Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Director

The Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Director is one of the awards presented annually by Critics Choice Association since the awards debuted in 2016.

Ezra Edelman won the award at the inaugural ceremony for the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary O.J.: Made in America

Morgan Neville won for directing Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Peter Jackson won for They Shall Not Grow Old in 2019

Kirsten Johnson won once from two nominations for Dick Johnson Is Dead in 2020

Questlove won in 2021 for the Harlem Cultural Festival documentary Summer of Soul