London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year

The London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year in an annual award given by the London Film Critics' Circle.

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Winners

1980s

Year Winner Film
1980 Nicolas Roeg Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession
1981 Andrzej Wajda Man of Iron
1982 Costa Gavras Missing
1983 Andrzej Wajda Danton
1984 Neil Jordan The Company of Wolves
1985 Roland Joffé The Killing Fields
1986 Akira Kurosawa Ran
1987 Stanley Kubrick Full Metal Jacket
1988 John Huston The Dead
1989 Terence Davies Distant Voices, Still Lives

1990s

Year Winner Film
1990 Woody Allen Crimes and Misdemeanors
1991 Ridley Scott Thelma & Louise
1992 Robert Altman The Player
1993 James Ivory The Remains of the Day
1994 Steven Spielberg Schindler's List
1995 Peter Jackson Heavenly Creatures
1996 Joel Coen Fargo
1997 Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential
1998 Peter Weir The Truman Show
1999 Sam Mendes American Beauty

2000s

Year Winner Film
2000 Spike Jonze Being John Malkovich
2001 Alejandro González Iñárritu Love's a Bitch (Amores perros)
2002 Phillip Noyce The Quiet American
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2003 Clint Eastwood Mystic River
2004 Martin Scorsese The Aviator
2005 Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
2006 Paul Greengrass United 93
2007 Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood
2008 David Fincher The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009 Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker

2010s

Year Winner Film
2010 David Fincher The Social Network