The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honour the finest achievements in filmmaking. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications. ...

In the last three (1970s, 1980s and 1990s) decades the New York Film Critics have rarely made the same chose as the Academy (Oscars) has. Over the period 1970-1999 (only in 1977: Woody Allen for Annie Hall and in 1991: Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs) the NYFCC made the same chose for Best Director as the Academy. 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. ... Annie Hall is a 1977 romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. ... Jonathan Demme (born February 22, 1944, in Baldwin, New York) is an American film director, producer and writer. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 Academy Award-winning film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. ...

Winners

1930s

1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director famous for westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such classic 20th century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. ... The Informer is a 1935 dramatic film. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rouben Mamoulian (October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an American film and theatre director. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gregory La Cava (March 10, 1892 - March 1, 1952) was an American film director of the 1930s. ... Stage Door is a 1937 film that tells the story of several would-be actresses who live together in a single boarding house. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was a highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director famous for westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such classic 20th century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. ... Stagecoach is a 1939 western film, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. ...

1940s

This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director famous for westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such classic 20th century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. ... The Grapes of Wrath is a 1940 film directed by John Ford. ... The Long Voyage Home is a 1940 film which tells the story of the crew and passengers aboard a doomed freighter. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director famous for westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such classic 20th century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. ... How Green Was My Valley is 1941 film directed by John Ford and based on the Richard Llewellyn novel How Green Was My Valley. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... John Farrow was an award-winning film director, producer and screenwriter, born John N.B. Villiers-Farrow on February 10, 1904 in Sydney, Australia. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Stevens examining film from A Place in the Sun. ... The More the Merrier is a 1943 comedy film which makes fun of the World War II time housing shortage, especially in Washington, D.C.. A young woman sublets half of her tiny apartment to a middle aged man, who promptly sublets half of his half to a young man. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969) was a movie director, screenwriter and producer. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born, Jewish-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. ... For The Cosby Show episode, see The Lost Weekend (The Cosby Show). ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Wyler (July 1, 1902–July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director. ... The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an air force officer, an infantry sergeant, and an ordinary sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from World War II. It is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor, Glory for... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek: Ηλίας Καζάν, IPA: ), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and cofounder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. ... Gentlemans Agreement is a 1947 film about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who falsely represents himself as a Jew to research anti-semitism in the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut. ... Boomerang! is a 1947 film based on a true story about the early career of Attorney General Homer Cummings. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 John Huston film in which two down-and-outers (Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) in Mexico (bothering director John Huston for money in a fun opening cameo) hook up with an old-timer (Walter Huston, the directors father) to prospect... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director, winner of an Academy Award for his film version of the musical, Oliver! (1968). ... The Fallen Idol is a 1948 film directed by Carol Reed and based on the short story The Basement Room, by Graham Greene. ...

1950s

Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (February 11, 1909–February 6, 1993) was an American Hollywood screenwriter, director and producer. ... For other uses, see All About Eve (disambiguation). ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek: Ηλίας Καζάν, IPA: ), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and cofounder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. ... A Streetcar Named Desire is an Academy Award-winning 1951 film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Fred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907–March 14, 1997) was an Austrian-American film director. ... High Noon is a 1952 western film which tells the story of a town marshal who is forced to face a gang of killers by himself. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907–March 14, 1997) was an Austrian-American film director. ... From Here to Eternity is a 1953 movie based on a James Jones novel in which characters work through ordinary bouts of intimidation and infidelity on a military base in the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek: Ηλίας Καζάν, IPA: ), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and cofounder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. ... On the Waterfront is an Oscar-winning American 1954 film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen, and it has become a standard of its kind. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Sir David Lean, KBE (March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was an English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago . ... Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi in Summertime Summertime is a 1955 film directed by David Lean starring Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... Moby Dick is a 1956 adaptation of Herman Melvilles novel Moby-Dick. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Sir David Lean, KBE (March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was an English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago . ... The Bridge over the River Kwai taken in June 2004. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stanley Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001) was a Jewish-American film director and producer. ... The Defiant Ones is a 1958 film which tells about two escaped prisoners who are shackled together, one white and one black, who must co-operate in order to survive. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907–March 14, 1997) was an Austrian-American film director. ... The Nuns Story is the title of a dramatic film that was released by Warner Bros. ...

1960s

Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born, Jewish-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. ... The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy-drama directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. ... Jack Cardiff (born 18 September 1914) is a British cinematographer, director and photographer. ... Sons and Lovers is a 1960 film adaptation of the D. H. Lawrence novel Sons and Lovers. ...

1970s

• 1970: Bob Rafelson

for directing Five Easy Pieces

• 1971: Stanley Kubrick

for directing A Clockwork Orange

• 1972: Ingmar Bergman

for directing Viskningar och rop (Cries and Whispers)

• 1973: François Truffaut

for directing La nuit américaine (Day for Night)

• 1974: Federico Fellini

for directing Amarcord

• 1975: Robert Altman

for directing Nashville

• 1976: Alan J. Pakula

for directing All the President's Men

• 1977: Woody Allen

for directing Annie Hall

• 1978: Terrence Malick

for directing Days of Heaven

• 1979: Woody Allen

for directing Manhattan

Bob Rafelson is a film director, writer and producer, born in 1933. ... Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 film written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce) and Bob Rafelson, and directed by Rafelson. ... “Kubrick” redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Ernst   (IPA: in Swedish) (born July 14, 1918) is a Swedish stage and film director who is one of the key film auteurs of the 20th century. ... Cries and Whispers (original title Viskningar och rop) is a 1973 Swedish film which tells the story of two sisters who watch over their third sisters deathbed, both afraid she might die, but hoping she does. ... 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. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Amarcord (1973), directed by Federico Fellini, is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale that combines poignancy with bawdy comedy. ... Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. ... 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. ... Alan Jay Pakula (April 7, 1928 - November 19, 1998) was an American film producer, writer and director noted for his contributions to the conspiracy thriller genre. ... Cover of 2005 printing All the Presidents Men is a 1974 non-fiction book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigating the Watergate first break-in and ensuing Watergate scandal for the Washington Post. ... 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. ... Annie Hall is a 1977 romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. ... 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. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

1980s

• 1980: Jonathan Demme

for directing Melvin and Howard

• 1981: Sidney Lumet

for directing Prince of the City

• 1982: Sydney Pollack

for directing Tootsie

• 1983: Ingmar Bergman

for directing Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander)

• 1984: David Lean

for directing A Passage to India

• 1985: John Huston

for directing Prizzi's Honor

• 1986: Woody Allen

for directing Hannah and Her Sisters

• 1987: James L. Brooks

for directing Broadcast News

• 1988: Chris Menges

for directing A World Apart

• 1989: Paul Mazursky

for directing Enemies: A Love Story

Jonathan Demme (born February 22, 1944, in Baldwin, New York) is an American film director, producer and writer. ... Melvin and Howard was a 1980 movie directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Bo Goldman, based upon the claims of Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar concerning a purported will written by Howard Hughes, leaving Dummar 1/16th of his $2 billion estate, which would have amounted to $156... Portrait of Sidney Lumet, May 7, 1939. ... Prince of the City is a 1981 film about a police officer who has to expose corruption in exchange for not being prosecuted himself. ... Sydney Pollack (born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American actor, producer, and director. ... George Fields and Dorothy Michaels at the Russian Tea Room Tootsie is a 1982 comedy film, which tells the story of a talented, but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult makes him unemployable. ... Ernst   (IPA: in Swedish) (born July 14, 1918) is a Swedish stage and film director who is one of the key film auteurs of the 20th century. ... Fanny and Alexander (Swedish: Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. ... Sir David Lean, KBE (March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was an English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago . ... A Passage to India is a 1984 film directed by David Lean, based on the novel of the same name by E. M. Forster. ... John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... Prizzis Honor is a 1985 comedy film that tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they have been hired to kill each other. ... 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. ... Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 romantic comedy film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family, told mostly during a year that begins and ends with a family Thanksgiving dinner. ... James L. Brooks James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American producer, writer, and film director. ... Broadcast News may refer to: Broadcast News, the 1987 movie. ... Chris Menges (born September 15, 1940 in Kingston, Herefordshire) is an English cinematographer and film director. ... A World Apart was a daytime drama which ran from March 30, 1970 - June 25, 1971 on the ABC network. ... Paul Mazursky (born April 25, 1930) is an American actor and film director. ...

1990s

• 1990: Martin Scorsese

for directing Goodfellas

• 1991: Jonathan Demme

for directing The Silence of the Lambs

• 1992: Robert Altman

for directing The Player

• 1993: Jane Campion

for directing The Piano

• 1994: Quentin Tarantino

for directing Pulp Fiction

• 1995: Ang Lee

for directing Sense and Sensibility

• 1996: Lars von Trier

for directing Breaking the Waves

• 1997: Curtis Hanson

for directing L.A. Confidential

• 1998: Terrence Malick

for directing The Thin Red Line

• 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 Mafia film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ... Jonathan Demme (born February 22, 1944, in Baldwin, New York) is an American film director, producer and writer. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 Academy Award-winning film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. ... Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. ... The Player (1992) is a movie that tells the story of Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), a Hollywood studio executive who believes he is being blackmailed by a screenwriter whose script he once rejected. ... Jane Campion (born April 30, 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an Academy Award-winning film maker. ... The Piano is a 1993 film about a mute pianist and her daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier New Zealand backwater. ... Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. ... Pulp Fiction is an Academy Award-winning 1994 film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who co-wrote the screenplay with Roger Avary. ... Ang Lee (Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ) (born October 23, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning film director from Taiwan. ... Jane Austens novel Sense and Sensibility (1811) was adapted into a 1995 film by Emma Thompson, for which she received general acclaim as well as a 1996 Academy Award. ... 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. ... Curtis Lee Hanson (born 24 March 1945) is a film director born in Reno, Nevada, whose movies include: Losin It (1983) Bad Influence (1990) The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992) The River Wild (1994) L.A. Confidential (1997) Wonder Boys (2000) 8 Mile (2002) In Her Shoes (2005) Lucky... L.A. Confidential is a crime novel by James Ellroy published in 1990 that was adapted into a 1997 feature film. ... Terrence Terry Malick (born November 30, 1943 in Waco, Texas) is an Assyrian American film director. ... The Thin Red Line is a phrase or title that refers to an outgunned military unit holding firm against attack: The Thin Red Line (1854 battle), the original reference to the resistance by 93rd (Highland) Regiment in the Crimean War The Thin Red Line, 1962 novel by James Jones about... 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: Todd Haynes

for directing Far from Heaven

• 2003: Sofia Coppola

for directing Lost in Translation

• 2004: Clint Eastwood

for directing Million Dollar Baby

• 2005: Ang Lee

for directing Brokeback Mountain

• 2006: Martin Scorsese

for directing The Departed

• 2007: