BAFTA Award for Best Direction | |
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![]() The 2019 recipient: Sam Mendes | |
Awarded for | Excellence in film directing |
Location | London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
First awarded | 1968 |
Currently held by | Sam Mendes for 1917 (2019) |
Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The BAFTA Award for Best Direction is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
It was previously known as David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction. John Schlesinger, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Alan Parker, Louis Malle, Joel Coen, Peter Weir, Ang Lee, and Alfonso Cuarón tie for the most wins in this category, with two each. Martin Scorsese holds the record for most nominations, with ten.
There are no records showing any nominations, or a winner, for this award at the 39th British Academy Film Awards, presented in 1986 for films released in 1985.[1]