Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Director The Golden Globe Award for Best Director has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization composed of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America, since 1943. Having won all four of his nominations, Elia Kazan has been honored most often in this category. Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, David Lean, Miloš Forman, and Oliver Stone tie for second place with three wins each. Steven Spielberg has had the most nominations (twelve) and has received the award twice. Barbra Streisand is the only woman to
Ariel Award for Best Director Film in 2003. Since 1976, Felipe Cazals has been nominated at least once every decade, winning three times for "El Año de la Peste" (1980), "Bajo la metralla" (1984), and "Las Vueltas del Citrillo" (2006). Buñuel and Amat Escalante won the Ariel for Best Director and the same award at the Cannes Film Festival for "Los Olvidados" and "Heli", respectively. Alejandro González Iñárritu was awarded the Ariel for "Amores Perros", and received the Academy Award for Best Director for "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" and "The Revenant". Since its inception, the award has been given to 38 directors.