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2019 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![1917 Sam Mendes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1917-sam-mendes-image.jpg)
1917
Sam Mendes
2019 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Parasite Bong Joon Ho](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/parasite-bong-joon-ho-image.jpg)
Parasite
Bong Joon Ho
2018 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Roma Alfonso Cuarn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/roma-image.jpg)
Roma
Alfonso Cuarn
2017 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-shape-of-water-guillermo-del-toro-image.jpg)
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro
2016 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![La La Land Damien Chazelle](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-la-land-damien-chazelle-image.jpg)
La La Land
Damien Chazelle
2016 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mad-max-fury-road-george-miller-image.jpg)
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller
2015 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Boyhood Richard Linklater](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/boyhood-richard-linklater-image.jpg)
Boyhood
Richard Linklater
2014 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Gravity Alfonso Cuarn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gravity-image.jpg)
Gravity
Alfonso Cuarn
2013 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Argo Ben Affleck](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/argo-image.jpg)
Argo
Ben Affleck
2012 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![The Artist Michel Hazanavicius](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-artist-michel-hazanavicius-image.jpg)
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius
2011 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![The Social Network David Fincher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-social-network-david-fincher-image.jpg)
The Social Network
David Fincher
2010 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-hurt-locker-kathryn-bigelow-image.jpg)
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
2009 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/slumdog-millionaire-danny-boyle-loveleen-tandanco-director-image.jpg)
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle
2008 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![No Country for Old Men Ethan Coen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/no-country-for-old-men-ethan-coen-joel-coen-image.jpg)
No Country for Old Men
Ethan Coen
2007 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![The Departed Martin Scorsese](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-departed-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Departed
Martin Scorsese
2006 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brokeback-mountain-image.jpg)
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
2005 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![The Aviator Martin Scorsese](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-aviator-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Aviator
Martin Scorsese
2004 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-peter-jackson-image.jpg)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson
2003 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Catch Me If You Can Steven Spielberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/catch-me-if-you-can-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Catch Me If You Can
Steven Spielberg
2002 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-beautiful-mind-ron-howard-image.jpg)
A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard
2002 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moulin-rouge-image.jpg)
Moulin Rouge!
Baz Luhrmann
2001 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![Traffic Steven Soderbergh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/traffic-steven-soderbergh-image.jpg)
Traffic
Steven Soderbergh
2000 Critics Choice Awards – Best Director
![American Beauty Sam Mendes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-beauty-sam-mendes-image.jpg)