Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
For Sama
Waad Al-Kateab
2018 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
The Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos
2017 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
I Am Not a Witch
Rungano Nyoni
2016 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
American Honey
Andrea Arnold
2015 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Ex Machina
Alex Garland
2014 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
71
Yann Demange
2013 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Metro Manila
Sean Ellis
2012 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Berberian Sound Studio
Peter Strickland
2011 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lynne Ramsay
2010 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Monsters
Gareth Edwards
2009 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Fish Tank
Andrea Arnold
2008 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle
2007 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Control
Anton Corbijn
2006 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
The Last King of Scotland
Kevin Macdonald
2005 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
The Descent
Neil Marshall
2004 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Vera Drake
Mike Leigh
2003 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Dirty Pretty Things
Stephen Frears
2002 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Bloody Sunday
Paul Greengrass
2001 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Sexy Beast
Jonathan Glazer
2000 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
Billy Elliot
Stephen Daldry
1999 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director
