London Critics' Circle Film Award / Attenborough Award
From 1992 to 2011, the London Critics' Circle Film Awards honored outstanding directorial work with the Attenborough Award . The award has been given to the best British film since 2012.
Note: The award ceremony always relates to films from the previous year, so 2012 winners were recognized for their 2011 achievements.
Award winners
Mike Leigh was successful four times with his films, James Ivory twice.
Best Director (1992-2011)
year | Award winners | Movie |
1992 | Mike Leigh | Life is sweet |
1993 | James Ivory | Howards End (Howards End) |
1994 | James Ivory | The Remains of the Day (The Remains of the Day) |
1995 | Mike Newell | Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral) |
1996 | Nicholas Hytner | King George - The Madness of King George |
1997 | Mike Leigh | Lies and Secrets (Secrets & Lies) |
1998 | Peter Cattaneo | All or nothing (The Full Monty) |
1999 | Guy Ritchie | Jack, Queen, King, grass (Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) |
2000 | Damien O'Donnell | East is East |
2001 | Stephen Daldry | Billy Elliot - I Will Dance |
2002 | Robert Altman | Gosford Park |
2003 | Mike Leigh | All or nothing |
2004 | Peter Mullan | The Merciless Sisters (The Magdalene Sisters) |
2005 | Mike Leigh | Vera Drake |
2006 | Fernando Meirelles | The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener) |
2007 | Stephen Frears | The Queen (The Queen) |
2008 | Anton Corbijn | Control |
2009 | Danny Boyle | Slumdog millionaire |
2010 | Andrea Arnold | Fish tank |
2011 | Tom Hooper | The King's Speech |
Best British Film (Since 2012)
year | Award winners | Director |
2012 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Lynne Ramsay |
2013 | Berberian Sound Studio | Peter Strickland |
2014 | The Selfish Giant | Clio Barnard |
2015 | Under the skin | Jonathan Glazer |
2016 | 45 years | Andrew Haigh |
2017 | I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach |
2018 | Dunkirk | Christopher Nolan |
2019 | The Favorite - intrigue and madness | Giorgos Lanthimos |
2020 | The souvenir | Joanna Hogg |