for the Prosecution  Billy Wilder  1958  Gigi  Vincente MinnelliCat on a Hot Tin Roof  Richard Brooks The Defiant Ones  Stanley Kramer I Want to Live!  Robert Wise Separate Tables  Delbert Mann  1959  Ben-Hur  William WylerAnatomy of a Murder  Otto Preminger The Diary of Anne Frank  George Stevens The Nun's Story  Fred Zinnemann On the Beach  Stanley Kramer 

 Thập niên 1960 
Năm PhimĐề cử 1960  Sons and Lovers  Jack CardiffThe Apartment  Billy WilderElmer Gantry  Richard BrooksSpartacus  Stanley Kubrick The Sundowners  Fred Zinnemann  1961  Judgment at Nuremberg  Stanley KramerThe Children's Hour  William Wyler El Cid  Anthony Mann The Guns of Navarone  J. Lee Thompson West Side Story  Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise 1962  Lawrence of Arabia  David LeanHemingway's Adventures of a Young Man  Martin Ritt My Son, the Hero (Los Hermanos Del Hierro)  Ismael Rodríguez The Chapman Report  George Cukor Days of Wine and Roses  Blake Edwards Freud  John Huston Gypsy  Mervyn LeRoy Lolita  Stanley Kubrick The Manchurian Candidate  John Frankenheimer The Music Man  Morton DaCosta To Kill a Mockingbird  Robert Mulligan  1963  America, America  Elia KazanThe Cardinal  Otto Preminger The Caretakers  Hall Bartlett Cleopatra  Joseph L. Mankiewicz The Haunting  Robert Wise Hud  Martin Ritt The Ugly American  George Englund Tom Jones  Tony Richardson  1964  My Fair Lady  George CukorBecket  Peter Glenville The Night of the Iguana  John Huston Seven Days in May  John Frankenheimer Zorba the Greek (Alexis Zorbas)  Michael Cacoyannis  1965  Doctor Zhivago  David LeanThe Collector  William Wyler Darling  John Schlesinger A Patch of Blue  Guy Green The Sound of Music  Robert Wise  1966  A Man for All Seasons  Fred ZinnemannAlfie  Lewis Gilbert A Man and a Woman  Claude Lelouch The Sand Pebbles  Robert Wise Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  Mike Nichols  1967  The Graduate  Mike NicholsBonnie and Clyde  Arthur Penn The Fox  Mark Rydell Guess Who's Coming to Dinner  Stanley Kramer In the Heat of the Night  Norman Jewison  1968 Rachel, Rachel  Paul NewmanThe Lion in Winter  Anthony Harvey Oliver!  Carol Reed Funny Girl  William Wyler Romeo and Juliet  Franco Zeffirelli  1969  Anne of the Thousand Days  Charles JarrottHello, Dolly!  Gene Kelly Midnight Cowboy  John Schlesinger The Secret of Santa Vittoria  Stanley Kramer They Shoot Horses, Don't They?  Sydney Pollack 

 Thập niên 1970 
Năm Phim Đề cử 1970  Chuyện tình  Arthur HillerFive Easy Pieces  Bob Rafelson MASH  Robert Altman Patton  Franklin J. Schaffner Women in Love  Ken Russell  1971  The French Connection  William FriedkinA Clockwork Orange  Stanley Kubrick Fiddler on the Roof  Norman Jewison The Last Picture Show  Peter Bogdanovich Summer of '42  Robert Mulligan  1972  The Godfather  Francis Ford CoppolaAvanti!  Billy Wilder Cabaret  Bob Fosse Deliverance  John Boorman Frenzy  Alfred Hitchcock  1973  The Exorcist  William FriedkinAmerican Graffiti  George Lucas The Day of the Jackal  Fred Zinnemann Last Tango in Paris  Bernardo Bertolucci Paper Moon  Peter Bogdanovich  1974  Chinatown  Roman PolanskiThe Conversation  Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part II  Francis Ford Coppola Lenny  Bob Fosse A Woman Under the Influence  John Cassavetes  1975  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest  Miloš FormanBarry Lyndon  Stanley Kubrick Dog Day Afternoon  Sidney Lumet Jaws  Steven Spielberg Nashville  Robert Altman  1976  Network  Sidney LumetAll the President's Men  Alan J. Pakula Bound for Glory  Hal Ashby Marathon Man  John Schlesinger Rocky  John G. Avildsen  1977  The Turning Point  Herbert RossAnnie Hall  Woody Allen Close Encounters of the Third Kind  Steven Spielberg Julia  Fred Zinnemann Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  George Lucas  1978  The Deer Hunter  Michael CiminoAn Unmarried Woman  Paul Mazursky Coming Home  Hal Ashby Days of Heaven  Terrence Malick Interiors  Woody Allen Midnight Express  Alan Parker  1979  Apocalypse Now  Francis Ford CoppolaBeing There  Hal Ashby Breaking Away  Peter Yates The China Syndrome  James Bridges Kramer vs. Kramer  Robert Benton 

 Thập niên 1980 
Năm Phim Đề cử 1980  Ordinary People  Robert RedfordThe Elephant Man  David Lynch Raging Bull  Martin Scorsese The Stunt Man  Richard Rush Tess  Roman Polanski  1981  Reds  Warren BeattyAtlantic City  Louis Malle On Golden Pond  Mark Rydell Prince of the City  Sidney Lumet Ragtime  Miloš Forman Raiders of the Lost Ark  Steven Spielberg  1982  Gandhi  Richard AttenboroughE.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial  Steven Spielberg Missing  Constantin Costa-Gavras Tootsie  Sydney Pollack The Verdict  Sidney Lumet  1983  Yentl  Barbra StreisandThe Dresser  Peter Yates Fanny & Alexander  Ingmar Bergman Silkwood  Mike Nichols Tender Mercies  Bruce Beresford Terms of Endearment  James L. Brooks  1984  Amadeus  Miloš FormanThe Cotton Club  Francis Ford Coppola The Killing Fields  Roland Joffé Once Upon a Time in America  Sergio Leone A Passage to India  David Lean  1985  Prizzi's Honor  John HustonA Chorus Line  Richard Attenborough The Color Purple  Steven Spielberg Out of Africa  Sydney Pollack Witness  Peter Weir  1986  Trung đội  Oliver StoneHannah and Her Sisters  Woody Allen The Mission  Roland Joffé A Room with a View  James Ivory Stand by Me  Rob Reiner  1987  Hoàng đế cuối cùng  Bernardo BertolucciBroadcast News  James L. Brooks Cry Freedom  Richard Attenborough Fatal Attraction  Adrian Lyne Hope and Glory  John Boorman  1988  Bird  Clint EastwoodA Cry in the Dark (Evil Angels)  Fred Schepisi Mississippi Burning  Alan Parker Rain Man  Barry Levinson Running on Empty  Sidney Lumet Working Girl  Mike Nichols  1989  Sinh ngày 4 tháng 7  Oliver StoneDead Poets Society  Peter Weir Do the Right Thing  Spike Lee Glory  Edward Zwick When Harry Met Sally  Rob Reiner 

 Thập niên 1990 
NămPhimĐề cử 1990  Dances with Wolves  Kevin CostnerThe Godfather Part III  Francis Ford Coppola Goodfellas  Martin Scorsese Reversal of Fortune  Barbet Schroeder The Sheltering Sky  Bernardo Bertolucci  1991  JFK  Oliver StoneBugsy  Barry Levinson The Fisher King  Terry Gilliam The Prince of Tides  Barbra Streisand The Silence of the Lambs  Jonathan Demme  1992  Unforgiven  Clint EastwoodA Few Good Men  Rob Reiner Howards End  James IvoryThe Player  Robert Altman A River Runs Through It  Robert Redford  1993  Schindler's List  Steven SpielbergThe Age of Innocence  Martin Scorsese The Fugitive  Andrew Davis The Piano  Jane Campion The Remains of the Day  James Ivory 1994  Forrest Gump  Robert ZemeckisLegends of the Fall  Edward Zwick Natural Born Killers  Oliver Stone Pulp Fiction  Quentin Tarantino Quiz Show  Robert Redford  1995  Braveheart  Mel GibsonThe American President  Rob Reiner Apollo 13  Ron Howard Casino  Martin Scorsese Leaving Las Vegas  Mike Figgis Sense and Sensibility  Lý An  1996  The People vs. Larry Flynt  Miloš FormanThe English Patient  Anthony Minghella Evita  Alan Parker Fargo  Joel Coen Shine  Scott Hicks  1997  Titanic  James CameronAmistad  Steven Spielberg As Good as It Gets  James L. Brooks The Boxer  Jim Sheridan L.A. Confidential  Curtis Hanson  1998  Saving Private Ryan  Steven SpielbergElizabeth  Shekhar Kapur The Horse Whisperer  Robert Redford Shakespeare in Love  John Madden The Truman Show  Peter Weir  1999  American Beauty  Sam MendesThe End of the Affair  Neil Jordan The Hurricane  Norman Jewison The Insider  Michael Mann The Talented Mr. Ripley  Anthony Minghella 

 Thập niên 2000 
Năm Phim Đề cử 2000  Ngọa hổ tàng long  Lý AnErin Brockovich  Steven Soderbergh Gladiator  Ridley Scott Sunshine  István Szabó Traffic  Steven Soderbergh  2001  Gosford Park  Robert AltmanArtificial Intelligence: A.I.  Steven Spielberg A Beautiful Mind  Ron Howard The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring  Peter Jackson Moulin Rouge!  Baz Luhrmann Mulholland Drive  David Lynch  2002  Gangs of New York  Martin ScorseseAbout Schmidt  Alexander Payne Adaptation.  Spike Jonze Chicago  Rob Marshall The Hours  Stephen Daldry The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers  Peter Jackson  2003  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King  Peter JacksonCold Mountain  Anthony Minghella Lost in Translation  Sofia Coppola Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World  Peter Weir Mystic River  Clint Eastwood  2004  Million Dollar Baby  Clint EastwoodThe Aviator  Martin Scorsese Closer  Mike Nichols Finding Neverland  Marc Forster Sideways  Alexander Payne  2005  Brokeback Mountain  Ang LeeThe Constant Gardener  Fernando Meirelles Good Night, and Good Luck.  George Clooney King Kong  Peter Jackson Match Point  Woody Allen Munich  Steven Spielberg  2006  The Departed  Martin ScorseseBabel  Alejandro González Iñárritu Flags of Our Fathers  Clint Eastwood Letters from Iwo Jima  Clint Eastwood The Queen  Stephen Frears  2007  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)  Julian SchnabelNo Country for Old Men Ethan Coen and Joel CoenSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street  Tim BurtonAmerican GangsterRidley ScottAtonementJoe Wright 2008  Slumdog Millionaire  Danny BoyleThe Reader Stephen DaldryThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button  David FincherFrost/NixonRon HowardRevolutionary RoadSam Mendes 2009  Avatar  James CameronThe Hurt Locker Kathryn BigelowInvictus  Clint EastwoodUp in the Air Jason ReitmanInglourious BasterdsQuentin Tarantino

 Thập niên 2010 
Năm Phim Đề cử  2010  The Social Network  David FincherBlack Swan  Darren AronofskyThe Fighter  David O. Russell Inception  Christopher Nolan The King's Speech  Tom Hooper  2011  Hugo  Martin ScorseseThe Artist  Michel Hazanavicius †The Descendants  Alexander PayneThe Ides of March  George ClooneyMidnight in Paris  Woody Allen 2012  Argo  Ben Affleck §Django Unchained  Quentin TarantinoLife of Pi  Ang Lee †Lincoln  Steven SpielbergZero Dark Thirty  Kathryn Bigelow 2013  Gravity  Alfonso Cuarón12 Years a Slave  Steve McQueenAmerican Hustle  David O. RussellCaptain Phillips  Paul GreengrassNebraska  Alexander Payne 2014  Boyhood  'Richard Linklater
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|Birdman || Alejandro González Iñárritu
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|Gone Girl || David Fincher
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|The Grand Budapest Hotel || Wes Anderson
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|Selma''  Ava DuVernay

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