Goya Award for Best New Director
The Goya Award for Best New Director (Spanish: Premio Goya a la Mejor Dirección Novel) is the Goya awarded yearly to the best debuting director. The award was first presented at the fourth edition of the Goya Awards with Ana Díez being the first winner for her film Ander eta Yul.
| Goya Award for Best New Director | |
|---|---|
 The 2023 recipient: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | |
| Awarded for | Best Debuting Director |
| Country | Spain |
| Presented by | Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE) |
| Currently held by | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa – Lullaby (2022) |
| Website | premiosgoya |
Three directors have won this category and later have received the Best Director award, Alejandro Amenábar won for Tesis (1996) and went on to win Best Director twice, for The Others (2001) and The Sea Inside (2005); Fernando León de Aranoa won for Familia (1997) and later won Best Director thrice, for Barrio (1998), Mondays in the Sun (2002) and The Good Boss (2022); and Juan Antonio Bayona won for The Orphanage (2007) and went on to win Best Director twice, for The Impossible (2012) and A Monster Calls (2016).
Five films have won both this award and Best Film, Agustín Díaz Yanes's Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995), Alejandro Amenábar's Tesis (1996), Achero Mañas's Pellet (2000), Raúl Arévalo's The Fury of a Patient Man (2016) and Pilar Palomero's Schoolgirls (2020). Animator Enrique Gato became the first to historically win the award for an animated film with Tad, The Lost Explorer.
Winners and nominees
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1980s
| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 (4th) | Ana Díez | Ander eta Yul | |
| Cristina Andreu | Brumal | ||
| Isabel Coixet | Massa vell per morir jove | ||
| Xavier Villaverde | Continental | ||
| Teodoro Ríos and Santiago Ríos | Guarapo | ||
1990s
2000s
| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (15th) | Achero Mañas | Pellet | El Bola |
| Daniel Monzón | Heart of the Warrior | El corazón del guerrero | |
| Cesc Gay | Nico and Dani | Krámpack | |
| Patricia Ferreira | I Know Who You Are | Sé quién eres | |
| 2001 (16th) | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Intacto | |
| Víctor García León | No Pain, No Gain | Más pena que gloria | |
| Carlos Molinero | Savages | Salvajes | |
| Javier Balaguer | Mine Alone | Solo mía | |
| 2002 (17th) | Julio Wallovits and Roger Gual | Smoking Room | |
| Inés París and Daniela Fejerman | My Mother Likes Women | A mi madre le gustan las mujeres | |
| Eduard Cortés | Nobody's Life | La vida de nadie | |
| Ramón Salazar | Stones | Piedras | |
| 2003 (18th) | Ángeles González Sinde | Sleeping Luck | La suerte dormida |
| David Serrano | Football Days | Días de fútbol | |
| Jaime Rosales | The Hours of the Day | Las horas de día | |
| Pablo Berger | Torremolinos 73 | ||
| 2004 (19th) | Pablo Malo | Cold Winter Sun | Frío sol de invierno |
| Santiago Amodeo | Astronauts | Astronautas | |
| Vicente Peñarrocha | Body Confusion | Fuera del cuerpo | |
| Ramón de España | Kill Me Tender | Haz conmigo lo que quieras | |
| 2005 (20th) | José Corbacho and Juan Cruz | Tapas | |
| Asier Altuna and Telmo Esnal | Aupa Etxebeste! | ||
| Guillem Morales | The Uninvited Guest | El habitante incierto | |
| Santiago Tabernero | Life and Colour | Vida y color | |
| 2006 (21st) | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | DarkBlueAlmostBlack | Azuloscurocasinegro |
| Carlos Iglesias | Crossing the Border | Un franco, 14 pesetas | |
| Javier Rebollo | Lola | Lo que sé de Lola | |
| Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | The Night of the Sunflowers | La noche de los girasoles | |
| 2007 (22nd) | Juan Antonio Bayona | The Orphanage | El orfanato |
| Félix Viscarret | Under the Stars | Bajo las estrellas | |
| Tomás Fernández | Suso's Tower | La torre de Suso | |
| Tristán Ulloa and David Ulloa | Modesty | Pudor | |
| 2008 (23rd) | Santiago Zannou | The One-Handed Trick | El truco del manco |
| Belén Macías | My Prison Yard | El patio de mi cárcel | |
| Nacho Vigalondo | Timecrimes | Los cronocrímenes | |
| Irene Cardona | Un novio para Yasmina | ||
| 2009 (24th) | Mar Coll | Tres dies amb la família | |
| David Planell | The Shame | La vergüenza | |
| Borja Cobeaga | Friend Zone | Pagafantas | |
| Antonio Naharro and Álvaro Pastor | Me, Too | Yo, también | |
2010s
2020
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| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (35th) [5] | Pilar Palomero | Schoolgirls | Las niñas |
| David Pérez Sañudo | Ane Is Missing | Ane | |
| Bernabé Rico | One Careful Owner | El inconveniente | |
| Núria Giménez Lorang | My Mexican Bretzel | ||
| 2021 (36th) [6][7] | Clara Roquet | Libertad | |
| Carol Rodríguez Colás | Girlfriends | Chavalas | |
| Javier Marco Rico | Josephine | Josefina | |
| David Martín de los Santos | That Was Life | La vida era eso | |
| 2022 (37th) [8] | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | Lullaby | Cinco lobitos |
| Carlota Pereda | Piggy | Cerdita | |
| Elena López Riera | The Water | El agua | |
| Juan Diego Botto | On the Fringe | En los márgenes | |
| Mikel Gurrea | Cork | Suro | |
Statistics
The following list is for Best New Director nominees and winners that went on to win or be nominated for Best Director. The times that the directors won either of the categories are in bold.
References
- "Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls' Leads Goya Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- Blanes, Pepa (December 13, 2017). "'Handia' y 'La librería', lidera las nominaciones a los Goya". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- "Todos los nominados a los Premios Goya 2019". El Mundo (in Spanish). December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- Lang, Jamie (December 2, 2019). "'Pain and Glory,' 'While at War,' 'Endless Trench' Lead Goya Nominations". Variety. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- Belinchón, Gregorio (January 18, 2021). "'Adú', 'Akelarre' y 'Las niñas' lideran las nominaciones a los Goya 2021". El País. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- "'El buen patrón' bate el récord histórico de los Goya con 20 nominaciones". RTVE (in Spanish). Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- Gajewski, Ryan (12 February 2022). "Spain's Goya Awards: Javier Bardem's 'The Good Boss' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter.
- "Nominaciones a los Premios Goya 2023, en directo: estos son los nominados". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
