The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual film award given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Winners
edit1980s
edit| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Roman Polanski | Tess |
| 1981 | Steven Spielberg | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| 1982 | Steven Spielberg | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1983 | Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani | The Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo) |
| 1984 | Bertrand Tavernier | A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne) |
| 1985 | John Huston | Prizzi's Honor |
| 1986 | David Lynch | Blue Velvet |
| Oliver Stone | Platoon | |
| 1987 | Stanley Kubrick | Full Metal Jacket |
| 1988 | Stephen Frears | Dangerous Liaisons |
| 1989 | Woody Allen | Crimes and Misdemeanors |
1990s
edit| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Martin Scorsese | Goodfellas |
| 1991 | Jonathan Demme | The Silence of the Lambs |
| 1992 | Robert Altman | The Player |
| 1993 | Steven Spielberg | Schindler's List |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
| 1995 | Ang Lee | Sense and Sensibility |
| 1996 | Mike Leigh | Secrets & Lies |
| 1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |
| 1998 | John Boorman | The General |
| 1999 | David O. Russell | Three Kings |
2000s
edit| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Cameron Crowe | Almost Famous |
| 2001 | David Lynch | Mulholland Drive |
| 2002 | Roman Polanski | The Pianist |
| 2003 | Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation |
| 2004 | Zhang Yimou | House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)[1] |
| 2005 | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain |
| 2006 | Martin Scorsese | The Departed |
| 2007 | Julian Schnabel | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) |
| 2008 | Gus Van Sant | Milk |
| Paranoid Park | ||
| 2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker |
2010s
edit| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network |
| 2011 | Martin Scorsese | Hugo[2] |
| 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty |
| 2013 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave |
| 2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood |
| 2015 | Todd Haynes | Carol[3] |
| 2016 | Damien Chazelle | La La Land |
| 2017 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Phantom Thread |
| 2018 | Lynne Ramsay | You Were Never Really Here |
| 2019 | Bong Joon-ho | Parasite |
2020s
edit| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland[4] |
| 2021 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Drive My Car |
| 2022 | Todd Field | Tár[5] |
| 2023 | Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest |
Multiple wins
editReferences
edit- ^ Boston film critics flip for 'Sideways' - Variety
- ^ 'The Artist' Named Best Picture by Boston Film Critics|Retuters
- ^ L.A., Boston film critics name "Spotlight" year's best - CBS News
- ^ The Boston Society of Film Critics names its winners for 2020 - The Boston Globe
- ^ Current Winners – 2022 Awards