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