Golden Raspberry / Worst Director

The Golden Raspberry for the worst director has been awarded annually since 1981. She refers to films from the previous year.

Worst director 1981 to 1989

1981

• Robert Greenwald for Xanadu (OT: Xanadu)

Also nominated:

• John G. Avildsen for Die Formel (OT: The Formula)
• Brian De Palma for Dressed to Kill (OT: Dressed To Kill)
• William Friedkin for Cruising (OT: Cruising)
• Sidney J. Furie and Richard Fleisher for Der Jazz-Singer (OT: The Jazz Singer)
• Stanley Kubrick for Shining (OT: The Shining)
• Michael Ritchie for Buccaneers of Death (OT: The Island)
• John Trent for Middle Age Crazy , alternative titles Midlife Crisis and The Crazy Second Spring (OT: Middle Age Crazy)
• Nancy Walker for super sound and quick sayings (OT: Can't Stop The Music)
• Gordon Willis for L is not just love (OT: Windows)

1982

• Michael Cimino for Heaven's Gate - Das Tor zum Himmel (OT: Heaven's Gate)

Also nominated:

• John Derek for Tarzan - Lord of the Jungle , alternative title Tarzan - Lord of the Jungle (OT: Tarzan The Ape Man)
• Blake Edwards for SOB - Hollywood's Last Howler (OT: SOB)
• Frank Perry for My Dear Raven Mother (OT: Mommie Dearest)
• Franco Zeffirelli for Endless Love (OT: Endless Love)

1983

The vote count resulted in a tie:

• Ken Annakin for Pirate Movie (OT: The Pirate Movie)
• Terence Young for Inchon! (OT: Inchon)

Also nominated:

• Matt Cimber for Butterfly - The blonde butterfly , alternative title "The Judge of Nevada" (OT: Butterfly)
• John Huston for Annie (OT: Annie)
• Hal Needham for MegaForce (OT: Megaforce)

1984

• Peter Sasdy for Career Through All Beds (The Lonely Lady)

Also nominated:

• Joe Alves for Jaws 3-D (Jaws 3-D)
• Brian De Palma for Scarface (Scarface)
• John Herzfeld for Two of a Kind (Two Of A Kind)
• Hal Needham for Stroker Ace (Stroker Ace)

1985

• John Derek for Ecstasy (Bolero)

Also nominated:

• Bob Clark for The Whiz kid (Rhinestone)
• Brian De Palma for Death Comes Twice (Body Double)
• John Guillermin for Sheena - Queen Of The Jungle
• Hal Needham for All hell is going on again (Cannonball Run II)

1986

• Sylvester Stallone for Rocky IV - The Fight of the Century (Rocky IV)

Also nominated:

• Richard Brooks for Jackpot (Fever Pitch)
• Michael Cimino for Year of the Dragon (Year Of The Dragon)
• George Pan Cosmatos for Rambo II - The Order (Rambo: First Blood Part II)
• Hugh Hudson for Revolution

1987

• Prince for Under the Cherry Moon - Unter dem Kirschmond (OT: Under The Cherry Moon)

Also nominated:

• Jim Goddard for Shanghai Surprise (OT: Shanghai Surprise)
• Willard Huyck for Howard - An Animal Hero (OT: Howard The Duck)
• Stephen King for Rhea M - It started without warning (OT: Maximum Overdrive)
• Michelle Manning for Blue City

1988

The vote count resulted in a tie:

• Norman Mailer for Tough Men Don't Dance (OT: Tough Guys Don't Dance)
• Elaine May for Ishtar (OT: Ishtar)

Also nominated:

• James Foley for Who's That Girl (OT: Who's That Girl?)
• Joseph Sargent for The Jaws - The Reckoning (OT: Jaws - The Revenge)
• Paul Weiland for Leonard 6 , alternative title Cosby - Die Superkanone (OT: Leonard - Part 6)

1989

The vote count resulted in a tie:

• Blake Edwards for Sunset - Twilight in Hollywood (OT: Sunset)
• Stewart Raffill for Mick, my friend from another planet (OT: Mac And Me)

Also nominated:

• Michael Dinner for Hot to Trot (OT: Hot To Trot)
• Roger Donaldson for Cocktail (OT: Cocktail)
• Peter MacDonald for Rambo III (OT: Rambo III)

Worst director 1990 to 1999

1990

• William Shatner for Star Trek V: On the Edge of the Universe (OT: Star Trek V - The Final Frontier)

Also nominated:

• John G. Avildsen for Karate Kid III - The Final Decision (OT: Karate Kid III)
• Jim Drake for Cannonball Fever - Things only really get going on the highway (OT: Speed ​​Zone)
• Rowdy Herrington for Road House (OT: Road House)
• Eddie Murphy for Harlem Nights (OT: Harlem Nights)

1991

• John Derek for Mein Geist always only wants one thing ... (OT: Ghosts Can't Do It)

Also nominated:

• John G. Avildsen for Rocky V (OT: Rocky V)
• Brian De Palma for Purgatory Of The Vanities (OT: The Bonfire Of The Vanities)
• Renny Harlin for Ford Fairlane - Rock 'n' Roll Detective , alternative title The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (OT: Ford Fairlane)
• Prince for Graffiti Bridge (OT: Graffiti Bridge)

1992

• Michael Lehmann for Hudson Hawk - The Master Thief (OT: Hudson Hawk)

Also nominated:

• Dan Aykroyd for Valkenvania - The Wonderful World of Madness (OT: Nothing But Trouble)
• William A. Graham for Return to the Blue Lagoon (OT: Return To The Blue Lagoon)
• David Kellogg for Cool As Ice (OT: Cool As Ice)
• John Landis for Oscar - From the rain to the eaves (OT: Oscar)

1993

• David Seltzer for Like a light in a dark night (OT: Shining Through)

Also nominated:

• Danny DeVito for Jimmy Hoffa (OT: Hoffa)
• John Glen for Christopher Columbus - Der Entdecker (OT: Christopher Columbus: The Discovery)
• Barry Levinson for Toys - Deadly Toys (OT: Toys)
• Kenny Ortega for Die Zeitungsjungen (OT: Newsies, alternative OT: News Boys)

1994

• Jennifer Chambers Lynch for Boxing Helena (OT: Boxing Helena)

Also nominated:

• Uli Edel for Body of Evidence (OT: Body of Evidence)
• Adrian Lyne for An Immoral Offer (OT: Indecent Proposal)
• John McTiernan for Last Action Hero , alternative title The Last Action Hero (OT: Last Action Hero)
• Phillip Noyce for Sliver (OT: Sliver)

1995

• Steven Seagal for On Burning Ice (OT: On Deadly Ground)

Also nominated:

• Lawrence Kasdan for Wyatt Earp - The Life of a Legend (OT: Wyatt Earp)
• John Landis for Beverly Hills Cop III (OT: Beverly Hills Cop III)
• Rob Reiner for North , alternative title parents made to measure (OT: North)
• Richard Rush for Color of Night (OT: Color Of Night)

1996

• Paul Verhoeven for Showgirls (OT: Showgirls)

Also nominated:

• Renny Harlin for The Pirate Bride (OT: Cut-Throat Island)
• Roland Joffé for The Scarlet Letter (OT: The Scarlet Letter)
• Frank Marshall for Congo (OT: Congo)
• Kevin Reynolds for Waterworld (OT: Waterworld)

1997

• Andrew Bergman for striptease (OT: striptease)

Also nominated:

• John Frankenheimer for DNA - The Island of Dr. Moreau , alternative title DNA - Experiment des Wahnsinns (OT: The Island Of Dr. Moreau)
• Stephen Frears for Mary Reilly (OT: Mary Reilly)
• John Landis for A Family That Sucks (OT: The Stupids)
• Brian Levant for Promised is Promised (OT: Jingle All The Way)

1998

• Kevin Costner for Postman (OT: The Postman)

Also nominated:

• Jan de Bont for Speed ​​2 - Cruise Control (OT: Speed ​​2: Cruise Control)
• Luis Llosa for Anaconda (OT: Anaconda)
• Joel Schumacher for Batman & Robin (OT: Batman & Robin)
• Oliver Stone for U-Turn - No way back (OT: U-Turn)

1999

• Gus Van Sant for Psycho (OT: Psycho)

Also nominated:

• Michael Bay for Armageddon - The Last Judgment (OT: Armageddon)
• Jeremiah S. Chechik for With Umbrella, Charm and Melon (OT: The Avengers)
• Roland Emmerich for Godzilla (OT: Godzilla)
• Alan Smithee here Arthur Hiller for Drive to Hell Hollywood , alternative title The Hell of Hollywood (OT: An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn)

Worst director from 2000 to 2009

2000

• Barry Sonnenfeld for Wild Wild West (OT: Wild Wild West)

Also nominated:

• Jan de Bont for Das Geisterschloss (OT: The Haunting)
• Dennis Dugan for Big Daddy (OT: Big Daddy)
• Peter Hyams for End of Days - Night Without Tomorrow (OT: End Of Days)
• George Lucas for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (OT: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)

2001

• Roger Christian for Battlefield Earth - Battle for Earth (OT: Battlefield Earth)

Also nominated:

• Joe Berlinger for Blair Witch 2 (OT: Book Of Shadows - Blair Witch 2)
• Steven Brill for Little Nicky - Satan Junior (OT: Little Nicky)
• Brian De Palma for Mission to Mars (OT: Mission to Mars)
• John Schlesinger for a friend to fall in love with (OT: The Next Best Thing)

2002

• Tom Green for Freddy Got Fingered (OT: Freddy Got Fingered)

Also nominated:

• Michael Bay for Pearl Harbor (OT: Pearl Harbor)
• Peter Chelsom with Warren Beatty for Stadt, Land, Kuss , alternative title City, Sex & Country (OT: Town & Country)
• Vondie Curtis Hall for glitter - shine of a star (OT: glitter)
• Renny Harlin for Driven (OT: Driven)

2003

• Guy Ritchie for Stormy Love - Swept Away (OT: Swept Away)

Also nominated:

• Roberto Benigni for Roberto Benignis Pinocchio (OT: Pinocchio)
• Tamra Davis for Not a Girl - Crossroads (OT: Crossroads)
• George Lucas for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (OT: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones)
• Ron Underwood for Pluto Nash - In the fight against the moon mafia (OT: The Adventures of Pluto Nash)

2004

• Martin Brest for love with risk - Gigli (OT: Gigli)

Also nominated:

• Robert Iscove for From Justin to Kelly (OT: From Justin to Kelly)
• Mort Nathan for Boat Trip (OT: Boat Trip)
• Andy and Larry Wachowski for Matrix Reloaded (OT: The Matrix - Reloaded) and Matrix Revolutions (OT: The Matrix Revolutions)
• Bo Welch for Ein Kater macht Theater (OT: The Cat In The Hat)

2005

• Pitof for Catwoman (OT: Catwoman)

Also nominated:

• Bob Clark for Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
• Renny Harlin and / or Paul Schrader for Exorcist: The Beginning (OT: Exorcist 4: The Beginning)
• Oliver Stone for Alexander (OT: Alexander)
• Keenen Ivory Wayans for White Chicks (OT: White Chicks)

2006

• John Asher for Dirty Love (OT: Dirty Love)

Also nominated:

• Uwe Boll for Alone in the Dark (OT: Alone in the Dark)
• Jay Chandrasekhar for Ein Duke rarely comes alone (OT: The Dukes of Hazzard)
• Nora Ephron for In Love with a Witch (OT: Bewitched)
• Lawrence Gutterman for The Mask 2: The Next Generation (OT: Son of the Mask)

2007

• M. Night Shyamalan for The Girl from the Water (OT: Lady in the Water)

Also nominated:

• Uwe Boll for BloodRayne (OT: BloodRayne)
• Michael Caton-Jones for Basic Instinct - New game for Catherine Tramell (OT: Basic Instinct 2)
• Ron Howard for The Da Vinci Code - Da Vinci Code (OT: The Da Vinci Code)
• Keenen Ivory Wayans for Little Man (OT: Little Man)

2008

• Chris Sivertson for I Know Who Killed Me (OT: I Know Who Killed Me)

Also nominated:

• Dennis Dugan for Chuck and Larry - Like Fire and Flame (OT: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry)
• Roland Joffé for Captivity (OT: Captivity)
• Brian Robbins for Norbit (OT: Norbit)
• Fred Savage for Der Kindergarten Daddy 2: Das Feriencamp (OT: Daddy Day Camp)

2009

• Uwe Boll for 1968 Tunnel Rats (OT: 1968 Tunnel Rats) and Postal (OT: Postal - The Movie)

Also nominated:

• Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer for Disaster Movie (OT: Disaster Movie) and Meine Frau, die Spartaner und I (OT: Meet the Spartans)
• Tom Putnam for The Hottie & the Nottie - Love at Second Sight (OT: The Hottie & the Nottie)
• Marco Schnabel for Der Love Guru (OT: The Love Guru)
• M. Night Shyamalan for The Happening (OT: The Happening)

Worst director from 2010 to 2019

2010

• Michael Bay for Transformers: Revenge

Also nominated:

• Walt Becker for Old Dogs - Daddy or Deal
• Brad Silberling for The Almost Forgotten World
• Stephen Sommers for GI Joe - Cobra's Secret Mission
• Phil Traill for Crazy About Steve

2011

• M. Night Shyamalan for The Legend of Aang

Also nominated:

• Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer for Beilight - Until (s) for dinner
• Michael Patrick King for Sex and the City 2
• David Slade for Eclipse - Until the sunset
• Sylvester Stallone for The Expendables

2012

• Dennis Dugan for Jack and Jill and My Made-up Wife

Also nominated:

• Bill Condon for Breaking Dawn - Until the End of the Night - Part 1
• Garry Marshall for Happy New Year
• Michael Bay for Transformers 3
• Tom Brady for Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star

2013

• Bill Condon for Breaking Dawn Until the End of the Night Part 2

Also nominated:

• John Putch for Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike
• Peter Berg for Battleship
• Sean Anders for The Chaos Dad
• Tyler Perry for Good Deeds and Madea's Witness Protection

2014

• The 13 directors ( Elizabeth Banks , Steven Brill , Steve Carr , Rusty Cundieff , James Duffy , Griffin Dunne , Peter Farrelly , Patrik Forsberg , Will Graham , James Gunn , Bob Odenkirk , Brett Ratner and Jonathan van Tulleken ) of Movie 43

Also nominated:

• Dennis Dugan for Grownups 2
• Tyler Perry for A Madea Christmas and Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
• M. Night Shyamalan for After Earth
• Gore Verbinski for Lone Ranger

2015

• Michael Bay for Transformers: Age of Extinction

Also nominated:

• Darren Doane for Saving Christmas
• Renny Harlin for The Legend of Hercules
• Jonathan Liebesman for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Seth MacFarlane for A Million Ways to Die in the West

2016

• Josh Trank (& Alan Smithee ?) For Fantastic Four

Also nominated:

• Andy Fickman for The Department Store Cop 2
• Tom Six for The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)
• Sam Taylor-Johnson for Fifty Shades of Gray
• The Wachowskis for Jupiter Ascending

2017

• Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley for Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Also nominated:

• Roland Emmerich for Independence Day: Return
• Tyler Perry for Boo! A Madea Halloween
• Alex Proyas for Gods of Egypt
• Zack Snyder for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
• Ben Stiller for Zoolander 2

2018

• Tony Leondis for Emoji - The Movie

Also nominated:

• Darren Aronofsky for Mother!
• Michael Bay for Transformers: The Last Knight
• James Foley for Fifty Shades of Gray
• Alex Kurtzman for The Mummy

2019

• Etan Cohen for Holmes and Watson

Also nominated:

• Kevin Connolly for Gotti
• James Foley for Fifty Shades of Gray
• Brian Henson for The Happytime Murders
• Peter and Michael Spierig for Winchester - The House of the Damned

Worst director since 2020

2020

• Tom Hooper for Cats

Also nominated:

• Fred Durst for The Fanatic
• James Franco for Zeroville
• Adrian Grünberg for Rambo: Last Blood
• Neil Marshall for Hellboy - Call of Darkness

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christoph Schelb: Razzies 2016: The "winners" of the Golden Raspberries. In: outnow.ch. OutNow.CH, February 28, 2016, accessed on February 28, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Golden Raspberry 2017: These are the nominations . January 25, 2017 ( gala.de [accessed January 27, 2017]).