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Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor
Alfonso Cuarón
Cuarón in July 2013
Born Alfonso Cuarón Orozco
(1961-11-28 ) 28 November 1961 (age 59) Mexico City , Mexico
Alma mater National Autonomous University of Mexico Occupation Director producer screenwriter cinematographer film editor Years active 1981–present Spouse(s) Mariana Elizondo
(
m. 1980;
div. 1993)
Annalisa Bugliani
(
m. 2001;
div. 2008)
Children 3, including Jonás Cuarón Relatives Carlos Cuarón (brother)Honours British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Directors Guild of America Award
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( kwah-ROHN ,[1] Spanish: [alˈfonso kwaˈɾon] (listen ) ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. Cuarón is the first Mexico-born filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director .[2] He has been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories,[a] a record he shares with Walt Disney and George Clooney .
Cuarón has received 11 Academy Award nominations, winning four including Best Director for Gravity (2013) and Roma (2018), Best Film Editing for Gravity , and Best Cinematography for Roma . His other notable films from a variety of genres include the family drama A Little Princess (1995), the romantic drama Great Expectations (1998), the coming of age road film Y tu mamá también (2001), the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and the science fiction dystopian thriller Children of Men (2006).[3] [4] [5]
Early life [ ]
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born in Mexico City , the son of Alfredo Cuarón, a doctor specializing in nuclear medicine, and Cristina Orozco, a pharmaceutical biochemist.[6] He has two brothers, Carlos , also a filmmaker,[7] and Alfredo, a conservation biologist.[citation needed ] Cuarón studied philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and filmmaking at CUEC (Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos ),[8] a school within the same university. There he met the director Carlos Marcovich and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki ,[8] and they made what would be his first short film, Vengeance Is Mine. [citation needed ]
Career [ ]
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1990s: Early career [ ]
Cuarón at the
Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara in 1998.
Cuarón began working on television in Mexico , first as a technician and then as a director. His television work led to assignments as an assistant director for several film productions including La Gran Fiesta , Gaby: A True Story and Romero , and in 1991 he landed his first big-screen directorial assignment.
In 1991, Cuarón directed Sólo con tu pareja , a sex comedy about a womanizing businessman (played by Daniel Giménez Cacho ) who, after having sex with an attractive nurse, is fooled into believing he's contracted AIDS . In addition to writing, producing and directing, Cuarón co-edited the film with Luis Patlán.[9] The film, which also starred cabaret singer Astrid Hadad and model/actress Claudia Ramírez (with whom Cuarón was linked between 1989 and 1993) was a big hit in Mexico. After this success, director Sydney Pollack hired Cuarón to direct an episode of Fallen Angels , a series of neo-noir stories produced for the Showtime premium cable network in 1993; other directors who worked on the series included Steven Soderbergh , Jonathan Kaplan , Peter Bogdanovich , and Tom Hanks .
In 1995, Cuarón released his first feature film produced in the United States, A Little Princess , an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett 's classic novel. Cuarón's next feature was also a literary adaptation, a modernized version of Charles Dickens 's Great Expectations starring Ethan Hawke , Gwyneth Paltrow , and Robert De Niro .
2000s: International success [ ]
Cuarón and
Clive Owen , who worked together on
Children of Men .
In 2001, Cuarón found himself returning to Mexico with a Spanish-speaking cast to film Y tu mamá también , starring Gael García Bernal , Diego Luna and Maribel Verdú . It was a provocative and controversial road comedy about two sexually obsessed teenagers who take an extended road trip with an attractive married woman who is much older than them. The film's open portrayal of sexuality and frequent rude humor, as well as the politically and socially relevant asides, made the film an international hit and a major success with critics. Cuarón shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay with co-writer and brother Carlos Cuarón .
In 2004, Cuarón directed the third film in the successful Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . Cuarón faced criticism at the time from some Harry Potter fans for his approach to the film, notably its tendency to take more creative liberties with the source material than its predecessors. However, author J. K. Rowling , who had seen and loved Cuarón's film Y tu mamá también , said that it was her personal favorite from the series so far.[10] Critically, the film was also better received than the first two installments, with some critics remarking its new tone and for being the first Harry Potter film to truly capture the essence of the novels.[11] It has been subsequently rated by audience polls and critics as the best of the movie franchise series.
In 2006, Cuarón's feature Children of Men , an adaptation of the P. D. James novel starring Clive Owen , Julianne Moore , and Michael Caine , received wide critical acclaim including three Academy Award nominations. Cuarón himself received two nominations for his work on the film in Best Film Editing (with Alex Rodríguez ) and Best Adapted Screenplay (with several collaborators).
He created the production and distribution company Esperanto Filmoj ("Esperanto Films", named because of his support for the international language Esperanto [12] ), which has credits in the films Duck Season , Pan's Labyrinth , and Gravity .
Cuarón also directed the controversial public service announcement "I Am Autism" for Autism Speaks that was criticized by disability rights groups for its negative portrayal of autism.[13]
2010s: Awards success [ ]
Alfonso Cuarón in Morelia International Film Festival
In 2010, Cuarón began to develop the film Gravity , a drama set in space. He was joined by producer David Heyman , with whom Cuarón worked on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney , the film opened the 70th Venice International Film Festival in August. The film was then released in America on October 4, 2013[14] The film became financial success earning 723.2 million of the box office against a budget of 130 million.[15] The film also received many awards nominations. On 12 January 2014, Alfonso accepted the Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Director . The film received ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director . Cuarón won for Best Directing, becoming the first Latin American to win the award,[16] while he and Mark Sanger received the award for Best Film Editing .[17]
In 2013, Cuarón created Believe , a science fiction/fantasy/adventure series that was broadcast as part of the 2013–14 United States network television schedule on NBC as a mid-season entry. The series was created by Cuarón for Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television. In 2014, TIME placed him in its list of "100 Most Influential People in the World " – Pioneers.[18]
In May 2015, Cuarón was announced as the President of the Jury for the 72nd Venice International Film Festival .[19]
Production began in fall 2016 for Cuarón's eighth film, Roma , a tale of a housekeeper for a middle class Mexican family in 1970s Mexico City, based on the life of his family's longtime maid, Liboria Rodríguez.[20] The project was produced by Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez and Nicolás Celis and starred Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira both of whom received Oscar nominations. The film debuted at 75th Venice International Film Festival , where it won the Golden Lion ,[21] and was distributed to select theaters in Mexico and United States before its online release on Netflix . Roma was highly acclaimed upon release; among its accolades are two Golden Globes (Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director for Cuarón) and three Academy Awards (Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Cinematography for Cuarón) out of a leading ten nominations.[22] [23] In 2019, Cuaron signed an overall TV deal at Apple.[24]
Style [ ]
Cuarón's films seem to seep with his many signature visual, thematic, and structural elements. Most notable is the director's use of long takes and his constantly moving camera. These tendencies create the feeling of real time and real space within the worlds that Cuarón explores in his films. Elaborating on this the director states,“For Children of Men , we wanted to take advantage of the element of real time. It’s a documentary approach. As if you were just following characters around with your own digital camera in the year 2027.” This documentary approach grounds the sometimes fantastical and otherworldly settings the director traverses in films such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Gravity . In his films, camera movement acts as an extension of character emotion. Whether employing handheld, steadicam or robotic arm, Cuarón uses the tools of cinematography to create an intense, symbiotic relationship between viewer and onscreen action.[25]
Personal life [ ]
Cuarón is a vegetarian[26] [27] and has been living in London since 2000.[28]
Cuarón's first marriage was to Mariana Elizondo with whom he has a son, Jonás Cuarón , born in 1981. Jonás Cuarón is also a film director, known for Year of the Nail and Desierto .[29] Alfonso Cuarón's second marriage, from 2001 to 2008 was to Italian actress and freelance journalist Annalisa Bugliani, with whom he has two children.[29]
He has publicly shown his fascination for the Esperanto language and his support for the Esperanto movement .[30] He called his production company Esperanto Filmoj .
In 2009, Cuarón signed a petition which called for the release of film director Roman Polanski , who was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl .[31] [32] [33]
Filmography [ ]
Directed features
Year
Title
Distributor
1991
Sólo con tu pareja
Warner Bros.
1995
A Little Princess
1998
Great Expectations
20th Century Fox
2001
Y tu mamá también
IFC Films
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Warner Bros.
2006
Children of Men
Universal Pictures
2013
Gravity
Warner Bros.
2018
Roma
Netflix
Awards and nominations [ ]
Awards and nominations received by Cuarón's films
Academy Awards [17]
BAFTA Awards [34]
Golden Globe Awards [35]
1995
A Little Princess
2
2001
Y tu mamá también
1
2
1
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2
4
2006
Children of Men
3
3
2
2013
Gravity
10
7
11
6
4
1
2018
Roma
10
3
7
4
3
2
Total
28
10
27
12
8
3
See also [ ]
Notes [ ]
References [ ]
^ "Say How: C" . National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped . Retrieved 17 October 2018 .
^ "Oscars: Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma' Wins Mexico Its First Foreign-Language Honor" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 27 November 2020 .
^ "Decade: Alfonso Cuarón on "Y Tu Mama Tambien" " . IndieWire . Retrieved 27 November 2020 .
^ "Alfonso Cuarón Didn't Want to Direct 'Harry Potter' Until Guillermo Del Toro Called Him an 'Arrogant Bastard' and Changed His Mind" . IndieWire . Retrieved 27 November 2020 .
^ "AFI|Catalog - Children of Men" . AFI . Retrieved 24 March 2020 .
^ Valdes, Marcela (13 December 2018). "After 'Gravity,' Alfonso Cuarón Had His Pick of Directing Blockbusters. Instead, He Went Home to Make 'Roma.' " . The New York Times . Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
^ D’Silva, Interviews: Beverley (18 October 2009). "Relative Values: Alfonso Cuaron and his brother Carlos" . The Sunday Times . ISSN 0956-1382 . Retrieved 23 December 2019 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
^ Jump up to: a b "Roma: Repatriation vs. Exploitation" . 7 June 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019 .
^ Scott, A. O. (20 September 2006). "Sólo Con Tu Pareja - Review - Movies" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 23 December 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
^ J.K. Rowling Archived 4 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 17 January 2007.
^ "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" .
^ Interview Archived 2 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine by Sam Green with Cuarón.
^ Asansouthwestohio (23 September 2009). "Autistic Self Advocacy Network, SW Ohio: Autistic Community Condemns Autism Speaks" .
^ "Movie News: Movie Reviews, Trailers, Photos - EW.com" .
^ "Gravity" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 27 November 2020 .
^ "Who Is Roma Director Alfonso Cuarón? You've Definitely Seen His Incredible Movies" . Harper's Bazaar . 23 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019 .
^ Jump up to: a b "Academy Awards Search" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2019 .
^ "The 100 Most Influential People – Pioneers: Alfonso Cuarón" . TIME.com . 23 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014 .
^ "Director Alfonso Cuarón President of the International Jury for the Venezia 72 Competition" . Venice Biennale . 11 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015 .
^ Lodge, Guy (27 November 2018). "Roma: why Alfonso Cuaron's Oscar frontrunner is a triumph" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 December 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
^ Kroll, Justin (8 September 2016). "Alfonso Cuaron Sets Mexican Family Drama as Next Film" . Variety .
^ "Netflix's 'Roma' wins three Oscars, including Best Director (but not Best Picture)" . Retrieved 23 December 2019 .
^ Pulver, Andrew (25 February 2019). "Alfonso Cuarón wins Oscar for best director for Roma" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 December 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
^ Otterson, Joe (10 October 2019). "Alfonso Cuarón Sets TV Overall Deal at Apple" . Variety . Retrieved 13 December 2020 .
^ Vasiliauskas, Matt (12 August 2019). "Alfonso Cuarón's Directing Techniques" . StudioBinder . Retrieved 19 March 2020 .
^ Dan P. Lee (22 September 2013). "The Camera's Cusp: Alfonso Cuarón Takes Filmmaking to a New Extreme With Gravity" . New York . Retrieved 12 July 2015 – via Vulture.com.
^ "Vogue Arts – Down to Earth" . Loquet London. 12 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015 .
^ Baftas 2014: Alfonso Cuarón wins best director for Gravity | Film . theguardian.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-22.
^ Jump up to: a b "Anuncia Cuarón separación matrimonial de su segunda esposa" . La Crónica (in Spanish). NOTIMEX. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018 .
^ "The Universal Language | An Interview with Director Alfonso Cuarón" . esperantodocumentary.com . Retrieved 10 May 2020 .
^ "Signez la pétition pour Roman Polanski!" . La Règle du Jeu (in French). Retrieved 26 May 2021 .
^ "Petition for Roman Polanski Signatories" . Retrieved 26 May 2021 .
^ "Over 100 In Film Community Sign Polanski Petition" . IndieWire . Retrieved 26 May 2021 .
^ "Awards Database" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
^ "Search" . Hollywood Foreign Press Association . Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
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Terrence Malick (2011)
Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
Steve McQueen (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Christopher Nolan (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
show Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
Dean Semler (1990)
Roger Deakins (1991)
Michael Ballhaus (1992)
Janusz Kamiński (1993)
Stefan Czapsky (1994)
Darius Khondji (1995)
John Seale (1996)
Russell Carpenter (1997)
John Toll (1998)
Robert Richardson (1999)
Peter Pau (2000)
Andrew Lesnie (2001)
Edward Lachman (2002)
Lance Acord (2003)
Christopher Doyle / Robert Richardson (2004)
Rodrigo Prieto (2005)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2006)
Roger Deakins (2007)
Wally Pfister (2008)
Barry Ackroyd (2009)
Wally Pfister (2010)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
Mihai Mălaimare Jr. (2012)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
Emmanuel Lubezki / Robert Yeoman (2014)
John Seale (2015)
Linus Sandgren (2016)
Roger Deakins (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Roger Deakins (2019)
Joshua James Richards (2020)
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Mel Gibson (1995)
Anthony Minghella (1996)
James Cameron (1997)
Steven Spielberg (1998)
Sam Mendes (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
Ron Howard / Baz Luhrmann (2001)
Steven Spielberg (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Martin Scorsese (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Martin Scorsese (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
Ben Affleck (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Damien Chazelle (2016)
Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Bong Joon-ho / Sam Mendes (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
show
Mauro Fiore (2009)
Wally Pfister (2010)
Janusz Kamiński / Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
Claudio Miranda (2012)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2014)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2015)
Linus Sandgren (2016)
Roger Deakins (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Roger Deakins (2019)
Joshua James Richards (2020)
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Kevin Costner (1990)
Oliver Stone (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Steven Spielberg (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Mike Figgis (1995)
Joel Coen (1996)
James Cameron (1997)
Steven Spielberg (1998)
Sam Mendes (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
Ron Howard (2001)
Peter Jackson (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Martin Scorsese (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Martin Scorsese (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
Jason Reitman (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Alexander Payne (2011)
Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2014)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Sam Mendes (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Dean Semler (1990)
Robert Richardson (1991)
Jack N. Green (1992)
Janusz Kamiński (1993)
Roger Deakins / John Toll (1994)
John Toll (1995)
John Seale (1996)
Russell Carpenter (1997)
Janusz Kamiński (1998)
Robert Richardson (1999)
Peter Pau (2000)
Andrew Lesnie (2001)
Edward Lachman (2002)
Andrew Lesnie (2003)
No Award (2004)
Rodrigo Prieto (2005)
Dean Semler (2006)
Roger Deakins (2007)
Wally Pfister (2008)
Andrew Lesnie (2009)
Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak (2010)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
Claudio Miranda (2012)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2014)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2015)
Linus Sandgren (2016)
Dan Laustsen (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Roger Deakins (2019)
Joshua James Richards (2020)
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Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
Pete Docter (2009)
Danny Boyle (2010)
Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
David O. Russell (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Damien Chazelle (2016)
Sean Baker (2017)
Adam McKay (2018)
Martin Scorsese (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
show 1948–1975
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1948)
Robert Rossen (1949)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
George Stevens (1951)
John Ford (1952)
Fred Zinnemann (1953)
Elia Kazan (1954)
Delbert Mann (1955)
George Stevens (1956)
David Lean (1957)
Vincente Minnelli (1958)
William Wyler (1959)
Billy Wilder (1960)
Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise (1961)
David Lean (1962)
Tony Richardson (1963)
George Cukor (1964)
Robert Wise (1965)
Fred Zinnemann (1966)
Mike Nichols (1967)
Anthony Harvey (1968)
John Schlesinger (1969)
Franklin J. Schaffner (1970)
William Friedkin (1971)
Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
George Roy Hill (1973)
Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
Miloš Forman (1975)
1976–2000
John G. Avildsen (1976)
Woody Allen (1977)
Michael Cimino (1978)
Robert Benton (1979)
Robert Redford (1980)
Warren Beatty (1981)
Richard Attenborough (1982)
James L. Brooks (1983)
Miloš Forman (1984)
Steven Spielberg (1985)
Oliver Stone (1986)
Bernardo Bertolucci (1987)
Barry Levinson (1988)
Oliver Stone (1989)
Kevin Costner (1990)
Jonathan Demme (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Steven Spielberg (1993)
Robert Zemeckis (1994)
Ron Howard (1995)
Anthony Minghella (1996)
James Cameron (1997)
Steven Spielberg (1998)
Sam Mendes (1999)
Ang Lee (2000)
2001–present
Ron Howard (2001)
Rob Marshall (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Clint Eastwood (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Martin Scorsese (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
Tom Hooper (2010)
Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
Ben Affleck (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2014)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
Damien Chazelle (2016)
Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Sam Mendes (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
show
Danny Boyle (1996)
Terry Gilliam (1997)
Cameron Crowe (1998)
Steven Spielberg (1999)
M. Night Shyamalan (2000)
Bryan Singer (2001)
Baz Luhrmann (2002)
Steven Spielberg (2003)
Quentin Tarantino (2004)
Sam Raimi (2005)
Nick Park and Steve Box (2006)
Christopher Nolan (2007)
David Yates (2008)
Christopher Nolan (2009)
James Cameron (2010)
Edgar Wright (2011)
David Yates (2012)
Sam Mendes (2013)
Alfonso Cuarón (2014)
Christopher Nolan (2015)
J. J. Abrams (2016)
Gareth Edwards (2017)
Rian Johnson (2018)
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Joel Coen (1996)
Curtis Hanson (1997)
Peter Weir (1998)
Sam Mendes (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
Peter Jackson (2001)
Martin Scorsese (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Alexander Payne (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Martin Scorsese (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
Jason Reitman (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Martin Scorsese (2011)
Ben Affleck (2012)
Steve McQueen (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Damien Chazelle (2016)
Christopher Nolan (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Céline Sciamma (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
show 1943–1975
Henry King (1943)
Leo McCarey (1944)
Billy Wilder (1945)
Frank Capra (1946)
Elia Kazan (1947)
John Huston (1948)
Robert Rossen (1949)
Billy Wilder (1950)
László Benedek (1951)
Cecil B. DeMille (1952)
Fred Zinnemann (1953)
Elia Kazan (1954)
Joshua Logan (1955)
Elia Kazan (1956)
David Lean (1957)
Vincente Minnelli (1958)
William Wyler (1959)
Jack Cardiff (1960)
Stanley Kramer (1961)
David Lean (1962)
Elia Kazan (1963)
George Cukor (1964)
David Lean (1965)
Fred Zinnemann (1966)
Mike Nichols (1967)
Paul Newman (1968)
Charles Jarrott (1969)
Arthur Hiller (1970)
William Friedkin (1971)
Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
William Friedkin (1973)
Roman Polanski (1974)
Miloš Forman (1975)
1976–2000
Sidney Lumet (1976)
Herbert Ross (1977)
Michael Cimino (1978)
Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
Robert Redford (1980)
Warren Beatty (1981)
Richard Attenborough (1982)
Barbra Streisand (1983)
Miloš Forman (1984)
John Huston (1985)
Oliver Stone (1986)
Bernardo Bertolucci (1987)
Clint Eastwood (1988)
Oliver Stone (1989)
Kevin Costner (1990)
Oliver Stone (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Steven Spielberg (1993)
Robert Zemeckis (1994)
Mel Gibson (1995)
Miloš Forman (1996)
James Cameron (1997)
Steven Spielberg (1998)
Sam Mendes (1999)
Ang Lee (2000)
2001–present
Robert Altman (2001)
Martin Scorsese (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Clint Eastwood (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Martin Scorsese (2006)
Julian Schnabel (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
James Cameron (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Martin Scorsese (2011)
Ben Affleck (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
Damien Chazelle (2016)
Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Sam Mendes (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Tim Burton (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
Ben Affleck (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
Damien Chazelle (2016)
Greta Gerwig (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
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Roger Deakins (2007)
Claudio Miranda (2008)
Barry Ackroyd (2009)
Wally Pfister (2010)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
Roger Deakins (2012)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2014)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2015)
Linus Sandgren (2016)
Roger Deakins (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Roger Deakins (2019)
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Nicolas Roeg (1980)
Andrzej Wajda (1981)
Costa-Gavras (1982)
Andrzej Wajda (1983)
Neil Jordan (1984)
Roland Joffé (1985)
Akira Kurosawa (1986)
Stanley Kubrick (1987)
John Huston (1988)
Terence Davies (1989)
Woody Allen (1990)
Ridley Scott (1991)
Robert Altman (1992)
James Ivory (1993)
Steven Spielberg (1994)
Peter Jackson (1995)
Joel Coen (1996)
Curtis Hanson (1997)
Peter Weir (1998)
Sam Mendes (1999)
Spike Jonze (2000)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (2001)
Phillip Noyce (2002)
Clint Eastwood (2003)
Martin Scorsese (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Paul Greengrass (2006)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
David Fincher (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
Ang Lee (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
László Nemes (2016)
Sean Baker (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
Steve McQueen (2020)
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Sidney Lumet (1975)
Sidney Lumet (1976)
Herbert Ross (1977)
Michael Cimino (1978)
Robert Benton (1979)
Roman Polanski (1980)
Warren Beatty (1981)
Steven Spielberg (1982)
James L. Brooks (1983)
Miloš Forman (1984)
Terry Gilliam (1985)
David Lynch (1986)
John Boorman (1987)
David Cronenberg (1988)
Spike Lee (1989)
Martin Scorsese (1990)
Barry Levinson (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Jane Campion (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Mike Figgis (1995)
Mike Leigh (1996)
Curtis Hanson (1997)
Steven Spielberg (1998)
Sam Mendes (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
David Lynch (2001)
Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Alexander Payne (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Paul Greengrass (2006)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
Olivier Assayas / David Fincher (2010)
Terrence Malick (2011)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Guillermo del Toro / Luca Guadagnino (2017)
Debra Granik (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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John Alcott (1975)
Haskell Wexler (1976)
Douglas Slocombe (1977)
Néstor Almendros (1978)
Caleb Deschanel (1979)
Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth (1980)
Vittorio Storaro (1981)
Jordan Cronenweth (1982)
Sven Nykvist (1983)
Chris Menges (1984)
David Watkin (1985)
Chris Menges (1986)
Vittorio Storaro (1987)
Henri Alekan (1988)
Michael Ballhaus (1989)
Michael Ballhaus (1990)
Roger Deakins (1991)
Zhao Fei (1992)
Stuart Dryburgh / Janusz Kamiński (1993)
Stefan Czapsky (1994)
Lü Yue (1995)
Chris Menges / John Seale (1996)
Dante Spinotti (1997)
Janusz Kamiński (1998)
Dante Spinotti (1999)
Peter Pau (2000)
Roger Deakins (2001)
Edward Lachman (2002)
Eduardo Serra (2003)
Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron (2004)
Robert Elswit (2005)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2006)
Janusz Kamiński (2007)
Yu Lik-wai (2008)
Christian Berger (2009)
Matthew Libatique (2010)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
Roger Deakins (2012)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2014)
John Seale (2015)
James Laxton (2016)
Dan Laustsen (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Claire Mathon (2019)
(2020)
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Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
Ingmar Bergman (1967)
Ingmar Bergman (1968)
François Truffaut (1969)
Ingmar Bergman (1970)
Bernardo Bertolucci (1971)
Luis Buñuel (1972)
François Truffaut (1973)
Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
Robert Altman (1975)
Martin Scorsese (1976)
Luis Buñuel (1977)
Terrence Malick (1978)
Woody Allen / Robert Benton (1979)
Martin Scorsese (1980)
Louis Malle (1981)
Steven Spielberg (1982)
Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani (1983)
Robert Bresson (1984)
John Huston (1985)
David Lynch (1986)
John Boorman (1987)
Philip Kaufman (1988)
Gus Van Sant (1989)
Martin Scorsese (1990)
David Cronenberg (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Steven Spielberg (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Mike Figgis (1995)
Lars von Trier (1996)
Curtis Hanson (1997)
Steven Soderbergh (1998)
Mike Leigh (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
Robert Altman (2001)
Roman Polanski (2002)
Clint Eastwood (2003)
Zhang Yimou (2004)
David Cronenberg (2005)
Paul Greengrass (2006)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
Mike Leigh (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Terrence Malick (2011)
Michael Haneke (2012)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
Todd Haynes (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Greta Gerwig (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Greta Gerwig (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Haskell Wexler (1967)
William A. Fraker (1968)
Lucien Ballard (1969)
Néstor Almendros (1970)
Vittorio Storaro (1971)
Sven Nykvist (1972)
Vilmos Zsigmond (1973)
Gordon Willis (1974)
John Alcott (1975)
Haskell Wexler (1976)
Thomas Mauch (1977)
Néstor Almendros (1978)
Caleb Deschanel (1979)
Michael Chapman (1980)
Gordon Willis (1981)
Philippe Rousselot (1982)
Hiro Narita (1983)
Chris Menges (1984)
Takao Saito , Masaharu Ueda , and Asakazu Nakai (1985)
Frederick Elmes (1986)
Philippe Rousselot (1987)
Henri Alekan (1988)
Michael Ballhaus (1989)
Peter Suschitzky (1990)
Roger Deakins (1991)
Zhao Fei (1992)
Janusz Kamiński (1993)
Stefan Czapsky (1994)
Tak Fujimoto (1995)
Robby Müller (1996)
Roger Deakins (1997)
John Toll (1998)
Conrad L. Hall (1999)
Agnès Godard (2000)
Christopher Doyle and Pin Bing Lee (2001)
Edward Lachman (2002)
Russell Boyd (2003)
Xiaoding Zhao (2004)
Christopher Doyle , Lai Yiu Fai , and Kwan Pun Leung (2005)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2006)
Robert Elswit (2007)
Anthony Dod Mantle (2008)
Christian Berger (2009)
Roger Deakins (2010)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
Mihai Mălaimare Jr. (2012)
Bruno Delbonnel (2013)
Dick Pope (2014)
Edward Lachman (2015)
James Laxton (2016)
Roger Deakins (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Claire Mathon (2019)
Joshua James Richards (2020)
show Nebula Award for Best Script
Soylent Green – Stanley R. Greenberg (1973)
Sleeper – Woody Allen (1974)
Young Frankenstein – Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)
Star Wars – George Lucas (1977)
The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
Galaxy Quest – David Howard and Robert Gordon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – James Schamus , Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Peter Jackson (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , Stephen Sinclair , and Peter Jackson (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Peter Jackson (2004)
Serenity – Joss Whedon (2005)
Howl's Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki , Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro (2007)
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton , Jim Reardon , and Pete Docter (2008)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Terminator 2: Judgment Day – James Cameron (1992)
Babylon 5 – J. Michael Straczynski (1999)
2000X – Tales of the Next Millennia – Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison (2001)
Joss Whedon (2008)
District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (2009)
Inception – Christopher Nolan (2010)
Doctor Who : "The Doctor's Wife " – Richard Clark and Neil Gaiman (2011)
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar (2012)
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón (2013)
Guardians of the Galaxy – James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (2014)
Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller , Brendan McCarthy , and Nico Lathouris (2015)
Arrival – Denis Villeneuve and Eric Heisserer (2016)
Get Out – Jordan Peele (2017)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman (2018)
Good Omens : "Hard Times" – Neil Gaiman (2019)
The Good Place : "Whenever You're Ready " – Michael Schur (2020)
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John Ford (1935)
Rouben Mamoulian (1936)
Gregory La Cava (1937)
Alfred Hitchcock (1938)
John Ford (1939)
John Ford (1940)
John Ford (1941)
John Farrow (1942)
George Stevens (1943)
Leo McCarey (1944)
Billy Wilder (1945)
William Wyler (1946)
Elia Kazan (1947)
John Huston (1948)
Carol Reed (1949)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
Elia Kazan (1951)
Fred Zinnemann (1952)
Fred Zinnemann (1953)
Elia Kazan (1954)
David Lean (1955)
John Huston (1956)
David Lean (1957)
Stanley Kramer (1958)
Fred Zinnemann (1959)
Jack Cardiff / Billy Wilder (1960)
Robert Rossen (1961)
No Award (1962)
Tony Richardson (1963)
Stanley Kubrick (1964)
John Schlesinger (1965)
Fred Zinnemann (1966)
Mike Nichols (1967)
Paul Newman (1968)
Costa-Gavras (1969)
Bob Rafelson (1970)
Stanley Kubrick (1971)
Ingmar Bergman (1972)
François Truffaut (1973)
Federico Fellini (1974)
Robert Altman (1975)
Alan J. Pakula (1976)
Woody Allen (1977)
Terrence Malick (1978)
Woody Allen (1979)
Jonathan Demme (1980)
Sidney Lumet (1981)
Sydney Pollack (1982)
Ingmar Bergman (1983)
David Lean (1984)
John Huston (1985)
Woody Allen (1986)
James L. Brooks (1987)
Chris Menges (1988)
Paul Mazursky (1989)
Martin Scorsese (1990)
Jonathan Demme (1991)
Robert Altman (1992)
Jane Campion (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Ang Lee (1995)
Lars von Trier (1996)
Curtis Hanson (1997)
Terrence Malick (1998)
Mike Leigh (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
Robert Altman (2001)
Todd Haynes (2002)
Sofia Coppola (2003)
Clint Eastwood (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Martin Scorsese (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Mike Leigh (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
Steve McQueen (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
Todd Haynes (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Sean Baker (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Joshua Safdie and Benjamin Safdie (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth (1980)
David Watkin (1981)
Néstor Almendros (1982)
Gordon Willis (1983)
Chris Menges (1984)
David Watkin (1985)
Tony Pierce-Roberts (1986)
Vittorio Storaro (1987)
Henri Alekan (1988)
Ernest R. Dickerson (1989)
Vittorio Storaro (1990)
Roger Deakins (1991)
Jean Lépin (1992)
Janusz Kamiński (1993)
Stefan Czapsky (1994)
Lü Yue (1995)
Robby Müller (1996)
Roger Deakins (1997)
John Toll (1998)
Freddie Francis (1999)
Peter Pau (2000)
Christopher Doyle and Pin Bing Lee (2001)
Todd Haynes and Edward Lachman (2002)
Harris Savides (2003)
Christopher Doyle (2004)
Christopher Doyle and Lai Yiu-fai and Kwan Pun Leung (2005)
Guillermo Navarro (2006)
Robert Elswit (2007)
Anthony Dod Mantle (2008)
Christian Berger (2009)
Matthew Libatique (2010)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
Greig Fraser (2012)
Bruno Delbonnel (2013)
Darius Khondji (2014)
Edward Lachman (2015)
James Laxton (2016)
Rachel Morrison (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Claire Mathon (2019)
(2020)
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James Cameron (1997)
Steven Spielberg (1998)
Sam Mendes (1999)
Darren Aronofsky (2000)
David Lynch (2001)
Peter Jackson (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Michel Gondry (2004)
David Cronenberg (2005)
Martin Scorsese (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Christopher Nolan (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Terrence Malick (2011)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Christopher Nolan (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Scott Frank (1998)
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
Christopher Nolan (2001)
Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
Philippa Boyens , Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh (2003)
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
Alfonso Cuarón , Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
John Ajvide Lindqvist (2008)
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009)
Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan (2011)
Chris Terrio (2012)
John Ridley (2013)
Gillian Flynn (2014)
Phyllis Nagy (2015)
Eric Heisserer (2016)
James Ivory (2017)
Barry Jenkins (2018)
Steven Zaillian (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Janusz Kamiński (1998)
Emmanuel Lubezki (1999)
Peter Pau (2000)
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Edward Lachman (2002)
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Wally Pfister (2008)
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Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
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Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
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John Seale (2015)
Linus Sandgren (2016)
Roger Deakins (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Roger Deakins (2019)
Joshua James Richards (2020)
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Joel Coen (1996)
James Cameron (1997)
John Madden (1998)
David Lynch (1999)
Cameron Crowe (2000)
Terry Zwigoff (2001)
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Bennett Miller (2005)
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Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
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Darren Aronofsky (2010)
Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
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Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Dan Gilroy (2014)
George Miller (2015)
David Mackenzie (2016)
Greta Gerwig (2017)
Debra Granik (2018)
Benny and Josh Safdie (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
Darren Aronofsky / David Fincher (2010)
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Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Spike Lee (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Wally Pfister (2008)
Roger Deakins (2009)
Matthew Libatique (2010)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
Claudio Miranda (2012)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski (2014)
John Seale (2015)
James Laxton (2016)
Roger Deakins (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Roger Deakins (2019)
Christopher Blauvelt (2020)
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Joel Coen (1996)
James Cameron (1997)
Terrence Malick (1998)
Michael Mann (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
Baz Luhrmann (2001)
Todd Haynes (2002)
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Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
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Richard Linklater (2014)
Tom McCarthy (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Jordan Peele (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
James Mangold (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (1997)
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M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
Milo Addica and Will Rokos (2001)
Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
Sofia Coppola (2003)
James L. White (2004)
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Tom Mccarthy (2008)
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2009)
David Seidler (2010)
Terrence Malick (2011)
Mark Boal (2012)
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (2013)
Dan Gilroy (2014)
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Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
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Jordan Peele (2018/19)
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Roger Deakins (2019)
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Jonathan Demme (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Terrence Malick (2011)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
Todd Haynes (2015)
Maren Ade (2016)
Greta Gerwig (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Steven Soderbergh (2000)
Baz Luhrmann (2001)
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Peter Jackson (2003)
Clint Eastwood (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Alfonso Cuarón (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
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Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Terrence Malick (2011)
Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
Paul Schrader (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Spike Jonze / Sam Mendes / Denzel Washington (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Michel Gondry (2004)
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Martin Scorsese (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
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Martin Scorsese (2011)
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Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Damien Chazelle (2016)
Christopher Nolan (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
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Wally Pfister (2010)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
Claudio Miranda (2012)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2014)
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Linus Sandgren (2016)
Roger Deakins (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Roger Deakins (2019)
Joshua James Richards (2020)
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1980–2000
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Gian Luigi Rondi (1991)
Dennis Hopper / Jiří Menzel (1992)
Peter Weir (1993)
David Lynch (1994)
Jorge Semprún (1995)
Roman Polanski (1996)
Jane Campion (1997)
Ettore Scola (1998)
Emir Kusturica (1999)
Miloš Forman (2000)
2001–present
Nanni Moretti (2001)
Gong Li (2002)
Mario Monicelli (2003)
John Boorman (2004)
Dante Ferretti (2005)
Catherine Deneuve (2006)
Zhang Yimou (2007)
Wim Wenders (2008)
Ang Lee (2009)
Quentin Tarantino (2010)
Darren Aronofsky (2011)
Michael Mann (2012)
Bernardo Bertolucci (2013)
Alexandre Desplat (2014)
Alfonso Cuarón (2015)
Sam Mendes (2016)
Annette Bening (2017)
Guillermo del Toro (2018)
Lucrecia Martel (2019)
Cate Blanchett (2020)
Bong Joon-ho (2021)
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