British Independent Film Award for Best Director

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Awarded forBest Directing
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBIFA
First award1998
British Independent Film Award for Best Director
2025 recipient: Akinola Davies Jr.
Awarded forBest Directing
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBIFA
First award1998
Currently held byAkinola Davies Jr. – My Father's Shadow (2025)
Websitewww.bifa.org.uk

The British Independent Film Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best directing in a British independent film. The award was first presented in the 1998 ceremony being Ken Loach the first recipient of this award for his work in the film My Name is Joe.

Andrea Arnold and Rungano Nyoni are the only directors who have received this award more than once, with two wins each. Ken Loach holds the record of most nominations for this category with five, followed by Mike Leigh, Shane Meadows, and Michael Winterbottom, all with four each.

1990s

Year Director(s) Film
1998
(1st)
[1]		Ken Loach My Name is Joe
Carine Adler Under the Skin
Gillies MacKinnon Regeneration
Gary Oldman Nil by Mouth
Guy Ritchie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1999
(2nd)
[2]		Anand Tucker Hilary and Jackie
Bill Condon Gods and Monsters
Shane Meadows A Room for Romeo Brass
Tim Roth The War Zone
Michael Winterbottom Wonderland

2000s

Year Director(s) Film
2000
(3rd)
[3]		Stephen Daldry Billy Elliot
Nigel Cole Saving Grace
Terence Davies The House of Mirth
Mike Leigh Topsy-Turvy
Paweł Pawlikowski Last Resort
2001
(4th)
[4]		Jonathan Glazer Sexy Beast
Michael Apted Enigma
Ken Loach Bread and Roses
Michael Winterbottom The Claim
2002
(5th)
[5][6]		Paul Greengrass Bloody Sunday
Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger Lawless Heart
Ken Loach Sweet Sixteen
Lynne Ramsay Morvern Callar
2003
(6th)
[7][8]		Stephen Frears Dirty Pretty Things
Danny Boyle 28 Days Later
David Mackenzie Young Adam
Jim Sheridan In America
Michael Winterbottom In This World
2004
(7th)
[9]		Mike Leigh Vera Drake
Kevin Macdonald Touching the Void
Shane Meadows Dead Man's Shoes
Roger Michell Enduring Love
Paweł Pawlikowski My Summer of Love
2005
(8th)
[10]		Neil Marshall The Descent
Laurence Dunmore The Libertine
Stephen Frears Mrs Henderson Presents
Fernando Meirelles The Constant Gardener
Michael Winterbottom A Cock and Bull Story
2006
(9th)
[11][12]		Kevin Macdonald The Last King of Scotland
Michael Caton-Jones Shooting Dogs
Stephen Frears The Queen
Ken Loach The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Shane Meadows This Is England
2007
(10th)
[13][14]		Anton Corbijn Control
David Cronenberg Eastern Promises
Sarah Gavron Brick Lane
David Mackenzie Hallam Foe
Anand Tucker And When Did You Last See Your Father?
2008
(11th)
[15][16]		Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire
Mark Herman The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Garth Jennings Son of Rambow
Steve McQueen Hunger
Shane Meadows Somers Town
2009
(12th)
[17][18]		Andrea Arnold Fish Tank
Jane Campion Bright Star
Armando Iannucci In the Loop
Duncan Jones Moon
Lone Scherfig An Education

2010s

Year Director(s) Film
2010
(13th)
[19][20]		Gareth Edwards Monsters
Tom Hooper The King's Speech
Mike Leigh Another Year
Mark Romanek Never Let Me Go
Matthew Vaughn Kick-Ass
2011
(14th)
[21][22]		Lynne Ramsay We Need to Talk About Kevin
Tomas Alfredson Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Paddy Considine Tyrannosaur
Steve McQueen Shame
Ben Wheatley Kill List
2012
(15th)
[23][24]		Peter Strickland Berberian Sound Studio
Bart Layton The Imposter
John Madden The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Rufus Norris Broken
Ben Wheatley Sightseers
2013
(16th)
[25][26]		Sean Ellis Metro Manila
Jon S. Baird Filth
Clio Barnard The Selfish Giant
Jonathan Glazer Under the Skin
David Mackenzie Starred Up
2014
(17th)
[27][28]		Yann Demange '71
Lenny Abrahamson Frank
Mike Leigh Mr. Turner
John Michael McDonagh Calvary
Matthew Warchus Pride
2015
(18th)
[29][30]		Alex Garland Ex Machina
Andrew Haigh 45 Years
Asif Kapadia Amy
Justin Kurzel Macbeth
Yorgos Lanthimos The Lobster
2016
(19th)
[31][32]		Andrea Arnold American Honey
Babak Anvari Under the Shadow
Ken Loach I, Daniel Blake
James Spinney and Pete Middleton Notes on Blindness
Ben Wheatley Free Fire
2017
(20th)
[33][34]		Rungano Nyoni I Am Not a Witch
Armando Iannucci The Death of Stalin
Francis Lee God's Own Country
Martin McDonagh Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
William Oldroyd Lady Macbeth
2018
(21st)
[35][36]		Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite
Andrew Haigh Lean on Pete
Bart Layton American Animals
Michael Pearce Beast
Lynne Ramsay You Were Never Really Here
2019
(22nd)
[37][38]		Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts For Sama
Oliver Hermanus Moffie
Joanna Hogg The Souvenir
Mark Jenkin Bait
Asif Kapadia Diego Maradona

2020s

Year Director(s) Film
2020
(23rd)
[39][40]
Remi Weekes His House
Sarah Gavron Rocks
Rose Glass Saint Maud
Nick Rowland Calm with Horses
Florian Zeller The Father
2021
(24th)
[41]
Aleem Khan After Love
Philip Barantini Boiling Point
Clio Barnard Ali & Ava
Sean Durkin The Nest
Joanna Hogg The Souvenir Part II
2022
(25th)
[42]
Charlotte Wells Aftersun
Oliver Hermanus Living
Sophie Hyde Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Sebastián Lelio The Wonder
Georgia Oakley Blue Jean
2023
(26th)
[43]
Andrew Haigh All of Us Strangers
Raine Allen-MillerRye Lane
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon PingFemme
Molly Manning WalkerHow to Have Sex
Charlotte ReganScrapper
2024
(27th)
[44]
Rungano Nyoni On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Andrea ArnoldBird
Nora FingscheidtThe Outrun
Rose GlassLove Lies Bleeding
Rich PeppiattKneecap
2025
(28th)
[45]		 Akinola Davies Jr. My Father's Shadow
Laura Carreira On Falling
Kirk Jones I Swear
Harry Lighton Pillion
Lynne Ramsay Die My Love

Multiple nominations

Multiple wins

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