Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. It is given in honor of a film director who has delivered an outstanding directing while working in the film industry.

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
The 2023 recipient: Christopher Nolan
Awarded for	Best Achievement in Directing
Country	United States
Presented by	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
First awarded	Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves (1990)
Currently held by	Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer (2023)
Website	dfwcritics.com

Winners

• † = Winner of the Academy Award for Best Director

1990s

Year	Winner	Film
1990	Kevin Costner †	Dances with Wolves
1991	Oliver Stone	JFK
1992	Clint Eastwood †	Unforgiven
1993	Steven Spielberg †	Schindler's List
1994	Quentin Tarantino	Pulp Fiction
1995	Mike Figgis	Leaving Las Vegas
1996	Joel Coen	Fargo
1997	James Cameron †	Titanic
1998	Steven Spielberg †	Saving Private Ryan
1999	Sam Mendes †	American Beauty

2000s

Year	Winner(s)	Film
2000	Steven Soderbergh †	Traffic
2001	Ron Howard †	A Beautiful Mind
2002	Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King †
2004	Martin Scorsese	The Aviator
2005	Ang Lee †	Brokeback Mountain
2006	Martin Scorsese †	The Departed
2007	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen †	No Country for Old Men
2008	Danny Boyle †	Slumdog Millionaire
2009	Jason Reitman	Up in the Air

2010s

Year	Winner	Film
2010	David Fincher[1]	The Social Network
2011	Alexander Payne[2]	The Descendants
2012	Kathryn Bigelow[3]	Zero Dark Thirty
2013	Alfonso Cuarón[4] †	Gravity
2014	Alejandro G. Iñárritu[5][6]	Birdman †
2015		The Revenant †
2016	Barry Jenkins[7]	Moonlight
2017	Guillermo del Toro[8] †	The Shape of Water
2018	Alfonso Cuarón[9] †	Roma
2019	Sam Mendes[10]	1917

2020s

Year	Winner(s)	Film
2020	Chloé Zhao[11] †	Nomadland
2021	Jane Campion[12] †	The Power of the Dog
2022	Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert[13] †	Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023	Christopher Nolan[14]	Oppenheimer

References

1. "DFW Film Critics Name "The Social Network" as Best Film of 2010". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
2. "DFW Film Critics Name "The Descendants" as Best Film of 2011". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 16, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
3. "DFW Film Critics Name "Lincoln" as Best Film of 2012". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 18, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
4. "2013". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
5. Whale, Chase (December 15, 2014). "DFWFCA names "Birdman" as top film of 2014". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
6. Whale, Chase (December 14, 2015). "Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Name "Spotlight" Best Picture of 2015". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
7. Jorgenson, Todd (December 13, 2016). "DFW Film Critics Name 'Moonlight' Best Film of 2016". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
8. Jorgenson, Todd (December 13, 2017). "DFW Film Critics Name 'The Shape of Water' Best Picture of 2017". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
9. Jorgenson, Todd (December 17, 2018). "DFW Film Critics Name "A Star Is Born" Best Picture of 2018". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
10. Jorgenson, Todd (December 16, 2019). "DFW Film Critics Pick "1917" as Best Film of 2019". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
11. Jorgenson, Todd (February 10, 2021). "DFW Film Critics Name "Nomadland" Best Picture of 2020". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
12. Jorgenson, Todd (December 20, 2021). "DFW Film Critics Name "Power of the Dog" Best Film of 2021". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
13. Jorgenson, Todd (December 19, 2022). "DFW Film Critics Name "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Best Film of 2022". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
14. Jorgenson, Todd (December 18, 2023). "DFW Film Critics Name "The Holdovers" Best Picture of 2023". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved February 13, 2024.

External links

• Official website