The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

Best Director

2012 Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY
2011 Martin Scorsese, Hugo
2010 David Fincher, The Social Network
2009 CLINT EASTWOOD, Invictus
2008 DAVID FINCHER, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2007 TIM BURTON, Sweeney Todd
2006 Martin Scorsese, The Departed
2005 Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
2004 Michael Mann, Collateral
2003 Edward Zwick, The Last Samurai, presented by Claire Danes
2002 Phillip Noyce, The Quiet American and Rabbit-Proof Fence, presented by Sydney Pollack
2001 Todd Field, In the Bedroom, presented by Marisa Tomei
2000 Steven Soderbergh, Traffic and Erin Brockovitch, presented by Julia Roberts
1999 Anthony Minghella, The Talented Mr. Ripley, presented by Sydney Pollack
1998 Shekhar Kapur, Elizabeth, presented by James Ivory
1997 Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential, presented by Kevin Spacey
1996 Joel Cohen, Fargo, presented to Frances McDormand by Stanley Tucci
1995 Ang Lee, Sense & Sensibility, presented by Arthur Penn
1994 Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction, presented to Harvey Keitel by Stanley Crouch
1993 Martin Scorsese, The Age of Innocence
1992 James Ivory, Howards End
1991 Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs
1990 Kevin Costner, Dances With Wolves
1989 Kenneth Branagh, Henry V
1988 Alan Parker, Mississippi Burning
1987 Steven Spielberg, Empire of the Sun
1986 Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
1985 Akira Kurosawa, Ran
1984 David Lean, A Passage to India
1983 James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
1982 Sidney Lumet, The Verdict
1981 Warren Beatty, Reds
1980 Robert Redford, Ordinary People
1979 John Schlesinger, Yanks
1978 Ingmar Bergman, Autumn Sonata
1977 Luis Buneul, That Obscure Object of Desire
1976 Alan J. Pakula, All The Presidents Men
1975 Robert Altman, Nashville
1975 Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon
1974 Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation
1973 Ingmar Bergman, Cries and Whispers
1972 Bob Fosse, Cabaret
1971 Ken Russell, The Devils, The Boy Friend
1970 Francois Truffaut, The Wild Child
1969 Alfred Hitchcock, Topaz
1968 Franco Zeffirelli, Romeo and Juliet
1967 Richard Brooks, In Cold Blood
1966 Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons
1965 John Schlesinger, Darling
1964 Desmond Davis, The Girl with Green Eyes
1963 Tony Richardson, Tom Jones
1962 David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia
1961 Jack Clayton, The Innocents
1960 Jack Cardiff, Sons & Lovers
1959 Fred Zinnemann, The Nun´s Story
1958 John Ford, The Last Hurrah
1957 David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956 John Huston, Moby Dick
1955 William Wyler, The Desperate Hours
1954 Renato Castellani, Romeo & Juliet
1953 George Stevens, Shane
1952 David Lean, Breaking the Sound Barrier
1951 Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon
1950 John Huston, The Asphalt Jungle
1949 Vittorio De Sica, The Bicycle Thief
1948 Roberto Rossellini, Paisan
1947 Elia Kazan, Boomerang! and Gentleman´s Agreement
1946 William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives
1945 Jean Renoir, The Southerner

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