National Board of Review Award / Best Directing Debut

National Board of Review Award : Best Directing Debut

Winner of the National Board of Review Awards in the category Best directing debut ( Outstanding Directorial Debut ). The category is awarded separately from that for the best director .

Of the directors, who have won awards since 1997, only the Americans Rob Marshall ( Chicago ) and Benh Zeitlin ( Beasts of the Southern Wild ) were able to win an Oscar nomination.

The annual figures in the table indicate the film years assessed; the awards were given in the following year.

year	Award winners	Movie title	German distribution title
1997	Kasi Lemmons	Eve's Bayou	Eve's Bayou
1998	Prize not awarded
1999	Kimberly Peirce	Boys don't cry	Boys don't cry
2000– 2001	Prize not awarded
2002	Rob Marshall	Chicago	Chicago
2003	Vadim Perelman	House of Sand and Fog	The house of sand and fog
2004	Zach Braff	Garden State	Garden State
2005	Julian Fellowes	Separate reads	Beloved lies
2006	Jason Reitman	Thank you for smoking	Thank you for smoking
2007	Ben Affleck	Gone Baby Gone	Gone Baby Gone - Not child's play
2008	Courtney Hunt	Frozen River	Frozen River
2009	Duncan Jones	Moon	Moon
	Oren Moverman	The Messenger	The Messenger - The last message
	Marc Webb	(500) Days of Summer	(500) Days of Summer
2010	Sebastian Young Tim Hetherington	Restrepo	Restrepo
2011	JC Chandor	Margin call	The big crash margin call
2012	Benh Zeitlin	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Beasts of the Southern Wild
2013	Ryan Coogler	Fruitvale Station	Next stop: Fruitvale Station
2014	Gillian Robespierre	Obvious child	not known
2015	Jonas Carpignano	Mediterranea	Mediterranea
2016	Trey Edward Shults	Krisha	not known
2017	Jordan Peele	Get out	Get out
2018	Bo Burnham	Eighth grade	Eighth grade
2019	Melina Matsoukas	Queen & Slim	not known

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Best Directorial Debut Archives - National Board of Review. In: National Board of Review. Retrieved December 31, 2016 (American English).