Christopher Nolan

British and American filmmaker (born 1970)

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Sir

Christopher Nolan

CBE

Nolan in 2018

Born|

Christopher Edward Nolan

(1970-07-30) 30 July 1970 (age 54)

London, England

Citizenship|

* United Kingdom
* United States

Alma mater| University College London (BA)
Occupations|

* Film director
* producer
* screenwriter

Years active| 1993–present
Organisation| Syncopy Inc.
Works|

* Filmography
* cinematic style

Spouse|

Emma Thomas

(m. 1997)​

Children| 4
Relatives|

* Jonathan Nolan (brother)
* John Nolan (uncle)

Awards| Full list

Sir Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. Known for blockbusters with complex storytelling produced for Hollywood studios, he is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. Nolan's films have earned over $6.6 billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing film director. His accolades include two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and two British Academy Film Awards. Nolan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2019, and received a knighthood in 2024 for his contributions to film.

Nolan developed an interest in filmmaking from a young age. After studying English literature at University College London, he made several short films before his feature film debut with Following (1998). Nolan gained international recognition with his second film, Memento (2000), and transitioned into studio filmmaking with Insomnia (2002). He became a high-profile director with The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), and found further success with The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), and Dunkirk (2017). After the release of Tenet (2020), Nolan parted ways with longtime distributor Warner Bros. Pictures, and signed with Universal Pictures for the biographical thriller Oppenheimer (2023), which won him Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture.

Nolan's work regularly features in the listings of best films of their respective decades. Infused with a metaphysical outlook, his films thematise epistemology, existentialism, ethics, the construction of time, and the malleable nature of memory and personal identity. They feature mathematically inspired images and concepts, unconventional narrative structures, practical special effects, experimental soundscapes, large-format film photography, and materialistic perspectives. He has co-written several of his films with his brother, Jonathan, and runs the production company Syncopy Inc. with his wife, Emma Thomas.

## Early life

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Christopher Edward Nolan was born on 30 July 1970, in Westminster, London. His father, Brendan James Nolan, was a British advertising executive of Irish descent[1] who worked as a creative director. His mother, Christina Jensen, was an American flight attendant from Evanston, Illinois; she would later work as a teacher of English. He has an elder brother, Matthew, and a younger brother, Jonathan, also a filmmaker. The three brothers were raised Catholic in Highgate and would spend their summers in Evanston.[2][3] Nolan also spent time living in Chicago during his youth, and he holds both UK and US citizenship.[4][5]

Nolan attended University College London and used its Flaxman Gallery for a scene in Inception (2010).[6]

Growing up, Nolan was particularly influenced by the work of Sir Ridley Scott and the science fiction films 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Star Wars (1977).[7][8] He would repeatedly watch the latter film and extensively research its making.[9] Nolan began making films at the age of seven, borrowing his father's Super 8 camera and shooting short films with his action figures.[10] These films included a stop motion animation homage to Star Wars called Space Wars. He cast his brother Jonathan and built sets from "clay, flour, egg boxes and toilet rolls".[7] His uncle, who had worked at NASA building guidance systems for the Apollo rockets, sent him some launch footage: "I re-filmed them off the screen and cut them in, thinking no-one would notice", Nolan later remarked.[11] From the age of 11, he aspired to be a professional filmmaker.[12] Between 1981 and 1983, Nolan enrolled at Barrow Hills, a Catholic prep school in Witley, Surrey.[13] In his teenage years, Nolan started making films with Adrien and Roko Belic. Nolan and Roko co-directed the surreal 8 mm Tarantella (1989), which was shown on Image Union, an independent film and video showcase on the Public Broadcasting Service.[a][15][16] After a fan posted a copy of Tarantella online, in 2021, Nolan's production company filed a copyright infringement claim, to have the film removed.[17]

Nolan was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, an independent school in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, and later studied English literature at University College London (UCL). Opting out of a traditional film education, he pursued "a degree in something unrelated", which his father suggested "gives a different take on things".[18] He chose UCL specifically for its filmmaking facilities, which comprised a Steenbeck editing suite and 16 mm film cameras.[19] Nolan was president of the Union's Film Society,[19] and with Emma Thomas (his girlfriend and future wife) he screened feature films in 35mm during the school year and used the money earned to produce 16 mm films over the summers.[20]

## Career

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### 1993–2003: Early career and breakthrough

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After earning his bachelor's degree in English literature in 1993, Nolan worked as a script reader, camera operator and director of corporate films and industrial films.[19][21][22] He directed, wrote and edited the short film Larceny (1996),[23] which was filmed over a weekend in black and white with limited equipment and a small cast and crew.[15][24] Funded by Nolan and shot with the UCL Union Film society's equipment, it appeared at the Cambridge Film Festival in 1996 and is considered one of UCL's best shorts.[25] For unknown reasons, the film has since been removed from public view.[23] Nolan filmed a third short, Doodlebug (1997), about a man seemingly chasing an insect with his shoe, only to discover that it is a miniature of himself.[18][26]

Nolan and Thomas first attempted to make a feature in the mid-1990s titled Larry Mahoney, which they scrapped.[27] During this period in his career, Nolan had little to no success getting his projects off the ground, facing several rejections; he added, "[T]here's a very limited pool of finance in the UK. To be honest, it's a very clubby kind of place ... Never had any support whatsoever from the British film industry."[28]

Shortly after abandoning Larry Mahoney, Nolan conceived the idea for his first feature, Following (1998), which he wrote, directed, photographed and edited. The film depicts an unemployed young writer (Jeremy Theobald) who trails strangers through London, hoping they will provide material for his first novel, but is drawn into a criminal underworld when he fails to keep his distance. It was inspired by Nolan's experience of living in London and having his apartment burgled; he observed that the common attribute between larceny and pursuing someone through a crowd was that they both cross social boundaries.[29] Co-produced by Nolan with Thomas and Theobald,[30] it was made on a budget of around £3,000. Most of the cast and crew were friends of Nolan, and shooting took place on weekends over the course of a year.[31] To conserve film stock, each scene was rehearsed extensively to ensure that the first or second take could be used in the final edit.[18][32] Following won several awards during its festival run and was well-received by critics who labelled Nolan a majorly talented debutant.[33][34] Scott Timberg of New Times LA wrote that it "echoed Hitchcock classics", but was "leaner and meaner".[35] Janet Maslin of The New York Times was impressed with its "spare look" and "agile hand-held camerawork", saying, "As a result, the actors convincingly carry off the before, during and after modes that the film eventually, and artfully, weaves together."[36]

> "The difference between shooting Following with a group of friends wearing our own clothes and my mum making sandwiches to spending $4 million of somebody else's money on Memento and having a crew of a hundred people is, to this day, by far the biggest leap I've ever made."

—Nolan on the jump from his first film to his second (2012)[37]

Following's success afforded Nolan the opportunity to make Memento (2000), which became his breakthrough film. His brother Jonathan pitched the idea to him, about a man with anterograde amnesia who uses notes and tattoos to hunt for his wife's murderer. Jonathan worked the idea into a short story, "Memento Mori" (2001), and Nolan developed it into a screenplay that told the story in reverse. Aaron Ryder, an executive for Newmarket Films, said it was "perhaps the most innovative script I had ever seen".[38] The film was optioned and given a budget of $4.5 million, with Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss in the starring roles.[39] Newmarket also distributed the film after it was rejected by studios who feared that it would not attract a wide audience. Following a positive word of mouth and screenings in 500 theatres, it earned $40 million.[40] Memento premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2000 to critical acclaim.[41] Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote in his review, "I can't remember when a movie has seemed so clever, strangely affecting and slyly funny at the very same time."[42] In the book The Philosophy of Neo-Noir, Basil Smith drew a comparison with John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, which argues that conscious memories constitute our identities – a theme Nolan explores in the film.[43] Memento earned Nolan many accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, as well as two Independent Spirit Awards: Best Director and Best Screenplay.[44][45] Six critics listed it as one of the best films of the 2000s.[46] In 2001, Nolan and Emma Thomas founded the production company Syncopy Inc.[47][b]

Impressed by his work on Memento, filmmaker Steven Soderbergh recommended Nolan to Warner Bros. to direct the psychological thriller Insomnia (2002), although the studio initially wanted a more seasoned director.[49] A remake of the 1997 Norwegian thriller of the same name, the film is viewed as "the outlier of Nolan's filmography" due to its perceived lack of unconventionality he is known for.[50] Starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank,[51] Insomnia follows two Los Angeles detectives sent to a northern Alaskan town to investigate the murder of a local teenager. It received positive reviews from critics and earned $113 million against a budget of $46 million.[52][53] Film critic Roger Ebert praised the film for introducing new perspectives and ideas on the issues of morality and guilt, adding, "Unlike most remakes, the Nolan Insomnia is not a pale retread, but a re-examination of the material, like a new production of a good play."[54] Richard Schickel of Time deemed Insomnia a "worthy successor" to Memento and "a triumph of atmosphere over a none-too-mysterious mystery".[55]

Following, Memento and Insomnia established Nolan's image as an "auteur".[56] After the lattermost, he wrote a screenplay for a Howard Hughes biopic. Nolan reluctantly tabled his script after learning that Martin Scorsese was already making one such film: The Aviator (2004).[57] He was then briefly attached to direct a film adaptation of Ruth Rendell's novel The Keys to the Street for Fox Searchlight Pictures but chose to direct Batman Begins instead.[58] Nolan turned down an offer to direct the historical epic Troy (2004).[59] In April 2003, filmmaker David O. Russell put Nolan in a headlock at a Hollywood party after learning that Jude Law, whom Russell wanted to cast, had decided to work with Nolan instead. Russell pressured Nolan to display "artistic solidarity" by relinquishing Law from his cast.[60][61]

### 2003–2013: Widespread recognition

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In early 2003, Nolan approached Warner Bros. with the idea of making a new Batman film, based on the character's origin story.[62] Nolan was fascinated by the notion of grounding it in a more realistic world than a comic-book fantasy.[63] He relied heavily on traditional stunts and miniature effects during filming, with minimal use of computer-generated imagery (CGI).[64] Batman Begins (2005), the biggest project Nolan had undertaken to that point,[65] was released to critical acclaim and commercial success.[66][67] Starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman—along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson—Batman Begins revived the franchise.[68][69] Batman Begins was 2005's ninth-highest-grossing film and was praised for its psychological depth and contemporary relevance;[67][70] it is cited as one of the most influential films of the 2000s.[71] Film author Ian Nathan wrote that within five years of his career, Nolan "[went] from unknown to indie darling to gaining creative control over one of the biggest properties in Hollywood, and (perhaps unwittingly) fomenting the genre that would redefine the entire industry".[72]

Nolan directed, co-wrote and produced The Prestige (2006), an adaptation of the Christopher Priest novel about two rival 19th-century magicians.[73] The screenplay was the result of an intermittent, five-year collaboration between him and his brother Jonathan, who had begun writing it already in 2001. Nolan initially intended to make the film as early as 2003, but had postponed the project after agreeing to make Batman Begins.[74][75] Starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale in the lead roles of rival magicians, The Prestige received critical acclaim and received two Academy Award nominations.[76][77] Roger Ebert described it as "quite a movie - atmospheric, obsessive, almost satanic",[78] and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called it an "ambitious, unnerving melodrama".[79] The Guardian's Philip French wrote: "In addition to the intellectual or philosophical excitement it engenders, The Prestige is gripping, suspenseful, mysterious, moving and often darkly funny."[80] Despite a negative box-office prognosis, the film earned over $109 million against a budget of $40 million.[81]

Nolan (left) with the cast and crew of The Dark Knight at the 2008 European premiere in London

The Dark Knight (2008), the follow-up to Batman Begins, was Nolan's next venture. Initially reluctant to make a sequel, he agreed after Warner Bros. repeatedly insisted.[82] Nolan wanted to expand on the noir quality of the first film by broadening the canvas and taking on "the dynamic of a story of the city, a large crime story ... where you're looking at the police, the justice system, the vigilante, the poor people, the rich people, the criminals".[83] Continuing to minimise the use of CGI, Nolan employed high-resolution IMAX cameras, making it the first major motion picture to use this technology.[84][85] The Dark Knight has been ranked as one of the best films of the 2000s and one of the best superhero films ever made.[c] Many critics declare The Dark Knight to be "the most successful comic book film ever made".[90] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times found the film to be of higher artistic merit than many Hollywood blockbusters: "Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, it goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind."[91] Ebert expressed a similar point of view, describing it as a "haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy".[92] The Dark Knight set many box-office records during its theatrical run,[93] earning over $1 billion worldwide.[94] At the 81st Academy Awards, the film was nominated in eight categories, winning two: Best Sound Editing for Richard King and a posthumous Best Supporting Actor award for Heath Ledger.[95] The film's failure to garner a Best Picture nomination was criticised by the media. Beginning in 2010, the Academy increased their Best Picture nominees from five to ten, a change known as "The Dark Knight Rule".[96] Nolan received many awards and nominations for his work on the film.[44] In the late 2000s, Nolan was reported to direct a film adaptation of the 1960s television series The Prisoner.[58][97]

The success of The Dark Knight allowed Warner Bros. to sign Nolan to write, direct and co-produce Inception (2010) – a film for which he had the idea around nine years before its release.[98] Nolan described the film as "a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind".[99] Starring a large ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, the film became a critical and commercial success upon its release.[100] Film critic Mark Kermode named it the best film of 2010, stating "Inception is proof that people are not stupid, that cinema is not trash, and that it is possible for blockbusters and art to be the same thing."[101] Philosophy professor David Kyle Johnson wrote that "Inception became a classic almost as soon as it was projected on silver screens", praising its exploration of philosophical ideas, including leap of faith and allegory of the cave.[102] The film grossed over $836 million worldwide.[103] Nominated for eight Academy Awards—including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay—it won Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects.[104] Nolan was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Director, among other accolades.[44]

Nolan at the 2013 premiere of Man of Steel in London

Around the release of The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Nolan's third and final Batman film, Joseph Bevan of the British Film Institute wrote a profile on him: "In the space of just over a decade, Christopher Nolan has shot from promising British indie director to undisputed master of a new brand of intelligent escapism."[105] After initial hesitation, Nolan agreed to return to direct The Dark Knight Rises and worked with his brother and David S. Goyer to develop a story that he felt would end the trilogy on a high note.[106] The film was released to positive reviews.[107] Kenneth Turan found the film "potent, persuasive and hypnotic" and "more than an exceptional superhero movie, it is masterful filmmaking by any standard".[108] Christy Lemire of HuffPost wrote in her review that Nolan concluded his trilogy in a "typically spectacular, ambitious fashion", but disliked the "overloaded" story and excessive grimness.[109] The Dark Knight Rises was a box office success, becoming the thirteenth film to gross $1 billion.[110] During a midnight showing of the film in Aurora, Colorado, a gunman opened fire inside the theatre, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.[111] Nolan released a statement expressing his condolences for the victims of what he described as a "senseless tragedy".[112]

The Dark Knight trilogy inspired a trend in future superhero films seeking to replicate its gritty, realistic tone to little success. The second instalment in particular revitalised the genre at a time when recent superhero films had failed to meet expectations.[113][114] Ben Child of The Guardian wrote that the three films "will remain thrilling totems of the genre for decades to come".[113] During story discussions for The Dark Knight Rises, Goyer told Nolan of his idea about Man of Steel (2013), which the latter would produce.[115] Impressed with Zack Snyder's work in 300 (2006) and Watchmen (2009), Nolan hired him to direct the film.[116] Starring Henry Cavill as Clark Kent who learns that he is a powerful alien, Man of Steel received mixed reviews and grossed more than $660 million against a budget of $220 million.[117][118]

### 2014–2019: Interstellar, Dunkirk and other activities

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Nolan and his younger brother, Jonathan (pictured in 2017), wrote several screenplays together, including that of Interstellar.

Nolan next directed, wrote and produced the science-fiction film Interstellar (2014). The first drafts of the script were written by Jonathan Nolan, and it was originally to be directed by Steven Spielberg.[119] Based on the scientific theories of theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity.[120] In a 2014 discussion of the film's physics, Nolan expressed his admiration for scientific objectivity, wishing it were applied "in every aspect of our civilisation".[121] Interstellar – starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain – was released to positive reviews and grossed $773 million worldwide.[122][123] Observing its "visual dazzle, thematic ambition", The New York Times's A. O. Scott wrote that Interstellar is a "sweeping, futuristic adventure driven by grief, dread and regret".[124] Documentary filmmaker Toni Myers called the film "a real work of art" and praised it for exploring a story spanning multiple generations.[125] Interstellar was particularly praised for its scientific accuracy, which led to the publication of two academic papers.[126][127] The American Journal of Physics called for it to be shown in school science lessons.[128][129] At the 87th Academy Awards, the film won Best Visual Effects and received four other nominations.[130] Also in 2014, Nolan and Emma Thomas served as executive producers on Transcendence, the directorial debut of his longtime cinematographer Wally Pfister.[131]

In the mid-2010s, Nolan took part in several ventures for film preservation and distribution of the work of lesser-known filmmakers. His production company, Syncopy, formed a joint venture with Zeitgeist Films to release Blu-ray editions of Zeitgeist's films.[132] As a part of the Blu-ray release of the animation films of the Brothers Quay, Nolan directed the documentary short Quay (2015). He initiated a theatrical tour, showcasing the Quays' In Absentia, The Comb and Street of Crocodiles. IndieWire wrote that the brothers "will undoubtedly have hundreds, if not thousands more fans because of Nolan, and for that The Quay Brothers in 35mm will always be one of [the] latter's most important contributions to cinema".[133][134] An advocate for the survival of the analogue medium, Nolan and visual artist Tacita Dean invited representatives from leading American film archives, laboratories and presenting institutions to participate in an informal summit entitled Reframing the Future of Film at the Getty Museum in March 2015.[135][136] Subsequent events were held at Tate Modern in London, Museo Tamayo in Mexico City and Tata Theatre in Mumbai.[137] In April 2015, Nolan joined the board of directors of The Film Foundation, a non-profitable organisation dedicated to film preservation,[138] and was appointed, along with Martin Scorsese, by the Library of Congress to serve on the National Film Preservation Board as DGA representatives.[139] Nolan serves on the Motion Picture & Television Fund Board of Governors.[140]

After serving as an executive producer on Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017),[141][142] Nolan returned to directing with Dunkirk (2017). Based on his own original screenplay and co-produced with Thomas, the film is set amid World War II in 1940 and the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France. Describing the film as a survival tale with a triptych structure, Nolan wanted to make a "sensory, almost experimental movie" with minimal dialogue.[143] He said he waited to make Dunkirk until he had earned the trust of a major studio to let him make it as a British film but with an American budget.[144] Before filming, Nolan sought advice from Spielberg, who later said in an interview with Variety, "knowing and respecting that Chris [Nolan] is one of the world's most imaginative filmmakers, my advice to him was to leave his imagination, as I did on Ryan, in second position to the research he was doing to authentically acquit this historical drama".[145] Starring an ensemble cast,[146] Dunkirk was released to widespread critical acclaim and strong box office results.[147][148][149] It grossed over $526 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing World War II film of all time.[150] In his review, Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "It's one of the best war films ever made, distinct in its look, in its approach and in the effect it has on viewers. There are movies—they are rare—that lift you out of your present circumstances and immerse you so fully in another experience that you watch in a state of jaw-dropped awe. Dunkirk is that kind of movie."[151] The film received many accolades, including Nolan's first Oscar nomination for Best Director.[152]

Nolan (right) with Keir Dullea, Katharina Kubrick, Ron Sanders and Jan Harlan at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

In 2018, Nolan supervised a new 70 mm print of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), made from the original camera negative; he presented it at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[153] USA Today observed that festival-goers greeted Nolan "like a rock star with a standing ovation".[154] A year later, Nolan and Thomas received executive producer credits on The Doll's Breath (2019), an animated short directed by the Quay brothers.[155]

### 2020–present: Tenet, Oppenheimer and The Odyssey

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Nolan's next film was the science fiction film Tenet (2020), described by Tom Shone of The Sunday Times as "a globe-spinning riff on all things Nolanesque".[156] Nolan had worked on the screenplay for more than five years after deliberating about its central ideas for over a decade.[157] Delayed three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tenet was the first Hollywood tent-pole to open in theatres after the pandemic shutdown.[158] The film tells the story of an unnamed protagonist (played by John David Washington) who travels through time to stop a world-threatening attack.[159] It grossed $363 million worldwide on a production budget of $200 million, becoming Nolan's first to underperform at the box-office.[160] Tenet was described as his most polarising film; critics praised the ambition and technical aspects but found its story confusing.[161][152] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian awarded it five out of five, calling it "a cerebral cadenza, a deadpan flourish of crazy implausibility—but supercharged with steroidal energy and imagination".[162] Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter described it as "a chilly, cerebral film—easy to admire, especially since it's so rich in audacity and originality, but almost impossible to love, lacking as it is in a certain humanity".[163] At the 93rd Academy Awards, the film won Best Visual Effects and was nominated for Best Production Design.[164] Following the release of Tenet, Nolan joined the Advisory Board of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.[165] He served as an executive producer on Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), a director's cut of 2017's Justice League.[166]

Nolan at BFI Southbank in 2024

Nolan's 12th film was Oppenheimer (2023), a biopic based on J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy) and his role in the development of the atom bomb.[167] It was Nolan's first R-rated film since Insomnia (2002).[168] The film was financed and distributed by Universal Pictures, making it Nolan's first feature film since Memento that was not made for Warner Bros. He disagreed with Warner Bros.' decision to simultaneously release their films in theatres and on HBO Max.[169] Nolan secured the deal with Universal after he was promised a production budget of around $100 million with an equal marketing budget, total creative control, 20 per cent of first-dollar gross, a 100-day theatrical window and a blackout period from the studio wherein the company would not release another film three weeks before or after Oppenheimer's release.[170] The film received critical acclaim.[171] Matthew Jackson of The A.V. Club wrote, "Oppenheimer deserves the title of masterpiece. It's Christopher Nolan's best film so far, a step up to a new level for one of our finest filmmakers, and a movie that burns itself into your brain."[172] Terming it "boldly imaginative and [Nolan's] most mature work yet", BBC Culture's Caryn James added that it combined the "explosive, commercially-enticing action of The Dark Knight trilogy" with the "cerebral underpinnings" of Memento, Inception and Tenet.[173] Oppenheimer grossed over $975 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2023.[174] Among the film's numerous accolades,[175][176] Nolan won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture.[177]

As of February 2025, Nolan will once again work with Universal Studios on The Odyssey, an adaptation of the Ancient Greek epic poem the Odyssey by Homer. It is scheduled to be released in July 2026.[178] It follows Odysseus (portrayed by Matt Damon), the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, on his perilous journey to return home following the Trojan War, his encounters with the cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the witch goddess Circe, and his reunion with his wife, Penelope.[179] With an estimated production budget of $250 million, it is poised to be the most expensive film of Nolan's career.[180]

## Personal life and public image

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Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas in January 2011. Thomas has worked as a producer on all of Nolan's films since 1997.

Nolan is married to Emma Thomas, whom he met at University College London when he was 19.[12][20] She has worked as a producer on all of his films since 1997.[47][181] The couple have four children and reside in Los Angeles.[182]

Nolan prefers to maintain a certain level of mystery about his work.[183] Refusing to discuss his personal life,[184] he feels that too much biographical information about a filmmaker detracts from the experience of his audiences. He stated, "I actually don't want people to have me in mind at all when they're watching the films."[183] He does not own a smartphone or have an email address, preferring to hand-deliver his scripts to actors instead and have his wife handle outreach with producers and distributors.[185]

## Filmmaking style

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Main article: Cinematic style of Christopher Nolan

Nolan's films are largely centred in metaphysical themes, exploring the concepts of time, memory and personal identity.[186][187] His work is characterised by mathematically inspired ideas and images, unconventional narrative structures, materialistic perspectives, and evocative use of music and sound.[d] Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro called Nolan "an emotional mathematician".[192] BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz described him as "an art house auteur making intellectually ambitious blockbuster movies that can leave your pulse racing and your head spinning".[193] Joseph Bevan wrote, "His films allow arthouse regulars to enjoy superhero flicks and multiplex crowds to engage with labyrinthine plot conceits."[105] Nolan views himself as "an indie filmmaker working inside the studio system".[194]

> "Christopher Nolan doesn't make sense. And that is exactly how he likes it. In twenty-three years and through twelve films, he has defied the laws of Hollywood by creating startling, original genre pieces that have revelled in their own complexity, confounding every maxim by which the studios hope to appeal to the widest audience. And yet he does that too. Cinemas fill on the possibility of the next Nolan film. Whatever form it might take."

—Film author Ian Nathan on Nolan as a filmmaker (2022)[195]

In the sixteen-essay book The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan, professional philosophers and writers analysed Nolan's work; they identified themes of self-destruction, the nature and value of the truth, and the political mindset of the hero and villain, among others.[196] Robbie B. H. Goh, a professor of English literature, described Nolan as a "philosophical filmmaker" who includes philosophical ideas—existentialism, morality, epistemology and the distinction between appearance and reality—in films that frequently portray suspense, action and violence. Goh appreciated his ability to incorporate such themes in films that possess "elements of the Hollywood blockbuster"—which help keep the audiences engaged—but simultaneously remain "more thoughtful and self-reflexive than the typical consumerist action film".[197] He further wrote that Nolan's body of work reflect "a heterogeneity of conditions of products" extending from low-budget films to lucrative blockbusters, "a wide range of genres and settings" and "a diversity of styles that trumpet his versatility".[198]

David Bordwell, a film theorist, wrote that Nolan has been able to blend his "experimental impulses" with the demands of mainstream entertainment, describing his oeuvre as "experiments with cinematic time by means of techniques of subjective viewpoint and crosscutting".[199] Nolan's use of practical, in-camera effects, miniatures and models, as well as shooting on celluloid film, has been highly influential in early 21st century cinema.[200][201] IndieWire wrote in 2019 that Nolan "kept a viable alternate model of big-budget filmmaking alive", in an era where blockbuster filmmaking has become "a largely computer-generated art form".[201] Because of Nolan's deep involvement in the technical facet of his films, Stuart Joy described him as a "complete filmmaker", who "oversees all aspects of production while also managing cultural and industrial factors outside of the text".[202]

## Recognition

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Nolan has made some of the most influential and popular films of his time.[e] Many of his films have been regarded by critics as among the best of their respective decades,[46][207][208] and according to The Wall Street Journal, his "ability to combine box-office success with artistic ambition has given him an extraordinary amount of clout in the industry".[209] His films have earned more than $6 billion.[210] Nolan's films Memento and The Dark Knight have been selected by the US Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.[211][212] These films and Inception appeared in BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century and The Hollywood Reporter's poll of best films ever made.[213][214] In 2017, The Dark Knight, Inception and Interstellar featured in Empire magazine's poll of "The 100 Greatest Movies".[215] In 2018, The Hollywood Reporter listed Nolan as one of the 100 most powerful people in entertainment and described him as a "franchise unto himself".[216] Parade ranked Nolan number eight in its 2022 list of 75 Best Movie Directors of All Time.[217]

Two of Nolan's films (Memento and The Dark Knight) have been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry.[211][212]

Nolan's work has been as "intensely embraced, analysed and debated by ordinary film fans as by critics and film academics".[184][218] Calling him "a persuasively inventive storyteller", Geoff Andrew of the British Film Institute named Nolan one of the few contemporary filmmakers producing highly personal films within the Hollywood mainstream. Andrew wrote that Nolan's films are "not so much [notable] for their considerable technical virtuosity and visual flair as for their brilliant narrative ingenuity and their unusually adult interest in complex philosophical questions".[219] David Bordwell observed that Nolan is "considered one of the most accomplished living filmmakers", citing his ability to turn genre movies into both art and event films, as well as his box office numbers, critical acclaim and popularity among cinemagoers.[199][220] In 2008, Philip French deemed Nolan "the first major talent to emerge this century".[221] Mark Kermode complimented Nolan for bringing "the discipline and ethics of art-house independent moviemaking and apply[ing] them to Hollywood blockbusters. He's living proof that you don't have to appeal to the lowest common denominator to be profitable".[222] The Observer's Ryan Gilbey described Nolan as a "skillful, stylish storyteller, capable of combining the spectacle of Spielberg with the intellectual intricacy of Nicolas Roeg or Alain Resnais".[223] Mark Cousins applauded Nolan for embracing big ideas, "Hollywood filmmakers generally shy away from ideas—but not Christopher Nolan".[224] Scott Foundas of Variety declared Nolan "the premier big-canvas storyteller of his generation",[225] and Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times called him "the great proceduralist of 21st century blockbuster filmmaking, a lover of nuts-and-bolts minutiae".[226]

Nolan has been praised by many of his contemporaries, and his work has influenced them.[227][228][229] Kenneth Branagh called Nolan's approach to large-scale filmmaking "unique in modern cinema", adding, "regardless of how popular his movies become, he remains an artist and an auteur. I think for that reason he has become a heroic figure for both the audience and the people working behind the camera."[230] Michael Mann complimented Nolan for his "singular vision" and credited with "invent[ing] the post-heroic superhero".[231] Nicolas Roeg said of Nolan, "People talk about 'commercial art' and the term is usually self-negating; Nolan works in the commercial arena and yet there's something very poetic about his work."[232] Martin Scorsese identified Nolan as a filmmaker creating "beautifully made films on a big scale".[233]

Damien Chazelle lauded Nolan for his ability "to make the most seemingly impersonal projects—superhero epics, deep-space mind-benders—feel deeply personal".[234] Discussing the difference between art films and big studio blockbusters, Steven Spielberg referred to Nolan's Dark Knight series as an example of both;[235] he has described Memento and Inception as "masterworks".[236] Denis Villeneuve was impressed by Nolan's ability "to keep his identity and create his own universe in that large scope ... To bring intellectual concepts and to bring them in that scope to the screen right now—it's very rare. Every movie that he comes out with, I have more admiration for his work."[237] James Cameron expressed disappointment that Nolan was not nominated for an Academy Award as Best Director for Inception, calling it "the most astounding piece of film creation and direction of the year, hands down".[236]

## Filmography

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Main article: Christopher Nolan filmography

* Following (1998)
* Memento (2000)
* Insomnia (2002)
* Batman Begins (2005)
* The Prestige (2006)
* The Dark Knight (2008)
* Inception (2010)
* The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
* Interstellar (2014)
* Dunkirk (2017)
* Tenet (2020)
* Oppenheimer (2023)
* The Odyssey (2026); filming

## Awards and honours

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Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Nolan

Nolan's hand and shoeprints in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood

Nolan has been nominated for eight Academy Awards (winning two), eight British Academy Film Awards (winning two) and six Golden Globe Awards (winning one).[44][238][239][240] From 2011 to 2014, he appeared in Forbes Celebrity 100 list based on his income and popularity.[241] Nolan appeared in Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2015.[242]

Nolan was named an Honorary Fellow of UCL in 2006,[243] and conferred an honorary doctorate in literature in 2017.[244] In 2012, he became the youngest director to receive a hand-and-footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.[245] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to film.[246] In 2023, he was awarded the Federation of American Scientists' Public Service Award for his depiction of scientists in his film Oppenheimer.[247] In 2024, Nolan received the British Film Institute Fellowship in recognition of his "extraordinary achievements and enormous contribution to cinema,"[248] and the Honorary César award from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma for "continually push[ing] the boundaries of storytelling."[249] In March 2024, Nolan was made a knight bachelor for his contributions to film, while his wife Emma Thomas was honoured with a damehood.[250][251]

## See also

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* List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Great Britain

## Notes

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1. ^ Nolan has continued his collaboration with the Belic brothers, receiving a credit for his editorial assistance on their Oscar-nominated documentary Genghis Blues (1999).[14]
2. ^ The name of the company is derived from syncope, a medical term for fainting. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn, a lecturer specialising in film studies, alluded this wordplay to Nolan's style of "disorientation" in his work. She also associated the name with synthetic and philosopher Jean Baudrillard's treatise Simulacra and Simulation.[48]
3. ^ Attributed to multiple references[46][86][87][88][89]
4. ^ Attributed to multiple references[188][189][190][191]
5. ^ Attributed to multiple references[203][204][205][206]

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## Further reading

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* Belluomini, Lance (2021). "Tenet as Philosophy: Fatalism Isn't an Excuse to do Nothing". In Johnson, David Kyle (ed.). The Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1–21\. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97134-6_99-1. ISBN 978-3-319-97134-6. S2CID 230597057.1-21&rft.pub=Palgrave+Macmillan&rft.date=2021&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:230597057#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/978-3-319-97134-6_99-1&rft.isbn=978-3-319-97134-6&rft.aulast=Belluomini&rft.aufirst=Lance&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Christopher+Nolan" class="Z3988">
* Duncan Jesser, Jody; Pourroy, Janine (2012). The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy. Abrams Books. ISBN 978-1-4197-0369-0.
* Fisher, Mark (2011). "The Lost Unconscious: Delusions and Dreams in Inception". Film Quarterly. 64 (3). University of California Press: 37–45\. doi:10.1525/FQ.2011.64.3.37.37-45&rft.date=2011&rft_id=info:doi/10.1525/FQ.2011.64.3.37&rft.aulast=Fisher&rft.aufirst=Mark&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Christopher+Nolan" class="Z3988">
* Kellner, Douglas M (2009). Cinema Wars: Hollywood Film and Politics in the Bush-Cheney Era (1st ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405198240.
* Rabiger, Michael; Hurbis-Cherrier, Mick (2013). Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-135-09921-3.

## External links

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Christopher Nolan at Wikipedia's sister projects

* Media from Commons
* Quotations from Wikiquote
* Data from Wikidata

* Christopher Nolan at IMDb
* Christopher Nolan at Rotten Tomatoes
* Christopher Nolan Biography at Tribute.ca
* Christopher Nolan – How to Direct Your First Feature Film

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Christopher Nolan

* Filmography
* Accolades
* Cinematic style

Films directed|

| Features|

* Following (1998)
* Memento (2000)
* Insomnia (2002)
* Batman Begins (2005)
* The Prestige (2006)
* The Dark Knight (2008)
* Inception (2010)
* The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
* Interstellar (2014)
* Dunkirk (2017)
* Tenet (2020)
* Oppenheimer (2023)
* The Odyssey (2026)

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Shorts|

* Doodlebug (1997)
* Quay (2015)

Film produced|

Man of Steel (2013, also сo-story writer)

Related|

* Barbenheimer
* Syncopy Inc.
* Emma Thomas (wife)
* John Nolan (uncle)
* Jonathan Nolan (brother)
* Lisa Joy (sister-in-law)

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Awards for Christopher Nolan

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Academy Award for Best Picture

1951–1975|

* Arthur Freed (1951)
* Cecil B. DeMille (1952)
* Buddy Adler (1953)
* Sam Spiegel (1954)
* Harold Hecht (1955)
* Michael Todd (1956)
* Sam Spiegel (1957)
* Arthur Freed (1958)
* Sam Zimbalist (1959)
* Billy Wilder (1960)
* Robert Wise (1961)
* Sam Spiegel (1962)
* Tony Richardson (1963)
* Jack L. Warner (1964)
* Robert Wise (1965)
* Fred Zinnemann (1966)
* Walter Mirisch (1967)
* John Woolf (1968)
* Jerome Hellman (1969)
* Frank McCarthy (1970)
* Philip D'Antoni (1971)
* Albert S. Ruddy (1972)
* Tony Bill, Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips (1973)
* Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos (1974)
* Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz (1975)

1976–2000|

* Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler (1976)
* Charles H. Joffe (1977)
* Michael Cimino, Michael Deeley, John Peverall and Barry Spikings (1978)
* Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
* Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
* David Puttnam (1981)
* Richard Attenborough (1982)
* James L. Brooks (1983)
* Saul Zaentz (1984)
* Sydney Pollack (1985)
* Arnold Kopelson (1986)
* Jeremy Thomas (1987)
* Mark Johnson (1988)
* Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
* Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990)
* Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon and Kenneth Utt (1991)
* Clint Eastwood (1992)
* Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey and Steve Tisch (1994)
* Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson and Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
* Saul Zaentz (1996)
* James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997)
* Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein and Edward Zwick (1998)
* Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
* David Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick (2000)

2001–present|

* Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (2001)
* Martin Richards (2002)
* Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh (2003)
* Clint Eastwood, Tom Rosenberg and Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
* Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (2005)
* Graham King (2006)
* Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Scott Rudin (2007)
* Christian Colson (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro (2009)
* Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin (2010)
* Thomas Langmann (2011)
* Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2012)
* Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
* Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar (2015)
* Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Adele Romanski (2016)
* J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Jim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga and Charles B. Wessler (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
* Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet, Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
* Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang (2022)
* Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker (2024)

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* e

Academy Award for Best Director

1927–1950|

* Frank Borzage (1927/28; Dramatic Picture)
* Lewis Milestone (1927/28; Comedy Picture)
* Frank Lloyd (1928/29)
* Lewis Milestone (1929/30)
* Norman Taurog (1930/31)
* Frank Borzage (1931/32)
* Frank Lloyd (1932/33)
* Frank Capra (1934)
* John Ford (1935)
* Frank Capra (1936)
* Leo McCarey (1937)
* Frank Capra (1938)
* Victor Fleming (1939)
* John Ford (1940)
* John Ford (1941)
* William Wyler (1942)
* Michael Curtiz (1943)
* Leo McCarey (1944)
* Billy Wilder (1945)
* William Wyler (1946)
* Elia Kazan (1947)
* John Huston (1948)
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949)
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)

1951–1975|

* George Stevens (1951)
* John Ford (1952)
* Fred Zinnemann (1953)
* Elia Kazan (1954)
* Delbert Mann (1955)
* George Stevens (1956)
* David Lean (1957)
* Vincente Minnelli (1958)
* William Wyler (1959)
* Billy Wilder (1960)
* Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise (1961)
* David Lean (1962)
* Tony Richardson (1963)
* George Cukor (1964)
* Robert Wise (1965)
* Fred Zinnemann (1966)
* Mike Nichols (1967)
* Carol Reed (1968)
* John Schlesinger (1969)
* Franklin J. Schaffner (1970)
* William Friedkin (1971)
* Bob Fosse (1972)
* George Roy Hill (1973)
* Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
* Miloš Forman (1975)

1976–2000|

* John G. Avildsen (1976)
* Woody Allen (1977)
* Michael Cimino (1978)
* Robert Benton (1979)
* Robert Redford (1980)
* Warren Beatty (1981)
* Richard Attenborough (1982)
* James L. Brooks (1983)
* Miloš Forman (1984)
* Sydney Pollack (1985)
* Oliver Stone (1986)
* Bernardo Bertolucci (1987)
* Barry Levinson (1988)
* Oliver Stone (1989)
* Kevin Costner (1990)
* Jonathan Demme (1991)
* Clint Eastwood (1992)
* Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Robert Zemeckis (1994)
* Mel Gibson (1995)
* Anthony Minghella (1996)
* James Cameron (1997)
* Steven Spielberg (1998)
* Sam Mendes (1999)
* Steven Soderbergh (2000)

2001–present|

* Ron Howard (2001)
* Roman Polanski (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Clint Eastwood (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* Tom Hooper (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Ang Lee (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Alejandro González Iñárritu (2014)
* Alejandro González Iñárritu (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020/21)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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AACTA International Award for Best Direction

* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* David O. Russell (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* Mel Gibson (2016)
* Christopher Nolan (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Denis Villeneuve (2021)
* Baz Luhrmann (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Michael Gracey (2024)

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AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Director

* Robert Altman (2001)
* Roman Polanski (2002)
* Joel Schumacher (2003)
* Mike Nichols (2004)
* Steven Spielberg (2005)
* Clint Eastwood (2006)
* Tony Gilroy (2007)
* Gus Van Sant (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* Danny Boyle (2010)
* Stephen Daldry (2011)
* Steven Spielberg (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Ridley Scott (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Spike Lee (2018)
* Martin Scorsese (2019)
* Aaron Sorkin (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Baz Luhrmann (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Jacques Audiard (2024)

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Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

* Paul Haggis (2005)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2006)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
* Christopher Nolan (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* Darren Aronofsky (2010)
* Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Lee Isaac Chung (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
* Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan (2008)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Hossein Amini (2011)
* Chris Terrio (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Emma Donoghue (2015)
* Eric Heisserer (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Greta Gerwig (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe (2021)
* Rian Johnson (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley (2024)

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BAFTA Award for Best Film

1940s

* The Best Years of Our Lives (1947)
* Hamlet (1948)
* Bicycle Thieves (1949)

1950s

* All About Eve (1950)
* La Ronde (1951)
* The Sound Barrier (1952)
* Forbidden Games (1953)
* The Wages of Fear (1954)
* Richard III (1955)
* Gervaise (1956)
* The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
* Room at the Top (1958)
* Ben-Hur (1959)

1960s

* The Apartment – Billy Wilder (1960)
* Ballad of a Soldier – Grigori Chukhrai / The Hustler – Robert Rossen (1961)
* Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
* Tom Jones (1963)
* Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
* My Fair Lady (1965)
* Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Mike Nichols (1966)
* A Man for All Seasons – Fred Zinnemann (1967)
* The Graduate – Mike Nichols (1968)
* Midnight Cowboy – John Schlesinger (1969)

1970s

* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1970)
* Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
* Cabaret (1972)
* Day for Night (1973)
* Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
* Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1975)
* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1976)
* Annie Hall – Charles H. Joffe and Jack Rollins (1977)
* Julia – Richard Roth (1978)
* Manhattan (1979)

1980s

* The Elephant Man – David Lynch (1980)
* Chariots of Fire – David Puttnam (1981)
* Gandhi – Richard Attenborough (1982)
* Educating Rita – Lewis Gilbert (1983)
* The Killing Fields – David Puttnam (1984)
* The Purple Rose of Cairo – Woody Allen and Robert Greenhut (1985)
* A Room with a View – James Ivory and Ismail Merchant (1986)
* Jean de Florette – Claude Berri (1987)
* The Last Emperor – Bernardo Bertolucci and Jeremy Thomas (1988)
* Dead Poets Society – Peter Weir, Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, and Tony Thomas (1989)

1990s

* Goodfellas – Martin Scorsese, Robert Chartoff, and Irwin Winkler (1990)
* The Commitments – Alan Parker, Lynda Myles, and Roger Randall-Cutler (1991)
* Howards End – James Ivory and Ismail Merchant (1992)
* Schindler's List – Steven Spielberg, Branko Lustig, and Gerald R. Molen (1993)
* Four Weddings and a Funeral – Mike Newell and Duncan Kenworthy (1994)
* Sense and Sensibility – Ang Lee and Lindsay Doran (1995)
* The English Patient – Anthony Minghella and Saul Zaentz (1996)
* The Full Monty – Peter Cattaneo and Uberto Pasolini (1997)
* Shakespeare in Love – Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, and Edward Zwick (1998)
* American Beauty – Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)

2000s

* Gladiator – David Franzoni, Branko Lustig, and Douglas Wick (2000)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Tim Sanders, and Fran Walsh (2001)
* The Pianist – Robert Benmussa, Roman Polanski, and Alain Sarde (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, and Fran Walsh (2003)
* The Aviator – Sandy Climan, Charles Evans Jr., Graham King, and Michael Mann (2004)
* Brokeback Mountain – Diana Ossana and James Schamus (2005)
* The Queen – Andy Harries, Christine Langan, and Tracey Seaward (2006)
* Atonement – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster (2007)
* Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson (2008)
* The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, and Greg Shapiro (2009)

2010s

* The King's Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin (2010)
* The Artist – Thomas Langmann (2011)
* Argo – Ben Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov (2012)
* 12 Years a Slave – Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, and Brad Pitt (2013)
* Boyhood – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland (2014)
* The Revenant – Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, and Keith Redmon (2015)
* La La Land – Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, and Marc Platt (2016)
* Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh (2017)
* Roma – Nicolás Celis, Alfonso Cuarón, and Gabriela Rodríguez (2018)
* 1917 – Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, and Jayne-Ann Tenggren (2019)

2020s

* Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, and Chloé Zhao (2020)
* The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, and Emile Sherman (2021)
* All Quiet on the Western Front – Malte Grunert (2022)
* Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, and Emma Thomas (2023)
* Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman (2024)

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BAFTA Award for Best Direction

1968–2000|

* Mike Nichols (1968)
* John Schlesinger (1969)
* George Roy Hill (1970)
* John Schlesinger (1971)
* Bob Fosse (1972)
* François Truffaut (1973)
* Roman Polanski (1974)
* Stanley Kubrick (1975)
* Miloš Forman (1976)
* Woody Allen (1977)
* Alan Parker (1978)
* Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
* Akira Kurosawa (1980)
* Louis Malle (1981)
* Richard Attenborough (1982)
* Bill Forsyth (1983)
* Wim Wenders (1984)
* No Award (1985)
* Woody Allen (1986)
* Oliver Stone (1987)
* Louis Malle (1988)
* Kenneth Branagh (1989)
* Martin Scorsese (1990)
* Alan Parker (1991)
* Robert Altman (1992)
* Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Mike Newell (1994)
* Michael Radford (1995)
* Joel Coen (1996)
* Baz Luhrmann (1997)
* Peter Weir (1998)
* Pedro Almodóvar (1999)
* Ang Lee (2000)

2001–present|

* Peter Jackson (2001)
* Roman Polanski (2002)
* Peter Weir (2003)
* Mike Leigh (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Paul Greengrass (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Ben Affleck (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Sam Mendes (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Edward Berger (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Brady Corbet (2024)

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Britannia Awards

Excellence in Film|

* Albert R. Broccoli (1989)
* Michael Caine (1990)
* Peter Ustinov (1992)
* Martin Scorsese (1993)
* Anthony Hopkins (1995)
* Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein (1996)
* Dustin Hoffman (1997)
* John Travolta (1998)
* Stanley Kubrick (1999)
* Steven Spielberg (2000)
* George Lucas (2002)
* Hugh Grant (2003)
* Tom Hanks (2004)
* Tom Cruise (2005)
* Clint Eastwood (2006)
* Denzel Washington (2007)
* Sean Penn (2008)
* Robert De Niro (2009)
* Jeff Bridges (2010)
* Warren Beatty (2011)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
* George Clooney (2013)
* Robert Downey Jr. (2014)
* Meryl Streep (2015)
* Jodie Foster (2016)
* Matt Damon (2017)
* Cate Blanchett (2018)
* Jane Fonda (2019)

Excellence in Directing|

* Peter Weir (2003)
* Jim Sheridan (2004)
* Mike Newell (2005)
* Anthony Minghella (2006)
* Martin Campbell (2007)
* Stephen Frears (2008)
* Danny Boyle (2009)
* Christopher Nolan (2010)
* David Yates (2011)
* Quentin Tarantino (2012)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2013)
* Mike Leigh (2014)
* Sam Mendes (2015)
* Ang Lee (2016)
* Ava DuVernay (2017)
* Steve McQueen (2018)
* Jordan Peele (2019)

Worldwide Contribution to
Entertainment|

* Howard Stringer (2003)
* Kirk Douglas (2009)
* Ridley Scott & Tony Scott (2010)
* John Lasseter (2011)
* Will Wright (2012)
* Ben Kingsley (2013)
* Judi Dench (2014)
* Harrison Ford (2015)
* Samuel L. Jackson (2016)
* Kenneth Branagh (2017)
* Kevin Feige (2018)
* Jackie Chan (2019)

British Artist of the Year|

* Rachel Weisz (2006)
* Kate Winslet (2007)
* Tilda Swinton (2008)
* Emily Blunt (2009)
* Michael Sheen (2010)
* Helena Bonham Carter (2011)
* Daniel Craig (2012)
* Benedict Cumberbatch (2013)
* Emma Watson (2014)
* James Corden (2015)
* Felicity Jones (2016)
* Claire Foy (2017)
* Emilia Clarke (2018)
* Phoebe Waller-Bridge (2019)

Excellence in Comedy|

* Betty White (2010)
* Ben Stiller (2011)
* Trey Parker and Matt Stone (2012)
* Sacha Baron Cohen (2013)
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2014)
* Amy Schumer (2015)
* Ricky Gervais (2016)
* Aziz Ansari (2017)
* Jim Carrey (2018)
* Steve Coogan (2019)

Excellence in Television|

* Aaron Spelling (1999)
* HBO Original Programming (2002)
* Dick Van Dyke (2017)
* Damian Lewis (2018)
* Norman Lear (2019)

Humanitarian Award|

* Richard Curtis (2007)
* Don Cheadle (2008)
* Colin Firth (2009)
* Idris Elba (2013)
* Mark Ruffalo (2014)
* Orlando Bloom (2015)
* Ewan McGregor (2016)

Retired Awards|

* BBC (1999)
* Tarsem Singh (1999)
* Angela Lansbury (2003)
* Helen Mirren (2004)
* Elizabeth Taylor (2005)
* Ronald Neame (2005)
* Sidney Poitier (2006)
* Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne (2007)

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Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay

Screenplay
(1980–2021)|

* Bo Goldman (1980)
* Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn (1981)
* Barry Levinson (1982)
* Éric Rohmer (1983)
* Alex Cox (1984)
* Woody Allen (1985)
* Woody Allen (1986)
* James L. Brooks (1987)
* Ron Shelton (1988)
* Woody Allen (1989)
* Nicholas Kazan (1990)
* David Cronenberg (1991)
* Neil Jordan (1992)
* Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt (1993)
* Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci (1996)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Scott Frank (1998)
* Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Cameron Crowe / Steve Kloves (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Dan Futterman (2005)
* William Monahan (2006)
* Brad Bird (2007)
* Dustin Lance Black (2008)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011)
* Tony Kushner (2012)
* Nicole Holofcener (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo / Richard Linklater (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Greta Gerwig (2017)
* Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (2018)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019)
* Charlie Kaufman (2020)
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe (2021)

Original Screenplay
(2022–present)|

* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* David Hemingson (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

Adapted Screenplay
(2022–present)|

* Kogonada (2022)
* Jonathan Glazer (2023)
* RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes (2024)

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Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay

* Alex Proyas / Bill Condon (1998)
* M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
* Steven Katz (2000)
* Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan (2001)
* Brent Hanley (2002)
* Don Coscarelli (2003)
* Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth / Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright (2004)
* Jessica Sharzer (2011)
* Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (2012)
* Glen Mazzara (2013)
* Jennifer Kent (2014)
* David Robert Mitchell (2015)
* Robert Eggers (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Meredith Averill (2018)
* Jordan Peele (2019)
* Leigh Whannell (2020)
* Mike Flanagan, James Flanagan and Jeff Howard (2021)
* Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill / Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (2022)
* Takashi Yamazaki (2023)

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Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

* Robert Zemeckis (1988)
* Spike Lee (1989)
* Martin Scorsese (1990)
* Jonathan Demme (1991)
* Robert Altman (1992)
* Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Oliver Stone (1995)
* Joel Coen (1996)
* Curtis Hanson (1997)
* Terrence Malick (1998)
* Sam Mendes (1999)
* Steven Soderbergh (2000)
* David Lynch (2001)
* Todd Haynes (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Clint Eastwood (2004)
* David Cronenberg (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Terrence Malick (2011)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
* Steve McQueen (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Christopher Nolan (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* RaMell Ross (2024)

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Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

* Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese (1990)
* No Award (1991)
* No Award (1992)
* Steven Zaillian (1993)
* Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998)
* Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Cameron Crowe (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)

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Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay

* Peter Morgan (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon (2008)
* Mark Boal (2009)
* Christopher Nolan (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Mark Boal (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Wes Anderson (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Paul Schrader (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (2019)
* Eliza Hittman (2020)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* Samy Burch (2023)
* Jesse Eisenberg (2024)

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Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director

* Mel Gibson (1995)
* Anthony Minghella (1996)
* James Cameron (1997)
* Steven Spielberg (1998)
* Sam Mendes (1999)
* Steven Soderbergh (2000)
* Ron Howard / Baz Luhrmann (2001)
* Steven Spielberg (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Martin Scorsese (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Ben Affleck (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho / Sam Mendes (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Jon M. Chu (2024)

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Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay

Best Screenplay
(1995–1996, 2001)|

* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Anthony Minghella (1996)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)

Best Writer
(2002–2008)|

* Charlie Kaufman (2002)
* Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, and Kirsten Sheridan (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
* Michael Arndt (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)

Best Original Screenplay
(1997–2000, 2009–present)|

* Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (1997)
* Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman (1998)
* Alan Ball (1999)
* Cameron Crowe (2000)
* Quentin Tarantino (2009)
* David Seidler (2010)
* Woody Allen (2011)
* Quentin Tarantino (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Damien Chazelle / Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Paul Schrader (2018)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019)
* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Kenneth Branagh (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (2023)
* Coralie Fargeat (2024)

Best Adapted Screenplay
(1997–2000, 2009–present)|

* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Scott Smith (1998)
* Frank Darabont (1999)
* Stephen Gaghan / Steve Kloves (2000)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin (2011)
* Tony Kushner (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
* Eric Heisserer (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Greta Gerwig (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Sarah Polley (2022)
* Cord Jefferson (2023)
* Peter Straughan (2024)

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Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

1990s|

* Kevin Costner (1990)
* Oliver Stone (1991)
* Clint Eastwood (1992)
* Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Mike Figgis (1995)
* Joel Coen (1996)
* James Cameron (1997)
* Steven Spielberg (1998)
* Sam Mendes (1999)

2000s|

* Steven Soderbergh (2000)
* Ron Howard (2001)
* Peter Jackson (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Martin Scorsese (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Jason Reitman (2009)

2010s|

* David Fincher (2010)
* Alexander Payne (2011)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2014)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Sam Mendes (2019)

2020s|

* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

1948–1975|

* Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1948)
* Robert Rossen (1949)
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
* George Stevens (1951)
* John Ford (1952)
* Fred Zinnemann (1953)
* Elia Kazan (1954)
* Delbert Mann (1955)
* George Stevens (1956)
* David Lean (1957)
* Vincente Minnelli (1958)
* William Wyler (1959)
* Billy Wilder (1960)
* Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise (1961)
* David Lean (1962)
* Tony Richardson (1963)
* George Cukor (1964)
* Robert Wise (1965)
* Fred Zinnemann (1966)
* Mike Nichols (1967)
* Anthony Harvey (1968)
* John Schlesinger (1969)
* Franklin J. Schaffner (1970)
* William Friedkin (1971)
* Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
* George Roy Hill (1973)
* Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
* Miloš Forman (1975)

1976–2000|

* John G. Avildsen (1976)
* Woody Allen (1977)
* Michael Cimino (1978)
* Robert Benton (1979)
* Robert Redford (1980)
* Warren Beatty (1981)
* Richard Attenborough (1982)
* James L. Brooks (1983)
* Miloš Forman (1984)
* Steven Spielberg (1985)
* Oliver Stone (1986)
* Bernardo Bertolucci (1987)
* Barry Levinson (1988)
* Oliver Stone (1989)
* Kevin Costner (1990)
* Jonathan Demme (1991)
* Clint Eastwood (1992)
* Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Robert Zemeckis (1994)
* Ron Howard (1995)
* Anthony Minghella (1996)
* James Cameron (1997)
* Steven Spielberg (1998)
* Sam Mendes (1999)
* Ang Lee (2000)

2001–present|

* Ron Howard (2001)
* Rob Marshall (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Clint Eastwood (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* Tom Hooper (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Ben Affleck (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2014)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Sam Mendes (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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* e

Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

1940s|

* John Paxton (1946)
* Anthony Veiller (1947)
* John Paxton (1948)
* Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, Leonard Hoffman, and Quentin Reynolds (1949)

1950s|

* Mel Dinelli and Cornell Woolrich (1950)
* Ben Maddow (1951)
* Michael Wilson (1952)
* Michael Wilson and Otto Lang (1953)
* Sydney Boehm (1954)
* John Michael Hayes (1955)
* Joseph Hayes (1956)
* Reginald Rose (1958)
* Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith (1959)

1960s|

* Ernest Lehman (1960)
* Joseph Stefano (1961)
* William Archibald and Truman Capote (1962)
* Peter Stone (1964)
* Henry Farrell and Lukas Heller (1965)
* Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper (1966)
* William Goldman (1967)
* Stirling Silliphant (1968)
* Harry Kleiner and Alan Trustman (1969)

1970s|

* Costa Gavras and Jorge Semprún (1970)
* Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro (1971)
* Ernest Tidyman (1972)
* Anthony Shaffer (1973)
* Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim (1974)
* Robert Towne (1975)
* David Rayfiel and Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (1976)
* Ernest Lehman (1977)
* Robert Benton (1978)
* William Goldman (1979)

1980s|

* Michael Crichton (1980)
* Joseph Wambaugh (1981)
* Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (1982)
* Barrie Keeffe (1983)
* Dennis Potter (1984)
* Charles Fuller (1985)
* William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace (1986)
* E. Max Frye (1987)
* Jim Kouf (1988)
* Errol Morris (1989)

1990s|

* Daniel Waters (1990)
* Donald E. Westlake (1991)
* Ted Tally (1992)
* Michael Tolkin (1993)
* Ebbe Roe Smith (1994)
* Quentin Tarantino (1995)
* Christopher McQuarrie (1996)
* Billy Bob Thornton (1997)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1998)
* Scott Frank and Elmore Leonard (1999)

2000s|

* Guy Ritchie (2000)
* Stephen Gaghan and Simon Moore (2001)
* Christopher Nolan (2002)
* Bill Condon (2003)
* Steven Knight (2004)
* Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Sébastien Japrisot (2005)
* Stephen Gaghan and Robert Baer (2006)
* William Monahan (2007)
* Tony Gilroy (2008)
* Martin McDonagh (2009)

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* e

Empire Award for Best Director

* Danny Boyle (1996)
* Terry Gilliam (1997)
* Cameron Crowe (1998)
* Steven Spielberg (1999)
* M. Night Shyamalan (2000)
* Bryan Singer (2001)
* Baz Luhrmann (2002)
* Steven Spielberg (2003)
* Quentin Tarantino (2004)
* Sam Raimi (2005)
* Nick Park and Steve Box (2006)
* Christopher Nolan (2007)
* David Yates (2008)
* Christopher Nolan (2009)
* James Cameron (2010)
* Edgar Wright (2011)
* David Yates (2012)
* Sam Mendes (2013)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2014)
* Christopher Nolan (2015)
* J. J. Abrams (2016)
* Gareth Edwards (2017)
* Rian Johnson (2018)

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* e

Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director

* Joel Coen (1996)
* Curtis Hanson (1997)
* Peter Weir (1998)
* Sam Mendes (1999)
* Steven Soderbergh (2000)
* Peter Jackson (2001)
* Martin Scorsese (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Alexander Payne (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Jason Reitman (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Martin Scorsese (2011)
* Ben Affleck (2012)
* Steve McQueen (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Christopher Nolan (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Céline Sciamma (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Park Chan-wook (2022)
* Todd Haynes (2023)
* Bertrand Bonello (2024)

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* e

Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay

Screenplay
(1996–2009)|

* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
* David Mamet (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
* William Monahan (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2009)

Original Screenplay
(2010–present)|

* Christopher Nolan (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Rian Johnson (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Boots Riley (2018)
* Ronald Bronstein and Benny and Josh Safdie (2019)
* Lee Isaac Chung (2020)
* Wes Anderson (2021)
* Park Chan-wook and Jeong Seo-Gyeong (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* Jane Schoenbrun (2024)

Adapted Screenplay
(2010–present)|

* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (2011)
* Chris Terrio (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
* Whit Stillman (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (2018)
* Greta Gerwig (2019)
* Charlie Kaufman (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Sarah Polley (2022)
* Tony McNamara (2023)
* Justin Kuritzkes (2024)

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* e

Golden Globe Award for Best Director

1943–1975|

* Henry King (1943)
* Leo McCarey (1944)
* Billy Wilder (1945)
* Frank Capra (1946)
* Elia Kazan (1947)
* John Huston (1948)
* Robert Rossen (1949)
* Billy Wilder (1950)
* László Benedek (1951)
* Cecil B. DeMille (1952)
* Fred Zinnemann (1953)
* Elia Kazan (1954)
* Joshua Logan (1955)
* Elia Kazan (1956)
* David Lean (1957)
* Vincente Minnelli (1958)
* William Wyler (1959)
* Jack Cardiff (1960)
* Stanley Kramer (1961)
* David Lean (1962)
* Elia Kazan (1963)
* George Cukor (1964)
* David Lean (1965)
* Fred Zinnemann (1966)
* Mike Nichols (1967)
* Paul Newman (1968)
* Charles Jarrott (1969)
* Arthur Hiller (1970)
* William Friedkin (1971)
* Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
* William Friedkin (1973)
* Roman Polanski (1974)
* Miloš Forman (1975)

1976–2000|

* Sidney Lumet (1976)
* Herbert Ross (1977)
* Michael Cimino (1978)
* Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
* Robert Redford (1980)
* Warren Beatty (1981)
* Richard Attenborough (1982)
* Barbra Streisand (1983)
* Miloš Forman (1984)
* John Huston (1985)
* Oliver Stone (1986)
* Bernardo Bertolucci (1987)
* Clint Eastwood (1988)
* Oliver Stone (1989)
* Kevin Costner (1990)
* Oliver Stone (1991)
* Clint Eastwood (1992)
* Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Robert Zemeckis (1994)
* Mel Gibson (1995)
* Miloš Forman (1996)
* James Cameron (1997)
* Steven Spielberg (1998)
* Sam Mendes (1999)
* Ang Lee (2000)

2001–present|

* Robert Altman (2001)
* Martin Scorsese (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Clint Eastwood (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Julian Schnabel (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* James Cameron (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Martin Scorsese (2011)
* Ben Affleck (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Sam Mendes (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Steven Spielberg (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Brady Corbet (2024)

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* e

Honorary César

1976–2000|

* Ingrid Bergman (1976)
* Diana Ross (1976)
* Henri Langlois (1977)
* Jacques Tati (1977)
* Robert Dorfmann (1978)
* René Goscinny (1978)
* Marcel Carné (1979)
* Charles Vanel (1979)
* Walt Disney (1979)
* Pierre Braunberger (1980)
* Louis de Funès (1980)
* Kirk Douglas (1980)
* Marcel Pagnol (1981)
* Alain Resnais (1981)
* Georges Dancigers (1982)
* Alexandre Mnouchkine (1982)
* Jean Nény (1982)
* Andrzej Wajda (1982)
* Raimu (1983)
* René Clément (1984)
* Georges de Beauregard (1984)
* Edwige Feuillère (1984)
* Christian-Jaque (1985)
* Danielle Darrieux (1985)
* Christine Gouze-Rénal (1985)
* Alain Poiré (1985)
* Maurice Jarre (1986)
* Bette Davis (1986)
* Jean Delannoy (1986)
* René Ferracci (1986)
* Claude Lanzmann (1986)
* Jean-Luc Godard (1987)
* Serge Silberman (1988)
* Bernard Blier (1989)
* Paul Grimault (1989)
* Gérard Philipe (1990)
* Jean-Pierre Aumont (1991)
* Sophia Loren (1991)
* Michèle Morgan (1992)
* Sylvester Stallone (1992)
* Jean Marais (1993)
* Marcello Mastroianni (1993)
* Gérard Oury (1993)
* Jean Carmet (1994)
* Jeanne Moreau (1995)
* Gregory Peck (1995)
* Steven Spielberg (1995)
* Lauren Bacall (1996)
* Henri Verneuil (1996)
* Charles Aznavour (1997)
* Andie MacDowell (1997)
* Michael Douglas (1998)
* Clint Eastwood (1998)
* Jean-Luc Godard (1998)
* Pedro Almodóvar (1999)
* Johnny Depp (1999)
* Jean Rochefort (1999)
* Josiane Balasko (2000)
* Georges Cravenne (2000)
* Jean-Pierre Léaud (2000)
* Martin Scorsese (2000)

2001–present|

* Darry Cowl (2001)
* Charlotte Rampling (2001)
* Agnès Varda (2001)
* Anouk Aimée (2002)
* Jeremy Irons (2002)
* Claude Rich (2002)
* Bernadette Lafont (2003)
* Spike Lee (2003)
* Meryl Streep (2003)
* Micheline Presle (2004)
* Jacques Dutronc (2005)
* Will Smith (2005)
* Hugh Grant (2006)
* Pierre Richard (2006)
* Marlène Jobert (2007)
* Jude Law (2007)
* Jeanne Moreau (2008)
* Roberto Benigni (2008)
* Romy Schneider (2008)
* Dustin Hoffman (2009)
* Harrison Ford (2010)
* Quentin Tarantino (2011)
* Kate Winslet (2012)
* Kevin Costner (2013)
* Scarlett Johansson (2014)
* Sean Penn (2015)
* Michael Douglas (2016)
* George Clooney (2017)
* Penélope Cruz (2018)
* Robert Redford (2019)
* Cate Blanchett (2022)
* David Fincher (2023)
* Agnès Jaoui (2024)
* Christopher Nolan (2024)
* Julia Roberts (2025)
* Costa-Gavras (2025)

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* e

Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Director

* Tim Burton (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
* Ben Affleck (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Greta Gerwig (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)

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* e

Independent Spirit Award for Best Director

1980s|

* Joel Coen / Martin Scorsese (1985)
* Oliver Stone (1986)
* John Huston (1987)
* Ramon Menendez (1988)
* Steven Soderbergh (1989)

1990s|

* Charles Burnett (1990)
* Martha Coolidge (1991)
* Carl Franklin (1992)
* Robert Altman (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Mike Figgis (1995)
* Joel Coen (1996)
* Robert Duvall (1997)
* Wes Anderson (1998)
* Alexander Payne (1999)

2000s|

* Ang Lee (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Todd Haynes (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Alexander Payne (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (2006)
* Julian Schnabel (2007)
* Tom McCarthy (2008)
* Lee Daniels (2009)

2010s|

* Darren Aronofsky (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* David O. Russell (2012)
* Steve McQueen (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Tom McCarthy (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Safdie brothers (2019)

2020s|

* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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* e

Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay

1980s|

* Horton Foote (1985)
* Oliver Stone (1986)
* Neal Jimenez (1987)
* Ramon Menendez and Tom Musca (1988)
* Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost (1989)

1990s|

* Charles Burnett (1990)
* Gus Van Sant (1991)
* Neal Jimenez (1992)
* Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
* Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
* Kevin Smith (1997)
* Don Roos (1998)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)

2000s|

* Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Mike White (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Dan Futterman (2005)
* Jason Reitman (2006)
* Tamara Jenkins (2007)
* Woody Allen (2008)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2009)

2010s|

* Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko (2010)
* Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon (2011)
* David O. Russell (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Dan Gilroy (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016)
* Greta Gerwig (2017)
* Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (2018)
* Noah Baumbach (2019)

2020s|

* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Cord Jefferson (2023)
* Jesse Eisenberg (2024)

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* e

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

1975–2000|

* Joan Tewkesbury (1975)
* Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
* Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman (1977)
* Paul Mazursky (1978)
* Robert Benton (1979)
* John Sayles (1980)
* John Guare (1981)
* Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal (1982)
* James L. Brooks (1983)
* Peter Shaffer (1984)
* Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown and Tom Stoppard (1985)
* Woody Allen (1986)
* John Boorman (1987)
* Ron Shelton (1988)
* Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost (1989)
* Nicholas Kazan (1990)
* James Toback (1991)
* David Webb Peoples (1992)
* Jane Campion (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser (1998)
* Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2000)

2001–present|

* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2002)
* Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Noah Baumbach / Dan Futterman (2005)
* Peter Morgan (2006)
* Tamara Jenkins (2007)
* Mike Leigh (2008)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Asghar Farhadi (2011)
* Chris Terrio (2012)
* Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy (2013)
* Wes Anderson (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (2018)
* Noah Baumbach (2019)
* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe (2021)
* Todd Field (2022)
* Andrew Haigh (2023)
* Jesse Eisenberg (2024)

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* e

Maltin Modern Master Award

Award|

* Michael Douglas (1995)
* Jodie Foster (1997)
* Anthony Hopkins (2000)
* Diane Keaton (2001)
* Peter Jackson (2004)
* George Clooney (2006)
* Will Smith (2007)
* Cate Blanchett (2008)
* Clint Eastwood (2009)
* James Cameron (2010)
* Christopher Nolan (2011)
* Christopher Plummer (2012)
* Ben Affleck (2013)
* Bruce Dern (2014)
* Michael Keaton (2015)
* Johnny Depp (2016)
* Denzel Washington (2017)
* Gary Oldman (2018)
* Glenn Close (2019)
* Brad Pitt (2020)
* Bill Murray (2021)
* Nicole Kidman (2022)
* Javier Bardem (2022)
* Jamie Lee Curtis (2023)
* Robert Downey Jr. (2024)
* Angelina Jolie (2025)

Festival editions|

* 2024
* 2025

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* e

MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker

* John Singleton (1992)
* Carl Franklin (1993)
* Steven Zaillian (1994)
* Steve James (1995)
* Wes Anderson (1996)
* Doug Liman (1997)
* Peter Cattaneo (1998)
* Guy Ritchie (1999)
* Spike Jonze (2000)
* Sofia Coppola (2001)
* Christopher Nolan (2002)

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* e

Nebula Award for Best Script/Ray Bradbury Award

Nebula Award
for Best Script|

* Soylent Green – Stanley R. Greenberg (1973)
* Sleeper – Woody Allen (1974)
* Young Frankenstein – Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)
* Star Wars – George Lucas (1977)
* The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
* Galaxy Quest – David Howard and Robert Gordon (2000)
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang (2001)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson (2003)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (2004)
* Serenity – Joss Whedon (2005)
* Howl's Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (2006)
* Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro (2007)
* WALL-E – Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, and Pete Docter (2008)

Ray Bradbury Award
for Outstanding
Dramatic Presentation|

* Terminator 2: Judgment Day – James Cameron (1992)
* Babylon 5 – J. Michael Straczynski (1999)
* 2000X – Tales of the Next Millennia – Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison (2001)
* Joss Whedon (2008)
* District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (2009)
* Inception – Christopher Nolan (2010)
* Doctor Who: "The Doctor's Wife" – Richard Clark and Neil Gaiman (2011)
* Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar (2012)
* Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón (2013)
* Guardians of the Galaxy – James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (2014)
* Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nico Lathouris (2015)
* Arrival – Denis Villeneuve and Eric Heisserer (2016)
* Get Out – Jordan Peele (2017)
* Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman (2018)
* Good Omens: "Hard Times" – Neil Gaiman (2019)
* The Good Place: "Whenever You're Ready" – Michael Schur (2020)
* WandaVision – Jac Schaeffer and writing staff (2021)
* Everything Everywhere All at Once \- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Barbie \- Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (2023)

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* e

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director

1935–1950|

* John Ford (1935)
* Rouben Mamoulian (1936)
* Gregory La Cava (1937)
* Alfred Hitchcock (1938)
* John Ford (1939)
* John Ford (1940)
* John Ford (1941)
* John Farrow (1942)
* George Stevens (1943)
* Leo McCarey (1944)
* Billy Wilder (1945)
* William Wyler (1946)
* Elia Kazan (1947)
* John Huston (1948)
* Carol Reed (1949)
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)

1951–1975|

* Elia Kazan (1951)
* Fred Zinnemann (1952)
* Fred Zinnemann (1953)
* Elia Kazan (1954)
* David Lean (1955)
* John Huston (1956)
* David Lean (1957)
* Stanley Kramer (1958)
* Fred Zinnemann (1959)
* Jack Cardiff / Billy Wilder (1960)
* Robert Rossen (1961)
* No Award (1962)
* Tony Richardson (1963)
* Stanley Kubrick (1964)
* John Schlesinger (1965)
* Fred Zinnemann (1966)
* Mike Nichols (1967)
* Paul Newman (1968)
* Costa-Gavras (1969)
* Bob Rafelson (1970)
* Stanley Kubrick (1971)
* Ingmar Bergman (1972)
* François Truffaut (1973)
* Federico Fellini (1974)
* Robert Altman (1975)

1976–2000|

* Alan J. Pakula (1976)
* Woody Allen (1977)
* Terrence Malick (1978)
* Woody Allen (1979)
* Jonathan Demme (1980)
* Sidney Lumet (1981)
* Sydney Pollack (1982)
* Ingmar Bergman (1983)
* David Lean (1984)
* John Huston (1985)
* Woody Allen (1986)
* James L. Brooks (1987)
* Chris Menges (1988)
* Paul Mazursky (1989)
* Martin Scorsese (1990)
* Jonathan Demme (1991)
* Robert Altman (1992)
* Jane Campion (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Ang Lee (1995)
* Lars von Trier (1996)
* Curtis Hanson (1997)
* Terrence Malick (1998)
* Mike Leigh (1999)
* Steven Soderbergh (2000)

2001–present|

* Robert Altman (2001)
* Todd Haynes (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Clint Eastwood (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Mike Leigh (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
* Steve McQueen (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Todd Haynes (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Sean Baker (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Joshua Safdie and Benjamin Safdie (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* RaMell Ross (2024)

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Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Director

* James Cameron (1997)
* Steven Spielberg (1998)
* Sam Mendes (1999)
* Darren Aronofsky (2000)
* David Lynch (2001)
* Peter Jackson (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Michel Gondry (2004)
* David Cronenberg (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Christopher Nolan (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Terrence Malick (2011)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Christopher Nolan (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Coralie Fargeat (2024)

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Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay

* Paul Thomas Anderson (1997)
* Andrew Niccol (1998)
* Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Cameron Crowe (2000)
* Alejandro Amenábar / David Lynch (2001)
* Todd Haynes (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Charlie Kaufman (2004)
* George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2005)
* Guillermo del Toro (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Jim Reardon and Andrew Stanton (2008)
* Quentin Tarantino (2009)
* Christopher Nolan (2010)
* Woody Allen (2011)
* Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Wes Anderson (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Taylor Sheridan (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Boots Riley (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (2019)
* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* David Hemingson (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

* Scott Frank (1998)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
* Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* John Ajvide Lindqvist (2008)
* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan (2011)
* Chris Terrio (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Phyllis Nagy (2015)
* Eric Heisserer (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Steven Zaillian (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Rian Johnson (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Peter Straughan (2024)

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Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker

* Spike Jonze (1999)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Mark Romanek (2002)
* Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003)
* Zach Braff (2004)
* Paul Haggis (2005)
* Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (2006)
* Sarah Polley (2007)
* Tomas Alfredson (2008)

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Satellite Award for Best Director

1990s|

* Joel Coen (1996)
* James Cameron (1997)
* Terrence Malick (1998)
* Michael Mann (1999)

2000s|

* Steven Soderbergh (2000)
* Baz Luhrmann (2001)
* Todd Haynes (2002)
* Jim Sheridan (2003)
* Mel Gibson (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Bill Condon / Clint Eastwood (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)

2010s|

* David Fincher (2010)
* Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
* David O. Russell (2012)
* Steve McQueen (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Tom McCarthy (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* James Mangold (2019)

2020s|

* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* James Cameron (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Brady Corbet (2024)

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Saturn Award for Best Director

* Mel Brooks (1974/75)
* Dan Curtis (1976)
* George Lucas / Steven Spielberg (1977)
* Philip Kaufman (1978)
* Ridley Scott (1979)
* Irvin Kershner (1980)
* Steven Spielberg (1981)
* Nicholas Meyer (1982)
* John Badham (1983)
* Joe Dante (1984)
* Ron Howard (1985)
* James Cameron (1986)
* Paul Verhoeven (1987)
* Robert Zemeckis (1988)
* James Cameron (1989/90)
* James Cameron (1991)
* Francis Ford Coppola (1992)
* Steven Spielberg (1993)
* James Cameron (1994)
* Kathryn Bigelow (1995)
* Roland Emmerich (1996)
* John Woo (1997)
* Michael Bay (1998)
* Lilly Wachowski and Lana Wachowski (1999)
* Bryan Singer (2000)
* Peter Jackson (2001)
* Steven Spielberg (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Sam Raimi (2004)
* Peter Jackson (2005)
* Bryan Singer (2006)
* Zack Snyder (2007)
* Jon Favreau (2008)
* James Cameron (2009)
* Christopher Nolan (2010)
* J. J. Abrams (2011)
* Joss Whedon (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* James Gunn (2014)
* Ridley Scott (2015)
* Gareth Edwards (2016)
* Ryan Coogler (2017)
* Jordan Peele (2018/2019)
* J. J. Abrams (2019/2020)
* Matt Reeves (2021/2022)
* James Cameron (2022/2023)
* Denis Villeneuve (2023/2024)

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Saturn Award for Best Writing

1970s|

* William Peter Blatty (1973)
* Ib Melchior/Harlan Ellison (1974/75)
* Jimmy Sangster (1976)
* George Lucas (1977)
* Elaine May and Warren Beatty (1978)
* Nicholas Meyer (1979)

1980s|

* William Peter Blatty (1980)
* Lawrence Kasdan (1981)
* Melissa Mathison (1982)
* Ray Bradbury (1983)
* James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd (1984)
* Tom Holland (1985)
* James Cameron (1986)
* Michael Miner and Edward Neumeier (1987)
* Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg (1988)
* William Peter Blatty (1989/90)

1990s|

* Ted Tally (1991)
* James V. Hart (1992)
* Michael Crichton and David Koepp (1993)
* Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick (1994)
* Andrew Kevin Walker (1995)
* Kevin Williamson (1996)
* Mike Werb and Michael Colleary (1997)
* Andrew Niccol (1998)
* Charlie Kaufman (1999)

2000s|

* David Hayter (2000)
* Steven Spielberg (2001)
* Scott Frank and Jon Cohen (2002)
* Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (2003)
* Alvin Sargent (2004)
* Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer (2005)
* Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris (2006)
* Brad Bird (2007)
* Christopher and Jonathan Nolan (2008)
* James Cameron (2009)

2010s|

* Christopher Nolan (2010)
* Jeff Nichols (2011)
* Quentin Tarantino (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Christopher and Jonathan Nolan (2014)
* Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams, and Michael Arndt (2015)
* Eric Heisserer (2016)
* Rian Johnson (2017)
* Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski (2018/19)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019/20)

2020s|

* Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan (2021/22)
* James Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (2022/23)
* Oz Perkins (2023/24)

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Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Director

* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Christopher Nolan (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Martin Scorsese (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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* e

St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

* Alexander Payne / Martin Scorsese (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Ben Affleck (2012)
* Steve McQueen (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2014)
* Tom McCarthy (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Spike Lee (2018)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Sarah Polley (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Denis Villeneuve (2024)

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St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (2011)
* Tony Kushner / David O. Russell (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Drew Goddard (2015)
* Whit Stillman (2016)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2017)
* Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott (2018)
* Steven Zaillian (2019)
* Charlie Kaufman (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Rebecca Lenkiewicz (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Peter Straughan (2024)

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Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

Screenplay
(1999–2022)|

* Paul Thomas Anderson / Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Denys Arcand / Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Charlie Kaufman (2004)
* Noah Baumbach (2005)
* Peter Morgan (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Jenny Lumet (2008)
* Quentin Tarantino / Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Wes Anderson (2014)
* Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara / Paul Schrader (2018)
* Steven Zaillian (2019)
* Lee Isaac Chung (2020)
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)

Original Screenplay
(2023–present)|

* Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (2023)
* Payal Kapadia (2024)

Adapted Screenplay
(2023–present)|

* Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese (2023)
* RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes (2024)

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Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director

* Steven Soderbergh (2000)
* Baz Luhrmann (2001)
* Stephen Daldry (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Clint Eastwood (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* David Fincher (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Terrence Malick (2011)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Alejandro González Iñárritu (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
* Paul Schrader (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Denis Villeneuve (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sceinert (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Denis Villeneuve (2024)

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Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

* Spike Jonze / Sam Mendes / Denzel Washington (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Michel Gondry (2004)
* Steven Spielberg (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Martin Scorsese (2011)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Christopher Nolan (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Brady Corbet (2024)

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Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay

* Nia Vardalos (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Charlie Kaufman (2004)
* Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
* Michael Arndt (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Jenny Lumet (2008)
* Quentin Tarantino (2009)
* Christopher Nolan (2010)
* Will Reiser (2011)
* Rian Johnson (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo (2014)
* Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley and Ronnie del Carmen (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018)
* Noah Baumbach (2019)
* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Kenneth Branagh (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* Jesse Eisenberg (2024)

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

Original Drama
(1969–1983)|

* William Goldman (1969)
* Francis Ford Coppola & Edmund H. North (1970)
* Penelope Gilliatt (1971)
* Jeremy Larner (1972)
* Steve Shagan (1973)
* Robert Towne (1974)
* Frank Pierson (1975)
* Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
* Arthur Laurents (1977)
* Nancy Dowd, Robert C. Jones & Waldo Salt (1978)
* Mike Gray, T. S. Cook & James Bridges (1979)
* Bo Goldman (1980)
* Warren Beatty & Trevor Griffiths (1981)
* Melissa Mathison (1982)
* Horton Foote (1983)

Original Comedy
(1969–1983)|

* Paul Mazursky & Larry Tucker (1969)
* Neil Simon (1970)
* Paddy Chayefsky (1971)
* Peter Bogdanovich, Buck Henry, David Newman & Robert Benton (1972)
* Melvin Frank & Jack Rose (1973)
* Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor & Alan Uger (1974)
* Robert Towne & Warren Beatty (1975)
* Bill Lancaster (1976)
* Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman (1977)
* Larry Gelbart & Sheldon Keller (1978)
* Steve Tesich (1979)
* Nancy Meyers, Harvey Miller & Charles Shyer (1980)
* Steve Gordon (1981)
* Don McGuire, Larry Gelbart & Murray Schisgal (1982)
* Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek (1983)

Original Screenplay
(1984–present)|

* Woody Allen (1984)
* William Kelley & Earl W. Wallace (1985)
* Woody Allen (1986)
* John Patrick Shanley (1987)
* Ron Shelton (1988)
* Woody Allen (1989)
* Barry Levinson (1990)
* Callie Khouri (1991)
* Neil Jordan (1992)
* Jane Campion (1993)
* Richard Curtis (1994)
* Randall Wallace (1995)
* Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (1996)
* James L. Brooks & Mark Andrus (1997)
* Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard (1998)
* Alan Ball (1999)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
* Julian Fellowes (2001)
* Michael Moore (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Pierre Bismuth, Michel Gondry, & Charlie Kaufman (2004)
* Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco (2005)
* Michael Arndt (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Dustin Lance Black (2008)
* Mark Boal (2009)
* Christopher Nolan (2010)
* Woody Allen (2011)
* Mark Boal (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness (2014)
* Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer (2015)
* Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Bo Burnham (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won (2019)
* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Adam McKay & David Sirota (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* David Hemingson (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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