Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
Annual US film award
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The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. It is given in honor of a film director who has delivered an outstanding directing while working in the film industry.
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Awarded forBest Achievement in Directing
CountryUnited States
Presented byDallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
First awardKevin Costner
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| Awarded for | Best Achievement in Directing |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association |
| First award | Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves (1990) |
| Currently held by | Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another (2024) |
| Website | dfwcritics |
Winners
- † = Winner of the Academy Award for Best Director
1990s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Kevin Costner † | Dances with Wolves |
| 1991 | Oliver Stone | JFK |
| 1992 | Clint Eastwood † | Unforgiven |
| 1993 | Steven Spielberg † | Schindler's List |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
| 1995 | Mike Figgis | Leaving Las Vegas |
| 1996 | Joel Coen | Fargo |
| 1997 | James Cameron † | Titanic |
| 1998 | Steven Spielberg † | Saving Private Ryan |
| 1999 | Sam Mendes † | American Beauty |
2000s
| Year | Winner(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Steven Soderbergh † | Traffic |
| 2001 | Ron Howard † | A Beautiful Mind |
| 2002 | Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King † | |
| 2004 | Martin Scorsese | The Aviator |
| 2005 | Ang Lee † | Brokeback Mountain |
| 2006 | Martin Scorsese † | The Departed |
| 2007 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen † | No Country for Old Men |
| 2008 | Danny Boyle † | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 2009 | Jason Reitman | Up in the Air |
2010s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | David Fincher[1] | The Social Network |
| 2011 | Alexander Payne[2] | The Descendants |
| 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow[3] | Zero Dark Thirty |
| 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón[4] † | Gravity |
| 2014 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu[5][6] | Birdman † |
| 2015 | The Revenant † | |
| 2016 | Barry Jenkins[7] | Moonlight |
| 2017 | Guillermo del Toro[8] † | The Shape of Water |
| 2018 | Alfonso Cuarón[9] † | Roma |
| 2019 | Sam Mendes[10] | 1917 |
2020s
| Year | Winner(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao[11] † | Nomadland |
| 2021 | Jane Campion[12] † | The Power of the Dog |
| 2022 | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert[13] † | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 2023 | Christopher Nolan[14] † | Oppenheimer |
| 2024 | Sean Baker † | Anora |
| 2025 | Paul Thomas Anderson | One Battle After Another |