Satellite Award for Best Director
The 2022 recipient: James Cameron
Awarded forBest Directing
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Press Academy
First awarded1996 (first awarded to Joel Coen for Fargo)
Currently held byJames Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Websitehttp://www.pressacademy.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

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
[1]		 Joel Coen Fargo
Scott Hicks Shine
Mike Leigh Secrets & Lies
Anthony Minghella The English Patient
Lars von Trier Breaking the Waves
1997
[2]		 James Cameron Titanic
Paul Thomas Anderson Boogie Nights
Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential
Steven Spielberg Amistad
Gus Van Sant Good Will Hunting
1998
[3]		 Terrence Malick The Thin Red Line
John Boorman The General
Shekhar Kapur Elizabeth
Gary Ross Pleasantville
Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan
1999
[4]		 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
[5]		 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
[6][7]		 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
[8]		 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
[9]		 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
[10]		 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
[11]		 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
[12][13]		 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
[14][15]		 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
David Cronenberg Eastern Promises
Ang Lee Lust, Caution
Sidney Lumet Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sarah Polley Away from Her
2008
[16]		 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
[17][18]		 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
[19]		 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
[20][21]		 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
[22][23]		 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
[24][25]		 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
[26][27]		 Richard Linklater Boyhood
Damien Chazelle Whiplash
Ava DuVernay Selma
David Fincher Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Iñárritu Birdman
Morten Tyldum The Imitation Game
2015
[28]		 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
[29]		 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
[30][31]		 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
[32]		 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
[33]		 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
[34][35]		 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
[36]		 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
[37]		 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

Multiple winners

Only 2 directors have won the award multiple times.

Wins Director
2 United States Joel Coen
Canada James Cameron

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