Directing Award Dramatic

1990s • 1997: Morgan J. Freeman – Hurricane Streets • 1998: Darren Aronofsky – Pi • 1999: Eric Mendelsohn – Judy Berlin 2000s • 2000: Karyn Kusama – Girlfight • 2001: John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch • 2002: Gary Winick – Tadpole • 2003: Catherine Hardwicke – Thirteen • 2004: Debra Granik – Down to the Bone • 2005: Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale • 2006: Dito Montiel – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints • 2007: Jeffrey Blitz – Rocket Science • 2008: Lance Hammer – Ballast • 2009: Cary Joji Fukunaga – Sin Nombre 2010s • 2010: Eric Mendelsohn – 3 Backyards • 2011: Sean Durkin – Martha Marcy May Marlene • 2012: Ava DuVernay – Middle of Nowhere • 2013: Joey Soloway – Afternoon Delight • 2014: Cutter Hodierne – Fishing Without Nets • 2015: Robert Eggers – The Witch • 2016: Daniels - Swiss Army Man • 2017: Eliza Hittman – Beach Rats • 2018: Sara Colangelo – The Kindergarten Teacher • 2019: Joe Talbot – The Last Black Man in San Francisco 2020s • 2020: Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version • 2021: Sian Heder – CODA • 2022: Jamie Dack – Palm Trees and Power Lines • 2023: Sing J. Lee – The Accidental Getaway Driver • 2024: Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio – In the Summers • 2025: Rashad Frett – Ricky • 2026: Josef Kubota Wladyka – Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! ==International winners==