Best Director

2016 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerMoonlightBarry JenkinsA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.Amazon

2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerThe Florida ProjectSean BakerSet over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.Amazon

2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerRomaAlfonso CuarónA year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.Amazon

1988 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerA World ApartChris MengesA White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her ...Amazon1988 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesBirdClint EastwoodAmazonThe Accidental TouristLawrence KasdanAmazonWings of DesireWim WendersAmazon

1978 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerDays of HeavenTerrence MalickA hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.Amazon1978 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesAn Unmarried WomanPaul MazurskyAmazonAutumn SonataIngmar BergmanAmazon

1979 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerManhattanWoody AllenThe life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.Amazon1979 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesAll That JazzBob FosseAmazonKramer vs. KramerRobert BentonAmazon

1980 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerMelvin and HowardJonathan DemmeThe story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.Amazon1980 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesDressed to KillBrian De PalmaAmazonOrdinary PeopleRobert RedfordAmazonRaging BullMartin ScorseseAmazon

1981 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerPrince of the CitySidney LumetA New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.Amazon1981 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesAtlantic CityLouis MalleAmazonChariots of FireHugh HudsonAmazonRedsWarren BeattyAmazon

1982 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerTootsieSydney PollackMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.Amazon1982 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialSteven SpielbergAmazonGandhiRichard AttenboroughAmazon

1983 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerFanny and AlexanderIngmar BergmanTwo young Swedish children experience the many comedies and tragedies of their family, the Ekdahls.Amazon1983 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesThe Right StuffPhilip KaufmanAmazonZeligWoody AllenAmazon