| BAFTA Award for Best Direction | |
|---|---|
 The 2023 recipient: Christopher Nolan | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in film directing |
| Location | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1968 |
| Currently held by | Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer (2023) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The BAFTA Award for Best Direction, formerly known as David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction, is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a film director for a specific film.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 1968, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Direction at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the remaining nominees. The winner is also the first name listed in each category.