MTV Video Music Award alla miglior regia

L'MTV Video Music Award alla miglior regia (MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction) è uno dei quattro riconoscimenti assegnati nell'ambito degli MTV Video Music Awards sin dalla prima cerimonia di premiazione, avvenuta nel 1984.

Vincitori e candidati

I vincitori sono indicati in grassetto.

Anni 1980

• 1984
  • Tim Newman - Sharp Dressed Man dei ZZ Top
  • Juliano Waldman - Numbers with Wings dei The Bongos
  • Martin Kahan - All of the Good Ones Are Taken di Ian Hunter
  • Tobe Hooper - Dancing with Myself di Billy Idol
  • Edd Griles - Time After Time di Cyndi Lauper
  • David Rathod - I Want a New Drug degli Huey Lewis and the News
  • Godley & Creme - Every Breath You Take dei The Police
  • Tim Newman - Gimme All Your Lovin' dei ZZ Top
• 1985
  • Jean-Baptiste Mondino - The Boys of Summer di Don Henley
  • Mary Lambert - Dancin' di Chris Isaak
  • Jeff Stein - Don't Come Around Here No More di Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Daniel Kleinman - Don't You (Forget About Me) dei Simple Minds
  • Steve Barron - Run to You di Bryan Adams
  • Steve Barron - Stranger in Town dei Toto
  • Russell Mulcahy - The Wild Boys dei Duran Duran
• 1986
  • a-ha - Take on Me (Regista: Steve Barron)
  • X - Burning House of Love (Regista: Daniel Kleinman)
  • Dire Straits - Money for Nothing (Regista: Steve Barron)
  • ZZ Top - Rough Boy (Regista: Steve Barron)
  • Pat Benatar - Sex as a Weapon (Regista: Daniel Kleinman)
• 1987
  • Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (Regista: Stephen R. Johnson)
  • Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (Regista: Alex Proyas)
  • Steve Winwood - Higher Love (Registi: Peter Kagan e Paula Greif)
  • Genesis - Land of Confusion (Registi: Jim Yukich e John Lloyd)
  • U2 - With or Without You (Regista: Meiert Avis)
• 1988
  • George Michael - Father Figure (Registi: Andy Morahan e George Michael)
  • XTC - Dear God (Regista: Nick Brandt)
  • Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly (Regista: Storm Thorgerson)
  • R.E.M. - The One I Love (Regista: Robert Longo)
  • Eurythmics - You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart (Regista: Sophie Muller)
• 1989
  • Madonna - Express Yourself (Regista: David Fincher)
  • Van Halen - Finish What Ya Started (Regista: Andy Morahan)
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Parents Just Don't Understand (Regista: Scott Kalvert)
  • Jody Watley - Real Love (Regista: David Fincher)
  • Steve Winwood - Roll with It (Regista: David Fincher)

Anni 1990

• 1990
  • Madonna - Vogue (Regista: David Fincher)
  • Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (Regista: David Fincher)
  • Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun (Regista: David Fincher)
  • Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract (Registi: Michael Patterson e Candace Reckinger)
• 1991
  • R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Regista: Tarsem)
  • George Michael - Freedom! '90 (Regista: David Fincher)
  • Queensrÿche - Silent Lucidity (Regista: Matt Mahurin)
  • Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (Concept) (Regista: Herb Ritts)
• 1992
  • Van Halen - Right Now (Regista: Mark Fenske)
  • Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back (Regista: Adam Bernstein)
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away (Regista: Stéphane Sednaoui)
  • En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (Regista: Matthew Rolston)
• 1993
  • Pearl Jam - Jeremy (Regista: Mark Pellington)
  • En Vogue - Free Your Mind (Regista: Mark Romanek)
  • Los Lobos - Kiko and the Lavender Moon (Regista: Ondrej Rudavsky)
  • R.E.M. - Man on the Moon (Regista: Peter Care)
• 1994
  • R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts (Regista: Jake Scott)
  • Aerosmith - Amazing (Regista: Marty Callner)
  • Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Regista: Spike Jonze)
  • Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby (Regista: Tarsem)
• 1995
  • Weezer - Buddy Holly (Regista: Spike Jonze)
  • Green Day - Basket Case (Regista: Mark Kohr)
  • Michael Jackson e Janet Jackson - Scream (Regista: Mark Romanek)
  • TLC - Waterfalls (Regista: F. Gary Gray)
• 1996
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight (Registi: Jonathan Dayton e Valerie Faris)
  • Foo Fighters - Big Me (Regista: Jesse Peretz)
  • Alanis Morissette - Ironic (Regista: Stéphane Sednaoui)
  • Björk - It's Oh So Quiet (Regista: Spike Jonze)
• 1997
  • Beck - The New Pollution (Regista: Beck Hansen)
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - The End Is the Beginning Is the End (Registi: Joel Schumacher, Jonathan Dayton e Valerie Faris)
  • Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug (Regista: Mark Romanek)
  • Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) (Regista: Hype Williams)
  • Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (Regista: Jonathan Glazer)
• 1998
  • Madonna - Ray of Light (Regista: Jonas Åkerlund)
  • Wyclef Jean - Gone Till November (Regista: Francis Lawrence)
  • Radiohead - Karma Police (Regista: Jonathan Glazer)
  • Garbage - Push It (Regista: Andrea Giacobbe)
  • The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (Regista: Jonas Åkerlund)
• 1999
  • Fatboy Slim - Praise You (Regista: Torrance Community Dance Group)
  • Korn - Freak on a Leash (Registi: Todd McFarlane, Graham Morris, Jonathan Dayton e Valerie Faris)
  • Eminem - My Name Is (Registi: Dr. Dre e Philip G. Atwell)
  • TLC - No Scrubs (Regista: Hype Williams)
  • Busta Rhymes (featuring Janet Jackson) - What's It Gonna Be ?! (Registi: Hype Williams e Busta Rhymes)

Anni 2000

• 2000
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Registi: Jonathan Dayton e Valerie Faris)
  • Lauryn Hill - Everything Is Everything (Regista: Sanji)
  • Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly (Regista: Jesse Peretz)
  • Eminem - The Real Slim Shady (Registi: Dr. Dre e Philip G. Atwell)
  • D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Registi: Paul Hunter e Dominique Trenier)
• 2001
  • Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice (Regista: Spike Jonze)
  • R.E.M. - Imitation of Life (Regista: Garth Jennings)
  • Linkin Park - Crawling (Regista: Fratelli Strause)
  • OutKast - Ms. Jackson (Regista: F. Gary Gray)
  • Eminem featuring Dido - Stan (Registi: Dr. Dre e Philip G. Atwell)
• 2002
  • Eminem - Without Me (Regista: Joseph Kahn)
  • P.O.D. - Alive (Regista: Francis Lawrence)
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way (Registi: Jonathan Dayton e Valerie Faris)
  • Missy Elliott (featuring Ludacris e Trina) - One Minute Man (Regista: Dave Meyers)
  • Elton John - This Train Don't Stop There Anymore (Regista: David LaChapelle)
• 2003
  • Coldplay - The Scientist (Regista: Jamie Thraves)
  • Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River (Regista: Francis Lawrence)
  • Sum 41 - The Hell Song (Regista: Marc Klasfeld)
  • Johnny Cash - Hurt (Regista: Mark Romanek)
  • Missy Elliott - Work It (Registi: Dave Meyers e Missy Elliott)
• 2004
  • Jay-Z - 99 Problems (Regista: Mark Romanek)
  • The White Stripes - The Hardest Button to Button (Regista: Michel Gondry)
  • OutKast - Hey Ya! (Regista: Bryan Barber)
  • No Doubt - It's My Life (Regista: David LaChapelle)
  • Steriogram - Walkie Talkie Man (Regista: Michel Gondry)
• 2005
  • Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Regista: Samuel Bayer)
  • Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara e Fatman Scoop) - Lose Control (Registi: Dave Meyers e Missy Elliott)
  • Jennifer Lopez - Get Right (Registi: Francis Lawrence e Diane Martel)
  • U2 - Vertigo (Regista: Alex and Martin)
  • The White Stripes - Blue Orchid (Regista: Floria Sigismondi)
• 2006
  • Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (Regista: Robert Hales)
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California (Regista: Tony Kaye)
  • AFI - Miss Murder (Regista: Marc Webb)
  • Common - Testify (Regista: Anthony Mandler)
  • 10 Years - Wasteland (Regista: Kevin Kerslake)
• 2007
  • Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around (Regista: Samuel Bayer)
  • Beyoncé e Shakira - Beautiful Liar (Regista: Jake Nava)
  • Christina Aguilera - Candyman (Registi: Matthew Rolston e Christina Aguilera)
  • Kanye West - Stronger (Regista: Hype Williams)
  • Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z) - Umbrella (Regista: Chris Applebaum)
  • Linkin Park - What I've Done (Regista: Joe Hahn)
• 2008
  • Erykah Badu - Honey (Registi: Erykah Badu e Chris Robinson)
  • Linkin Park - Shadow of the Day (Regista: Joe Hahn)
  • Panic! at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon (Regista: Shane Drake)
  • Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up (Regista: Joseph Kahn)
  • Rihanna - Take a Bow (Regista: Anthony Mandler)
• 2009
  • Green Day - 21 Guns (Regista: Marc Webb)
  • Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (Regista: Jake Nava)
  • Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester) - Good Girls Go Bad (Regista: Kai Regan)
  • Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (Regista: Jonas Åkerlund)
  • Britney Spears - Circus (Regista: Francis Lawrence)

Anni 2010

• 2010
  • Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (Regista: Francis Lawrence)
  • Thirty Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens (Regista: Bartholomew Cubbins)
  • Eminem - Not Afraid (Regista: Rich Lee)
  • Jay-Z e Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (Regista: Hype Williams)
  • Pink - Funhouse (Regista: Dave Meyers)
• 2011
  • Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise (Regista: Adam Yauch)
  • Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) - E.T. (Regista: Floria Sigismondi)
  • Thirty Seconds to Mars - Hurricane (Regista: Bartholomew Cubbins)
  • Eminem (con Rihanna) - Love the Way You Lie (Regista: Joseph Kahn)
  • Adele - Rolling in the Deep (Regista: Sam Brown)
• 2012
  • M.I.A. - Bad Girls (Regista: Romain Gavras)
  • Coldplay (con Rihanna) - Princess of China (Regista: Adria Petty)
  • Duck Sauce - Big Bad Wolf (Regista: Keith Schofield)
  • Jay-Z & Kanye West (con Otis Redding) - Otis (Regista: Spike Jonze)
  • Frank Ocean - Swim Good (Regista: Nabil Elderkin)
• 2013
  • Justin Timberlake (con Jay-Z) - Suit & Tie (Regista: David Fincher)
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (con Ray Dalton) - Can't Hold Us (Registi: Ryan Lewis, Jason Koenig e Jon Jon Augustavo)
  • Fun. - Carry On (Regista: Anthony Mandler)
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege (Regista: Megaforce)
  • Drake - Started from the Bottom (Registi: Director X e Drake)
• 2014
  • DJ Snake e Lil Jon - Turn Down for What (Regista: DANIELS)
  • Eminem (featuring Rihanna) - The Monster (Regista: Rich Lee)
  • Beyoncé - Pretty Hurts (Regista: Melina Matsoukas)
  • Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Regista: Terry Richardson)
  • OK Go - The Writing's on the Wall (Registi: Damian Kulash, Aaron Duffy e Bob Partington)
• 2015
  • Kendrick Lamar - Alright (Registi: Colin Tilley e the Little Homies)
  • Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) - Bad Blood (Regista: Joseph Kahn)
  • Childish Gambino - Sober (Regista: Hiro Murai)
  • Hozier - Take Me to Church (Registi: Brendan Canty e Conal Thomson)
  • Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk (Registi: Bruno Mars e Cameron Duddy)
• 2016
  • Beyoncé - Formation (Regista: Melina Matsoukas)
  • Adele - Hello (Regista: Xavier Dolan)
  • David Bowie - Lazarus (Regista: Johan Renck)
  • Coldplay - Up&Up (Regista: Vania Heymann e Gal Muggia)
  • Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better (Regista: Canada)
• 2017
  • Kendrick Lamar - Humble (Regista: Dave Meyers e The Little Homies)
  • Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) - Chained to the Rhythm (Regista: Mathew Cullen)
  • Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (Regista: Cameron Duddy e Bruno Mars)
  • Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful (Regista: Aaron A)
  • The Weeknd - Reminder (Regista: Glenn Michael)
• 2018
  • Childish Gambino - This Is America (Regista: Hiro Murai)
  • The Carters - Apeshit (Regista: Ricky Saix)
  • Drake - God's Plan (Regista: Karena Evans)
  • Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (Regista: Jay Martin)
  • Ed Sheeran - Perfect (Regista: Jason Koenig)
  • Justin Timberlake (featuring Chris Stapleton) - Say Something (Regista: Arturo Perez Jr.)
• 2019
  • Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) - Old Town Road (Remix) (Regista: Calmatic)
  • Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (Regista: Dave Meyers)
  • FKA twigs - Cellophane (Regista: Andrew Thomas Huang)
  • Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (Regista: Hannah Lux Davis)
  • LSD - No New Friends (Regista: Dano Cerny)
  • Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down (Regista: Taylor Swift e Drew Kirsch)

Anni 2020

• 2020
  • Taylor Swift - The Man (Regista: Taylor Swift)
  • Billie Eilish - Xanny (Regista: Billie Eilish)
  • Doja Cat - Say So (Regista: Hannah Lux Davis)
  • Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now (Regista: Nabil)
  • Harry Styles - Adore You (Regista: Dave Meyers)
  • The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Regista: Anton Tammi)
• 2021
  • Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me by Your Name) (Regista: Lil Nas X e Tanja Muïn'o)
  • Billie Eilish - Your Power (Regista: Billie Eilish)
  • DJ Khaled (featuring Drake) - Popstar (Regista: Director X)
  • Taylor Swift - Willow (Regista: Taylor Swift)
  • Travis Scott (featuring Young Thug e M.I.A.) - Franchise (Regista: Travis Scott)
  • Tyler, the Creator - Lumberjack (Regista: Wolf Haley)

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