Winner photos

• Ethan Hawke accepts the award on behalf of Richard Linklater

• Ethan Hawke backstage

• The Boyhood team backstage

• Watch trailers and find out more about the category
• See the full list of Film Awards winners in 2015
• See all the coverage of the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015

• Read the Awards Ceremony acceptance speech for Director by Richard Linklater
• Listen to Boyhood: Film Q&A

Nominees

• Alejandro G. Iñárritu

  • Birdman
• Richard Linklater

  • Boyhood
• Wes Anderson

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
• James Marsh

  • The Theory Of Everything
• Damien Chazelle

  • Whiplash