Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Director

The Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the Detroit Film Critics Society to honor the best director of that year.

Winners

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  indicates the winners.

2000s

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Year Director(s) Film
2007
[1]
Joel and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood
Tim Burton Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sean Penn Into the Wild
Jason Reitman Juno
Julian Schnabel Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
2008
[2]
Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire
Darren Aronofsky The Wrestler
Ron Howard Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton WALL-E
2009
[3]
Pete Docter Up[4]
Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
Jason Reitman Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds
Marc Webb (500) Days of Summer

2010s

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Year Director(s) Film
2010
[5]
Danny Boyle 127 Hours[6]
David Fincher The Social Network
Debra Granik Winter's Bone
Tom Hooper The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan Inception
Edgar Wright Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2011
[7]
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
Terrence Malick The Tree of Life
Jeff Nichols Take Shelter
Martin Scorsese Hugo
Nicolas Winding Refn Drive
2012
[8]
David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck Argo
Juan Antonio Bayona The Impossible
Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty
Sarah Polley Take This Waltz
2013
[9]
Alfonso Cuarón Gravity[10]
David O. Russell American Hustle
Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street
Paul Greengrass Captain Phillips
Spike Jonze Her
2014
[11]
Richard Linklater Boyhood[12]
Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle Whiplash
Jonathan Glazer Under the Skin
Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2015
[13]
George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road
John Crowley Brooklyn
Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Revenant
Tom McCarthy Spotlight
Paolo Sorrentino Youth
2016
[14]
Damien Chazelle La La Land
Barry Jenkins Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan Manchester by the Sea
David Mackenzie Hell or High Water
Denzel Washington Fences
2017
[15]
Sean Baker The Florida Project[16]
Paul Thomas Anderson Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan Dunkirk
Jordan Peele Get Out
2018
[17]
Adam McKay Vice
Bo Burnham Eighth Grade
Bradley Cooper A Star is Born
Alfonso Cuarón Roma
Paul Schrader First Reformed
2019
[18]
Martin Scorsese The Irishman
Noah Baumbach Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho Parasite
Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Taika Waititi Jojo Rabbit

2020s

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Year Director(s) Film
2020
[19]
Chloé Zhao Nomadland
Lee Isaac Chung Minari
Regina King One Night in Miami...
Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7
Spike Lee Da 5 Bloods
2021

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Lin-Manuel Miranda tick, tick…BOOM!
Sean Baker Red Rocket
Kenneth Branagh Belfast
David Lowery The Green Knight
Adam McKay Don't Look Up

See also

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References

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  1. ^ DFCS (2007). "The 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  2. ^ DFCS (2008). "The 2008 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. ^ DFCS (2009). "The 2009 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  4. ^ More Critics Awards: Usual Suspects, Plus 'Up'|The Wrap
  5. ^ DFCS (2010). "The 2010 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  6. ^ “Winter’s Bone,” “Social Network” Lead Detroit Critics|IndieWire
  7. ^ DFCS (2011). "The 2011 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  8. ^ DFCS (2012). "The 2012 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  9. ^ DFCS (2013). "The 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  10. ^ Detroit critics name 'Her' the year's best, hand Brie Larson two awards - UPROXX
  11. ^ DFCS (2014). "The 2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  12. ^ Detroit Film Critics Society flips for 'Boyhood' - The Detroit News
  13. ^ DFCS (December 14, 2015). "The 2015 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  14. ^ DFCS (March 15, 2017). "The 2016 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  15. ^ DFCS (December 7, 2017). "The 2017 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  16. ^ Detroit Film Critics Society honors 'Florida Project' - Associated Press News
  17. ^ DFCS (November 30, 2018). "The 2018 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  18. ^ DFCS. "The 2019 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  19. ^ "The 2020 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  20. ^ "The 2021 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-17.