National Board of Review Award for Best Director
Annual film award
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The National Board of Review Award for Best Director is one of the annual film awards given (since 1945) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1]
Awarded forBest Director
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Board of Review
First awardJean Renoir
The Southerner (1945)
The Southerner (1945)
| National Board of Review Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
Current recipient: Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| Awarded for | Best Director |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Board of Review |
| First award | Jean Renoir The Southerner (1945) |
| Currently held by | Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another (2025) |
| Website | nationalboardofreview |
Winners
1940s
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Jean Renoir | The Southerner |
| 1946 | William Wyler | The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 1947 | Elia Kazan | Boomerang! |
| Gentleman's Agreement [2] | ||
| 1948 | Roberto Rossellini | Paisan |
| 1949 | Vittorio De Sica | Bicycle Thieves |
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple winners
- David Lean - 4
- Martin Scorsese - 4
- Paul Thomas Anderson - 2
- Ingmar Bergman - 2
- Clint Eastwood - 2
- David Fincher - 2
- John Huston - 2
- Akira Kurosawa - 2
- Ang Lee - 2
- John Schlesinger - 2
- Steven Spielberg - 2
- Quentin Tarantino - 2
- William Wyler - 2
- Fred Zinnemann - 2