Satellite Award for Best Director

Annual International Press Academy award

Satellite Award for Best Director

The 2024 recipient: Brady Corbet

Awarded for| Best Directing
Country| United States
Presented by| International Press Academy
First award| 1996 (first awarded to Joel Coen for Fargo)
Currently held by| Brady Corbet – The Brutalist (2024)
Website| http://www.pressacademy.com/

The Satellite Award for Best Director is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.

## Winners and nominees

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### 1990s

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Year  | Director(s)  | Film

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1996
[1] | Joel Coen | Fargo
Scott Hicks | Shine
Mike Leigh | Secrets & Lies
Anthony Minghella | The English Patient
Lars von Trier | Breaking the Waves
1997
[2] | James Cameron | Titanic
Paul Thomas Anderson | Boogie Nights
Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential
Steven Spielberg | Amistad
Gus Van Sant | Good Will Hunting
1998
[3] | Terrence Malick | The Thin Red Line
John Boorman | The General
Shekhar Kapur | Elizabeth
Gary Ross | Pleasantville
Steven Spielberg | Saving Private Ryan
1999
[4] | Michael Mann | The Insider
Paul Thomas Anderson | Magnolia
Sam Mendes | American Beauty
Anthony Minghella | The Talented Mr. Ripley
Kimberly Peirce | Boys Don't Cry

### 2000s

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Year  | Director(s)  | Film

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2000
[5] | Steven Soderbergh | Traffic
Cameron Crowe | Almost Famous
Philip Kaufman | Quills
Ang Lee | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
Ridley Scott | Gladiator
Steven Soderbergh | Erin Brockovich
2001
[6][7] | Baz Luhrmann | Moulin Rouge!
Jonathan Glazer | Sexy Beast
Scott McGehee and David Siegel | The Deep End
John Cameron Mitchell | Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Christopher Nolan | Memento
2002
[8] | Todd Haynes | Far from Heaven
Stephen Daldry | The Hours
Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Phillip Noyce | The Quiet American
Denzel Washington | Antwone Fisher
2003
[9] | Jim Sheridan | In America
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | American Splendor
Niki Caro | Whale Rider
Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood | Mystic River
Catherine Hardwicke | Thirteen
2004
[10] | Mel Gibson | The Passion of the Christ
Taylor Hackford | Ray
Joshua Marston | Maria Full of Grace (María llena eres de gracia)
Alexander Payne | Sideways
Martin Scorsese | The Aviator
2005
[11] | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney | Good Night, and Good Luck
James Mangold | Walk the Line
Rob Marshall | Memoirs of a Geisha
Bennett Miller | Capote
2006
[12][13] | Bill Condon | Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood | Flags of Our Fathers
Pedro Almodóvar | Volver
Stephen Frears | The Queen
Alejandro González Iñárritu | Babel
Martin Scorsese | The Departed
2007
[14][15] | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | No Country for Old Men
David Cronenberg | Eastern Promises
Olivier Dahan | La Vie en Rose
Ang Lee | Lust, Caution
Sidney Lumet | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sarah Polley | Away from Her
2008
[16] | Danny Boyle | Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry | The Reader
Ron Howard | Frost/Nixon
Tom McCarthy | The Visitor
Christopher Nolan | The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant | Milk
2009
[17][18] | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker
Neill Blomkamp | District 9
Jane Campion | Bright Star
Lee Daniels | Precious
Rob Marshall | Nine
Lone Scherfig | An Education

### 2010s

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Year  | Director(s)  | Film

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2010
[19] | David Fincher | The Social Network
Ben Affleck | The Town
Darren Aronofsky | Black Swan
Danny Boyle | 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko | The Kids Are All Right
Debra Granik | Winter's Bone
Tom Hooper | The King's Speech
David Michôd | Animal Kingdom
Christopher Nolan | Inception
Roman Polanski | The Ghost Writer
2011
[20][21] | Nicolas Winding Refn | Drive
Woody Allen | Midnight in Paris
Tomas Alfredson | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist
John Michael McDonagh | The Guard
Steve McQueen | Shame
Alexander Payne | The Descendants
Martin Scorsese | Hugo
Steven Spielberg | War Horse
Tate Taylor | The Help
2012
[22][23] | David O. Russell | Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck | Argo
Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty
Kim Ki-duk | Pietà
Ben Lewin | The Sessions
Steven Spielberg | Lincoln
2013
[24][25] | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave
Woody Allen | Blue Jasmine
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuarón | Gravity
Paul Greengrass | Captain Phillips
Ron Howard | Rush
David O. Russell | American Hustle
Martin Scorsese | The Wolf of Wall Street
2014
[26][27] | Richard Linklater | Boyhood
Damien Chazelle | Whiplash
Ava DuVernay | Selma
David Fincher | Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Birdman
Morten Tyldum | The Imitation Game
2015
[28] | Tom McCarthy | Spotlight
Lenny Abrahamson | Room
Tom Hooper | The Danish Girl
Alejandro G. Iñárritu | The Revenant
Ridley Scott | The Martian
Steven Spielberg | Bridge of Spies
2016
[29] | Kenneth Lonergan | Manchester by the Sea
Damien Chazelle | La La Land
Tom Ford | Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson | Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins | Moonlight
Pablo Larraín | Jackie
Denzel Washington | Fences
2017
[30][31] | Jordan Peele | Get Out
Sean Baker | The Florida Project
Guillermo del Toro | The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan | Dunkirk
Dee Rees | Mudbound
2018
[32] | Alfonso Cuarón | Roma
Bradley Cooper | A Star Is Born
Peter Farrelly | Green Book
Barry Jenkins | If Beale Street Could Talk
Yorgos Lanthimos | The Favourite
Spike Lee | BlacKkKlansman
2019
[33] | James Mangold | Ford v Ferrari
Pedro Almodóvar | Pain and Glory
Noah Baumbach | Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho | Parasite
Sam Mendes | 1917
Quentin Tarantino | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

### 2020s

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Year  | Director(s)  | Film

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2020
[34][35] | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland
Lee Isaac Chung | Minari
David Fincher | Mank
Darius Marder | Sound of Metal
Aaron Sorkin | The Trial of the Chicago 7
Florian Zeller | The Father
2021
[36] | Jane Campion | The Power of the Dog
Paul Thomas Anderson | Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh | Belfast
Reinaldo Marcus Green | King Richard
Lin-Manuel Miranda | tick, tick...BOOM!
Denis Villeneuve | Dune
2022
[37] | James Cameron | Avatar: The Way of Water
Joseph Kosinski | Top Gun: Maverick
Baz Luhrmann | Elvis
Martin McDonagh | The Banshees of Inisherin
Sarah Polley | Women Talking
Steven Spielberg | The Fabelmans
2023
[38] | Christopher Nolan | Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig | Barbie
Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest
Yorgos Lanthimos | Poor Things
Alexander Payne | The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese | Killers of the Flower Moon
2024
[39] | Brady Corbet | The Brutalist
Sean Baker | Anora
Edward Berger | Conclave
Greg Kwedar | Sing Sing
RaMell Ross | Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve | Dune: Part Two

## Multiple winners

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Only 2 directors have won the award multiple times.

Wins  | Director

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2  |  Joel Coen
James Cameron

## References

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## External links

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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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Satellite Awards

Current Awards
(Film)|

* Best Film
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Supporting Actor
* Supporting Actress
* Animated or Mixed Media Film
* Art Direction and Production Design
* Cinematography
* Costume Design
* Director
* Documentary Film
* Editing
* Foreign Language Film
* Original Score
* Original Song
* Screenplay – Adapted
* Screenplay – Original
* Sound
* Visual Effects
* Cast

Current Awards
(Television)|

* TV Series: Drama
* TV Series: Musical or Comedy
* TV Series: Genre
* Miniseries & Limited Series or TV Film
* Actor: Drama Series
* Actor: Musical or Comedy Series
* Actor: Miniseries or TV Film
* Actress: Drama Series
* Actress: Musical or Comedy Series
* Actress: Miniseries or TV Film
* Supporting Actor
* Supporting Actress
* Cast

Retired Awards
(Film)|

* Film: Musical or Comedy
* Actor: Musical or Comedy
* Actress: Musical or Comedy
* Supporting Actor: Drama
* Supporting Actor: Musical or Comedy
* Supporting Actress: Drama
* Supporting Actress: Musical or Comedy

Retired Awards
(Television)|

* Miniseries & Limited Series
* TV Film
* Supporting Actor: Drama Series
* Supporting Actor: Musical or Comedy Series
* Supporting Actress: Drama Series
* Supporting Actress: Musical or Comedy Series

Retired Awards
(New Media)|

* Best Classic DVD
* Best DVD Extras
* Best DVD Release of TV Shows
* Interactive Media
* Outstanding Mobile Game
* Outstanding Overall Blu-Ray/DVD
* Outstanding Platform Action/Adventure Game
* Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game
* Outstanding Role Playing Game
* Outstanding Sports Game
* Outstanding Youth Blu-Ray/DVD

Honorary Awards|

* Auteur Award
* Humanitarian Award
* Mary Pickford Award
* Nikola Tesla Award
* Outstanding New Talent

Ceremonies|

* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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