National Board of Review Award for Best Directorial Debut

The National Board of Review Award for Best Directorial Debut is an annual film award given (since 1997, with the exceptions of 1998 and 2000) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1]

Notes

Winners

1990s

Year Winner Film
1997 Kasi Lemmons Eve's Bayou
1999 Kimberly Peirce Boys Don't Cry

2000s

Year Winner Film
2001 John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2002 Rob Marshall ‡ Chicago
2003 Vadim Perelman House of Sand and Fog
2004 Zach Braff Garden State
2005 Julian Fellowes Separate Lies
2006 Jason Reitman Thank You for Smoking
2007 Ben Affleck Gone Baby Gone
2008 Courtney Hunt≠ Frozen River
2009 Duncan Jones Moon
Oren Moverman≠ The Messenger
Marc Webb (500) Days of Summer

2010s

Year Winner Film
2010 Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger≠ Restrepo
2011 J. C. Chandor≠ Margin Call
2012 Benh Zeitlin ‡ Beasts of the Southern Wild
2013 Ryan Coogler Fruitvale Station[2]
2014 Gillian Robespierre Obvious Child
2015 Jonas Carpignano Mediterranea
2016 Trey Edward Shults Krisha
2017 Jordan Peele ‡ Get Out[3]
2018 Bo Burnham Eighth Grade[4]
2019 Melina Matsoukas Queen & Slim[5]

2020s

Year Winner Film
2020 Channing Godfrey Peoples Miss Juneteenth[6]
2021 Michael Sarnoski Pig[7]
2022 Charlotte Wells Aftersun[8]
2023 Celine Song Past Lives[9]
2024 India Donaldson Good One

References

  1. ^ "Best Directorial Debut Archives – National Board of Review". National Board of Review. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  2. ^ National Board of Review Awards Announced|Hollywood Reporter
  3. ^ National Board of Review Announces 2017 Award Winners < < Rotten Tomatoes
  4. ^ National Board of Review 2018 Award Winners: List in Full|Hollywood Reporter
  5. ^ National Board of Review Names "The Irishmen" the Year's Best Film - Yahoo Entertainment
  6. ^ 2021 National Board of Review Winner and Analysis - Variety
  7. ^ National Board of Review Winners 2021:|IndieWire
  8. ^ Top Gun: Maverick Named Best Movie of 2022 by National Board of Review - The Hollywood Reporter
  9. ^ Hipes, Patrick (November 6, 2023). "'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Named Best Film By The National Board Of Review". Deadline. Retrieved November 6, 2023.