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BAFTA Awards
Most Wins for Best Director
This list features directors that have won the most awards for Best Director at the BAFTA Awards.
RANK | DIRECTOR | NOMINATIONS | WINS | FILMS |
1 | Alan Parker | 5 | 2 | Midnight Express (1978) The Commitments (1991) |
2 | Woody Allen | 4 | 2 | Annie Hall (1977) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) |
3 | Ang Lee | 4 | 2 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
4 | John Schlesinger | 3 | 2 | Midnight Cowboy (1969) Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) |
5 | Louis Malle | 3 | 2 | Atlantic City (1981) Au revoir les enfants (1988) |
6 | Peter Weir | 3 | 2 | The Truman Show (1998) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
7 | Roman Polanski | 2 | 2 | Chinatown (1974) The Pianist (2002) |
8 | Joel Coen | 2 | 2 | Fargo (1996) No Country for Old Men (2007) |
9 | Alfonso Cuarón | 2 | 2 | Gravity (2013) Roma (2018) |
References
Wikipedia. BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Direction#Multiple_wins (Accessed 1 December 2025).

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