British Academy Film Award for Best Direction
British Academy Film Awards · 264 nominations across 58 ceremonies · 58 wins
79th BAFTA Film Awards · 2026
- Winner Paul Thomas Anderson · One Battle After Another
- Nominee Chloé Zhao · Hamnet
- Nominee Josh Safdie · Marty Supreme
- Nominee Yorgos Lanthimos · Bugonia
- Nominee Joachim Trier · Sentimental Value
- Nominee Ryan Coogler · Sinners
78th BAFTA Film Awards · 2025
- Winner Brady Corbet · The Brutalist
- Nominee Coralie Fargeat · The Substance
- Nominee Edward Berger · Conclave
- Nominee Denis Villeneuve · Dune: Part Two
- Nominee Jacques Audiard · Emilia Pérez
- Nominee Sean Baker · Anora
77th BAFTA Film Awards · 2024
- Winner Christopher Nolan · Oppenheimer
- Nominee Alexander Payne · The Holdovers
- Nominee Jonathan Glazer · The Zone of Interest
- Nominee Bradley Cooper · Maestro
- Nominee Justine Triet · Anatomy of a Fall
- Nominee Andrew Haigh · All of Us Strangers
76th BAFTA Film Awards · 2023
- Winner Edward Berger · All Quiet on the Western Front
- Nominee Todd Field · Tár
- Nominee Park Chan-wook · Decision to Leave
- Nominee Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert · Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Nominee Martin McDonagh · The Banshees of Inisherin
- Nominee Gina Prince-Bythewood · The Woman King
75th BAFTA Film Awards · 2022
- Winner Jane Campion · The Power of the Dog
- Nominee Aleem Khan · After Love
- Nominee Audrey Diwan · Happening
- Nominee Paul Thomas Anderson · Licorice Pizza
- Nominee Julia Ducournau · Titane
- Nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi · Drive My Car
74th BAFTA Film Awards · 2021
- Winner Chloé Zhao · Nomadland
- Nominee Lee Isaac Chung · Minari
- Nominee Sarah Gavron · Rocks
- Nominee Shannon Murphy · Babyteeth
- Nominee Jasmila Žbanić · Quo Vadis, Aida?
- Nominee Thomas Vinterberg · Another Round
73rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2020
- Winner Sam Mendes · 1917
- Nominee Todd Phillips · Joker
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · The Irishman
- Nominee Quentin Tarantino · Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Nominee Bong Joon-ho · Parasite
72nd BAFTA Film Awards · 2019
- Winner Alfonso Cuarón · Roma
- Nominee Paweł Pawlikowski · Cold War
- Nominee Yorgos Lanthimos · The Favourite
- Nominee Bradley Cooper · A Star Is Born
- Nominee Spike Lee · BlacKkKlansman
71st BAFTA Film Awards · 2018
- Winner Guillermo del Toro · The Shape of Water
- Nominee Martin McDonagh · Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Nominee Denis Villeneuve · Blade Runner 2049
- Nominee Luca Guadagnino · Call Me by Your Name
- Nominee Christopher Nolan · Dunkirk
70th BAFTA Film Awards · 2017
- Winner Damien Chazelle · La La Land
- Nominee Denis Villeneuve · Arrival
- Nominee Tom Ford · Nocturnal Animals
- Nominee Kenneth Lonergan · Manchester by the Sea
- Nominee Ken Loach · I, Daniel Blake
69th BAFTA Film Awards · 2016
- Winner Alejandro González Iñárritu · The Revenant
- Nominee Adam McKay · The Big Short
- Nominee Steven Spielberg · Bridge of Spies
- Nominee Ridley Scott · The Martian
- Nominee Todd Haynes · Carol
68th BAFTA Film Awards · 2015
- Winner Richard Linklater · Boyhood
- Nominee Wes Anderson · The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Nominee James Marsh · The Theory of Everything
- Nominee Damien Chazelle · Whiplash
- Nominee Alejandro González Iñárritu · Birdman
67th BAFTA Film Awards · 2014
- Winner Alfonso Cuarón · Gravity
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · The Wolf of Wall Street
- Nominee Steve McQueen · 12 Years a Slave
- Nominee David O. Russell · American Hustle
- Nominee Paul Greengrass · Captain Phillips
66th BAFTA Film Awards · 2013
- Winner Ben Affleck · Argo
- Nominee Michael Haneke · Amour
- Nominee Ang Lee · Life of Pi
- Nominee Kathryn Bigelow · Zero Dark Thirty
- Nominee Quentin Tarantino · Django Unchained
65th BAFTA Film Awards · 2012
- Winner Michel Hazanavicius · The Artist
- Nominee Nicolas Winding Refn · Drive
- Nominee Lynne Ramsay · We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Nominee Tomas Alfredson · Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · Hugo
64th BAFTA Film Awards · 2011
- Winner David Fincher · The Social Network
- Nominee Tom Hooper · The King's Speech
- Nominee Danny Boyle · 127 Hours
- Nominee Christopher Nolan · Inception
- Nominee Darren Aronofsky · Black Swan
63rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2010
- Winner Kathryn Bigelow · The Hurt Locker
- Nominee Neill Blomkamp · District 9
- Nominee James Cameron · Avatar
- Nominee Quentin Tarantino · Inglourious Basterds
- Nominee Lone Scherfig · An Education
62nd BAFTA Film Awards · 2009
- Winner Danny Boyle · Slumdog Millionaire
- Nominee Ron Howard · Frost/Nixon
- Nominee David Fincher · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Nominee Clint Eastwood · Changeling
- Nominee Stephen Daldry · The Reader
61st BAFTA Film Awards · 2008
- Winner Ethan Coen, Joel Coen · No Country for Old Men
- Nominee Joe Wright · Atonement
- Nominee Paul Thomas Anderson · There Will Be Blood
- Nominee Paul Greengrass · The Bourne Ultimatum
- Nominee Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · The Lives of Others
60th BAFTA Film Awards · 2007
- Winner Paul Greengrass · United 93
- Nominee Stephen Frears · The Queen
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · The Departed
- Nominee Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris · Little Miss Sunshine
- Nominee Valerie Faris · Little Miss Sunshine
- Nominee Alejandro González Iñárritu · Babel
59th BAFTA Film Awards · 2006
- Winner Ang Lee · Brokeback Mountain
- Nominee George Clooney · Good Night, and Good Luck.
- Nominee Bennett Miller · Capote
- Nominee Fernando Meirelles · The Constant Gardener
- Nominee Paul Haggis · Crash
58th BAFTA Film Awards · 2005
- Winner Mike Leigh · Vera Drake
- Nominee Marc Forster · Finding Neverland
- Nominee Michel Gondry · Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Nominee Michael Mann · Collateral
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · The Aviator
57th BAFTA Film Awards · 2004
- Winner Peter Weir · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Nominee Tim Burton · Big Fish
- Nominee Anthony Minghella · Cold Mountain
- Nominee Peter Jackson · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Nominee Sofia Coppola · Lost in Translation
56th BAFTA Film Awards · 2003
- Winner Roman Polanski · The Pianist
- Nominee Rob Marshall · Chicago
- Nominee Peter Jackson · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Nominee Stephen Daldry · The Hours
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · Gangs of New York
55th BAFTA Film Awards · 2002
- Winner Peter Jackson · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Nominee Baz Luhrmann · Moulin Rouge!
- Nominee Ron Howard · A Beautiful Mind
- Nominee Jean-Pierre Jeunet · Amélie
- Nominee Robert Altman · Gosford Park
54th BAFTA Film Awards · 2001
- Winner Ang Lee · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Nominee Steven Soderbergh · Traffic
- Nominee Steven Soderbergh · Erin Brockovich
- Nominee Ridley Scott · Gladiator
- Nominee Traffic
- Nominee Stephen Daldry · Billy Elliot
53rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2000
- Winner Pedro Almodóvar · All About My Mother
- Nominee Sam Mendes · American Beauty
- Nominee M. Night Shyamalan · The Sixth Sense
- Nominee Neil Jordan · The End of the Affair
- Nominee Anthony Minghella · The Talented Mr. Ripley
52nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1999
- Winner Peter Weir · The Truman Show
- Nominee Steven Spielberg · Saving Private Ryan
- Nominee John Madden · Shakespeare in Love
- Nominee Shekhar Kapur · Elizabeth
51st BAFTA Film Awards · 1998
- Winner Baz Luhrmann · Romeo + Juliet
- Nominee Peter Cattaneo · The Full Monty
- Nominee James Cameron · Titanic
- Nominee Curtis Hanson · L.A. Confidential
50th BAFTA Film Awards · 1997
- Winner Ethan Coen, Joel Coen · Fargo
- Nominee Anthony Minghella · The English Patient
- Nominee Scott Hicks · Shine
- Nominee Mike Leigh · Secrets & Lies
49th BAFTA Film Awards · 1996
- Winner Michael Radford · Il Postino: The Postman
- Nominee Mel Gibson · Braveheart
- Nominee Ang Lee · Sense and Sensibility
- Nominee Nicholas Hytner · The Madness of King George
48th BAFTA Film Awards · 1995
- Winner Mike Newell · Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Nominee Robert Zemeckis · Forrest Gump
- Nominee Quentin Tarantino · Pulp Fiction
- Nominee Krzysztof Kieślowski · Three Colours: Red
47th BAFTA Film Awards · 1994
- Winner Steven Spielberg · Schindler's List
- Nominee Richard Attenborough · Shadowlands
- Nominee Jane Campion · The Piano
- Nominee James Ivory · The Remains of the Day
46th BAFTA Film Awards · 1993
- Winner Robert Altman · The Player
- Nominee Neil Jordan · The Crying Game
- Nominee Clint Eastwood · Unforgiven
- Nominee James Ivory · Howards End
45th BAFTA Film Awards · 1992
- Winner Alan Parker · The Commitments
- Nominee Jonathan Demme · The Silence of the Lambs
- Nominee Kevin Costner · Dances with Wolves
- Nominee Ridley Scott · Thelma & Louise
44th BAFTA Film Awards · 1991
- Winner Martin Scorsese · Goodfellas
- Nominee Woody Allen · Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Nominee Bruce Beresford · Driving Miss Daisy
- Nominee Giuseppe Tornatore · Cinema Paradiso
43rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1990
- Winner Kenneth Branagh · Henry V
- Nominee Peter Weir · Dead Poets Society
- Nominee Stephen Frears · Dangerous Liaisons
- Nominee Alan Parker · Mississippi Burning
42nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1989
- Winner Louis Malle · Au revoir les enfants
- Nominee Bernardo Bertolucci · The Last Emperor
- Nominee Gabriel Axel · Babette's Feast
- Nominee Charles Crichton · A Fish Called Wanda
41st BAFTA Film Awards · 1988
- Winner Oliver Stone · Platoon
- Nominee John Boorman · Hope and Glory
- Nominee Claude Berri · Jean de Florette
- Nominee Richard Attenborough · Cry Freedom
40th BAFTA Film Awards · 1987
- Winner Woody Allen · Hannah and Her Sisters
- Nominee James Ivory · A Room with a View
- Nominee Roland Joffé · The Mission
- Nominee Neil Jordan · Mona Lisa
38th BAFTA Film Awards · 1985
- Winner Wim Wenders · Paris, Texas
- Nominee Roland Joffé · The Killing Fields
- Nominee Sergio Leone · Once Upon a Time in America
- Nominee Peter Yates · The Dresser
37th BAFTA Film Awards · 1984
- Winner Bill Forsyth · Local Hero
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · The King of Comedy
- Nominee Sydney Pollack · Tootsie
- Nominee James Ivory · Heat and Dust
36th BAFTA Film Awards · 1983
- Winner Richard Attenborough · Gandhi
- Nominee Mark Rydell · On Golden Pond
- Nominee Steven Spielberg · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Nominee Costa-Gavras · Missing
35th BAFTA Film Awards · 1982
- Winner Louis Malle · Atlantic City
- Nominee Hugh Hudson · Chariots of Fire
- Nominee Bill Forsyth · Gregory's Girl
- Nominee Karel Reisz · The French Lieutenant's Woman
34th BAFTA Film Awards · 1981
- Winner Akira Kurosawa · Kagemusha
- Nominee Alan Parker · Fame
- Nominee David Lynch · The Elephant Man
- Nominee Robert Benton · Kramer vs. Kramer
33rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1980
- Winner Francis Ford Coppola · Apocalypse Now
- Nominee John Schlesinger · Yanks
- Nominee Woody Allen · Manhattan
- Nominee Michael Cimino · The Deer Hunter
32nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1979
- Winner Alan Parker · Midnight Express
- Nominee Steven Spielberg · Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Nominee Fred Zinnemann · Julia
- Nominee Robert Altman · A Wedding
31st BAFTA Film Awards · 1978
- Winner Woody Allen · Annie Hall
- Nominee Richard Attenborough · A Bridge Too Far
- Nominee John G. Avildsen · Rocky
- Nominee Sidney Lumet · Network
30th BAFTA Film Awards · 1977
- Winner Miloš Forman · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Nominee Alan J. Pakula · All the President's Men
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · Taxi Driver
- Nominee Alan Parker · Bugsy Malone
29th BAFTA Film Awards · 1976
- Winner Stanley Kubrick · Barry Lyndon
- Nominee Sidney Lumet · Dog Day Afternoon
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Nominee Steven Spielberg · Jaws
28th BAFTA Film Awards · 1975
- Winner Roman Polanski · Chinatown
- Nominee Francis Ford Coppola · The Conversation
- Nominee Sidney Lumet · Serpico
- Nominee Louis Malle · Lacombe, Lucien
27th BAFTA Film Awards · 1974
- Winner François Truffaut · Day for Night
- Nominee Luis Buñuel · The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- Nominee Fred Zinnemann · The Day of the Jackal
- Nominee Nicolas Roeg · Don't Look Now
26th BAFTA Film Awards · 1973
- Winner Bob Fosse · Cabaret
- Nominee Stanley Kubrick · A Clockwork Orange
- Nominee Peter Bogdanovich · The Last Picture Show
- Nominee William Friedkin · The French Connection
25th BAFTA Film Awards · 1972
- Winner John Schlesinger · Sunday, Bloody Sunday
- Nominee Joseph Losey · The Go-Between
- Nominee Miloš Forman · Taking Off
- Nominee Luchino Visconti · Death in Venice
24th BAFTA Film Awards · 1971
- Winner George Roy Hill · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Nominee David Lean · Ryan's Daughter
- Nominee Ken Loach · Kes
- Nominee Robert Altman · MASH
23rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1970
- Winner John Schlesinger · Midnight Cowboy
- Nominee Peter Yates · Bullitt
- Nominee Richard Attenborough · Oh! What a Lovely War
- Nominee Ken Russell · Women in Love
22nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1969
- Winner Mike Nichols · The Graduate
- Nominee Lindsay Anderson · if....
- Nominee Carol Reed · Oliver!
- Nominee Franco Zeffirelli · Romeo and Juliet
13th BAFTA Film Awards · 1960
- Winner William Wyler · Ben-Hur