British Independent Film Award for Best Director explained

British Independent Film Award for Best Director
Awarded For:	Best Directing
Presenter:	BIFA
Country:	United Kingdom
Year:	1998
Holder:	Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers (2023)

The British Independent Film Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best directing in a British independent film. The award was first presented in the 1998 ceremony being Ken Loach the first recipient of this award for his work in the film My Name is Joe.

Andrea Arnold is the only director who has received this award more than once, with two wins, while Ken Loach holds the record of most nominations for this category with five.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
1998 ^[1]	My Name is Joe	Ken Loach
	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Guy Ritchie
	Nil by Mouth	Gary Oldman
	Regeneration	Gillies MacKinnon
	Under the Skin	Carine Adler
1999 ^[2]	Hilary and Jackie	Anand Tucker
	Gods and Monsters	Bill Condon
	A Room for Romeo Brass	Shane Meadows
	The War Zone	Tim Roth
	Wonderland	Michael Winterbottom

2000s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2000 ^[3]	Billy Elliot	Stephen Daldry
	The House of Mirth	Terence Davies
	Last Resort	Paweł Pawlikowski
	Saving Grace	Nigel Cole
	Topsy-Turvy	Mike Leigh
2001 ^[4]	Sexy Beast	Jonathan Glazer
	Bread and Roses	Ken Loach
	The Claim	Michael Winterbottom
	Enigma	Michael Apted
2002 ^[5] ^[6]	Bloody Sunday	Paul Greengrass
	Lawless Heart	Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger
	Morvern Callar	Lynne Ramsay
	Sweet Sixteen	Ken Loach
2003 ^[7] ^[8]	Dirty Pretty Things	Stephen Frears
	28 Days Later	Danny Boyle
	In America	Jim Sheridan
	In This World	Michael Winterbottom
	Young Adam	David Mackenzie
2004 ^[9]	Vera Drake	Mike Leigh
	Dead Man's Shoes	Shane Meadows
	Enduring Love	Roger Mitchell
	My Summer of Love	Paweł Pawlikowski
	Touching the Void	Kevin Macdonald
2005 ^[10]	The Descent	Neil Marshall
	A Cock and Bull Story	Michael Winterbottom
	The Constant Gardener	Fernando Meirelles
	The Libertine	Laurence Dunmore
	Mrs Henderson Presents	Stephen Frears
2006 ^[11] ^[12]	The Last King of Scotland	Kevin Macdonald
	The Queen	Stephen Frears
	Shooting Dogs	Michael Caton-Jones
	This Is England	Shane Meadows
	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Ken Loach
2007 ^[13] ^[14]	Control	Anton Corbijn
	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Anand Tucker
	Brick Lane	Sarah Gavron
	Eastern Promises	David Cronenberg
	Hallam Foe	David Mackenzie
2008 ^[15] ^[16]	Slumdog Millionaire	Danny Boyle
	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Mark Herman
	Hunger	Steve McQueen
	Somers Town	Shane Meadows
	Son of Rambow	Garth Jennings
2009 ^[17] ^[18]	Fish Tank	Andrea Arnold
	Bright Star	Jane Campion
	An Education	Lone Scherfig
	In the Loop	Armando Iannucci
	Moon	Duncan Jones

2010s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2010 ^[19] ^[20]	Monsters	Gareth Edwards
	Another Year	Mike Leigh
	Kick-Ass	Matthew Vaughn
	The King's Speech	Tom Hooper
	Never Let Me Go	Mark Romanek
2011 ^[21] ^[22]	We Need to Talk About Kevin	Lynne Ramsay
	Kill List	Ben Wheatley
	Shame	Steve McQueen
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Tomas Alfredson
	Tyrannosaur	Paddy Considine
2012 ^[23] ^[24]	Berberian Sound Studio	Peter Strickland
	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	John Madden
	Broken	Rufus Norris
	The Imposter	Bart Layton
	Sightseers	Ben Wheatley
2013 ^[25] ^[26]	Metro Manila	Sean Ellis
	Filth	Jon S. Baird
	The Selfish Giant	Clio Barnard
	Starred Up	David Mackenzie
	Under the Skin	Jonathan Glazer
2014 ^[27] ^[28]	'71	Yann Demange
	Calvary	John Michael McDonagh
	Frank	Lenny Abrahamson
	Mr. Turner	Mike Leigh
	Pride	Matthew Warchus
2015 ^[29] ^[30]	Ex Machina	Alex Garland
	45 Years	Andrew Haigh
	Amy	Asif Kapadia
	The Lobster	Yorgos Lanthimos
	Macbeth	Justin Kurzel
2016 ^[31] ^[32]	American Honey	Andrea Arnold
	Free Fire	Ben Wheatley
	I, Daniel Blake	Ken Loach
	Notes on Blindness	James Spinney, Pete Middleton
	Under the Shadow	Babak Anvari
2017 ^[33] ^[34]	I Am Not a Witch	Rungano Nyoni
	The Death of Stalin	Armando Iannucci
	God's Own Country	Francis Lee
	Lady Macbeth	William Oldroyd
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Martin McDonagh
2018 ^[35] ^[36]	The Favourite	Yorgos Lanthimos
	American Animals	Bart Layton
	Beast	Michael Pearce
	Lean on Pete	Andrew Haigh
	You Were Never Really Here	Lynne Ramsay
2019 ^[37] ^[38]	For Sama	Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
	Bait	Mark Jenkin
	Diego Maradona	Asif Kapadia
	Moffie	Oliver Hermanus
	The Souvenir	Joanna Hogg

2020s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2020 ^[39] ^[40]	His House	Remi Weekes
	Calm with Horses	Nick Rowland
	The Father	Florian Zeller
	Rocks	Sarah Gavron
	Saint Maud	Rose Glass
2021 ^[41]	After Love	Aleem Khan
	Ali & Ava	Clio Barnard
	Boiling Point	Philip Barantini
	The Nest	Sean Durkin
	The Souvenir Part II	Joanna Hogg
2022 ^[42]
	Aftersun	Charlotte Wells
	Blue Jean	Georgia Oakley
	Good Luck to You, Leo Grande	Sophie Hyde
	Living	Oliver Hermanus
	The Wonder	Sebastián Lelio
2023 ^[43]
	All of Us Strangers	Andrew Haigh
	Femme	Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping
	How to Have Sex
	Rye Lane
	Scrapper

Multiple nominations

5 nominations

• Ken Loach

4 nominations

• Mike Leigh
• Shane Meadows
• Michael Winterbottom

3 nominations

• Stephen Frears
• Andrew Haigh
• David Mackenzie
• Lynne Ramsay
• Ben Wheatley

2 nominations

• Andrea Arnold
• Clio Barnard
• Danny Boyle
• Sarah Gavron
• Jonathan Glazer
• Oliver Hermanus
• Joanna Hogg
• Armando Iannucci
• Asif Kapadia
• Yorgos Lanthimos
• Bart Layton
• Kevin Macdonald
• Steve McQueen
• Paweł Pawlikowski
• Anand Tucker

Multiple wins

2 wins

• Andrea Arnold

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Awards 1998. British Independent Film Awards. 24 October 1998. October 8, 2021.
2. Web site: The Awards 1999. British Independent Film Awards. 24 October 1999. October 8, 2021.
3. Web site: The Awards 2000. British Independent Film Awards. 24 October 2000. October 8, 2021.
4. Web site: Sexy Beast scores at British indie film awards. Screen Daily. Patrick. Frater. October 24, 2001. October 8, 2021.
5. Web site: Morvern Callar leads British Independent Film Awards nominations. Screen Daily. September 17, 2002. October 8, 2021.
6. Web site: Sweet Sixteen named best of the independents. The Guardian. Fiachra. Gibbons. October 31, 2002. October 8, 2021.
7. Web site: Dirty Pretty Things leads BIFA nominations. Screen Daily. Tim. Dams. September 22, 2003. October 8, 2021.
8. Web site: Dirty Pretty Things sweeps Brit indie awards. The Guardian. November 3, 2003. October 8, 2021.
9. Web site: 'Drake' takes the cake. Variety. Adam. Dawtrey. November 30, 2004. October 8, 2021.
10. Web site: Constant Gardener wins UK awards. BBC News. December 1, 2005. October 8, 2021.
11. Web site: 'Scotland' duo, 'Queen' pic among top BIFA nominees. The Hollywood Reporter. October 31, 2006. October 8, 2021.
12. Web site: "This is England" Takes Top Prize at British Independent Film Awards. Indiewire. November 30, 2006. October 8, 2021.
13. Web site: British Independent Film Awards nominations list. Variety. October 23, 2007. October 8, 2021.
14. Web site: Control takes over at British Independent Film Awards. CBC News. November 29, 2007. October 8, 2021.
15. Web site: Nominations for British Independent Film Awards announced. Screen Daily. Audrey. Ward. October 28, 2008. October 8, 2021.
16. Web site: 'Slumdog' wins big at British indie awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Stuart. Kemp. December 1, 2008. October 8, 2021.
17. Web site: "Fish Tank," "Moon" Lead British Indie Award Nods. IndieWire. Peter. Knegt. October 26, 2009. October 8, 2021.
18. Web site: British Independent Film Awards: Moon Wins Best Film. IndieWire. Anne. Thompson. December 6, 2009. October 8, 2021.
19. Web site: The King's Speech rings out in Bifa awards nominations. The Guardian. Ben. Child. November 2, 2010. October 8, 2021.
20. Web site: King's Speech reigns at British Independent Film awards. BBC News. Tim. Masters. December 6, 2010. October 8, 2021.
21. Web site: "Shame," "Tyrannosaur" and "Tinker Tailor" Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations. IndieWire. Peter. Knegt. October 31, 2011. October 8, 2021.
22. Web site: Tyrannosaur in triple win at British Independent Film Awards. BBC News. Tim. Masters. December 5, 2011. October 8, 2021.
23. Web site: Broken fixed up with nine British independent film award nominations. The Guardian. Ben. Child. November 6, 2012. October 8, 2021.
24. Web site: British Independent Film Awards: 'Broken' Takes Best Film, 'Berberian Sound Studio' and 'The Imposter' Big Winners. IndieWire. Matt. Mueller. December 9, 2012. October 8, 2021.
25. Web site: 'Metro Manila' gets 5 nominations in British film awards. ABS-CBN News. November 13, 2013. October 8, 2021.
26. Web site: 'Metro Manila' Wins Big at British Independent Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Stuart. Kemp. December 8, 2013. October 8, 2021.
27. Web site: '71, Pride lead BIFA nominations. Screen Daily. Michael. Rosser. November 3, 2014. October 8, 2021.
28. Web site: Pride wins best film at British Independent Film Awards. BBC News. December 7, 2014. October 8, 2021.
29. Web site: 'The Lobster', '45 Years', 'Macbeth' Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations. Deadline. Nancy. Tartaglione. November 3, 2015. October 8, 2021.
30. Web site: Ex Machina triumphs at British independent film awards. The Guardian. Benjamin. Lee. December 7, 2015. October 8, 2021.
31. Web site: I, Daniel Blake leads British independent film award nominations. The Guardian. Alan. Evans. November 1, 2016. October 8, 2021.
32. Web site: 'American Honey' Triumphs at British Independent Film Awards. Variety. Leo. Barranclough. December 4, 2016. October 8, 2021.
33. Web site: 'Lady Macbeth' Tops Nominations for British Independent Film Awards. Variety. Stewart. Clarke. November 1, 2017. October 8, 2021.
34. Web site: British Independent Film Awards: 'God's Own Country' and 'Lady Macbeth' Win Top Prizes. IndieWire. Michael. Nordine. December 10, 2017. October 8, 2021.
35. Web site: The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations. The Guardian. Mark. Brown. October 31, 2018. October 8, 2021.
36. Web site: 'The Favourite' Wins 10 British Independent Film Awards, Living Up to Its Title. IndieWire. Michael. Nordine. December 2, 2018. October 8, 2021.
37. Web site: 2019 British Indie Film Awards Nominations: 'David Copperfield,' Zellweger, and More. IndieWire. Zack. Sharf. October 30, 2019. October 8, 2021.
38. Web site: British Independent Film Awards: 'For Sama' Wins Top Prize. The Hollywood Reporter. Alex. Ritman. December 1, 2019. October 8, 2021.
39. Web site: 'Saint Maud,' 'His House,' 'Rocks' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations. Variety. Naman. Ramachandran. December 9, 2020. October 8, 2021.
40. Web site: 'Rocks' & 'His House' Win Big At British Independent Film Awards. Deadline. Tom. Grater. February 18, 2021. October 8, 2021.
41. Web site: 'Belfast,' 'Boiling Point' Lead BIFA Nominations. Variety. Naman. Ramachandran. November 3, 2021. November 3, 2021.
42. Web site: British Independent Film Awards: Debut Movies 'Aftersun,' 'Blue Jean' Lead Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. Georg. Szalai. 4 November 2022. 4 November 2022.
43. Web site: Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal Score Nods as 'Rye Lane,' 'Scrapper', 'All of Us Strangers' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations. Variety. 2 November 2023. 2 November 2023. Naman. Ramachandran. Naman Ramachandran.