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2019 LAFCA Award – 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 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Leave No Trace Debra Granik](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/leave-no-trace-debra-granik-image.jpg)
Leave No Trace
Debra Granik
2017 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/call-me-by-your-name-luca-guadagnino-image.jpg)
Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino
2017 LAFCA Award – 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 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Moonlight Barry Jenkins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moonlight-image.jpg)
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins
2015 LAFCA Award – 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
2014 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Boyhood Richard Linklater](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/boyhood-richard-linklater-image.jpg)
Boyhood
Richard Linklater
2013 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Gravity Alfonso Cuarón](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gravity-image.jpg)
Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón
2012 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![The Master Paul Thomas Anderson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-master-paul-thomas-anderson-image.jpg)
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson
2011 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![The Tree of Life Terrence Malick](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-tree-of-life-terrence-malick-image.jpg)
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick
2010 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Carlos Olivier Assayas](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/carlos-image.jpg)
Carlos
Olivier Assayas
2010 LAFCA Award – 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
2009 LAFCA Award – 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
2008 LAFCA Award – 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
2007 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/there-will-be-blood-paul-thomas-anderson-image.jpg)
There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson
2006 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![United 93 Paul Greengrass](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/united-93-paul-greengrass-image.jpg)
United 93
Paul Greengrass
2005 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brokeback-mountain-image.jpg)
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
2004 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Sideways Alexander Payne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sideways-image.jpg)
Sideways
Alexander Payne
2003 LAFCA Award – 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
2002 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/talk-to-her-pedro-almodovar-image.jpg)
Talk to Her
Pedro Almodóvar
2001 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Mulholland Drive David Lynch](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mulholland-drive-david-lynch-image.jpg)
Mulholland Drive
David Lynch
2000 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Erin Brockovich Steven Soderbergh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/erin-brockovich-steven-soderbergh-image.jpg)
Erin Brockovich
Steven Soderbergh
1999 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![American Beauty Sam Mendes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-beauty-sam-mendes-image.jpg)
American Beauty
Sam Mendes
1998 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/saving-private-ryan-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg
1997 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/l.a.-confidential-curtis-hanson-image.jpg)
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson
1996 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Secrets & Lies Mike Leigh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/secrets-and-lies-mike-leigh-image.jpg)
Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh
1995 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/leaving-las-vegas-mike-figgis-image.jpg)
Leaving Las Vegas
Mike Figgis
1994 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pulp-fiction-quentin-tarantino-image.jpg)
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino
1993 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![The Piano Jane Campion](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-piano-jane-campion-image.jpg)
The Piano
Jane Campion
1992 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Unforgiven Clint Eastwood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/unforgiven-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood
1991 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Bugsy Barry Levinson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bugsy-image.jpg)
Bugsy
Barry Levinson
1990 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Goodfellas Martin Scorsese](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/goodfellas-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese
1989 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Do the Right Thing Spike Lee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/do-the-right-thing-spike-lee-image.jpg)
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee
1988 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Dead Ringers David Cronenberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dead-ringers-david-cronenberg-image.jpg)
Dead Ringers
David Cronenberg
1987 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Hope and Glory John Boorman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hope-and-glory-john-boorman-image.jpg)
Hope and Glory
John Boorman
1986 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Blue Velvet David Lynch](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/blue-velvet-david-lynch-image.jpg)
Blue Velvet
David Lynch
1985 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Brazil Terry Gilliam](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brazil-terry-gilliam-image.jpg)
Brazil
Terry Gilliam
1984 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Amadeus Milos Forman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/amadeus-image.jpg)
Amadeus
Milos Forman
1983 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/terms-of-endearment-image.jpg)
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
1982 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/e.t.-the-extra-terrestrial-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg
1981 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Reds Warren Beatty](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/reds-warren-beatty-image.jpg)
Reds
Warren Beatty
1980 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Tess Roman Polanski](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tess-roman-polanski-image.jpg)
Tess
Roman Polanski
1979 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kramer-vs.-kramer-robert-benton-image.jpg)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
1978 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-deer-hunter-michael-cimino-image.jpg)
The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino
1977 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![The Turning Point Herbert Ross](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-turning-point-herbert-ross-image.jpg)
The Turning Point
Herbert Ross
1976 LAFCA Award – Best Director
![Network Sidney Lumet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/network-sidney-lumet-image.jpg)