Golden Globe Award for Best Director

Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Awarded for	Best Director of a Motion Picture
Location	United States
Country
Presented by	Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Currently held by	Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for The Revenant (2015)
Official website	http://www.goldenglobes.com/

The Golden Globe Award for Best Director has been presented to the annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization composed of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America, since 1943.

Having won all four of his nominations, Elia Kazan has been honored most often in this category. Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, David Lean, Miloš Forman, and Oliver Stone tie for second place with three wins each. Steven Spielberg has had the most nominations (eleven) and has received the award twice. Barbra Streisand is the only woman to have won the award.

In the following lists, the first names, listed in bold type against a blue background, are the winners, and the following names are the remaining nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which takes place in January of the following year.

Notes:

• "†" indicates Academy Award-winning direction.
• "§" indicates Golden Globe Award-winning direction that was not nominated for an Academy Award.
• "‡" indicates Academy Award-nominated direction.

Winners and nominees

1940s

Year	Film	Nominees
1943	The Song of Bernadette	Henry King ‡
1944	Going My Way	Leo McCarey †
1945	The Lost Weekend	Billy Wilder †
1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Frank Capra ‡
1947	Gentleman's Agreement	Elia Kazan †
1948	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	John Huston †
1949	All the King's Men	Robert Rossen ‡

1950s

Year	Film	Nominees
1950	Sunset Boulevard	Billy Wilder ‡
	All About Eve	Joseph L. Mankiewicz †
	The Asphalt Jungle	John Huston ‡
	Born Yesterday	George Cukor ‡
1951	Death of a Salesman	László Benedek §
	An American in Paris	Vincente Minnelli ‡
	A Place in the Sun	George Stevens †
1952	The Greatest Show on Earth	Cecil B. DeMille ‡
	The Narrow Margin	Richard Fleischer
	The Quiet Man	John Ford †
1953	From Here to Eternity	Fred Zinnemann †
1954	On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan †
1955	Picnic	Joshua Logan ‡
1956	Baby Doll	Elia Kazan §
	Around the World in Eighty Days	Michael Anderson ‡
	Giant	George Stevens †
	Lust for Life	Vincente Minnelli
	War and Peace	King Vidor ‡
1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai	David Lean †
	12 Angry Men	Sidney Lumet ‡
	A Hatful of Rain	Fred Zinnemann
	Sayonara	Joshua Logan ‡
	Witness for the Prosecution	Billy Wilder ‡
1958	Gigi	Vincente Minnelli †
	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Richard Brooks ‡
	The Defiant Ones	Stanley Kramer ‡
	I Want to Live!	Robert Wise ‡
	Separate Tables	Delbert Mann
1959	Ben-Hur	William Wyler †
	Anatomy of a Murder	Otto Preminger
	The Diary of Anne Frank	George Stevens ‡
	The Nun's Story	Fred Zinnemann ‡
	On the Beach	Stanley Kramer

1960s

Year	Film	Nominees
1960	Sons and Lovers	Jack Cardiff ‡
	The Apartment	Billy Wilder †
	Elmer Gantry	Richard Brooks
	Spartacus	Stanley Kubrick
	The Sundowners	Fred Zinnemann ‡
1961	Judgment at Nuremberg	Stanley Kramer‡
	The Children's Hour	William Wyler
	El Cid	Anthony Mann
	The Guns of Navarone	J. Lee Thompson ‡
	West Side Story	Jerome Robbins † and Robert Wise †
1962	Lawrence of Arabia	David Lean †
	The Chapman Report	George Cukor
	Days of Wine and Roses	Blake Edwards
	Freud	John Huston
	Gypsy	Mervyn LeRoy
	Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man	Martin Ritt
	Lolita	Stanley Kubrick
	The Manchurian Candidate	John Frankenheimer
	The Music Man	Morton DaCosta
	My Son, the Hero (Los Hermanos Del Hierro)	Ismael Rodríguez
	To Kill a Mockingbird	Robert Mulligan ‡
1963	America America	Elia Kazan ‡
	The Cardinal	Otto Preminger ‡
	The Caretakers	Hall Bartlett
	Cleopatra	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
	The Haunting	Robert Wise
	Hud	Martin Ritt ‡
	Tom Jones	Tony Richardson †
	The Ugly American	George Englund
1964	My Fair Lady	George Cukor †
	Becket	Peter Glenville ‡
	The Night of the Iguana	John Huston
	Seven Days in May	John Frankenheimer
	Zorba the Greek (Alexis Zorbas)	Michael Cacoyannis ‡
1965	Doctor Zhivago	David Lean ‡
	The Collector	William Wyler ‡
	Darling	John Schlesinger ‡
	A Patch of Blue	Guy Green
	The Sound of Music	Robert Wise †
1966	A Man for All Seasons	Fred Zinnemann †
	Alfie	Lewis Gilbert
	A Man and a Woman	Claude Lelouch ‡
	The Sand Pebbles	Robert Wise
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Mike Nichols ‡
1967	The Graduate	Mike Nichols †
	Bonnie and Clyde	Arthur Penn ‡
	The Fox	Mark Rydell
	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Stanley Kramer ‡
	In the Heat of the Night	Norman Jewison ‡
1968	Rachel, Rachel	Paul Newman §
	The Lion in Winter	Anthony Harvey ‡
	Oliver!	Carol Reed †
	Funny Girl	William Wyler
	Romeo and Juliet	Franco Zeffirelli ‡
1969	Anne of the Thousand Days	Charles Jarrott §
	Hello, Dolly!	Gene Kelly
	Midnight Cowboy	John Schlesinger †
	The Secret of Santa Vittoria	Stanley Kramer
	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	Sydney Pollack ‡

1970s

Year	Film	Nominees
1970	Love Story	Arthur Hiller ‡
	Five Easy Pieces	Bob Rafelson
	M*A*S*H	Robert Altman ‡
	Patton	Franklin J. Schaffner †
	Women in Love	Ken Russell ‡
1971	The French Connection	William Friedkin †
	A Clockwork Orange	Stanley Kubrick ‡
	Fiddler on the Roof	Norman Jewison ‡
	The Last Picture Show	Peter Bogdanovich ‡
	Summer of '42	Robert Mulligan
1972	The Godfather	Francis Ford Coppola ‡
	Avanti!	Billy Wilder
	Cabaret	Bob Fosse †
	Deliverance	John Boorman ‡
	Frenzy	Alfred Hitchcock
1973	The Exorcist	William Friedkin ‡
	American Graffiti	George Lucas ‡
	The Day of the Jackal	Fred Zinnemann
	Last Tango in Paris	Bernardo Bertolucci ‡
	Paper Moon	Peter Bogdanovich
1974	Chinatown	Roman Polanski ‡
	The Conversation	Francis Ford Coppola
	The Godfather Part II	Francis Ford Coppola †
	Lenny	Bob Fosse ‡
	A Woman Under the Influence	John Cassavetes ‡
1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Miloš Forman †
	Barry Lyndon	Stanley Kubrick ‡
	Dog Day Afternoon	Sidney Lumet ‡
	Jaws	Steven Spielberg
	Nashville	Robert Altman ‡
1976	Network	Sidney Lumet ‡
	All the President's Men	Alan J. Pakula ‡
	Bound for Glory	Hal Ashby
	Marathon Man	John Schlesinger
	Rocky	John G. Avildsen †
1977	The Turning Point	Herbert Ross ‡
	Annie Hall	Woody Allen †
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Steven Spielberg ‡
	Julia	Fred Zinnemann ‡
	Star Wars	George Lucas ‡
1978	The Deer Hunter	Michael Cimino †
	An Unmarried Woman	Paul Mazursky
	Coming Home	Hal Ashby ‡
	Days of Heaven	Terrence Malick
	Interiors	Woody Allen ‡
	Midnight Express	Alan Parker ‡
1979	Apocalypse Now	Francis Ford Coppola ‡
	Being There	Hal Ashby
	Breaking Away	Peter Yates ‡
	The China Syndrome	James Bridges
	Kramer vs. Kramer	Robert Benton †

1980s

Year	Film	Nominees
1980	Ordinary People	Robert Redford †
	The Elephant Man	David Lynch ‡
	Raging Bull	Martin Scorsese ‡
	The Stunt Man	Richard Rush ‡
	Tess	Roman Polanski ‡
1981	Reds	Warren Beatty †
	Atlantic City	Louis Malle ‡
	On Golden Pond	Mark Rydell ‡
	Prince of the City	Sidney Lumet
	Ragtime	Miloš Forman
	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Steven Spielberg ‡
1982	Gandhi	Richard Attenborough †
	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	Steven Spielberg ‡
	Missing	Constantin Costa-Gavras
	Tootsie	Sydney Pollack ‡
	The Verdict	Sidney Lumet ‡
1983	Yentl	Barbra Streisand §
	The Dresser	Peter Yates ‡
	Fanny & Alexander	Ingmar Bergman ‡
	Silkwood	Mike Nichols ‡
	Tender Mercies	Bruce Beresford ‡
	Terms of Endearment	James L. Brooks †
1984	Amadeus	Miloš Forman †
	The Cotton Club	Francis Ford Coppola
	The Killing Fields	Roland Joffé ‡
	Once Upon a Time in America	Sergio Leone
	A Passage to India	David Lean ‡
1985	Prizzi's Honor	John Huston ‡
	A Chorus Line	Richard Attenborough
	The Color Purple	Steven Spielberg
	Out of Africa	Sydney Pollack †
	Witness	Peter Weir ‡
1986	Platoon	Oliver Stone †
	Hannah and Her Sisters	Woody Allen ‡
	The Mission	Roland Joffé ‡
	A Room with a View	James Ivory ‡
	Stand by Me	Rob Reiner
1987	The Last Emperor	Bernardo Bertolucci †
	Broadcast News	James L. Brooks
	Cry Freedom	Richard Attenborough
	Fatal Attraction	Adrian Lyne ‡
	Hope and Glory	John Boorman ‡
1988	Bird	Clint Eastwood §
	A Cry in the Dark	Fred Schepisi
	Mississippi Burning	Alan Parker ‡
	Rain Man	Barry Levinson †
	Running on Empty	Sidney Lumet
	Working Girl	Mike Nichols ‡
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Oliver Stone †
	Dead Poets Society	Peter Weir ‡
	Do the Right Thing	Spike Lee
	Glory	Edward Zwick
	When Harry Met Sally	Rob Reiner

1990s

Year	Film	Nominees
1990	Dances with Wolves	Kevin Costner †
	The Godfather Part III	Francis Ford Coppola ‡
	Goodfellas	Martin Scorsese ‡
	Reversal of Fortune	Barbet Schroeder ‡
	The Sheltering Sky	Bernardo Bertolucci
1991	JFK	Oliver Stone ‡
	Bugsy	Barry Levinson ‡
	The Fisher King	Terry Gilliam
	The Prince of Tides	Barbra Streisand
	The Silence of the Lambs	Jonathan Demme †
1992	Unforgiven	Clint Eastwood †
	A Few Good Men	Rob Reiner
	Howards End	James Ivory ‡
	The Player	Robert Altman ‡
	A River Runs Through It	Robert Redford
1993	Schindler's List	Steven Spielberg †
	The Age of Innocence	Martin Scorsese
	The Fugitive	Andrew Davis
	The Piano	Jane Campion ‡
	The Remains of the Day	James Ivory ‡
1994	Forrest Gump	Robert Zemeckis †
	Legends of the Fall	Edward Zwick
	Natural Born Killers	Oliver Stone
	Pulp Fiction	Quentin Tarantino ‡
	Quiz Show	Robert Redford ‡
1995	Braveheart	Mel Gibson †
	The American President	Rob Reiner
	Apollo 13	Ron Howard
	Casino	Martin Scorsese
	Leaving Las Vegas	Mike Figgis ‡
	Sense and Sensibility	Ang Lee
1996	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Miloš Forman ‡
	The English Patient	Anthony Minghella †
	Evita	Alan Parker
	Fargo	Joel Coen ‡
	Shine	Scott Hicks ‡
1997	Titanic	James Cameron †
	Amistad	Steven Spielberg
	As Good as It Gets	James L. Brooks
	The Boxer	Jim Sheridan
	L.A. Confidential	Curtis Hanson ‡
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Steven Spielberg †
	Elizabeth	Shekhar Kapur
	The Horse Whisperer	Robert Redford
	Shakespeare in Love	John Madden ‡
	The Truman Show	Peter Weir ‡
1999	American Beauty	Sam Mendes †
	The End of the Affair	Neil Jordan
	The Hurricane	Norman Jewison
	The Insider	Michael Mann ‡
	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Anthony Minghella

2000s

Year	Film	Winners and nominees
2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Ang Lee ‡
	Erin Brockovich	Steven Soderbergh ‡
	Gladiator	Ridley Scott ‡
	Sunshine	István Szabó
	Traffic	Steven Soderbergh †
2001	Gosford Park	Robert Altman ‡
	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Steven Spielberg
	A Beautiful Mind	Ron Howard †
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Peter Jackson ‡
	Moulin Rouge!	Baz Luhrmann
	Mulholland Drive	David Lynch ‡
2002	Gangs of New York	Martin Scorsese ‡
	About Schmidt	Alexander Payne
	Adaptation	Spike Jonze
	Chicago	Rob Marshall ‡
	The Hours	Stephen Daldry ‡
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Peter Jackson
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Peter Jackson †
	Cold Mountain	Anthony Minghella
	Lost in Translation	Sofia Coppola ‡
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Peter Weir ‡
	Mystic River	Clint Eastwood ‡
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Clint Eastwood †
	The Aviator	Martin Scorsese ‡
	Closer	Mike Nichols
	Finding Neverland	Marc Forster
	Sideways	Alexander Payne ‡
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee †
	The Constant Gardener	Fernando Meirelles
	Good Night, and Good Luck	George Clooney ‡
	King Kong	Peter Jackson
	Match Point	Woody Allen
	Munich	Steven Spielberg ‡
2006	The Departed	Martin Scorsese †
	Babel	Alejandro González Iñárritu ‡
	Flags of Our Fathers	Clint Eastwood
	Letters from Iwo Jima	Clint Eastwood ‡
	The Queen	Stephen Frears ‡
2007	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Julian Schnabel ‡
	American Gangster	Ridley Scott
	Atonement	Joe Wright
	No Country for Old Men	Ethan & Joel Coen †
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Tim Burton
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	Danny Boyle †
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	David Fincher ‡
	Frost/Nixon	Ron Howard ‡
	The Reader	Stephen Daldry ‡
	Revolutionary Road	Sam Mendes
2009	Avatar	James Cameron ‡
	The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow †
	Inglourious Basterds	Quentin Tarantino ‡
	Invictus	Clint Eastwood
	Up in the Air	Jason Reitman ‡

2010s

Year	Film	Winners and nominees
2010	The Social Network	David Fincher ‡
	Black Swan	Darren Aronofsky ‡
	The Fighter	David O. Russell ‡
	Inception	Christopher Nolan
	The King's Speech	Tom Hooper †
2011	Hugo	Martin Scorsese ‡
	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius †
	The Descendants	Alexander Payne ‡
	The Ides of March	George Clooney
	Midnight in Paris	Woody Allen ‡
2012	Argo	Ben Affleck §
	Django Unchained	Quentin Tarantino
	Life of Pi	Ang Lee †
	Lincoln	Steven Spielberg ‡
	Zero Dark Thirty	Kathryn Bigelow
2013	Gravity	Alfonso Cuarón †
	12 Years a Slave	Steve McQueen ‡
	American Hustle	David O. Russell ‡
	Captain Phillips	Paul Greengrass
	Nebraska	Alexander Payne ‡
2014	Boyhood	Richard Linklater ‡
	Birdman	Alejandro G. Iñárritu †
	Gone Girl	David Fincher
	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Wes Anderson ‡
	Selma	Ava DuVernay
2015	The Revenant	Alejandro G. Iñárritu
	Carol	Todd Haynes
	Mad Max: Fury Road	George Miller
	The Martian	Ridley Scott
	Spotlight	Tom McCarthy

See also

• Academy Award for Best Director
• BAFTA Award for Best Direction
• Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

References

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