The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film director of the year. The National Society of Film Critics or NSFC is an American film critic organization. ...

American director Martin Scorsese and Swedish director Ingmar Bergman won this award a record 3 times. Scorsese for 1976 Taxi Driver, 1980 Raging Bull and 1990 GoodFellas; Bergman for 1967 Persona, 1968 Skammen & Vargtimmen and 1970 En passion. François Truffaut, Luis Buñuel Portolés, Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood and David Cronenberg each won the award twice. Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, writer and producer and founder of the World Cinema Foundation. ...   (IPA: in Swedish, but usually IPA: in English) (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish film, stage, and opera director. ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other persons named Robert Altman, see Robert Altman (disambiguation). ... Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born May 15, 1943[2]) is a Canadian film director and occasional actor. ...

Winners

1960s

• 1966: Michelangelo Antonioni

for directing Blowup

• 1967: Ingmar Bergman

for directing Persona

• 1968: Ingmar Bergman

for directing Skammen (Shame) and

for directing Vargtimmen (Hour of the Wolf)

• 1969: François Truffaut

for directing Baisers volés (Stolen Kisses)

Michelangelo Antonioni (September 29, 1912 - July 30, 2007) was an Italian modernist film director whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film aesthetics. ... For blowups in algebraic geometry, see blowing up. ...   (IPA: in Swedish, but usually IPA: in English) (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish film, stage, and opera director. ... Persona literally means mask , although it does not usually refer to a literal mask but to the social masks all humans supposedly wear. ...   (IPA: in Swedish, but usually IPA: in English) (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish film, stage, and opera director. ... Skammen (Swedish for Shame), is a 1968 black-and-white film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and starring Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow. ... This article is not about the WBAI radio show, Hour of the Wolf, which was named after this movie. ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) is a French film directed by François Truffaut, released in 1968. ...

1970s

• 1970: Ingmar Bergman

for directing En passion (The Passion of Anna)

• 1971: Bernardo Bertolucci

for directing Il conformista (The Conformist)

• 1972: Luis Buñuel Portolés

for directing Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie)

• 1973: François Truffaut

for directing La nuit américaine (Day for Night)

• 1974: Francis Ford Coppola

for directing The Godfather: Part II

• 1975: Robert Altman

for directing Nashville

• 1976: Martin Scorsese

for directing Taxi Driver

• 1977: Luis Buñuel Portolés

for directing Cet obscur objet du désir (That Obscure Object of Desire)

• 1978: Terrence Malick

for directing Days of Heaven

• 1979(t): Woody Allen

for directing Manhattan

• 1979(t): Robert Benton

for directing Kramer vs. Kramer

  (IPA: in Swedish, but usually IPA: in English) (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish film, stage, and opera director. ... The Passion of Anna (original Swedish title En Passion) is a 1969 drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. ... Bernardo Bertolucci (born March 16, 1940) is an Italian writer and Academy Award winning film director. ... The Conformist (Il conformista) is a novel by Alberto Moravia published in 1951), which details the life and desire for normality of a government official during Italys fascist period. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (French Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) is a surreal 1972 film written and directed by Luis Buñuel, a Spanish-born film-maker associated with the Surrealist movement. ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... La Nuit américaine is a 1973 French film directed by François Truffaut. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II The Godfather, Part II is the 1974 sequel to The Godfather. ... For other persons named Robert Altman, see Robert Altman (disambiguation). ... Nashville is a 1975 film which mixes themes of U.S. presidential politics with those of the country music and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, writer and producer and founder of the World Cinema Foundation. ... This article is about the 1976 American film. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... That Obscure Object of Desire (French: Cet obscur objet du désir; Spanish: Ese oscuro objeto del deseo) is a 1977 film directed by the auteur Luis Buñuel. ... Terrence Terry Malick (born November 30, 1943 in Waco, Texas) is an Assyrian American film director. ... Days of Heaven is a 1978 film written and directed by Terrence Malick and starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard and Linda Manz. ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ... Manhattan is a 1979 romantic comedy film. ... Robert Benton (born September 29, 1932 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American screenwriter and film director. ... Kramer vs. ...

1980s

• 1980: Martin Scorsese

for directing Raging Bull

• 1981: Louis Malle

for directing Atlantic City

• 1982: Steven Spielberg

for directing E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

• 1983: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

for directing La notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars)

• 1984: Robert Bresson

for directing L'argent (Money)

• 1985: John Huston

for directing Prizzi's Honor

• 1986: David Lynch

for directing Blue Velvet

• 1987: John Boorman

for directing Hope and Glory

• 1988: Philip Kaufman

for directing The Unbearable Lightness of Being

• 1989: Gus Van Sant

for directing Drugstore Cowboy

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1990s

• 1990: Martin Scorsese

for directing GoodFellas

• 1991: David Cronenberg

for directing Naked Lunch

• 1992: Clint Eastwood

for directing Unforgiven

• 1993: Steven Spielberg

for directing Schindler's List

• 1994: Quentin Tarantino

for directing Pulp Fiction

• 1995: Mike Figgis

for directing Leaving Las Vegas

• 1996: Lars von Trier

for directing Breaking the Waves

• 1997: Curtis Hanson

for directing L.A. Confidential

• 1998: Steven Soderbergh

for directing Out of Sight

• 1999: Mike Leigh

for directing Topsy-Turvy

Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, writer and producer and founder of the World Cinema Foundation. ... Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ... David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born May 15, 1943[2]) is a Canadian film director and occasional actor. ... Naked Lunch is a novel by William S. Burroughs. ... Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... This article is about the 1992 film. ... Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and Oscar winning screenwriter. ... Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film by director Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote the film with Roger Avary. ... Mike Figgis (born February 28, 1948) is an English film director, writer, and composer. ... Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 romantic drama film about a relationship between a suicidal alcoholic and a prostitute from Las Vegas, starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue, respectively. ... Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier, April 30, 1956) is a Danish film director closely associated with the Dogme95 collective, calling for a return to plausible stories in filmmaking and a move away from artifice and towards technical minimalism. ... Breaking the Waves is a 1996 film, set in the Scottish Highlands in the 1970s, which tells the story of Bess McNeill, who marries oil-man Jan, despite the apprehensions of her community and Calvinist church. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... L.A. Confidential is a crime novel by James Ellroy published in 1990 that was adapted into a 1997 feature film. ... Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and Oscar-winning director. ... Out of Sight is a 1998 movie directed by Steven Soderbergh. ... Mike Leigh OBE (born February 20, 1943 in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire) is an award winning English film and theatre director. ... Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 film which tells the background story of the creation of The Mikado, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. ...

2000s

• 2000: Steven Soderbergh

for directing Erin Brockovich and

for directing Traffic

• 2001: Robert Altman

for directing Gosford Park

• 2002: Roman Polanski

for directing The Pianist

• 2003: Clint Eastwood

for directing Mystic River

• 2004: Yimou Zhang

for directing Ying xiong (Hero) and

for directing Shi mian mai fu (House of Flying Daggers)

• 2005: David Cronenberg

for directing A History of Violence

• 2006: Paul Greengrass

for directing United 93