Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director | |
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Awarded for | Worst in film |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Golden Raspberry Award Foundation |
First awarded | 1981 (Robert Greenwald for Xanadu) |
Currently held by | Sia, Music (2020/21) |
Website | www |
The Razzie Award for Worst Director is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards[1] to the worst director of the previous year. The following is a list of nominees and recipients of that award, along with the film(s) for which they were nominated.
Winners and Nominees[]
1980s[]
Year | Director | Film |
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1980 (1st) | ||
Robert Greenwald | Xanadu | |
John G. Avildsen | The Formula | |
Brian De Palma | Dressed to Kill | |
Richard Fleischer | The Jazz Singer | |
William Friedkin | Cruising | |
Stanley Kubrick | The Shining | |
Michael Ritchie | The Island | |
John Trent | Middle Age Crazy | |
Nancy Walker | Can't Stop the Music | |
Gordon Willis | Windows | |
1981 (2nd) | ||
Michael Cimino | Heaven's Gate | |
John Derek | Tarzan, the Ape Man | |
Blake Edwards | S.O.B. | |
Frank Perry | Mommie Dearest | |
Franco Zeffirelli | Endless Love | |
1982 (3rd) | ||
Ken Annakin | The Pirate Movie | |
Terence Young | Inchon | |
Matt Cimber | Butterfly | |
John Huston | Annie | |
Hal Needham | Megaforce | |
1983 (4th) | ||
Peter Sasdy | The Lonely Lady | |
Joe Alves | Jaws 3-D | |
Brian De Palma | Scarface | |
John Herzfeld | Two of a Kind | |
Hal Needham | Stroker Ace | |
1984 (5th) | ||
John Derek | Bolero | |
Bob Clark | Rhinestone | |
Brian De Palma | Body Double | |
John Guillermin | Sheena | |
Hal Needham | Cannonball Run II | |
1985 (6th) | ||
Sylvester Stallone | Rocky IV | |
Richard Brooks | Fever Pitch | |
Michael Cimino | Year of the Dragon | |
George Pan Cosmatos | Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
Hugh Hudson | Revolution | |
1986 (7th) | ||
Prince | Under the Cherry Moon[2] | |
Jim Goddard | Shanghai Surprise | |
Willard Huyck | Howard the Duck | |
Stephen King | Maximum Overdrive | |
Michelle Manning | Blue City | |
1987 (8th) | ||
Norman Mailer | Tough Guys Don't Dance | |
Elaine May | Ishtar[3] | |
James Foley | Who's That Girl | |
Joseph Sargent | Jaws: The Revenge | |
Paul Weiland | Leonard Part 6 | |
1988 (9th) | ||
Blake Edwards | Sunset | |
Stewart Raffill | Mac and Me | |
Michael Dinner | Hot to Trot | |
Roger Donaldson | Cocktail | |
Peter MacDonald | Rambo III | |
1989 (10th) | ||
William Shatner | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | |
John G. Avildsen | The Karate Kid Part III | |
Jim Drake | Speed Zone | |
Rowdy Herrington | Road House | |
Eddie Murphy | Harlem Nights |
1990s[]
Year | Director | Film |
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1990 (11th) | ||
John Derek | Ghosts Can't Do It | |
John G. Avildsen | Rocky V | |
Brian De Palma | The Bonfire of the Vanities | |
Renny Harlin | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | |
Prince | Graffiti Bridge | |
1991 (12th) | ||
Michael Lehmann | Hudson Hawk | |
Dan Aykroyd | Nothing but Trouble | |
William Graham | Return to the Blue Lagoon | |
David Kellogg | Cool as Ice | |
John Landis | Oscar | |
1992 (13th) | ||
David Seltzer | Shining Through | |
Danny DeVito | Hoffa | |
John Glen | Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | |
Barry Levinson | Toys | |
Kenny Ortega | Newsies | |
1993 (14th) | ||
Jennifer Lynch | Boxing Helena | |
Uli Edel | Body of Evidence | |
Adrian Lyne | Indecent Proposal | |
John McTiernan | Last Action Hero | |
Phillip Noyce | Sliver | |
1994 (15th) | ||
Steven Seagal | On Deadly Ground | |
Lawrence Kasdan | Wyatt Earp | |
John Landis | Beverly Hills Cop III | |
Rob Reiner | North | |
Richard Rush | Color of Night | |
1995 (16th) | ||
Paul Verhoeven | Showgirls | |
Renny Harlin | Cutthroat Island | |
Roland Joffé | The Scarlet Letter | |
Frank Marshall | Congo | |
Kevin Costner | Waterworld | |
Kevin Reynolds | ||
1996 (17th) | ||
Andrew Bergman | Striptease | |
John Frankenheimer | The Island of Dr. Moreau | |
Stephen Frears | Mary Reilly | |
John Landis | The Stupids | |
Brian Levant | Jingle All the Way | |
1997 (18th) | ||
Kevin Costner | The Postman | |
Jan de Bont | Speed 2: Cruise Control | |
Luis Llosa | Anaconda | |
Joel Schumacher | Batman & Robin | |
Oliver Stone | U Turn | |
1998 (19th) | ||
Gus Van Sant | Psycho | |
Michael Bay | Armageddon | |
Jeremiah S. Chechik | The Avengers | |
Roland Emmerich | Godzilla | |
Arthur Hiller (as Alan Smithee) | Burn Hollywood Burn | |
1999 (20th) | ||
Barry Sonnenfeld | Wild Wild West | |
Jan de Bont | The Haunting | |
Dennis Dugan | Big Daddy | |
Peter Hyams | End of Days | |
George Lucas | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace |
2000s[]
Year | Director | Film |
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2000 (21st) | ||
Roger Christian | Battlefield Earth | |
Joe Berlinger | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 | |
Steven Brill | Little Nicky | |
Brian De Palma | Mission to Mars | |
John Schlesinger | The Next Best Thing | |
2001 (22nd) | ||
Tom Green | Freddy Got Fingered[4] | |
Michael Bay | Pearl Harbor | |
Peter Chelsom | Town & Country | |
Warren Beatty | ||
Vondie Curtis-Hall | Glitter | |
Renny Harlin | Driven | |
2002 (23rd) |
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Guy Ritchie | Swept Away | |
Roberto Benigni | Pinocchio | |
Tamra Davis | Crossroads | |
George Lucas | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | |
Ron Underwood | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | |
2003 (24th) | ||
Martin Brest | Gigli | |
Robert Iscove | From Justin to Kelly | |
Mort Nathan | Boat Trip | |
The Wachowskis | The Matrix Reloaded | |
The Matrix Revolutions | ||
Bo Welch | The Cat in the Hat | |
2004 (25th) | ||
Pitof | Catwoman | |
Bob Clark | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | |
Renny Harlin and/or Paul Schrader | Exorcist: The Beginning | |
Oliver Stone | Alexander | |
Keenen Ivory Wayans | White Chicks | |
2005 (26th) | ||
John Asher | Dirty Love | |
Uwe Boll | Alone in the Dark | |
Jay Chandrasekhar | The Dukes of Hazzard | |
Nora Ephron | Bewitched | |
Lawrence Guterman | Son of the Mask | |
2006 (27th) | ||
M. Night Shyamalan | Lady in the Water[5] | |
Uwe Boll | BloodRayne | |
Michael Caton-Jones | Basic Instinct 2 | |
Ron Howard | The Da Vinci Code | |
Keenen Ivory Wayans | Little Man | |
2007 (28th) | ||
Chris Sivertson | I Know Who Killed Me | |
Dennis Dugan | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | |
Roland Joffé | Captivity | |
Brian Robbins | Norbit | |
Fred Savage | Daddy Day Camp | |
2008 (29th) | ||
Uwe Boll | In the Name of the King | |
Postal[6] | ||
Tunnel Rats | ||
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer | Disaster Movie | |
Meet the Spartans | ||
Tom Putnam | The Hottie and the Nottie | |
Marco Schnabel | The Love Guru | |
M. Night Shyamalan | The Happening | |
2009 (30th) | ||
Michael Bay | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen[7] | |
Walt Becker | Old Dogs | |
Brad Silberling | Land of the Lost | |
Stephen Sommers | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | |
Phil Traill | All About Steve |
2010s[]
Year | Director | Film |
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2010 (31st) | ||
M. Night Shyamalan | The Last Airbender | |
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer | Vampires Suck | |
Michael Patrick King | Sex and the City 2 | |
David Slade | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | |
Sylvester Stallone | The Expendables | |
2011 (32nd) | ||
Dennis Dugan | Jack and Jill | |
Just Go with It | ||
Michael Bay | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | |
Tom Brady | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | |
Bill Condon | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | |
Garry Marshall | New Year's Eve | |
2012 (33rd) | ||
Bill Condon | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | |
Sean Anders | That's My Boy | |
Peter Berg | Battleship | |
Tyler Perry | Good Deeds | |
Madea's Witness Protection | ||
John Putch | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | |
2013 (34th) | ||
All 15 directors | Movie 43 | |
Dennis Dugan | Grown Ups 2 | |
Tyler Perry | A Madea Christmas | |
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor | ||
M. Night Shyamalan | After Earth | |
Gore Verbinski | The Lone Ranger | |
2014 (35th) | ||
Michael Bay | Transformers: Age of Extinction | |
Darren Doane | Saving Christmas | |
Renny Harlin | The Legend of Hercules | |
Jonathan Liebesman | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | |
Seth MacFarlane | A Million Ways to Die in the West | |
2015 (36th) | ||
Josh Trank | Fantastic Four | |
Andy Fickman | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | |
Tom Six | The Human Centipede 3 | |
Sam Taylor-Johnson | Fifty Shades of Grey | |
The Wachowskis | Jupiter Ascending | |
2016 (37th) | ||
Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley | Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party | |
Roland Emmerich | Independence Day: Resurgence | |
Tyler Perry | Boo! A Madea Halloween | |
Alex Proyas | Gods of Egypt | |
Zack Snyder | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | |
Ben Stiller | Zoolander 2 | |
2017 (38th) | ||
Tony Leondis | The Emoji Movie[8] | |
Darren Aronofsky | Mother! | |
Michael Bay | Transformers: The Last Knight | |
James Foley | Fifty Shades Darker | |
Alex Kurtzman | The Mummy | |
2018 (39th) | ||
Etan Cohen | Holmes & Watson[9] | |
Kevin Connolly | Gotti | |
James Foley | Fifty Shades Freed | |
Brian Henson | The Happytime Murders | |
The Spierig Brothers | Winchester | |
2019 (40th) | ||
Tom Hooper | Cats[10] | |
Fred Durst | The Fanatic | |
James Franco | Zeroville | |
Adrian Grunberg | Rambo: Last Blood | |
Neil Marshall | Hellboy |
2020s[]
Year | Director | Film |
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2020 (41st) | ||
Sia | Music[11] | |
Charles Band | Corona Zombies | |
Barbie & Kendra Saves the Tiger King | ||
Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51 | ||
Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes | 365 Days | |
Stephen Gaghan | Dolittle | |
Ron Howard | Hillbilly Elegy |
Multiple winners[]
2 wins
- Michael Bay
- John Derek
- M. Night Shyamalan
Multiple nominations[]
6 nominations[12] 5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
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2 nominations[12]
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References[]
- ^ » RazzieWatch: Worst-Director Showdown-Grantland.com
- ^ The 10 Most Notorious Movies That Won Razzie Awards « Taste of Cinema
- ^ Retrospective puts May center stage-The Boston Globe
- ^ The 10 Most Notorious Movies That Won Razzie Awards « Taste of Cinema
- ^ Shyamalan to find form with new apacolyptic thriller-Retuers
- ^ Postal is getting a remake for PC, Mac and PS4 • Eurogamer.net
- ^ Michael Bay Selling His 1966 Camaro SS Bumblebee at Barrett-Jackson-The News Wheel
- ^ 2018 Razzie Award Winners Full List of Winners in All 9 categories-GoldDerby
- ^ 2019 Razzie Winners List: Watch the Announcement Video Here-GoldDerby
- ^ Razzies 2020 winners list: Cats wins Worst Picture at Razzie Awards|EW.com
- ^ Razzie Awards 2021 Winners: MUSIC, 365 DAYS WIN BIG AT 41ST GOLDEN RASPBERRY AWARDS < < Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ a b "38th Razzie Award Nominations Announced".
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