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