All JEIFA Winners in the Category of Best Director

Best Director

The JEIFA for Best Director is presented to the Director whose direction, application of film technique and vision for the film’s story demonstrates excellence in interpretation and visualization of the script he or she is filming into a fully formed film. Their work must contribute to the film by effectively weaving together the acting, artistic, technical and other contributions to the film into a successful and coherent translation of the story or script into the film.

The Director or, if a producing studio reports a team of two directors, receives the nomination. All feature length films, including foreign language, animated, and documentaries are eligible for this category.

This category is classified as a Contribution/Breadth Award.

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16th Annual ~ 2011 ~ tie