Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Director

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The award is often referred to as an EDA as a tribute to AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin's mother, actress Eda Reiss Merin. EDA is also an acronym for Excellent Dynamic Activism.[1]

Winners

2000s
Year Director(s) Film
2007Joel & Ethan Coen†No Country for Old Men
Sean PennInto the Wild
Sarah PolleyAway from Her
Julian Schnabel ‡The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2008Danny Boyle †Slumdog Millionaire
Mike LeighHappy-Go-Lucky
Gus Van Sant ‡Milk
2009Kathryn Bigelow †The Hurt Locker
Jason Reitman ‡Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino ‡Inglourious Basterds

2010s
Year Director(s) Film
2010David Fincher ‡The Social Network
Darren Aronofsky ‡Black Swan
Lisa CholodenkoThe Kids Are All Right
Debra GranikWinter's Bone
Tom Hooper †The King's Speech
Christopher NolanInception
2011Michel Hazanavicius †The Artist
Woody Allen ‡Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick ‡The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne ‡The Descendants
Martin Scorsese ‡Hugo
2012Kathryn BigelowZero Dark Thirty
Ben AffleckArgo
Steven Spielberg ‡Lincoln
2013Steve McQueen ‡12 Years a Slave
Joel & Ethan CoenInside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuarón †Gravity
Spike JonzeHer
Alexander Payne ‡Nebraska
David O. Russell ‡American Hustle
2014Richard Linklater ‡Boyhood
Wes Anderson ‡The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernaySelma
Alejandro G. Iñárritu †Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Jim JarmuschOnly Lovers Left Alive
2015Tom McCarthy ‡Spotlight
Lenny Abrahamson ‡Room
Todd HaynesCarol
Alejandro G. Iñárritu †The Revenant
George Miller ‡Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley ScottThe Martian
2016Barry Jenkins ‡Moonlight
Damien Chazelle †La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan ‡Manchester by the Sea
David MackenzieHell or High Water
Denis Villeneuve ‡Arrival
2017Guillermo del Toro †The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig ‡Lady Bird
Martin McDonaghThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan ‡Dunkirk
Jordan Peele ‡Get Out
2018Alfonso CuarónRoma
Debra GranikLeave No Trace
Yorgos LanthimosThe Favourite
Spike LeeBlacKkKlansman
Adam McKayVice

References
  1. "EDA Awards". AWFJ. Retrieved 9 May 2014.


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