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2019 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/once-upon-a-time...-in-hollywood-quentin-tarantino-image.jpg)
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino
2018 National Board of Review – Best Director
![A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-star-is-born-bradley-cooper-image.jpg)
A Star Is Born
Bradley Cooper
2017 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Lady Bird Greta Gerwig](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lady-bird-greta-gerwig-image.jpg)
Lady Bird
Greta Gerwig
2016 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Moonlight Barry Jenkins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moonlight-image.jpg)
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins
2015 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Martian Ridley Scott](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-martian-ridley-scott-image.jpg)
The Martian
Ridley Scott
2014 National Board of Review – Best Director
![American Sniper Clint Eastwood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-sniper-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
American Sniper
Clint Eastwood
2013 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Her Spike Jonze](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/her-spike-jonze-image.jpg)
Her
Spike Jonze
2012 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/zero-dark-thirty-kathryn-bigelow-image.jpg)
Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow
2011 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Hugo Martin Scorsese](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hugo-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Hugo
Martin Scorsese
2010 National Board of Review – 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 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Invictus Clint Eastwood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/invictus-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Invictus
Clint Eastwood
2008 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button-david-fincher-image.jpg)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Fincher
2007 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tim Burton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street-tim-burton-image.jpg)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tim Burton
2006 National Board of Review – 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
2005 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brokeback-mountain-image.jpg)
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
2004 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Collateral Michael Mann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/collateral-michael-mann-image.jpg)
Collateral
Michael Mann
2003 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Last Samurai Edward Zwick](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-samurai-edward-zwick-image.jpg)
The Last Samurai
Edward Zwick
2002 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Quiet American Phillip Noyce](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-quiet-american-phillip-noyce-image.jpg)
The Quiet American
Phillip Noyce
2001 National Board of Review – Best Director
![In the Bedroom Todd Field](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-the-bedroom-todd-field-image.jpg)
In the Bedroom
Todd Field
2000 National Board of Review – 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 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Talented Mr. Ripley Anthony Minghella](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-talented-mr.-ripley-image.jpg)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Anthony Minghella
1998 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Elizabeth Shekhar Kapur](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/elizabeth-shekhar-kapur-image.jpg)
Elizabeth
Shekhar Kapur
1997 National Board of Review – 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 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Fargo Joel Coen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fargo-joel-coen-ethan-coen-image.jpg)
Fargo
Joel Coen
1995 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Sense and Sensibility Ang Lee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sense-and-sensibility-image.jpg)
Sense and Sensibility
Ang Lee
1994 National Board of Review – 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 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Age of Innocence Martin Scorsese](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-age-of-innocence-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Age of Innocence
Martin Scorsese
1992 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Howards End James Ivory](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/howards-end-james-ivory-image.jpg)
Howards End
James Ivory
1991 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-silence-of-the-lambs-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)
The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme
1990 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Dances with Wolves Kevin Costner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dances-with-wolves-kevin-costner-image.jpg)
Dances with Wolves
Kevin Costner
1989 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Henry V Kenneth Branagh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/henry-v-kenneth-branagh-image.jpg)
Henry V
Kenneth Branagh
1988 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Mississippi Burning Alan Parker](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mississippi-burning-image.jpg)
Mississippi Burning
Alan Parker
1987 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Empire of the Sun Steven Spielberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/empire-of-the-sun-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Empire of the Sun
Steven Spielberg
1986 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hannah-and-her-sisters-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
1985 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Ran Akira Kurosawa](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ran-image.jpg)
Ran
Akira Kurosawa
1984 National Board of Review – Best Director
![A Passage to India David Lean](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-passage-to-india-image.jpg)
A Passage to India
David Lean
1983 National Board of Review – 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 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Verdict Sidney Lumet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-verdict-image.jpg)
The Verdict
Sidney Lumet
1981 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Reds Warren Beatty](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/reds-warren-beatty-image.jpg)
Reds
Warren Beatty
1980 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Ordinary People Robert Redford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ordinary-people-robert-redford-image.jpg)
Ordinary People
Robert Redford
1979 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Yanks John Schlesinger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/yanks-john-schlesinger-image.jpg)
Yanks
John Schlesinger
1978 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Autumn Sonata Ingmar Bergman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/autumn-sonata-ingmar-bergman-image.jpg)
Autumn Sonata
Ingmar Bergman
1977 National Board of Review – Best Director
![That Obscure Object of Desire Luis Buñuel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/that-obscure-object-of-desire-luis-buñuel-image.jpg)
That Obscure Object of Desire
Luis Buñuel
1976 National Board of Review – Best Director
![All the President's Men Alan J. Pakula](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-the-presidents-men-image.jpg)
All the President’s Men
Alan J. Pakula
1975 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Barry Lyndon Stanley Kubrick](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/barry-lyndon-stanley-kubrick-image.jpg)
Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick
1975 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Nashville Robert Altman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/nashville-robert-altman-image.jpg)
Nashville
Robert Altman
1974 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-conversation-francis-ford-coppola-image.jpg)
The Conversation
Francis Ford Coppola
1973 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Cries & Whispers Ingmar Bergman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cries-and-whispers-ingmar-bergman-image.jpg)
Cries & Whispers
Ingmar Bergman
1972 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Cabaret Bob Fosse](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cabaret-bob-fosse-image.jpg)
Cabaret
Bob Fosse
1972 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Devils Ken Russell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-devils-ken-russell-image.jpg)
The Devils
Ken Russell
1971 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Wild Child François Truffaut](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-wild-child-françois-truffaut-image.jpg)
The Wild Child
François Truffaut
1970 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Topaz Alfred Hitchcock](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/topaz-alfred-hitchcock-image.jpg)
Topaz
Alfred Hitchcock
1969 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Romeo and Juliet Franco Zeffirelli](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/romeo-and-juliet-franco-zeffirelli-image.jpg)
Romeo and Juliet
Franco Zeffirelli
1968 National Board of Review – Best Director
![In Cold Blood Richard Brooks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-cold-blood-richard-brooks-image.jpg)
In Cold Blood
Richard Brooks
1967 National Board of Review – Best Director
![A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-man-for-all-seasons-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
A Man for All Seasons
Fred Zinnemann
1966 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Darling John Schlesinger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/darling-john-schlesinger-image.jpg)
Darling
John Schlesinger
1964 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Girl with Green Eyes Desmond Davis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/girl-with-green-eyes-desmond-davis-image.jpg)
Girl with Green Eyes
Desmond Davis
1963 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Tom Jones Tony Richardson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tom-jones-tony-richardson-image.jpg)
Tom Jones
Tony Richardson
1962 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Lawrence of Arabia David Lean](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lawrence-of-arabia-david-lean-image.jpg)
Lawrence of Arabia
David Lean
1961 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Innocents Jack Clayton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-innocents-jack-clayton-image.jpg)
The Innocents
Jack Clayton
1960 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Sons and Lovers Jack Cardiff](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sons-and-lovers-jack-cardiff-image.jpg)
Sons and Lovers
Jack Cardiff
1959 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Nun's Story Fred Zinnemann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-nuns-story-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
The Nun’s Story
Fred Zinnemann
1958 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Last Hurrah John Ford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-hurrah-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Last Hurrah
John Ford
1957 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-david-lean-image.jpg)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean
1956 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Moby Dick John Huston](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moby-dick-john-huston-image.jpg)
Moby Dick
John Huston
1955 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Desperate Hours William Wyler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-desperate-hours-william-wyler-image.jpg)
The Desperate Hours
William Wyler
1954 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Romeo and Juliet Renato Castellani](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/romeo-and-juliet-renato-castellani-image.jpg)
Romeo and Juliet
Renato Castellani
1953 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Shane George Stevens](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shane-george-stevens-image.jpg)
Shane
George Stevens
1952 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Sound Barrier David Lean](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sound-barrier-david-lean-image.jpg)
The Sound Barrier
David Lean
1951 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Rashomon Akira Kurosawa](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rashomon-image.jpg)
Rashomon
Akira Kurosawa
1950 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Asphalt Jungle John Huston](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-asphalt-jungle-john-huston-image.jpg)
The Asphalt Jungle
John Huston
1949 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Bicycle Thieves Vittorio De Sica](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bicycle-thieves-vittorio-de-sica-image.jpg)
Bicycle Thieves
Vittorio De Sica
1948 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Paisan Roberto Rossellini](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/paisan-roberto-rossellini-image.jpg)
Paisan
Roberto Rossellini
1947 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Boomerang! Elia Kazan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/boomerang-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
Boomerang!
Elia Kazan
1946 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-best-years-of-our-lives-william-wyler-image.jpg)
The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler
1945 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Southerner Jean Renoir](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-southerner-jean-renoir-image.jpg)
The Southerner
Jean Renoir
1943 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Bataan Tay Garnett](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bataan-tay-garnett-image.jpg)
Bataan
Tay Garnett
1943 National Board of Review – Best Director
![Casablanca Michael Curtiz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/casablanca-michael-curtiz-image.jpg)
Casablanca
Michael Curtiz
1943 National Board of Review – Best Director
![The Ox-Bow Incident William A. Wellman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-ox-bow-incident-william-a.-wellman-image.jpg)