2023 – Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
2022 – Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
2021 – Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
2020 – Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
2019 – Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
2018 – Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
2017 – Jordan Peele, Get Out