AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Director

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Director is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP since the awards' inception in 2002.

The award honors the best director over the age of fifty.

[1] The Best Director Award is one of the seven original trophies issued by AARP the Magazine, along with awards for Best Movie for Grownups, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Foreign Film, Best Documentary, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up.

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Robert Altman won Best Director at the 1st AARP Movies for Grownups Awards.
Clint Eastwood was the first winner and last nominee to be recognized for multiple films in one year.
Tony Gilroy won for his directorial debut, Michael Clayton .
Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to have won Best Director from the AARP, for 2009's The Hurt Locker .
Steven Spielberg was the first repeat winner of the Best Director award.
Alfonso Cuarón was the first winner born outside Europe or the United States.
Spike Lee was the first Black winner, for 2018's BlacKkKlansman .
Martin Scorsese won in 2019 for The Irishman , his sixth nomination.
Aaron Sorkin won the awards for Director and Screenwriter for The Trial of the Chicago 7 .