Best Director

1966 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerA Man for All SeasonsFred ZinnemannThe story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.Amazon1966 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesBlow-UpMichelangelo AntonioniAmazonMorgan!Karel ReiszAmazonThe Shop on Main StreetJán KadárAmazon

1955 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerSummertimeDavid LeanA lonely American woman unexpectedly finds romance in Venice, Italy.Amazon1955 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesThe Desperate HoursWilliam WylerAmazonThe Man with the Golden ArmOtto PremingerAmazon

1968 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerRachel, RachelPaul NewmanRachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.Amazon1968 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesFacesJohn CassavetesAmazonOliver!Carol ReedAmazon

1969 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerZCosta-GavrasFollowing the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth while government officials attempt to cover up their roles.Amazon1969 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesOh! What a Lovely WarRichard AttenboroughAmazonThe DamnedLuchino ViscontiAmazon

1970 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerFive Easy PiecesBob RafelsonA dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.Amazon1970 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesFellini's SatyriconFederico FelliniAmazonMASHRobert AltmanAmazon

1971 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerA Clockwork OrangeStanley KubrickIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.Amazon1971 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesThe ConformistBernardo BertolucciAmazonThe Last Picture ShowPeter BogdanovichAmazon

1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerCries & WhispersIngmar BergmanWhen a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.Amazon1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesThe Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieLuis BuñuelAmazonThe GodfatherFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazon

1973 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerDay for NightFrançois TruffautA committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.Amazon1973 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesState of SiegeCosta-GavrasAmazon

1974 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerAmarcordFederico FelliniA series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.Amazon1974 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesScenes from a MarriageIngmar BergmanAmazonThe Godfather: Part IIFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazon

1975 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerNashvilleRobert AltmanOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention as secrets and lies are surfaced and revealed.Amazon1975 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesBarry LyndonStanley KubrickAmazonSwept AwayLina WertmüllerAmazon