Who won Best Director at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards for One Battle After Another?

Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards for One Battle After Another.

The award recognized Anderson’s direction of the 2025 film, a political action comedy loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland. Anderson also wrote the screenplay, making the victory part of a notable double win at the ceremony.

One Battle After Another was the leading film nominee at the 83rd Golden Globes, receiving nine nominations. It ultimately won four awards, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and a supporting-acting prize for Teyana Taylor.

Anderson is known for films including Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, The Master, and Phantom Thread. A common mix-up is confusing this award with Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, which went to the film itself rather than its director.