National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film director of the year.
American director Martin Scorsese and Swedish director Ingmar Bergman won this award a record three times. Scorsese won for Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), and Goodfellas (1990); Bergman won for Persona (1967), Shame (Skammen) + Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) (1968), and The Passion of Anna (En passion) (1970). Robert Altman, Luis Buñuel, David Cronenberg, Clint Eastwood, Mike Leigh, Terence Malick, Steven Spielberg, and François Truffaut each won the award twice.
Winners
1960s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Michelangelo Antonioni | Blowup |
| 1967 | Ingmar Bergman | Persona |
| 1968 | Ingmar Bergman | Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) |
| Shame (Skammen) | ||
| 1969 | François Truffaut | Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) |
1970s
1980s
1990s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Martin Scorsese | Goodfellas |
| 1991 | David Cronenberg | Naked Lunch |
| 1992 | Clint Eastwood | Unforgiven |
| 1993 | Steven Spielberg | Schindler's List |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
| 1995 | Mike Figgis | Leaving Las Vegas |
| 1996 | Lars von Trier | Breaking the Waves |
| 1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |
| 1998 | Steven Soderbergh | Out of Sight |
| 1999 | Mike Leigh | Topsy-Turvy |
2000s
2010s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network |
| 2011 | Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life |
| 2012 | Michael Haneke | Amour |
| 2013 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Inside Llewyn Davis |
| 2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood |
| 2015 | Todd Haynes | Carol |
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