Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

Winners

2000s

Year	Winner	Film	Ref
2000	Steven Soderbergh	Traffic	^[1]
	Darren Aronofsky	Requiem for a Dream	^[1]
	Ang Lee	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	^[1]
2001	Baz Luhrmann	Moulin Rouge!
	Robert Altman	Gosford Park
	Wes Anderson	The Royal Tenenbaums
	David Lynch	Mulholland Drive
	Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002	Stephen Daldry	The Hours	^[2]
	Roman Polanski	The Pianist
	Martin Scorsese	Gangs of New York
2003	Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
	Sofia Coppola	Lost in Translation
	Clint Eastwood	Mystic River
2004	Clint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby
	Alexander Payne	Sideways
	Martin Scorsese	The Aviator
2005	Ang Lee	Brokeback Mountain
	George Clooney	Good Night, and Good Luck.
	David Cronenberg	A History of Violence
2006	Alfonso Cuarón	Children of Men
	Clint Eastwood	Letters from Iwo Jima
	Martin Scorsese	The Departed
2007	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	No Country for Old Men
	Paul Thomas Anderson	There Will Be Blood
	Jason Reitman	Juno
2008	David Fincher	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	^[3]
	Danny Boyle	Slumdog Millionaire
	Gus Van Sant	Milk
2009	Kathryn Bigelow	The Hurt Locker
	Jason Reitman	Up in the Air
	Quentin Tarantino	Inglourious Basterds

2010s

Year	Winner	Film	Ref
2010	David Fincher	The Social Network	^[4]
	Darren Aronofsky	Black Swan
	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	True Grit
2011	Terrence Malick	The Tree of Life	^[5]
	Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist
	Martin Scorsese	Hugo
2012	Kathryn Bigelow	Zero Dark Thirty
	Ang Lee	Life of Pi
	Steven Spielberg	Lincoln
2013	Alfonso Cuaron	Gravity
	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	Inside Llewyn Davis
	Steve McQueen	12 Years a Slave
2014	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
	Richard Linklater	Boyhood
	Wes Anderson	The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015	George Miller	Mad Max: Fury Road
	Todd Haynes	Carol
	Alejandro González Iñárritu	The Revenant
2016	Kenneth Lonergan	Manchester by the Sea
	Damien Chazelle	La La Land
	Denis Villeneuve	Arrival
2017	Paul Thomas Anderson	Phantom Thread
	Greta Gerwig	Lady Bird
	Christopher Nolan	Dunkirk
2018	Paul Schrader	First Reformed	^[6]
	Alfonso Cuarón	Roma	^[7]
	Yorgos Lanthimos	The Favourite	^[7]
2019	Bong Joon-ho	Parasite	^[8]
	Sam Mendes	1917	^[9]
	Martin Scorsese	The Irishman	^[9]

2020s

Year	Winner	Film	Ref
2020	Chloé Zhao	Nomadland	^[10]
	David Fincher	Mank	^[11]
	Thomas Vinterberg	Another Round	^[11]
2021	Denis Villeneuve	Dune	^[12]
	Kenneth Branagh	Belfast	^[13]
	Jane Campion	The Power of the Dog	^[13]
2022	Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sceinert	Everything Everywhere All at Once	^[14]
	Todd Field	Tár	^[15]
	Martin McDonagh	The Banshees of Inisherin	^[15]
2023	Christopher Nolan	Oppenheimer	^[16]
	Jonathan Glazer	The Zone of Interest	^[17]
	Martin Scorsese	Killers of the Flower Moon	^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Vancouver film critics pick Quebec film Maelstrom as best Canadian film". Canadian Press, February 14, 2001.
^ "Vancouver critics pick best of 2002". Calgary Herald, January 30, 2002.
^ "Vancouver critics praise ‘Milk’". Variety, January 13, 2009.
^ "Incendies, Barney’s lead Vancouver Critics Awards". Playback, January 11, 2011.
^ "Vancouver critics name The Artist top film of 2011". The Globe and Mail, January 10, 2012.
^ "Vancouver Film Critics Circle names 'Roma' best picture". CTV News. December 18, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Vlessing, Etan (December 12, 2018). "'The Favourite' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
^ "20th Annual International Award Winners". Vancouver Film Critics Circle . December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2020 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
^ Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2021.
^ Etan Vlessing, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 'Mank' Leads With Five Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 19, 2021.
^ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022.
^ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.
^ Vlessing, Etan (February 13, 2023). "'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
^ "Vancouver Film Critics Announce Nominees". Northern Stars. January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
^ Vlessing, Etan (February 12, 2024). "Anatomy of a Fall Named Best Picture of 2023 by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
^ Vlessing, Etan (January 22, 2024). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Six Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2024.

[maelstrom-1] "Vancouver film critics pick Quebec film Maelstrom as best Canadian film". Canadian Press, February 14, 2001.

[bestof2002-2] "Vancouver critics pick best of 2002". Calgary Herald, January 30, 2002.

[3] "Vancouver critics praise ‘Milk’". Variety, January 13, 2009.

[4] "Incendies, Barney’s lead Vancouver Critics Awards". Playback, January 11, 2011.

[5] "Vancouver critics name The Artist top film of 2011". The Globe and Mail, January 10, 2012.

[6] "Vancouver Film Critics Circle names 'Roma' best picture". CTV News. December 18, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

[thefavourite-7] Vlessing, Etan (December 12, 2018). "'The Favourite' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

[8] "20th Annual International Award Winners". Vancouver Film Critics Circle . December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

[2019VFCC-9] "2020 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

[nomadland-10] Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2021.

[11] Etan Vlessing, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 'Mank' Leads With Five Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 19, 2021.

[12] Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022.

[13] Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.

[14] Vlessing, Etan (February 13, 2023). "'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

[15] "Vancouver Film Critics Announce Nominees". Northern Stars. January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.

[16] Vlessing, Etan (February 12, 2024). "Anatomy of a Fall Named Best Picture of 2023 by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 12, 2024.

[Nominees-17] Vlessing, Etan (January 22, 2024). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Six Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2024.

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