Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Sons of Denmark
Ulaa Salim
2018 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
The Guilty
Gustav Möller
2017 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
At the End of the Tunnel
Rodrigo Grande
2016 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Spy Time
Javier Ruiz Caldera
2015 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
2014 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Boyhood
Richard Linklater
2013 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Horses of God
Nabil Ayouch
2012 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin
2011 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
The Whistleblower
Larysa Kondracki
2010 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Winter’s Bone
Debra Granik
2009 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
2008 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Captain Abu Raed
Amin Matalqa
2007 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Sex and Death 101
Daniel Waters
2006 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Goran Dukic
2005 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Mysterious Skin
Gregg Araki
2004 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
The Best of Youth
Marco Tullio Giordana
2003 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Whale Rider
Niki Caro
2002 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Sex and Lucía
Julio Medem
2001 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
O
Tim Blake Nelson
2000 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Shower
Yang Zhang
1999 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Limbo
John Sayles
1998 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Gods and Monsters
Bill Condon
1997 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
The Pillow Book
Peter Greenaway
1996 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Trainspotting
Danny Boyle
1995 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
The Usual Suspects
Bryan Singer
1994 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Bad Boy Bubby
Rolf de Heer
1993 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
The Wedding Banquet
Ang Lee
1992 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
Jean-Jacques Beineix
1991 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Drowning by Numbers
Peter Greenaway
1990 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Jesus of Montreal
Denys Arcand
1989 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
Apartment Zero
Martin Donovan
1986 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Director
