Astra Film Award for Best Director
| Astra Film Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The 2024 recipient: Jon M. Chu | |
| Awarded for | Best Direction of a Motion Picture |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Hollywood Creative Alliance |
| First award | Female: Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird (2017) Male: Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water (2017) |
| Currently held by | Jon M. Chu Wicked (2024) |
| Website | hollywoodcreative |
The Astra Film Award for Best Director is one of the annual awards given out by the Hollywood Creative Alliance. From 2017-2020, the award was separated into male and female categories.
Winners
- † = Winner of the Academy Award for Best Director
- ‡ = Nominated of the Academy Award for Best Director
2010s
- Best Female Director
- Best Male Director
2020s
- Best Female Director
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2020[4] | Chloé Zhao † | Nomadland |
| Sofia Coppola | On the Rocks | |
| Emerald Fennell ‡ | Promising Young Woman | |
| Eliza Hittman | Never Rarely Sometimes Always | |
| Regina King | One Night in Miami... |
- Best Male Director
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Darius Marder | Sound of Metal |
| Lee Isaac Chung ‡ | Minari | |
| David Fincher ‡ | Mank | |
| Shaka King | Judas and the Black Messiah | |
| Spike Lee | Da 5 Bloods |
- Best Director
References
- ^ "2017".
- ^ "2018".
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