London Film Critics' Circle Award for Director of the Year

!scope="col" width=70|Year

!scope="col" width=190|Director(s)

!scope="col" width=260|Film(s)

!scope=row|{{sortname|Nicolas|Roeg}}

|Bad Timing

!scope=row|{{sortname|Andrzej|Wajda}}

|Man of Iron

!scope=row|{{sortname|Costa|Gavras}}

|Missing

!scope=row|{{sortname|Andrzej|Wajda}}

|Danton

!scope=row|{{sortname|Neil|Jordan}}

|The Company of Wolves

!scope=row|{{sortname|Roland|Joffé}}

|The Killing Fields°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Akira|Kurosawa}}

|Ran°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Stanley|Kubrick}}

|Full Metal Jacket

!scope=row|{{sortname|John|Huston}}

|The Dead

!scope=row|{{sortname|Terence|Davies}}

|Distant Voices, Still Lives

!scope=row|{{sortname|Woody|Allen}}

|Crimes and Misdemeanors°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Ridley|Scott}}

|Thelma & Louise°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Robert|Altman}}

|The Player°

!scope=row|{{sortname|James|Ivory}}

|The Remains of the Day°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Steven|Spielberg}}

|Schindler's List≈

!scope=row|{{sortname|Peter|Jackson}}

|Heavenly Creatures

!scope=row|{{sortname|Joel|Coen|Coen brothers}}

|Fargo°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Curtis|Hanson}}

|L.A. Confidential°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Peter|Weir}}

|The Truman Show°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Sam|Mendes}}

|American Beauty≈

!scope=row|{{sortname|Spike|Jonze}}

|Being John Malkovich°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Alejandro González|Iñárritu}}

|Love's a Bitch (Amores perros)

!scope=row|{{sortname|Phillip|Noyce}}

|The Quiet American and Rabbit-Proof Fence

!scope=row|{{sortname|Clint|Eastwood}}

|Mystic River°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Martin|Scorsese}}

|The Aviator°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Ang|Lee}}

|Brokeback Mountain≈

!scope=row|{{sortname|Paul|Greengrass}}

|United 93°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Paul Thomas|Anderson}}

|There Will Be Blood°

!scope=row|{{sortname|David|Fincher}}

|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Kathryn|Bigelow}}

|The Hurt Locker≈

!scope=row|{{sortname|David|Fincher}}

|The Social Network°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Michel|Hazanavicius}}

|The Artist≈

!scope=row|{{sortname|Ang|Lee}}

|Life of Pi≈

!scope=row|{{sortname|Alfonso|Cuarón}}

|Gravity≈

!scope=row|{{sortname|Richard|Linklater}}

|Boyhood°

!scope=row|{{sortname|George|Miller|George Miller (filmmaker)}}

|Mad Max: Fury Road°

!scope=row|{{sortname|László |Nemes}}

|Son of Saul[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-london-critics-circle-film-awards-winners-complete-list-966386 2017 London Critics' Circle Film Awards Winners Complete List|Hollywood Reporter]

!scope=row|{{sortname|Sean |Baker|Sean Baker (film director)}}

|The Florida Project{{Cite web|date=2018-01-28|title=Three Billboards Is Triumphant at the London Film Critics Circle Awards|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/three-billboards-triumphant-london-film-critics-circle-awards/|access-date=2020-12-29|work=Empire|language=en}}

!scope=row|{{sortname|Alfonso|Cuarón}}

|Roma≈[https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/london-film-critics-circle-awards-2019-roma-1202036917/ ‘Roma’ Named Film of the Year by the London Film Critics Circle|IndieWire]

!scope=row|{{sortname|Bong|Joon-ho}}

|Parasite≈[https://variety.com/2020/film/awards/parasite-wins-london-critics-awards-joaquin-phoenix-renee-zellweger-1203486577/ ‘Parasite’ Tops London Film Critics’ Circle Awards - Variety]

!scope=row| {{sortname|Steve |McQueen|Steve McQueen (film director)}}

|Small Axe[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/07/nomadland-wins-three-critics-circle-awards-chloe-zhao/Nomadland wins three London Critics’ Circle awards as female film-makers triumph - The Guardian]

!scope=row|{{sortname|Jane|Campion}}

|The Power of the Dog≈

!scope=row|{{sortname|Todd|Field}}

|Tár°

!scope=row|{{sortname|Jonathan|Glazer}}

|The Zone of Interest°

!scope="row"|{{sortname|RaMell|Ross}}

|Nickel Boys