Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Parasite
Bong Joon Ho
2018 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Leave No Trace
Debra Granik
2017 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino
2017 LAFCA Award – Best Director
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro
2016 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins
2015 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller
2014 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Boyhood
Richard Linklater
2013 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón
2012 LAFCA Award – Best Director
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson
2011 LAFCA Award – Best Director
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick
2010 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Carlos
Olivier Assayas
2010 LAFCA Award – Best Director
The Social Network
David Fincher
2009 LAFCA Award – Best Director
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
2008 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle
2007 LAFCA Award – Best Director
There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson
2006 LAFCA Award – Best Director
United 93
Paul Greengrass
2005 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
2004 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Sideways
Alexander Payne
2003 LAFCA Award – Best Director
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson
2002 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Talk to Her
Pedro Almodóvar
2001 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Mulholland Drive
David Lynch
2000 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Erin Brockovich
Steven Soderbergh
1999 LAFCA Award – Best Director
American Beauty
Sam Mendes
1998 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg
1997 LAFCA Award – Best Director
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson
1996 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh
1995 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Leaving Las Vegas
Mike Figgis
1994 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino
1993 LAFCA Award – Best Director
The Piano
Jane Campion
1992 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood
1991 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Bugsy
Barry Levinson
1990 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese
1989 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee
1988 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Dead Ringers
David Cronenberg
1987 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Hope and Glory
John Boorman
1986 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Blue Velvet
David Lynch
1985 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Brazil
Terry Gilliam
1984 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Amadeus
Milos Forman
1983 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
1982 LAFCA Award – Best Director
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg
1981 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Reds
Warren Beatty
1980 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Tess
Roman Polanski
1979 LAFCA Award – Best Director
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
1978 LAFCA Award – Best Director
The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino
1977 LAFCA Award – Best Director
The Turning Point
Herbert Ross
1976 LAFCA Award – Best Director
