British Independent Film Award for Best Director

The British Independent Film Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best directing in a British independent film. The award was first presented in the 1998 ceremony being Ken Loach the first recipient of this award for his work in the film My Name is Joe.

Andrea Arnold is the only director who has received this award more than once, with two wins, while Ken Loach holds the record of most nominations for this category with five.

Multiple nominations

 * 5 nominations
 * Ken Loach
 * 4 nominations
 * Mike Leigh
 * Shane Meadows
 * Michael Winterbottom
 * 3 nominations
 * Stephen Frears
 * Andrew Haigh
 * David Mackenzie
 * Lynne Ramsay
 * Ben Wheatley


 * 2 nominations
 * Andrea Arnold
 * Clio Barnard
 * Danny Boyle
 * Sarah Gavron
 * Jonathan Glazer
 * Oliver Hermanus
 * Joanna Hogg
 * Armando Iannucci
 * Asif Kapadia
 * Yorgos Lanthimos
 * Bart Layton
 * Kevin Macdonald
 * Steve McQueen
 * Paweł Pawlikowski
 * Anand Tucker

Multiple wins

 * 2 wins
 * Andrea Arnold