Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to:
Film awards
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AACTA Award for Best Direction
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Academy Award for Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibit ...
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Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Director
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BAFTA Award for Best Direction
The BAFTA Award for Best Direction, formerly known as David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction, is a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a ...
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Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Director Award () is an award presented annually at the Cannes Film Festival since 1946. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury from the films in the Competition slate at the festival. ...
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César Award for Best Director
The César Award for Best Director () is an award presented annually by the Académie des Lumières since 1976. It was presented as the César du meilleur réalisateur from 1976 to 2015.
History
Superlatives
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Citra Award for Best Director
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Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Director The Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the Detroit Film Critics Society to honor the best director of that year.
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See also
*Academy Award for Best Director
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Empire Award for Best Director
The Empire Award for Best Director was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine ''Empire'' to honor directors working within the film industry.
History
The Empire Award for Best Director was one of five awards which wer ...
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Empire Award for Best British Director
The Empire Award for Best British Director was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine ''Empire'' to honor a British director working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best British Director was first introduc ...
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European Film Award for Best Director
The European Film Award for Best Director is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize a director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in a film industry. The award is presented by the European Film Acade ...
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Golden Globe Award for Best Director
The Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture is a Golden Globe Award that has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization composed of journalists who cover the United States film industry for ...
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Goya Award for Best Director
The Goya Award for Best Director (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor dirección'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the 1st Goya Awards, first edition of ...
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Director
The Film Independent's Spirit Award for Best Director is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards.
History
It was first presented in 1985 with Joel Coen and Martin Scorsese being the first winners of the category for '' Blood Simple'' and '' ...
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Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
The of the Japan Academy Film Prize
The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本ア゠...
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MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction is an award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and the director of the music video. From 1984 to 2006, the full name of the award was Best Direction in a Video, and in 2007, it was briefly renam ...
, called Award for Best Director in 2007
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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
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Polish Academy Award for Best Director
The Polish Film Awards, Polish Academy Award for Best Film Director is an annual award given to the best Poland, Polish film director of the year.
Winners and nominees
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Satellite Award for Best Director
The Satellite Award for Best Director is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy
The International Press Academy (IPA) is an American association of professional entertainment journalists, representing both ...
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Saturn Award for Best Director
The Saturn Award for Best Director (or Saturn Award for Best Direction) is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward genr ...
Television awards
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
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MuchMusic Video Award for Best Director
Theatre awards
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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical has been given since 1960. Before 1960 there was only one award for both play direction and musical direction, then in 1960 the award was split into two categories: ''Dramatic'' and ''Musical''.
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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Tony may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tony the Tiger, cartoon mascot for Frosted Flakes cereal
* Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer
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Tony Award for Best Director
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