Paul Thomas Anderson

American filmmaker (born 1970)

For the similarly-named English filmmaker, see Paul W. S. Anderson.

Paul Thomas Anderson

Anderson in 2022

Born|  (1970-06-26) June 26, 1970 (age 53)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Occupation| Filmmaker
Years active| 1988–present
Works| Full list
Partner| Maya Rudolph (2001–present)
Children| 4
Relatives| Ernie Anderson (father)
Awards| Full list

Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. His accolades include nominations for eleven Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and eight BAFTA Awards (winning one for Best Original Screenplay). He has also won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and both the Silver and Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Anderson's films are often psychological dramas characterized by depictions of flawed, desperate characters; explorations of dysfunctional families, alienation, loneliness, and redemption; and a bold visual style that uses constantly-moving camera shots and long takes. After his directorial debut, Hard Eight (1996), he had critical and commercial success with Boogie Nights (1997), and received further accolades with Magnolia (1999) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002). His fifth film, There Will Be Blood (2007), is often cited as one of the greatest of the 21st century. It was followed by The Master (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), Phantom Thread (2017) and Licorice Pizza (2021).

Anderson is noted for his collaborations with the cinematographer Robert Elswit, the costume designer Mark Bridges, the composers Jon Brion and Jonny Greenwood, and several actors. He has directed music videos for artists such as Brion, Fiona Apple, Haim, Aimee Mann, Joanna Newsom, Michael Penn, Radiohead and the Smile. He also directed the documentary Junun (2015) and the short music film Anima (2019).

## Early life[edit]

Anderson was born in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 26, 1970,[1][2] the son of Edwina (née Gough) and actor Ernie Anderson (1923–1997).[3][4] His father was the voice of ABC and played a Cleveland late-night horror host known as Ghoulardi, after whom Anderson would later name his production company.[3][4] Anderson has three siblings, as well as five older half-siblings from his father's first marriage.[5][6][7] He grew up in the San Fernando Valley[8] and was raised as a Roman Catholic.[9] He had a troubled relationship with his mother, but was close with his father, who encouraged him to become a writer or director.[10] He attended The Buckley School, John Thomas Dye School, Campbell Hall School, Cushing Academy, and Montclair College Preparatory School.[7]

Anderson was involved in filmmaking from a young age,[11][12] and never had an alternative plan to directing films.[13] He made his first film when he was eight years old,[6] and started making films on a Betamax video camera that his father bought in 1982.[12] He later started using 8 mm film, but realized that video was easier.[11] As a teenager, he began writing and experimenting with a Bolex 16 mm camera.[11][14] After years of experimenting with "standard fare", he wrote and filmed his first real production as a senior at Montclair Prep, using money he earned cleaning cages at a pet store.[12][15] The film was a 30-minute mockumentary about a porn star called The Dirk Diggler Story (1988), with a story inspired by John Holmes, who also served as a major inspiration for Boogie Nights (1997), the feature-length adaptation of The Dirk Diggler Story.[7][10][11][14]

## Career[edit]

### 1990s[edit]

Anderson attended Santa Monica College,[16] before having two semesters as an English major at Emerson College, where he was taught by David Foster Wallace. Anderson spent two days at New York University before he began his career as a production assistant on television, films, music videos, and game shows in Los Angeles and New York City.[7][17][18] Feeling that the material shown to him at film school turned the experience into "homework or a chore",[19] Anderson decided to make a 20-minute film that would be his "college".[17]

For a budget of $10,000 (which was made up of gambling winnings, his girlfriend's credit card, and the money his father set aside for him for college),[17] Anderson made Cigarettes & Coffee (1993), a short film connecting multiple storylines with a $20 bill.[7][14][20] The film was screened at the 1993 Sundance Festival Shorts Program.[14] He planned to expand the film to feature-length, and was invited to the 1994 Sundance Feature Film Program.[7][14][20] Michael Caton-Jones served as Anderson's mentor. He saw him as someone with "talent and a fully formed creative voice, but not much hands-on experience", and gave him some hard and practical lessons.[12]

While at Sundance, Anderson had a deal with Rysher Entertainment to direct his first full-length feature film, Sydney, which was retitled Hard Eight.[10][12] After completing the film, Rysher re-edited it.[12] He had the workprint of the original cut and submitted the film to the 1996 Cannes Film Festival,[14] where it was shown at the Un Certain Regard section.[21][22] He had the version released, but only after he retitled the film, and raised the $200,000 necessary to finish it. Anderson, Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly and Gwyneth Paltrow contributed to the final funding.[12][14] The version that was released was Anderson's and the acclaim from the film launched his career.[14][7] The film follows the life of a senior gambler and a homeless man. Philip Seymour Hoffman worked with Anderson on five films.[23] In his review of the film, Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert wrote, "Movies like Hard Eight remind me of what original, compelling characters the movies can sometimes give us."[24]

Anderson worked on the script for his second film while working on the first one,[12] and completed it in 1995.[14] The result was his breakout film Boogie Nights,[25][26][27] which is based on his short film The Dirk Diggler Story and is set in the Golden Age of Porn. The film follows a nightclub dishwasher who becomes a pornographic actor under his stage name.[7][14][28] The script was noticed by New Line Cinema's president, Michael De Luca, who felt "totally gaga" reading it.[12] It was released on October 10, 1997, and was a critical and commercial success.[10] The film revived the career of Burt Reynolds,[29][30] and provided breakout roles for Mark Wahlberg and Julianne Moore.[31][32][33] After the film's production, Reynolds refused to star in Anderson's third film, Magnolia.[34] At the 70th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for three awards, including for Best Supporting Actor (Reynolds), Best Supporting Actress (Moore) and Best Original Screenplay.[35]

After the success of Boogie Nights, New Line told Anderson that he could do whatever he wanted for his next film and granted him creative control.[10] Though Anderson initially wanted to make a film that was "intimate and small-scale", the script "kept blossoming". The result was the ensemble piece Magnolia (1999), which tells the story of the peculiar interaction of several individuals in San Fernando Valley.[36][37] It was inspired by the music of the singer-songwriter Aimee Mann,[38] who wrote songs for its soundtrack.[39] At the 72nd Academy Awards, Magnolia was nominated for three awards, including for Best Supporting Actor (Tom Cruise), Best Original Song for "Save Me" by Mann, and Best Original Screenplay.[40] After its release, Anderson said that "Magnolia is, for better or worse, the best movie I'll ever make".[41]

### 2000s[edit]

Adam Sandler, Anderson, Emily Watson and Philip Seymour Hoffman at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival

After the success of Magnolia, Anderson stated that he would make his next film around 90 minutes and would be working with Adam Sandler.[26][36] The romance film is named Punch-Drunk Love (2002).[42] It follows a beleaguered entrepreneur in love with his sister's co-worker. The film's main character for the subplot was inspired by real-life civil engineer David Phillips.[42] Sandler received critical praise for his first dramatic role in the film.[43][44] At the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, Anderson won the Best Director Award and was nominated for the Palme d'Or.[45] Time Out included it among the Best films of the 21st century. Karina Longworth wrote, "Paul Thomas Anderson's cracked ode to the transformative power of love in a world that actively mocks sensitivity is perhaps his most original work."[46]

Anderson with Daniel Day-Lewis in 2007

There Will Be Blood (2007) was loosely based on Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!.[47] It follows a ruthless oil prospector exploiting the Southern California oil boom in the early 20th century.[48] Against a budget of $25 million, the film earned $76.1 million worldwide.[49] At the 80th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for eight awards, tying with No Country for Old Men.[50] Anderson was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, losing all three to the Coen Brothers for No Country for Old Men.[51] Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for Best Actor and Robert Elswit won the prize for Best Cinematography.[51] Paul Dano received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor.[52] Anderson was nominated for Best Director from the Directors Guild of America.[53] There Will Be Blood was regarded by some critics as one of the greatest films of the decade, with some parties further declaring it one of the most accomplished American films of the modern era. David Denby of The New Yorker wrote, "the young writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson has now done work that bears comparison to the greatest achievements of Griffith and Ford", while Richard Schickel proclaimed it "one of the most wholly original American movies ever made."[54] In 2017, New York Times film critics A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis named it the "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far".[55]

### 2010s[edit]

In December 2009, Anderson worked on a new film about a "charismatic intellectual" starting a new religion in the 1950s.[56] An associate of Anderson's stated that the idea for the film had been in his mind for twelve years.[57] The Master was released on September 14, 2012, in North America[58] to critical acclaim.[59][60] The film follows an alcoholic World War II veteran, who meets the leader of a religious organization. Though the film makes no reference to the movement, it has "long been widely assumed to be based on Scientology."[61] At the 85th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for three awards, including for Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Best Supporting Actor (Hoffman) and Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams).[62]

Production of the film adaptation for Thomas Pynchon's novel Inherent Vice began in May and ended in August 2013.[63] The film marked the first time that Pynchon allowed his work to be adapted for the screen,[64][65] and had Anderson work with Phoenix for a second time.[66][67] The supporting cast includes Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Jena Malone, Martin Short, Benicio Del Toro, Katherine Waterston and Josh Brolin. Following its release in December 2014, the film was nominated for two awards at the 87th Academy Awards, including for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Costume Design.[68]

Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, where Junun was filmed

Anderson directed Junun, a 2015 documentary about the making of the album by the composer and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, the Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, the Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur, and a group of Indian musicians.[69] Most of the performances were recorded at the 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort in Rajasthan.[70] Junun premiered at the 2015 New York Film Festival.[71]

Anderson's eighth film, Phantom Thread, set in the London fashion industry, was released in December 2017.[72] Day-Lewis starred in his final film role to date, after his penultimate film Lincoln.[73] The cast includes Lesley Manville and Vicky Krieps.[72] Focus Features distributed the film in the United States, with Universal Pictures handling international distribution.[74] Principal photography began in January 2017. Elswit was absent during production,[75] and despite claims of Anderson acting as a cinematographer on the film, no official credit was given.[76] On February 16, 2019, Elswit said he would not work with Anderson on his next films.[77] Phantom Thread was nominated for six awards at the 90th Academy Awards, winning one for Best Costume Design.[78]

In 2019, Anderson directed the short music film Anima, starring the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke and featuring music from Yorke's album Anima.[79] It was screened in select IMAX theatres on June 26 and released on Netflix on June 27.[79] It was nominated for Best Music Film at the 2020 Grammy Awards.[80]

### 2020s[edit]

Anderson's ninth film, Licorice Pizza, was released in December 2021.[81][82][83] The film was nominated for three awards at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. It follows a teenage actor in love with a photography assistant.[84]

On January 10, 2024, it was announced that Anderson had cast Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall and Sean Penn, as part of the ensemble cast of an untitled film based at Warner Bros. Pictures. Production began in California later that month with a reported $100 million budget.[85] In February 2024, it was subsequently reported that Licorice Pizza star Alana Haim and singer Teyana Taylor had joined the cast for the film.[86]

### Other work[edit]

In 2000, Anderson wrote and directed a segment for Saturday Night Live with Ben Affleck, "SNL FANatic", based on the MTV series FANatic.[87] He was a standby director during the 2005 filming of Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion for insurance purposes, as Altman was 80 years old at the time.[88] In 2008, Anderson co-wrote and directed a 70-minute play at the Largo Theatre, comprising a series of vignettes starring Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen, with a live score by Jon Brion.[89]

Anderson has directed music videos for artists, including Fiona Apple, Radiohead, Haim, Joanna Newsom, Aimee Mann, Jon Brion and Michael Penn.[90][91][92] Anderson directed a short film for Haim in 2017, Valentine, featuring three musical performances from the band.[93] In 2023, Anderson collaborated with Yorke and Greenwood again on the videos for "Wall of Eyes" and "Friend of a Friend", by their band the Smile.[94]

## Influences and style[edit]

### Influences[edit]

Anderson attended film school for two days, preferring instead to learn by watching the films of directors he liked along with the accompanying director's audio commentary.[8][13][14] He has cited Robert Altman, Jonathan Demme, Robert Downey, Sr., Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Mike Leigh, David Mamet, Anthony Mann, Vincente Minnelli, Max Ophüls, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Frank Tashlin, François Truffaut, Orson Welles and Billy Wilder as influences.[11][27][95][96][97]

### Themes and style[edit]

Anderson is known for films set in the San Fernando Valley with realistically flawed and desperate characters.[13][98] Among the themes dealt with in the films are dysfunctional families,[27][96][99] alienation,[96] surrogate families,[100] regret,[96] loneliness,[27] destiny,[7] the power of forgiveness,[6] and ghosts of the past.[27] Anderson makes frequent use of repetition to build emphasis and thematic consistency. In Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, and The Master, the phrase "I didn't do anything" is used at least once, developing themes of responsibility and denial.[101][102][103][104] Anderson's films are known for their bold visual style[98] which includes stylistic trademarks, such as constantly moving camera shots,[41][98] steadicam-based long takes,[25][27][105] memorable use of music,[25][41][98] and multilayered audiovisual imagery.[25][105] Anderson tends to reference the Book of Exodus, either explicitly or subtly, such as in recurring references to Exodus 8:2 in Magnolia,[106] which chronicles the plague of frogs, culminating with the literal raining of frogs in the film's climax, or the title and themes in There Will Be Blood, a phrase in Exodus 7:19, which details the plague of blood.[107][108]

Within his first three films, Hard Eight, Boogie Nights and Magnolia, Anderson explored themes of dysfunctional families, alienation, and loneliness.[27][96] Boogie Nights and Magnolia were noted for their large ensemble casts,[26][98] which Anderson returned to in Inherent Vice.[109][110] In Punch-Drunk Love, Anderson explored similar themes, but expressed a different visual style, shedding the influences and references of his earlier films, being more surreal and having a heightened sense of reality.[96][105] It was also short, compared to his previous two films, at 90 minutes.[26]

There Will Be Blood stood apart from his first four films, but shared similar themes and style, such as flawed characters, moving camera, memorable music and a lengthy running time.[98] The film was more overtly engaged with politics than his previous films had been,[26] examining capitalism and themes such as savagery, optimism and obsession.[111] The Master dealt with "ideas about American personality, success, rootlessness, master-disciple dynamics, and father-son mutually assured destruction."[112] All of his films deal with American themes, with business versus art in Boogie Nights, ambition in There Will Be Blood, and self-reinvention in The Master.[113]

### Collaborators[edit]

Philip Seymour Hoffman appeared in five of Anderson's films.

Anderson frequently collaborates with many actors and crew, carrying them over on each film.[114] He has referred to regular actors as "my little rep company", including John C. Reilly, Philip Baker Hall, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, Melora Walters and Philip Seymour Hoffman.[115] Luis Guzmán is also considered an Anderson regular.[116] Hoffman acted in Anderson's first four films[117] as well as The Master.[57] Except for Paul F. Tompkins, Kevin Breznahan and Jim Meskimen, who all had equally minor roles in Magnolia,[118] There Will Be Blood had an entirely new cast. Anderson is one of three directors – the others being Jim Sheridan and Martin Scorsese – with whom Daniel Day-Lewis has collaborated more than once.[119] Robert Elswit served as a cinematographer for Anderson's films, except The Master which was shot by Mihai Mălaimare Jr.[120] and Phantom Thread which has no credited cinematographer. Jon Brion served as a composer for Hard Eight, Magnolia and Punch-Drunk Love,[121] and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead for every film since.[122] Dylan Tichenor edited Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread.[123][124] Anderson regularly works with producers, JoAnne Sellar, Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca and Daniel Lupi,[125] and casting director Cassandra Kulukundis.[57]

Frequent collaborators with Paul Thomas Anderson  Collaborator  | Role  | Hard Eight | Boogie Nights | Magnolia | Punch-Drunk Love | There Will Be Blood | The Master | Inherent Vice | Phantom Thread | Licorice Pizza | Total

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Mark Bridges | Costume designer  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 9
Robert Elswit | Cinematographer  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |  | Y |  |  | 6
Jonny Greenwood | Composer  |  |  |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 5
Luis Guzmán | Actor  |  | Y | Y | Y |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Philip Baker Hall | Actor  | Y | Y | Y |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Philip Seymour Hoffman | Actor  | Y | Y | Y | Y |  | Y |  |  |  | 5
Leslie Jones | Editor  |  |  |  | Y |  | Y | Y |  |  | 3
Cassandra Kulukundis  | Casting  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8
Daniel Lupi | Producer  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 9
John C. Reilly | Actor  | Y | Y | Y |  |  |  |  |  | Y | 4
JoAnne Sellar | Producer  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8
Dylan Tichenor | Editor  | Y | Y | Y |  | Y |  |  | Y |  | 5
Melora Walters | Actress  | Y | Y | Y |  |  | Y |  |  |  | 4

## Filmography[edit]

Main article: Paul Thomas Anderson filmography

Directed features  Year  | Title  | Distributor

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1996  | Hard Eight | Rysher Entertainment / The Samuel Goldwyn Company
1997  | Boogie Nights | New Line Cinema
1999  | Magnolia
2002  | Punch-Drunk Love | Columbia Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing)
2007  | There Will Be Blood | Paramount Vantage / Miramax
2012  | The Master | The Weinstein Company
2014  | Inherent Vice | Warner Bros. Pictures
2017  | Phantom Thread | Focus Features / Universal Pictures
2021  | Licorice Pizza | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (through United Artists Releasing) / Universal Pictures
2025  | Untitled film | Warner Bros. Pictures

## Personal life[edit]

Anderson is a vegan.[126]

Anderson dated musician Fiona Apple from 1997 to 2000. Apple said in 2020 that he had anger issues during their relationship, and once threw a chair across the room and another time shoved her out of his car. Apple said that aspects of the relationship had made her feel "fearful and numb".[127]

Anderson has been in a relationship with actress and comedian Maya Rudolph since November 2001.[a][129][130] They live in the San Fernando Valley[6][57] with their four children.

## Awards and recognition[edit]

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Paul Thomas Anderson

Anderson has been called "one of the most exciting talents to come along in years"[131] and "among the supreme talents of today."[132] After the release of Boogie Nights and Magnolia, Anderson was praised as a "wunderkind".[133] In 2007, the American Film Institute regarded him as "one of American film's modern masters."[111] In 2012, The Guardian ranked him number one on its list of "The 23 Best Film Directors in the World," writing "his dedication to his craft has intensified, with his disdain for PR and celebrity marking him out as the most devout filmmaker of his generation."[134] In 2013, Entertainment Weekly named him the eighth-greatest working director, calling him "one of the most dynamic directors to emerge in the last 20 years."[135] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that "The Master, the sixth film from the 42-year-old writer-director, affirms his position as the foremost filmmaking talent of his generation. Anderson is a rock star, the artist who knows no limits."[136]

Other directors have also praised him. In an interview with Jan Aghed, Ingmar Bergman referenced Magnolia as an example of the strength of American cinema.[137] Sam Mendes referred to Anderson as "a true auteur – and there are very few of those who I would classify as geniuses".[138] In his acceptance speech for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Ben Affleck compared Anderson to Orson Welles.[139]

As of 2024[update], Anderson is the only person to win all three director prizes from the three major international film festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Venice).[140]

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* Paul Thomas Anderson at IMDb
* Cigarettes & Red Vines - The Definitive Paul Thomas Anderson Resource
* Esquire magazine profile

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Films directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

* Filmography
* Awards and nominations

Feature films|

* Hard Eight (1996)
* Boogie Nights (1997)
* Magnolia (1999)
* Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
* There Will Be Blood (2007)
* The Master (2012)
* Inherent Vice (2014)
* Phantom Thread (2017)
* Licorice Pizza (2021)
* Untitled film (TBA)

Short films|

* The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)
* Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)
* Anima (2019)

Documentaries|

* Junun (2015)

Awards for Paul Thomas Anderson

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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)

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BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay

1983–2000|

* Paul D. Zimmerman (1983)
* Woody Allen (1984)
* Woody Allen (1985)
* Woody Allen (1986)
* David Leland (1987)
* Shawn Slovo (1988)
* Nora Ephron (1989)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (1990)
* Anthony Minghella (1991)
* Woody Allen (1992)
* Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
* Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
* Mike Leigh (1996)
* Gary Oldman (1997)
* Andrew Niccol (1998)
* Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Cameron Crowe (2000)

2001–present|

* Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant (2001)
* Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
* Tom McCarthy (2003)
* Charlie Kaufman (2004)
* Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
* Michael Arndt (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Martin McDonagh (2008)
* Mark Boal (2009)
* David Seidler (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Quentin Tarantino (2012)
* Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (2013)
* Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Martin McDonagh (2017)
* Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (2019)
* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (2023)

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Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director

1980–2000|

* Roman Polanski (1980)
* Steven Spielberg (1981)
* Steven Spielberg (1982)
* Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani (1983)
* Bertrand Tavernier (1984)
* John Huston (1985)
* David Lynch / Oliver Stone (1986)
* Stanley Kubrick (1987)
* Stephen Frears (1988)
* Woody Allen (1989)
* Martin Scorsese (1990)
* Jonathan Demme (1991)
* Robert Altman (1992)
* Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Ang Lee (1995)
* Mike Leigh (1996)
* Curtis Hanson (1997)
* John Boorman (1998)
* David O. Russell (1999)
* Cameron Crowe (2000)

2001–present|

* David Lynch (2001)
* Roman Polanski (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Zhang Yimou (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Julian Schnabel (2007)
* Gus Van Sant (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Martin Scorsese (2011)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
* Steve McQueen (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Todd Haynes (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
* Lynne Ramsay (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2021)
* Todd Field (2022)
* Jonathan Glazer (2023)

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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director

1946–1975|

* René Clément (1946)
* René Clément (1949)
* Luis Buñuel (1951)
* Christian-Jaque (1952)
* Jules Dassin / Sergei Vasilyev (1955)
* Sergei Yutkevich (1956)
* Robert Bresson (1957)
* Ingmar Bergman (1958)
* François Truffaut (1959)
* Yuliya Solntseva (1961)
* Liviu Ciulei (1965)
* Sergei Yutkevich (1966)
* Ferenc Kósa (1967)
* Vojtěch Jasný / Glauber Rocha (1969)
* John Boorman (1970)
* Miklós Jancsó (1972)
* Michel Brault / Costa-Gavras (1975)

1976–2000|

* Ettore Scola (1976)
* Nagisa Ōshima (1978)
* Terrence Malick (1979)
* Werner Herzog (1982)
* Robert Bresson / Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
* Bertrand Tavernier (1984)
* André Téchiné (1985)
* Martin Scorsese (1986)
* Wim Wenders (1987)
* Fernando Solanas (1988)
* Emir Kusturica (1989)
* Pavel Lungin (1990)
* Joel Coen (1991)
* Robert Altman (1992)
* Mike Leigh (1993)
* Nanni Moretti (1994)
* Mathieu Kassovitz (1995)
* Joel Coen (1996)
* Wong Kar-wai (1997)
* John Boorman (1998)
* Pedro Almodóvar (1999)
* Edward Yang (2000)

2001–present|

* Joel Coen / David Lynch (2001)
* Paul Thomas Anderson / Im Kwon-taek (2002)
* Gus Van Sant (2003)
* Tony Gatlif (2004)
* Michael Haneke (2005)
* Alejandro González Iñárritu (2006)
* Julian Schnabel (2007)
* Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2008)
* Brillante Mendoza (2009)
* Mathieu Amalric (2010)
* Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
* Carlos Reygadas (2012)
* Amat Escalante (2013)
* Bennett Miller (2014)
* Hou Hsiao-hsien (2015)
* Olivier Assayas / Cristian Mungiu (2016)
* Sofia Coppola (2017)
* Paweł Pawlikowski (2018)
* Dardenne brothers (2019)
* Leos Carax (2021)
* Park Chan-wook (2022)
* Tran Anh Hung (2023)

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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)

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London Film Critics' Circle Award for Director of the Year

1980–2000|

* Nicolas Roeg (1980)
* Andrzej Wajda (1981)
* Costa-Gavras (1982)
* Andrzej Wajda (1983)
* Neil Jordan (1984)
* Roland Joffé (1985)
* Akira Kurosawa (1986)
* Stanley Kubrick (1987)
* John Huston (1988)
* Terence Davies (1989)
* Woody Allen (1990)
* Ridley Scott (1991)
* Robert Altman (1992)
* James Ivory (1993)
* Steven Spielberg (1994)
* Peter Jackson (1995)
* Joel Coen (1996)
* Curtis Hanson (1997)
* Peter Weir (1998)
* Sam Mendes (1999)
* Spike Jonze (2000)

2001–present|

* Alejandro González Iñárritu (2001)
* Phillip Noyce (2002)
* Clint Eastwood (2003)
* Martin Scorsese (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Paul Greengrass (2006)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
* David Fincher (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Ang Lee (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* László Nemes (2016)
* Sean Baker (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Steve McQueen (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Todd Field (2022)
* Jonathan Glazer (2023)

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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

1975–2000|

* Sidney Lumet (1975)
* Sidney Lumet (1976)
* Herbert Ross (1977)
* Michael Cimino (1978)
* Robert Benton (1979)
* Roman Polanski (1980)
* Warren Beatty (1981)
* Steven Spielberg (1982)
* James L. Brooks (1983)
* Miloš Forman (1984)
* Terry Gilliam (1985)
* David Lynch (1986)
* John Boorman (1987)
* David Cronenberg (1988)
* Spike Lee (1989)
* Martin Scorsese (1990)
* Barry Levinson (1991)
* Clint Eastwood (1992)
* Jane Campion (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Mike Figgis (1995)
* Mike Leigh (1996)
* Curtis Hanson (1997)
* Steven Spielberg (1998)
* Sam Mendes (1999)
* Steven Soderbergh (2000)

2001–present|

* David Lynch (2001)
* Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Alexander Payne (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Paul Greengrass (2006)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* Olivier Assayas / David Fincher (2010)
* Terrence Malick (2011)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro / Luca Guadagnino (2017)
* Debra Granik (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Todd Field (2022)
* Jonathan Glazer (2023)

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National Board of Review Award for Best Director

1945–1975|

* Jean Renoir (1945)
* William Wyler (1946)
* Elia Kazan (1947)
* Roberto Rossellini (1948)
* Vittorio De Sica (1949)
* John Huston (1950)
* Akira Kurosawa (1951)
* David Lean (1952)
* George Stevens (1953)
* Renato Castellani (1954)
* William Wyler (1955)
* John Huston (1956)
* David Lean (1957)
* John Ford (1958)
* Fred Zinnemann (1959)
* Jack Cardiff (1960)
* Jack Clayton (1961)
* David Lean (1962)
* Tony Richardson (1963)
* Desmond Davis (1964)
* John Schlesinger (1965)
* Fred Zinnemann (1966)
* Richard Brooks (1967)
* Franco Zeffirelli (1968)
* Alfred Hitchcock (1969)
* François Truffaut (1970)
* Ken Russell (1971)
* Bob Fosse (1972)
* Ingmar Bergman (1973)
* Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
* Robert Altman / Stanley Kubrick (1975)

1976–2000|

* Alan J. Pakula (1976)
* Luis Buñuel (1977)
* Ingmar Bergman (1978)
* John Schlesinger (1979)
* Robert Redford (1980)
* Warren Beatty (1981)
* Sidney Lumet (1982)
* James L. Brooks (1983)
* David Lean (1984)
* Akira Kurosawa (1985)
* Woody Allen (1986)
* Steven Spielberg (1987)
* Alan Parker (1988)
* Kenneth Branagh (1989)
* Kevin Costner (1990)
* Jonathan Demme (1991)
* James Ivory (1992)
* Martin Scorsese (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Ang Lee (1995)
* Joel Coen (1996)
* Curtis Hanson (1997)
* Shekhar Kapur (1998)
* Anthony Minghella (1999)
* Steven Soderbergh (2000)

2001–present|

* Todd Field (2001)
* Phillip Noyce (2002)
* Edward Zwick (2003)
* Michael Mann (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Martin Scorsese (2006)
* Tim Burton (2007)
* David Fincher (2008)
* Clint Eastwood (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Martin Scorsese (2011)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Clint Eastwood (2014)
* Ridley Scott (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Greta Gerwig (2017)
* Bradley Cooper (2018)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019)
* Spike Lee (2020)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2021)
* Steven Spielberg (2022)
* Martin Scorsese (2023)

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National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

* Ted Tally (2000)
* Robert Festinger and Todd Field (2001)
* Charlie Kaufman (2002)
* Anthony Minghella (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Stephen Gaghan (2005)
* Ron Nyswaner (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy / Eric Roth (2008)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne and Jim Rash (2011)
* David O. Russell (2012)
* Terence Winter (2013)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2014)
* Drew Goddard (2015)
* Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese (2016)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Steven Zaillian (2019)
* Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies (2020)
* Joel Coen (2021)
* Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell (2022)
* Tony McNamara (2023)

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National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay

* Charlie Kaufman (2002)
* Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan (2003)
* Charlie Kaufman (2004)
* Noah Baumbach (2005)
* Zach Helm (2006)
* Diablo Cody / Nancy Oliver (2007)
* Nick Schenk (2008)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2009)
* Chris Sparling (2010)
* Will Reiser (2011)
* Rian Johnson (2012)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2013)
* Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2014)
* Quentin Tarantino (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
* Paul Schrader (2018)
* Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie (2019)
* Lee Isaac Chung (2020)
* Asghar Farhadi (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* David Hemingson (2023)

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director

1966–2000|

* Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
* Ingmar Bergman (1967)
* Ingmar Bergman (1968)
* François Truffaut (1969)
* Ingmar Bergman (1970)
* Bernardo Bertolucci (1971)
* Luis Buñuel (1972)
* François Truffaut (1973)
* Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
* Robert Altman (1975)
* Martin Scorsese (1976)
* Luis Buñuel (1977)
* Terrence Malick (1978)
* Woody Allen / Robert Benton (1979)
* Martin Scorsese (1980)
* Louis Malle (1981)
* Steven Spielberg (1982)
* Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani (1983)
* Robert Bresson (1984)
* John Huston (1985)
* David Lynch (1986)
* John Boorman (1987)
* Philip Kaufman (1988)
* Gus Van Sant (1989)
* Martin Scorsese (1990)
* David Cronenberg (1991)
* Clint Eastwood (1992)
* Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Mike Figgis (1995)
* Lars von Trier (1996)
* Curtis Hanson (1997)
* Steven Soderbergh (1998)
* Mike Leigh (1999)
* Steven Soderbergh (2000)

2001–present|

* Robert Altman (2001)
* Roman Polanski (2002)
* Clint Eastwood (2003)
* Zhang Yimou (2004)
* David Cronenberg (2005)
* Paul Greengrass (2006)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
* Mike Leigh (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Terrence Malick (2011)
* Michael Haneke (2012)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Todd Haynes (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Greta Gerwig (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Greta Gerwig (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2021)
* Charlotte Wells (2022)
* Jonathan Glazer (2023)

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay

1956–1975|

* James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman (1956)
* No Award (1957)
* Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith (1958)
* Wendell Mayes (1959)
* I. A. L. Diamond and Billy Wilder (1960)
* Abby Mann (1961)
* No Award (1962)
* Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. (1963)
* Harold Pinter (1964)
* No Award (1965)
* Robert Bolt (1966)
* David Newman and Robert Benton (1967)
* Lorenzo Semple Jr. (1968)
* Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker (1969)
* Éric Rohmer (1970)
* Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich / Penelope Gilliatt (1971)
* Ingmar Bergman (1972)
* George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck (1973)
* Ingmar Bergman (1974)
* François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman and Jean Gruault (1975)

1976–2000|

* Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
* Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman (1977)
* Paul Mazursky (1978)
* Steve Tesich (1979)
* Bo Goldman (1980)
* John Guare (1981)
* Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal (1982)
* Bill Forsyth (1983)
* Robert Benton (1984)
* Woody Allen (1985)
* Hanif Kureishi (1986)
* James L. Brooks (1987)
* Ron Shelton (1988)
* Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost (1989)
* Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1990)
* David Cronenberg (1991)
* Neil Jordan (1992)
* Jane Campion (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson (1996)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2000)

2001–present|

* Julian Fellowes (2001)
* Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Craig Lucas (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Noah Baumbach (2005)
* Peter Morgan (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Jenny Lumet (2008)
* Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche (2009)
* Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko (2010)
* Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin (2011)
* Tony Kushner (2012)
* Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (2013)
* Wes Anderson (2014)
* Phyllis Nagy (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
* Paul Schrader (2018)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019)
* Eliza Hittman (2020)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik (2023)

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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)

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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)

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San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Director

* Joel Coen (1996)
* James Cameron (1997)
* John Madden (1998)
* David Lynch (1999)
* Cameron Crowe (2000)
* Terry Zwigoff (2001)
* Jill Sprecher (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Clint Eastwood (2004)
* Bennett Miller (2005)
* Clint Eastwood (2006)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
* Danny Boyle (2008)
* Quentin Tarantino (2009)
* Darren Aronofsky (2010)
* Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
* Ben Affleck (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Dan Gilroy (2014)
* George Miller (2015)
* David Mackenzie (2016)
* Greta Gerwig (2017)
* Debra Granik (2018)
* Benny and Josh Safdie (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Martin Scorsese (2023)

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San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Scott Smith (1998)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
* Robert Nelson Jacobs (2000)
* Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff (2001)
* Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Dan Futterman (2005)
* Jason Reitman (2006)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)
* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011)
* Chris Terrio (2012)
* Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Emma Donoghue (2015)
* Whit Stillman (2016)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2017)
* Peter Fellows, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, and David Schneider (2018)
* J.C. Lee and Julius Onah (2019)
* Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell (2022)
* Kelly Fremon Craig and Judy Blume (2023)

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San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay

* James L. Brooks (1997)
* Peter Howitt (1998)
* Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Cameron Crowe (2000)
* Richard Kelly (2001)
* Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher (2002)
* Peter Mullan (2003)
* Mike Leigh (2004)
* Shane Black (2005)
* Karen Moncrieff (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Tom McCarthy (2008)
* Quentin Tarantino (2009)
* Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, and Sam Bain (2010)
* Woody Allen (2011)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Dan Gilroy (2014)
* Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi (2015)
* Taylor Sheridan (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Bo Burnham (2018)
* Noah Baumbach (2019)
* Lee Isaac Chung (2020)
* Fran Kranz (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (2023)

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San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

* Todd Field and Tom Perrotta (2006)
* Sarah Polley (2007)
* Peter Morgan (2008)
* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan (2011)
* Tony Kushner (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2014)
* Nick Hornby (2015)
* Eric Heisserer (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee (2018)
* Taika Waititi (2019)
* Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Sarah Polley (2022)
* Cord Jefferson (2023)

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Silver Bear for Best Director

1956–1975|

* Robert Aldrich (1956)
* Mario Monicelli (1957)
* Tadashi Imai (1958)
* Akira Kurosawa (1959)
* Jean-Luc Godard (1960)
* Bernhard Wicki (1961)
* Francesco Rosi (1962)
* Nikos Koundouros (1963)
* Satyajit Ray (1964)
* Satyajit Ray (1965)
* Carlos Saura (1966)
* Živojin Pavlović (1967)
* Carlos Saura (1968)
* Jean-Pierre Blanc (1972)
* Sergei Solovyov (1975)

1976–2000|

* Mario Monicelli (1976)
* Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (1977)
* Georgi Djulgerov (1978)
* Astrid Henning-Jensen (1979)
* István Szabó (1980)
* Mario Monicelli (1982)
* Éric Rohmer (1983)
* Costas Ferris / Ettore Scola (1984)
* Robert Benton (1985)
* Georgiy Shengelaya (1986)
* Oliver Stone (1987)
* Norman Jewison (1988)
* Dušan Hanák (1989)
* Michael Verhoeven (1990)
* Jonathan Demme / Ricky Tognazzi (1991)
* Jan Troell (1992)
* Andrew Birkin (1993)
* Krzysztof Kieślowski (1994)
* Richard Linklater (1995)
* Richard Loncraine / Yim Ho (1996)
* Eric Heumann (1997)
* Neil Jordan (1998)
* Stephen Frears (1999)
* Miloš Forman (2000)

2001–present|

* Lin Cheng-sheng (2001)
* Otar Iosseliani (2002)
* Patrice Chéreau (2003)
* Kim Ki-duk (2004)
* Marc Rothemund (2005)
* Mat Whitecross / Michael Winterbottom (2006)
* Joseph Cedar (2007)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2008)
* Asghar Farhadi (2009)
* Roman Polanski (2010)
* Ulrich Köhler (2011)
* Christian Petzold (2012)
* David Gordon Green (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Radu Jude / Małgorzata Szumowska (2015)
* Mia Hansen-Løve (2016)
* Aki Kaurismäki (2017)
* Wes Anderson (2018)
* Angela Schanelec (2019)
* Hong Sang-soo (2020)
* Dénes Nagy (2021)
* Claire Denis (2022)
* Philippe Garrel (2023)
* Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias (2024)

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Silver Lion for Best Director

1990s|

* Martin Scorsese (1990)
* Emir Kusturica (1998)
* Zhang Yuan (1999)

2000s|

* Buddhadeb Dasgupta (2000)
* Babak Payami (2001)
* Lee Chang-dong (2002)
* Takeshi Kitano (2003)
* Kim Ki-duk (2004)
* Philippe Garrel (2005)
* Alain Resnais (2006)
* Brian De Palma (2007)
* Aleksei Alekseivich German (2008)
* Shirin Neshat (2009)

2010s|

* Álex de la Iglesia (2010)
* Cai Shangjun (2011)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
* Alexandros Avranas (2013)
* Andrei Konchalovsky (2014)
* Pablo Trapero (2015)
* Amat Escalante / Andrei Konchalovsky (2016)
* Xavier Legrand (2017)
* Jacques Audiard (2018)
* Roy Andersson (2019)

2020s|

* Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Luca Guadagnino (2022)
* Matteo Garrone (2023)

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Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

* Atom Egoyan (1997)
* Steven Spielberg (1998)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (1999)
* Steven Soderbergh (2000)
* David Lynch (2001)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2002)
* Peter Jackson (2003)
* Michel Gondry (2004)
* David Cronenberg (2005)
* Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne / Stephen Frears (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Jonathan Demme (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* David Fincher (2010)
* Terrence Malick (2011)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Todd Haynes (2015)
* Maren Ade (2016)
* Greta Gerwig (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Charlotte Wells (2022)
* Jonathan Glazer (2023)

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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)

Adapted Screenplay
(2023–present)|

* Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese (2023)

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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)

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