Online Film Critics Society Awards / Best Director
The Online Film Critics Society Award (OFCS Award) for best director has been presented every year since 1997.
| statistics | |
| Most frequently honored director | Darren Aronofsky / Peter Jackson / Alfonso Cuarón (2 wins each) |
| Most nominated director | Joel Coen (4 nominations) |
| Most nominated director without a win | David Fincher (4 nominations) |
Winners and nominees
All nominees for a year are listed, the winner is always on top.
1997 to 1999
1997
1998
Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
- Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line (The Thin Red Line)
- Peter Weir - Die Truman Show (The Truman Show)
1999
- David Fincher - Fight Club
- Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich
- Stanley Kubrick - Eyes Wide Shut
- Michael Mann - Insider ( The Insider )
2000 to 2009
2000
Darren Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream
- Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous - Almost Famous ( Almost Famous )
- Ang Lee - Tiger and Dragon (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
- Steven Soderbergh - Traffic - Power of the Cartel ( Traffic )
- Lars von Trier - Dancer in the Dark
2001
David Lynch - Mulholland Drive (Mulholland Dr.)
- Joel Coen - The Man Who Wasn't There
- Todd Field - In the Bedroom
- Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge
- Christopher Nolan - Memento
2002
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
- Spike Jonze - Adaptation - The Orchid Thief (Adaptation.)
- Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven (Far from Heaven)
- Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York
- Steven Spielberg - Minority Report
2003
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- Alejandro González Iñárritu - 21 grams (21 grams )
- Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill - Volume 1 (Kill Bill Vol. 1)
- Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
- Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
2004
Michel Gondry - Don't Forget Mine! ( Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind )
- Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
- Alexander Payne - Sideways
- Martin Scorsese - Aviator ( The Aviator )
- Zhang Yimou - Hero
2005
David Cronenberg - A History of Violence
- George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
- Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
- Peter Jackson - King Kong
- Steven Spielberg - Munich
2006
Martin Scorsese - Departed - Among enemies
- Alfonso Cuarón - Children of Men
- Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth
- Paul Greengrass - Flight 93
- Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
2007
Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
- Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
- David Cronenberg - Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises
- David Fincher - Zodiac - The Trail of the Killer
- Julian Schnabel - Butterfly and Diving Bell ( Le Scaphandre et le Papillon )
2008
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
- Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler - Fame, Love, Pain (The Wrestler)
- Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire ( Slumdog Millionaire )
- David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Andrew Stanton - WALL · E - The last one is cleaning up the earth
2009
Kathryn Bigelow - Fatal Command - The Hurt Locker
- Neill Blomkamp - District 9
- James Cameron - Avatar - Departure for Pandora
- Ethan and Joel Coen - A Serious Man
- Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
2010 to 2019
2010
- Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
- Ethan and Joel Coen - True Grit
- David Fincher - The Social Network
- Christopher Nolan - Inception
2011
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
- Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
- Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
- Martin Scorsese - Hugo Cabret
- Lars von Trier - Melancholia
2012
Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
- Ben Affleck - Argo
- Wes Anderson - Moonrise Kingdom
- Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
- Leos Carax - Holy Motors
2013
- Ethan and Joel Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
- Spike Jonze - Her
- Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
- Hayao Miyazaki - How the Wind Rises ( 風 立 ち ぬ , Kaze Tachinu )
2014
- Wes Anderson - Grand Budapest Hotel
- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne - Two days, one night (Deux jours, une nuit)
- Ava DuVernay - Selma
- Jonathan Glazer - Under the Skin
2015
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
- Todd Haynes - Carol
- Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
- Ridley Scott - The Martian - Saves Mark Watney (The Martian)
- Denis Villeneuve - Sicario
2016
- Damien Chazelle - La La Land
- Pablo Larraín - Jackie: The First Lady
- Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
- Denis Villeneuve - Arrival
2017
- Paul Thomas Anderson - The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)
- Guillermo del Toro - Shape of Water - The whisper of the water
- Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
- Jordan Peele - Get Out
2018
- Barry Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk
- Giorgos Lanthimos - The Favorite - Intrigue and madness (The Favorite)
- Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman
- Lynne Ramsay - A Beautiful Day (You Were Never Really Here)
2019
- Sam Mendes - 1917
- Celine Sciamma - Portrait of a Young Woman on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
- Martin Scorsese - The Irishman
- Quentin Tarantino - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood