AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Director explained

AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Director
Awarded For:	Best Director over 50
Presenter:	AARP
Country:	United States
Year:	2002 (for direction in films released during the 2001 film season)
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Holder:	Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer (2023)

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Director is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP since the awards' inception in 2002. The award honors the best director over the age of fifty.^[1] The Best Director Award is one of the seven original trophies issued by AARP the Magazine, along with awards for Best Movie for Grownups, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Foreign Film, Best Documentary, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up.^[2]

Winners and Nominees

2000s

Year	Director(s)	Film
2001	Robert Altman	Gosford Park	^[3]
2002		The Pianist	^[4]
	Rabbit-Proof Fence and The Quiet American
	I'm Going Home
	Gangs of New York
	Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can
2003		Phone Booth	^[5]
	Mystic River
	In America
2004		Closer	^[6]
	Million Dollar Baby
	Ray
	Collateral
	The Aviator
	Moolaadé
2005		Munich	^[7]
	Match Point
	Cinderella Man
	Brokeback Mountain
	The Constant Gardener
2006		Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima	^[8]
	Dreamgirls
	United 93
	The Departed
2007		Michael Clayton	^[9]
	Charlie Wilson's War
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2008		Milk	^[10]
	Slumdog Millionaire
	Rachel Getting Married
2009		The Hurt Locker	^[11]
	Invictus

2010s

Year	Director(s)	Film
2010		127 Hours	^[12]
	Unstoppable
	The Company Men
2011			^[13]
	Midnight in Paris
	The Ides of March
	We Bought a Zoo
	The Tree of Life
	Hugo
2012		Lincoln	^[14]
	Life of Pi
	Silver Linings Playbook
2013		Gravity	^[15]
	All Is Lost
	Philomena
2014		Boyhood	^[16] ^[17]
2015		The Martian	^[18] ^[19]
	Carol
	The Revenant
	Joy
	Bridge of Spies
2016			^[20]
	Sully
	Silence
	Fences
2017		The Shape of Water	^[21]
	All the Money in the World
	The Post
2018		BlacKkKlansman	^[22]
	All is True
	Roma
2019		The Irishman	^[23]
	The Two Popes

2020s

Year	Director(s)	Film
2020/21			^[24]
	The United States vs. Billie Holiday
	One Night in Miami...
	Da 5 Bloods
2021			^[25] ^[26]
	Belfast
	Nightmare Alley
	West Side Story
	Dune
2022
	TÁR
	The Woman King
	The Fabelmans

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Director
7	Steven Spielberg
6	Clint Eastwood
	Martin Scorsese
3	Kenneth Branagh
	Paul Greengrass
	Ridley Scott
2	Woody Allen
	Kathryn Bigelow
	Danny Boyle
	Alfonso Cuarón
	Lee Daniels
	Guillermo del Toro
	Stephen Frears
	Paul Haggis
	Ron Howard
	Alejandro González Iñárritu
	Ang Lee
	Spike Lee
	Mike Nichols
	David O. Russell
	Gus Van Sant

See also

• Academy Award for Best Director
• Golden Globe Award for Best Director
• BAFTA Award for Best Direction
• Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Director

Notes and References

1. Web site: About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards. Tim. Appelo. AARP.
2. Newcott . William R. . May 2002 . Movies for Grownups . AARP the Magazine . 56–58 . Washington, DC.
3. Newcott . William R. . May 2002 . Movies for Grownups . AARP the Magazine . 56–58 . Washington, DC.
4. Web site: Movies for Grownups Awards 2003 with Bill Newcott.
5. Web site: Movies for Grownups Awards 2004 with Bill Newcott.
6. Web site: Winners and Runners-Up of Movies for Grownups Awards, 2006 with Bill N.
7. Newcott . William R. . March 2006 . "Fifth Annual Movies for Grownups" . AARP the Magazine . 50–51 . Washington, DC.
8. Web site: Best Actress 50 and over, and Other Movies for Grownups Awards with Bi.
9. Web site: Movies for Grownups Awards 2008 with Bill Newcott - AARP Magazine.
10. Web site: Movies for Grownups Awards 2009 from Bill Newcott of AARP.
11. AARP the Magazine Recognizes the Best Movies for the 50+ Audience with the 9th Annual Movies for Grownups(R) Awards.
12. Web site: 2011 Movies for Grownups Awards.
13. Web site: Movies for Grownups Award Winners - the Descendents, J. Edgar, the Artist.
14. Web site: 2013 Movies for Grownups Awards.
15. Web site: 13th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, 2014 Best Actor, Actress and F.
16. Newcott . William R. . Grant . Meg . February 2015. 14th Annual Best Movies for Grownups . AARP the Magazine . 44–47, 77 . Washington, DC.
17. Web site: 14th Annual Movies for Grownups Award winners from AARP the Magazine Announced with Top Honors Going to Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, Rene Russo and J.K. Simmons #AwardSeason #AARPtheMagazine. 10 January 2015.
18. Web site: AARP the Magazine Announces Nominees for 2015 Movies for Grownups Awards incl. 'Brooklyn' 'Spotlight'. 16 December 2015.
19. Web site: 'Spotlight' Named Best 'Movie for Grownups' by AARP. 5 January 2016.
20. Web site: AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List. The Hollywood Reporter. 6 February 2017.
21. Web site: AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The Post' Leads Nominees. The Hollywood Reporter. 17 January 2018.
22. Web site: 'Green Book' and 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' Win Big at AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. 4 February 2019.
23. Web site: The Two Popes Earns 7 Nods in AARP's Movies for Grown-ups Awards. 26 November 2019.
24. Web site: AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' Named Best Picture. The Hollywood Reporter. 4 March 2021.
25. Web site: 'Belfast' Tops Nominees for AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (Exclusive). The Hollywood Reporter. 11 January 2022.
26. Web site: AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'Belfast' Named Best Film; 'King Richard' Lone Double Winner – Full List. 19 March 2022.