BAFTA Award for Best Direction

This is a list of the winners of the **BAFTA Award for Best Direction**.  They are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Italian-American director Martin Scorsese has had the most nominations, eight so far.

## 2010s
* '*2011 - Michel Hazanavicius &ndash; *The Artist* *'
** Tomas Alfredson – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
** Lynne Ramsay – We Need to Talk About Kevin
** Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
** Martin Scorsese – *Hugo*

* '*2010 - David Fincher &ndash; *The Social Network* *'
** Tom Hooper &ndash; ''The King's Speech*
** Danny Boyle &ndash; *127 Hours*
** Darren Aronofsky &ndash; *Black Swan*
** Christopher Nolan &ndash; *Inception*

## 2000s
* *'2009 - Kathryn Bigelow &ndash; *The Hurt Locker*'*
** James Cameron &ndash; *Avatar*
** Neill Blomkamp &ndash; *District 9*
** Lone Scherfig &ndash; *An Education*
** Quentin Tarantino &ndash; *Inglourious Basterds*

* *'2008 - Danny Boyle &ndash; *Slumdog Millionaire* '*
** Clint Eastwood &ndash; *Changeling*
** David Fincher &ndash; *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
** Ron Howard &ndash; *Frost/Nixon*
** Stephen Daldry &ndash; *The Reader*

* *'2007 - Ethan and Joel Coen - *No Country For Old Men* '*
** Joe Wright - *Atonement*
** Paul Greengrass - *The Bourne Ultimatum*
** Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - *The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)*
** Paul Thomas Anderson - *There Will Be Blood*

* **2006** - **Paul Greengrass** - ***United 93***
** Martin Scorsese - *The Departed*
** Stephen Frears - *The Queen*
** Alejandro González Iñárritu - *Babel*
** Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris - *Little Miss Sunshine*

* **2005** - **Ang Lee** - ***Brokeback Mountain***
** George Clooney - *Good Night, and Good Luck*
** Paul Haggis - *Crash*
** Fernando Meirelles - *The Constant Gardener*
** Bennett Miller - *Capote*

* **2004** - **Mike Leigh** - ***Vera Drake***
** Martin Scorsese - *The Aviator*
** Marc Forster - *Finding Neverland*
** Michael Mann - *Collateral*
** Michel Gondry - *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*

* **2003** - **Peter Weir** - ***Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World***
** Peter Jackson - *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*
** Sofia Coppola - *Lost in Translation*
** Anthony Minghella - *Cold Mountain*
** Tim Burton - *Big Fish*

* **2002** - **Roman Polanski** - ***The Pianist***
** Rob Marshall - *Chicago*
** Stephen Daldry - *The Hours*
** Peter Jackson - *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*
** Martin Scorsese - *Gangs of New York*

* **2001** - **Peter Jackson** - ***The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring***
** Ron Howard - *A Beautiful Mind*
** Baz Luhrmann - *Moulin Rouge!*
** Robert Altman - *Gosford Park*
** Jean-Pierre Jeunet - *Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain*

* **2000** - **Ang Lee** - ***Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon***
** Steven Soderbergh - *Traffic*
** Steven Soderbergh - *Erin Brockovich*
** Ridley Scott - *Gladiator*
** Stephen Daldry - *Billy Elliot*

## 1990s
* **1999** - **Pedro Almodóvar** - ***Todo sobre mi madre***
** Sam Mendes - *American Beauty*
** M. Night Shyamalan - *The Sixth Sense*
** Anthony Minghella - *The Talented Mr. Ripley*
** Neil Jordan - *The End of the Affair*

* **1998** - **Peter Weir** - ***The Truman Show***
** John Madden - *Shakespeare in Love*
** Shekhar Kapur - *Elizabeth*
** Steven Spielberg - *Saving Private Ryan*

* **1997** - **Baz Luhrmann** - ***Romeo + Juliet***
** James Cameron - *Titanic*
** Curtis Hanson - *L.A. Confidential*
** Peter Cattaneo - *The Full Monty*

* **1996** - **Joel Coen** - ***Fargo***
** Anthony Minghella - *The English Patient*
** Scott Hicks - *Shine*
** Mike Leigh - *Secrets & Lies*

* **1995** - **Michael Radford** - ***Il Postino***
** Mel Gibson - *Braveheart*
** Ang Lee - *Sense and Sensibility*
** Nicholas Hytner - *The Madness of King George*

* **1994** - **Mike Newell** - ***Four Weddings and a Funeral***
** Robert Zemeckis - *Forrest Gump*
** Quentin Tarantino - *Pulp Fiction*
** Krzysztof Kieslowski - *Trois couleurs: Rouge*

* **1993** - **Steven Spielberg** - *'''Schindler's List'''*
** Jane Campion - *The Piano*
** James Ivory - *The Remains of the Day*
** Richard Attenborough - *Shadowlands*

* **1992** - **Robert Altman** - ***The Player***
** Clint Eastwood - *Unforgiven*
** Neil Jordan - *The Crying Game*
** James Ivory - *Howards End*

* **1991** - **Alan Parker** - ***The Commitments***
** Jonathan Demme - *The Silence of the Lambs*
** Ridley Scott - *Thelma & Louise*
** Kevin Costner - *Dances with Wolves*

* **1990** - **Martin Scorsese** - ***GoodFellas***
** Woody Allen - *Crimes and Misdemeanors*
** Bruce Beresford - *Driving Miss Daisy *
** Giuseppe Tornatore - *Nuovo cinema Paradiso *

## 1980s
* **1989** - **Kenneth Branagh** - ***Henry V***
** Stephen Frears - *Dangerous Liaisons*
** Peter Weir - *Dead Poets Society*
** Alan Parker - *Mississippi Burning*

* **1988** - **Louis Malle** - ***Au revoir les enfants***
** Bernardo Bertolucci - *The Last Emperor*
** Charles Crichton - *A Fish Called Wanda*
** Gabriel Axel - *Babettes gæstebud*

* **1987** - **Oliver Stone** - ***Platoon***
** Claude Berri - *Jean de Florette*
** John Boorman - *Hope and Glory*
** Richard Attenborough - *Cry Freedom*

* **1986** - **Woody Allen** - ***Hannah and Her Sisters***
** Roland Joffé - *The Mission*
** Neil Jordan - *Mona Lisa*
** James Ivory - *A Room with a View*

* **1985** - **-**

* **1984** - **Wim Wenders** - ***Paris, Texas***
** Sergio Leone - *Once Upon a Time in America*
** Roland Joffé - *The Killing Fields*
** Peter Yates - *The Dresser*

* **1983** - **Bill Forsyth** - ***Local Hero***
** Sydney Pollack - *Tootsie*
** Martin Scorsese - *The King of Comedy*
** James Ivory - *Heat and Dust*

* **1982** - **Richard Attenborough** - ***Gandhi***
** Steven Spielberg - *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*
** Costa-Gavras - *Missing*
** Mark Rydell - *On Golden Pond*

* **1981** - **Louis Malle** - ***Atlantic City***
** Hugh Hudson - *Chariots of Fire*
** Karel Reisz - *The French Lieutenant's Woman*
** Bill Forsyth - *Gregory's Girl*

* **1980** - **Akira Kurosawa** - ***Kagemusha***
** David Lynch - *The Elephant Man*
** Alan Parker - *Fame*
** Robert Benton - *Kramer vs. Kramer*

## 1970s
* **1979** - **Francis Ford Coppola** - ***Apocalypse Now***
** Michael Cimino - *The Deer Hunter*
** Woody Allen - *Manhattan*
** John Schlesinger - *Yanks*

* **1978** - **Alan Parker** - ***Midnight Express***
** Steven Spielberg - *Close Encounters of the Third Kind*
** Fred Zinnemann - *Julia*
** Robert Altman - *A Wedding*

* **1977** - **Woody Allen** - ***Annie Hall***
** John G. Avildsen - *Rocky*
** Sidney Lumet - *Network*
** Richard Attenborough - *A Bridge Too Far*

* **1976** - **Miloš Forman** - *'''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'''*
** Alan J. Pakula - *All the President's Men*
** Martin Scorsese - *Taxi Driver*
** Alan Parker - *Bugsy Malone*

* **1975** - **Stanley Kubrick** - ***Barry Lyndon***
** Steven Spielberg - *Jaws*
** Sidney Lumet - *Dog Day Afternoon*
** Martin Scorsese - *Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore*

* **1974** - **Roman Polanski** - ***Chinatown***
** Francis Ford Coppola - *The Conversation*
** Louis Malle - *Lacombe Lucien*
** Sidney Lumet - *Murder on the Orient Express*
** Sidney Lumet - *Serpico*

* **1973** - **François Truffaut** - ***Day for Night***
** Luis Buñuel - *The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie*
** Fred Zinnemann - *The Day of the Jackal*
** Nicolas Roeg - *Don't Look Now*

* **1972** - **Bob Fosse** - ***Cabaret***
** Stanley Kubrick - *A Clockwork Orange*
** William Friedkin - *The French Connection*
** Peter Bogdanovich - *The Last Picture Show*

* **1971** - **John Schlesinger** - ***Sunday Bloody Sunday***
** Joseph Losey - *The Go-Between*
** Luchino Visconti - *Death in Venice*
** Milos Forman - *Taking Off*

* **1970** - **George Roy Hill** - ***Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid***
** Ken Loach - *Kes*
** Robert Altman - *MASH*
** David Lean - *Ryan's Daughter*

## 1960s
* **1969** - **John Schlesinger** - ***Midnight Cowboy***
** Peter Yates - *Bullitt*
** Richard Attenborough - *Oh! What a Lovely War*
** Ken Russell - *Women in Love*

* **1968** - **Mike Nichols** - ***The Graduate***
** Carol Reed - *Oliver!*
** Lindsay Anderson - *If....*
** Franco Zeffirelli - *Romeo and Juliet''