Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
{{short description|Award to the worst director of the previous year}}
{{Infobox award
| current_awards =
| image = Francis Ford Coppola on December 8, 2024 in the White House Oval Office (cropped).jpg
| image_upright = 1
| caption = The 2024 Winner: Francis Ford Coppola
| awarded_for = Worst in film
| presenter = Golden Raspberry Award Foundation
| country = United States
| year = Robert Greenwald,
Xanadu (1st)
| holder = Francis Ford Coppola,
Megalopolis (2024)
| website = {{URL|http://www.razzies.com/}}
}}
The Razzie Award for Worst Director is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards[http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/razziewatch-worst-director-showdown/ » RazzieWatch: Worst-Director Showdown-Grantland.com] 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=
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! width="8%" | Year ! width="19%" | Director ! width="19%" | Film |
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center" | 1980 (1st) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"
| Xanadu |
| John G. Avildsen |
| Brian De Palma |
| Richard Fleischer |
| William Friedkin
| Cruising |
| Stanley Kubrick |
| Michael Ritchie |
| John Trent |
| Nancy Walker |
| Gordon Willis
| Windows |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1981 (2nd) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| John Derek |
| Blake Edwards
| S.O.B. |
| Frank Perry |
| Franco Zeffirelli |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1982 (3rd) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"
| Inchon |
| Matt Cimber |
| John Huston
| Annie |
| Hal Needham |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1983 (4th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| Joe Alves
| Jaws 3-D |
| Brian De Palma
| Scarface |
| John Herzfeld |
| Hal Needham |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1984 (5th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"
| Bolero |
| Bob Clark |
| Brian De Palma |
| John Guillermin
| Sheena |
| Hal Needham |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1985 (6th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"
| Rocky IV |
| Richard Brooks |
| Michael Cimino |
| George Pan Cosmatos |
| Hugh Hudson |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1986 (7th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"
| Prince | Under the Cherry Moon[http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/the-10-most-notorious-movies-that-won-razzie-awards/ The 10 Most Notorious Movies That Won Razzie Awards – Taste of Cinema] |
| Jim Goddard |
| Willard Huyck |
| Stephen King |
| Michelle Manning |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1987 (8th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"
| Ishtar[http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/11/07/harvard_film_archive_retrospective_puts_elaine_may_back_on_stage/ Retrospective puts May center stage-The Boston Globe] |
| James Foley |
| Joseph Sargent |
| Paul Weiland |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1988 (9th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"
| Sunset |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| Michael Dinner |
| Roger Donaldson
| Cocktail |
| Peter MacDonald |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1989 (10th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| John G. Avildsen |
| Jim Drake |
| Rowdy Herrington |
| Eddie Murphy |
=1990s=
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! width="8%" | Year ! width="19%" | Director ! width="19%" | Film |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1990 (11th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| John G. Avildsen
| Rocky V |
| Brian De Palma |
| Renny Harlin |
| Prince |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1991 (12th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| Dan Aykroyd |
| William Graham |
| David Kellogg |
| John Landis
| Oscar |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1992 (13th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| Danny DeVito
| Hoffa |
| John Glen |
| Barry Levinson
| Toys |
| Kenny Ortega
| Newsies |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1993 (14th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| Uli Edel |
| Adrian Lyne |
| John McTiernan |
| Phillip Noyce
| Sliver |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1994 (15th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| Lawrence Kasdan |
| John Landis |
| Rob Reiner
| North |
| Richard Rush |
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center" | 1995 (16th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| Renny Harlin |
| Roland Joffé |
| Frank Marshall
| Congo |
| Kevin Costner
|rowspan=2|Waterworld |
| Kevin Reynolds |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1996 (17th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| John Frankenheimer |
| Stephen Frears |
| John Landis |
| Brian Levant |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1997 (18th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| Jan de Bont |
| Luis Llosa
| Anaconda |
| Joel Schumacher |
| Oliver Stone
| U Turn |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1998 (19th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"
| Psycho |
| Michael Bay |
| Jeremiah S. Chechik |
| Roland Emmerich
| Godzilla |
| Arthur Hiller (as Alan Smithee) |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1999 (20th) |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |
| Jan de Bont |
| Dennis Dugan |
| Peter Hyams |
| George Lucas |
=2000s=
=2010s=
= 2020s =
Age superlatives
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! scope="col" |Record ! scope="col" |Director !Film ! scope="col" |Age |
| Oldest winner
|rowspan="2" |Francis Ford Coppola |rowspan="2" |Megalopolis |85 years, 327 days |
| Oldest nominee
|85 years, 289 days |
| Youngest winner
| rowspan="2" |Jennifer Lynch | rowspan="2" |Boxing Helena | rowspan="2" |25 years, 347 days |
| Youngest nominee |
Multiple wins
Multiple nominations
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6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
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2 nominations
- Steven Brill
- Michael Cimino
- Bob Clark
- Bill Condon
- Kevin Costner
- Jan de Bont
- Blake Edwards
- Roland Emmerich
- Jason Friedberg
- Ron Howard
- Roland Joffé
- George Lucas
- Prince
- Aaron Seltzer
- Sylvester Stallone
- Oliver Stone
- Lana Wachowski
- Lilly Wachowski
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
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References
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