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Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Director

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The Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the Detroit Film Critics Society to honor the best director of that year.

Winners

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  indicates the winners.

2000s

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Year Director(s) Film
2007
[1]
Joel and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood
Tim Burton Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sean Penn Into the Wild
Jason Reitman Juno
Julian Schnabel Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
2008
[2]
Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire
Darren Aronofsky The Wrestler
Ron Howard Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton WALL-E
2009
[3]
Pete Docter Up[4]
Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
Jason Reitman Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds
Marc Webb (500) Days of Summer

2010s

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Year Director(s) Film
2010
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Danny Boyle 127 Hours[6]
David Fincher The Social Network
Debra Granik Winter's Bone
Tom Hooper The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan Inception
Edgar Wright Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2011
[7]
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
Terrence Malick The Tree of Life
Jeff Nichols Take Shelter
Martin Scorsese Hugo
Nicolas Winding Refn Drive
2012
[8]
David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck Argo
Juan Antonio Bayona The Impossible
Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty
Sarah Polley Take This Waltz
2013
[9]
Alfonso Cuarón Gravity[10]
David O. Russell American Hustle
Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street
Paul Greengrass Captain Phillips
Spike Jonze Her
2014
[11]
Richard Linklater Boyhood[12]
Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle Whiplash
Jonathan Glazer Under the Skin
Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2015
[13]
George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road
John Crowley Brooklyn
Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Revenant
Tom McCarthy Spotlight
Paolo Sorrentino Youth
2016
[14]
Damien Chazelle La La Land
Barry Jenkins Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan Manchester by the Sea
David Mackenzie Hell or High Water
Denzel Washington Fences
2017
[15]
Sean Baker The Florida Project[16]
Paul Thomas Anderson Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan Dunkirk
Jordan Peele Get Out
2018
[17]
Adam McKay Vice
Bo Burnham Eighth Grade
Bradley Cooper A Star is Born
Alfonso Cuarón Roma
Paul Schrader First Reformed
2019
[18]
Martin Scorsese The Irishman
Noah Baumbach Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho Parasite
Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Taika Waititi Jojo Rabbit

2020s

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Year Director(s) Film
2020
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Chloé Zhao Nomadland
Lee Isaac Chung Minari
Regina King One Night in Miami...
Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7
Spike Lee Da 5 Bloods
2021

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Lin-Manuel Miranda tick, tick…BOOM!
Sean Baker Red Rocket
Kenneth Branagh Belfast
David Lowery The Green Knight
Adam McKay Don't Look Up

See also

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References

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  1. ^ DFCS (2007). "The 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  2. ^ DFCS (2008). "The 2008 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. ^ DFCS (2009). "The 2009 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  4. ^ More Critics Awards: Usual Suspects, Plus 'Up'|The Wrap
  5. ^ DFCS (2010). "The 2010 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  6. ^ “Winter’s Bone,” “Social Network” Lead Detroit Critics|IndieWire
  7. ^ DFCS (2011). "The 2011 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  8. ^ DFCS (2012). "The 2012 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  9. ^ DFCS (2013). "The 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  10. ^ Detroit critics name 'Her' the year's best, hand Brie Larson two awards - UPROXX
  11. ^ DFCS (2014). "The 2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  12. ^ Detroit Film Critics Society flips for 'Boyhood' - The Detroit News
  13. ^ DFCS (December 14, 2015). "The 2015 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  14. ^ DFCS (March 15, 2017). "The 2016 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  15. ^ DFCS (December 7, 2017). "The 2017 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  16. ^ Detroit Film Critics Society honors 'Florida Project' - Associated Press News
  17. ^ DFCS (November 30, 2018). "The 2018 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  18. ^ DFCS. "The 2019 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  19. ^ "The 2020 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  20. ^ "The 2021 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-17.