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Satellite Award for Best Director
Annual International Press Academy award
Annual International Press Academy award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Satellite Award for Best Director |
| image | Brady Corbet at Berlinale 2024.jpg |
| image_upright | 0.6 |
| caption | The 2024 recipient: Brady Corbet |
| awarded_for | Best Directing |
| presenter | International Press Academy |
| country | United States |
| year | 1996 (first awarded to Joel Coen for Fargo) |
| holder | Brady Corbet – The Brutalist (2024) |
The Satellite Award for Best Director is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.
Winners and nominees
1990s
| Year | Director(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | ||
| Joel Coen | *Fargo* | |
| Scott Hicks | Shine | |
| Mike Leigh | Secrets & Lies | |
| Anthony Minghella | The English Patient | |
| Lars von Trier | Breaking the Waves | |
| 1997 | ||
| James Cameron | *Titanic* | |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | Boogie Nights | |
| Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential | |
| Steven Spielberg | Amistad | |
| Gus Van Sant | Good Will Hunting | |
| 1998 | ||
| Terrence Malick | *The Thin Red Line* | |
| John Boorman | The General | |
| Shekhar Kapur | Elizabeth | |
| Gary Ross | Pleasantville | |
| Steven Spielberg | Saving Private Ryan | |
| 1999 | ||
| Michael Mann | *The Insider* | |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | Magnolia | |
| Sam Mendes | American Beauty | |
| Anthony Minghella | The Talented Mr. Ripley | |
| Kimberly Peirce | Boys Don't Cry |
2000s
| Year | Director(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Steven Soderbergh | *Traffic* | |
| Cameron Crowe | Almost Famous | |
| Philip Kaufman | Quills | |
| Ang Lee | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) | |
| Ridley Scott | Gladiator | |
| Steven Soderbergh | Erin Brockovich | |
| 2001 | ||
| Baz Luhrmann | *Moulin Rouge!* | |
| Jonathan Glazer | Sexy Beast | |
| Scott McGehee and David Siegel | The Deep End | |
| John Cameron Mitchell | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
| Christopher Nolan | Memento | |
| 2002 | ||
| Todd Haynes | *Far from Heaven* | |
| Stephen Daldry | The Hours | |
| Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | |
| Phillip Noyce | The Quiet American | |
| Denzel Washington | Antwone Fisher | |
| 2003 | ||
| Jim Sheridan | *In America* | |
| Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | American Splendor | |
| Niki Caro | Whale Rider | |
| Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation | |
| Clint Eastwood | Mystic River | |
| Catherine Hardwicke | Thirteen | |
| 2004 | ||
| Mel Gibson | *The Passion of the Christ* | |
| Taylor Hackford | Ray | |
| Joshua Marston | Maria Full of Grace (María llena eres de gracia) | |
| Alexander Payne | Sideways | |
| Martin Scorsese | The Aviator | |
| 2005 | ||
| Ang Lee | *Brokeback Mountain* | |
| George Clooney | Good Night, and Good Luck | |
| James Mangold | Walk the Line | |
| Rob Marshall | Memoirs of a Geisha | |
| Bennett Miller | Capote | |
| 2006 | ||
| Bill Condon | *Dreamgirls* | |
| Clint Eastwood | *Flags of Our Fathers* | |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Volver | |
| Stephen Frears | The Queen | |
| Alejandro González Iñárritu | Babel | |
| Martin Scorsese | The Departed | |
| 2007 | ||
| Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | *No Country for Old Men* | |
| David Cronenberg | Eastern Promises | |
| Olivier Dahan | La Vie en Rose | |
| Ang Lee | Lust, Caution | |
| Sidney Lumet | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | |
| Sarah Polley | Away from Her | |
| 2008 | ||
| Danny Boyle | *Slumdog Millionaire* | |
| Stephen Daldry | The Reader | |
| Ron Howard | Frost/Nixon | |
| Tom McCarthy | The Visitor | |
| Christopher Nolan | The Dark Knight | |
| Gus Van Sant | Milk | |
| 2009 | ||
| Kathryn Bigelow | *The Hurt Locker* | |
| Neill Blomkamp | District 9 | |
| Jane Campion | Bright Star | |
| Lee Daniels | Precious | |
| Rob Marshall | Nine | |
| Lone Scherfig | An Education |
2010s
| Year | Director(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| David Fincher | *The Social Network* | |
| Ben Affleck | The Town | |
| Darren Aronofsky | Black Swan | |
| Danny Boyle | 127 Hours | |
| Lisa Cholodenko | The Kids Are All Right | |
| Debra Granik | Winter's Bone | |
| Tom Hooper | The King's Speech | |
| David Michôd | Animal Kingdom | |
| Christopher Nolan | Inception | |
| Roman Polanski | The Ghost Writer | |
| 2011 | ||
| Nicolas Winding Refn | *Drive* | |
| Woody Allen | Midnight in Paris | |
| Tomas Alfredson | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | |
| Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist | |
| John Michael McDonagh | The Guard | |
| Steve McQueen | Shame | |
| Alexander Payne | The Descendants | |
| Martin Scorsese | Hugo | |
| Steven Spielberg | War Horse | |
| Tate Taylor | The Help | |
| 2012 | ||
| David O. Russell | *Silver Linings Playbook* | |
| Ben Affleck | Argo | |
| Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty | |
| Kim Ki-duk | Pietà | |
| Ben Lewin | The Sessions | |
| Steven Spielberg | Lincoln | |
| 2013 | ||
| Steve McQueen | *12 Years a Slave* | |
| Woody Allen | Blue Jasmine | |
| Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Inside Llewyn Davis | |
| Alfonso Cuarón | Gravity | |
| Paul Greengrass | Captain Phillips | |
| Ron Howard | Rush | |
| David O. Russell | American Hustle | |
| Martin Scorsese | The Wolf of Wall Street | |
| 2014 | ||
| Richard Linklater | *Boyhood* | |
| Damien Chazelle | Whiplash | |
| Ava DuVernay | Selma | |
| David Fincher | Gone Girl | |
| Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Birdman | |
| Morten Tyldum | The Imitation Game | |
| 2015 | ||
| Tom McCarthy | *Spotlight* | |
| Lenny Abrahamson | Room | |
| Tom Hooper | The Danish Girl | |
| Alejandro G. Iñárritu | The Revenant | |
| Ridley Scott | The Martian | |
| Steven Spielberg | Bridge of Spies | |
| 2016 | ||
| Kenneth Lonergan | *Manchester by the Sea* | |
| Damien Chazelle | La La Land | |
| Tom Ford | Nocturnal Animals | |
| Mel Gibson | Hacksaw Ridge | |
| Barry Jenkins | Moonlight | |
| Pablo Larraín | Jackie | |
| Denzel Washington | Fences | |
| 2017 | ||
| Jordan Peele | *Get Out* | |
| Sean Baker | The Florida Project | |
| Guillermo del Toro | The Shape of Water | |
| Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird | |
| Christopher Nolan | Dunkirk | |
| Dee Rees | Mudbound | |
| 2018 | ||
| Alfonso Cuarón | *Roma* | |
| Bradley Cooper | A Star Is Born | |
| Peter Farrelly | Green Book | |
| Barry Jenkins | If Beale Street Could Talk | |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | The Favourite | |
| Spike Lee | BlacKkKlansman | |
| 2019 | ||
| James Mangold | *Ford v Ferrari* | |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Pain and Glory | |
| Noah Baumbach | Marriage Story | |
| Bong Joon-ho | Parasite | |
| Sam Mendes | 1917 | |
| Quentin Tarantino | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
2020s
| Year | Director(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Chloé Zhao | *Nomadland* | |
| Lee Isaac Chung | Minari | |
| David Fincher | Mank | |
| Darius Marder | Sound of Metal | |
| Aaron Sorkin | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | |
| Florian Zeller | The Father | |
| 2021 | ||
| Jane Campion | *The Power of the Dog* | |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | Licorice Pizza | |
| Kenneth Branagh | Belfast | |
| Reinaldo Marcus Green | King Richard | |
| Lin-Manuel Miranda | tick, tick...BOOM! | |
| Denis Villeneuve | Dune | |
| 2022 | ||
| James Cameron | *Avatar: The Way of Water* | |
| Joseph Kosinski | Top Gun: Maverick | |
| Baz Luhrmann | Elvis | |
| Martin McDonagh | The Banshees of Inisherin | |
| Sarah Polley | Women Talking | |
| Steven Spielberg | The Fabelmans | |
| 2023 | ||
| Christopher Nolan | *Oppenheimer* | |
| Greta Gerwig | Barbie | |
| Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest | |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | Poor Things | |
| Alexander Payne | The Holdovers | |
| Martin Scorsese | Killers of the Flower Moon | |
| 2024 | ||
| Brady Corbet | *The Brutalist* | |
| Sean Baker | Anora | |
| Edward Berger | Conclave | |
| Greg Kwedar | Sing Sing | |
| RaMell Ross | Nickel Boys | |
| Denis Villeneuve | Dune: Part Two |
Multiple winners
Only 2 directors have won the award multiple times.
| Wins | Director |
|---|---|
| 2 | US Joel Coen |
| Canada James Cameron |
References
References
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- "2002 6th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards".
- "2003 7th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards".
- "2004 8th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards".
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- "2005-B 10th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards - December 2005".
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