Directing Award Dramatic

Winners

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 |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 |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 |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 |Palm Trees and Power Lines]
• 2023: Sing J. Lee – The Accidental Getaway Driver
• 2024: Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio – In the Summers
• 2025: Rashad Frett – ''Ricky''

  International winners