Annex: Goya Award for Best New Director

The Goya Awards were created by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 1986.

The following list shows the list of all the winners of the Goya Award for Best New Director since the creation of this award in the IV edition of 1989.

The Academy also awards the Goya Award to the best director (not novel) since the first edition of 1986.

The directors who have won the award for "best new director" and "best director" are, in temporal order, Fernando León de Aranoa (1997, 1998 and 2002), Alejandro Amenábar (1996, 2001 and 2004) and Juan Antonio Bayona (2007, 2012 and 2017).

The new directors who have won the award for “best film” with their first film are Agustín Díaz Yanes (for Nobody will talk about us when we have died, 1995), Alejandro Amenábar (for Tesis, 1996), Achero Mañas (for El Bola, 2000), Raúl Arévalo (for Tarde para la ira, 2017) and Pilar Palomero (by The Girls, 2021). The five also won the "best new director" award with the same film.

Winners

1980s

Winner(s)	Candidates
IV edition - 1989
	Ana Díez for Ander eta Yul (Ander and Yul)	Cristina Andreu for Brumal Isabel Coixet by Too old to die young Xavier Villaverde for Continental Santiago Rios and Teodoro Rios Guarapo

1990s

Winner(s)	Candidates
V edition - 1990
	Rosa Vergés for Boom, boom.	Francisco Periñán Against the wind José María Carreño for Black sheep
VI edition - 1991
	Juanma Bajo Ulloa for Butterfly wings	Anne Bethlehem How to be a woman and not die in the attempt Manuel Gómez Pereira by Pink salt
VII edition - 1992
	July Medem for Vacas	Alex of the Church by Mutual action Chus Gutiérrez for Sublet
VIII edition - 1993
	Mariano Barroso for My brother of the soul	José Angel Bohollo for Ciénaga Arantxa Lazcano The dark years
IX edition - 1994
	"La Cuadrilla" (Santiago Aguilar and Luis Guridi) for Justin, a senior killer	Hector Carré for Gimme me. Álvaro Fernández Armero for It's all a lie.
X edition - 1995
	Agustín Díaz Yanes for No one will talk about us when we're dead.	Manuel Huerga for Antarctica I would go Bollain for Hello, are you alone?
XI edition - 1996
	Alejandro Amenábar for Thesis	David Trueba Good life Alfonso Albacete, Miguel Bardem and David Menkes by More than love, frenzy
XII edition - 1997
	Fernando León de Aranoa for Family	Mireia Ros for The cloth Fernando Cámara and David Alonso Memories of the fallen angel
XIII edition - 1998
	Santiago Segura for Torrente, the dumb arm of the law	Javier Fesser by The Miracle of P. Tinto Miguel Albadalejo The first night of my life Salvador García Ruiz by Mensaka
XIV edition - 1999
	Benito Zambrano for Souls	Miguel Bardem The ugliest woman in the world Maria Ripoll for Rain in the shoes Matthew Gil for Nobody knows anybody.

2000s

Winner(s)	Candidates
XV edition - 2000
	Achero Mañas for The Ball	Daniel Monzón for The Heart of the Warrior Cesc Gay by Krámpack Patricia Ferreira for I know who you are
XVI edition - 2001
	Juan Carlos Fresnadillo for Intact	Victor García León by More grief than glory Carlos Molinero by Savages Javier Balaguer Only mine
XVII edition - 2002
	Roger Gual and Julio Wallovits for Smoking Room	Inés Paris and Daniela Fejerman for My mother likes women Eduard Cortés by Nobody's life Ramon Salazar for Stones
XVIII edition - 2003
	Angeles González-Sinde for Luck asleep	David Serrano for Football days Jaime Rosales for The hours of the day Pablo Berger for Torremolinos 73
XIX edition - 2004
	Pablo Malo for Cold winter sun	Santi Amodeo for Astronauts Vicente Peñarrocha for Out of the body Ramón de España by Do with me whatever you want
XX edition - 2005
	José Corbacho and Juan Cruz for Tapas	Asier Altuna and Telmo Esnal for Aupa Etxebeste! Guillem Morales by The uncertain inhabitant Santiago Tabernero Life and color
XXI edition - 2006
	Daniel Sánchez Arévalo for BlueOscuroNegro	Carlos Iglesias por A franc, 14 pesetas Javier Rebollo for What I know about Lola Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo by The night of sunflowers
XXII edition - 2007
	Juan Antonio Bayona for The orphanage	Felix Viscarret by Under the stars Tom Fernández por The Tower of Suso David Ulloa and Tristan Ulloa for Pudor
XXIII edition - 2008
	Santiago Zannou for The Manco Trick	Bethlehem Macías The courtyard of my prison Nacho Vigalondo The cronocrimes Irene Cardona by A boyfriend for Yasmina
XXIV edition - 2009
	Mar Coll for Three dies amb the family (Three days with the family)	David Planell for Shame Borja Cobeaga by Pagans Antonio Naharro and Alvaro Pastor Me, too.

2010s

Winner	Candidates
XXV edition - 2010
	David Pinillos for Bon appétit	Emilio Aragón Paper Birds Juana Macías for Plans for tomorrow Jonah Trueba All the songs talk about me
XXVI edition - 2011
	Kike Maillo for EVA	Paula Ortiz for From your window to mine Paco Arango by Maktub Eduardo Chapero-Jackson Verb
XXVII edition - 2012
	Enrique Gato for Tadeo Jones Adventures	Paco León by Carmine or coating Isabel de Ocampo by Evelyn Oriol Paulo by The body
XXVIII edition - 2013
	Fernando for The wound	Neus Ballús by The plague Jorge Dorado by Mindscape Rodrigo Sorogoyen for Stockholm
XXIX edition - 2014
	Carlos Marquis-Marcet for 10,000 km	Juanfer Andrés and Esteban Roel Musarañas Curro Sánchez Varela by Paco de Lucía: The search Beatriz Sanchís for They're all dead.
XXX edition - 2015
	Daniel Guzmán for In return for nothing	Dani de la Torre por The unknown Juan Miguel del Castillo by Ceiling and food Leticia Dolera by Requirements for a normal person
XXXI edition - 2016
	Raúl Arévalo for Late for anger	Salvador Calvo 1898. The last of the Philippines Marc Crehuet by The dear king Nely Reguera by Mary (and others)
XXXII edition - 2017
	Carla Simon for 1993	Sergio G. Sánchez for Marrowbone's secret Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo The call Lino Escalera por I can't say goodbye.
XXXIII edition - 2018
	Arantxa Echevarría for Carmen and Lola	Andrea Jaurrieta Day Ana César Esteban Alenda and José Esteban Alenda No end Celia Rico Travel to a mother's room
XXXIV edition - 2019
	Bethlehem Funes for The daughter of a thief	Salvador Simó Buñuel in the maze of turtles Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia The hole Aritz Moreno by Advantages of traveling by train

2020s

Winner	Candidates
XXXV edition - 2020
	Pilar Palomero for Girls	David Pérez Sañudo for Ane Barnabas Rico for The inconvenience Nuria Giménez Lorang My Mexican Bretzel
XXXVI edition - 2021
	Clara Roquet for Freedom	Carol Rodriguez Colas for Chavalas Javier Marco Rico for Josefina David Martín de los Santos by Life was that.
XXXVII edition - 2022
		Carlota Pereda por Piggy Alauda Ruiz de Azúa by Five lobes Elena López Riera for The water Juan Diego Botto by On the margins Mikel Gurrea for South

Statistics

Directors who have won the Goya Award for Best New Director and Best Director

• Fernando León de Aranoa: by Family (1997) Barrio (1998), Mondays in the sun (2002) The good pattern (2021)
• Alejandro Amenábar: by Thesis (1996), The others (2001), Sea in (2004)
• Juan Antonio Bayona: by The orphanage (2007), The impossible (2012), A monster comes to see me (2016)

Directors who have been nominated for Best New Director and have won the Goya Award for Best Director

• Icíar Bollaín: I give you my eyes (2003)
• Isabel Coixet: by The Secret Life of Words (2005) and The bookstore (2017)
• Javier Fesser: by Camino (2008)
• Cesc Gay: by Truman (2015)
• Alex of the Church: by The Day of the Beast (1995)
• Daniel Monzón: by Cell 211 (2009)
• Jaime Rosales: by Loneliness (2007)
• David Trueba: by Living is easy with closed eyes (2013)
• Rodrigo Sorogoyen: by The kingdom (2018)
• Salvador Calvo: by Adú (2020)

Directors who have won the Goya award for best new director and have been candidates for best director

• Juanma Bajo Ulloa: by Butterfly wings (1991)
• Agustín Díaz Yanes: by No one will talk about us when we're dead. (1995)
• July Medem: by Vacas (1992)
• Daniel Sánchez Arévalo: by BlueOscuroNegro (2006)
• Benito Zambrano: by Souls (1999)
• Pilar Palomero: by Girls (2020)
• Carla Simon: 1993 (2017)

Directors who have been nominated for Best New Director and Best Director but have not won a Goya Award

• Pablo Berger
• Matthew Gil
• Manuel Gómez Pereira
• Manuel Huerga
• Paula Ortiz

Directors who were nominated for "Best Film" who also received a "Best Film" nomination

In bold, those who won the “Goya Award for Best Film”

• Juanma Bajo Ulloa for Butterfly wings, (1991)
• Agustín Díaz Yanes No one will talk about us when we're dead. (1995)
• Alejandro Amenábar for Thesis (1996)
• Benito Zambrano for Solas (1999)
• Achero Mañas by The ball (2000)
• Juan Antonio Bayona by The orphanage (2007)
• Fernando Franco The wound (2013)
• Daniel Guzmán for In exchange for nothing (2015)
• Raul Arévalo for Late for anger (2016)
• Carla Simon for Estiu 1993 (2017)
• Arantxa Echevarría por Carmen and Lola (2018)
• Pilar Palomero Girls (2020)
• David Pérez Sañudo for Ane (2020)
• Clara Roquet for Freedom (2021)
• Alauda Ruiz de Azúa by Five lobes (2022)

Winning women of the Goya award for best new director

• Ana Díez for Ander eta Yul (1989)
• Rosa Vergés by Boom, boom (1990)
• Ángeles González-Sinde por Luck asleep (2003)
• Mar Coll for Three days with the family (2009)
• Carla Simon for Estiu 1993 (2017)
• Arantxa Echevarría por Carmen and Lola (2018)
• Bethlehem Funes for The daughter of a thief (2019)
• Pilar Palomero Girls (2020)
• Clara Roquet for Freedom (2021)