Christopher Nolan Yorgos Lanthimos Martin Scorsese Greta Gerwig Zack Snyder Matthew Vaughn Denis Villeneuve Francis Lawrence Quentin Tarantino Film Directors Paul King Kevin Costner Awards Steven Spielberg Jared Hess Best Director Female Directors James Cameron Ari Aster Eli Roth Michael Mann Alex Garland Benny Safdie Hideo Kojima John Krasinski Bradley Cooper Shawn Levy Mark Molloy Ridley Scott Greg Berlanti Guy Ritchie Golden Globes Jon Watts Success Ice Cube Ava DuVernay Judd Apatow Gil Kenan Jon Favreau Stephen Glover Coralie Fargeat David F. Sandberg Jason Reitman Jesse Eisenberg Oliver Stone Luca Guadagnino Wes Ball Nominations Female directors Nominated Directors Filmmakers Guillermo del Toro Ed Zwick Zelda Williams Kogonada David Leitch Jurassic World 4 Todd Phillips Gareth Edwards Adam Wingard Thea Sharrock Todd Haynes Wes Anderson Sofia Coppola Stephen Sommers Jonathan Glazer