This is a list of the winners of the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. They are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Italian-American director Martin Scorsese has had the most nominations, eight so far.
2010s
2011 - Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Tomas Alfredson – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Lynne Ramsay – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
2010 - David Fincher – The Social Network
Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
Christopher Nolan – Inception
2000s
2009 - Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Neill Blomkamp – District 9
Lone Scherfig – An Education
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
2008 - Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Clint Eastwood – Changeling
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
2007 - Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country For Old Men
Joe Wright - Atonement
Paul Greengrass - The Bourne Ultimatum
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
2006 - Paul Greengrass - United 93
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
2005 - Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
Paul Haggis - Crash
Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener
Bennett Miller - Capote
2004 - Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
Michael Mann - Collateral
Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2003 - Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain
Tim Burton - Big Fish
2002 - Roman Polanski - The Pianist
Rob Marshall - Chicago
Stephen Daldry - The Hours
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York
2001 - Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge! Robert Altman - Gosford Park Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain