European Film Award for Best Director
The European Film Award for Best Director is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize a director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in a film industry. The award is presented by the European Film Academy (EFA) and was first presented in 1988.
| European Film Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The 2019 recipient: Yorgos Lanthimos | |
| Awarded for | Best Achievement in Directing |
| Presented by | European Film Academy |
| First awarded | Wim Wenders Wings of Desire (1988) |
| Currently held by | Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite (2018) |
| Website | europeanfilmacademy |
Winners and nominees
- 1988
- Wim Wenders - Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)
- Terence Davies - Distant Voices, Still Lives
- Louis Malle - Goodbye Children (Au revoir les enfants)
- Manoel de Oliveira - The Cannibals (Os canibais)
- Sergei Parajanov - Ashik Kerib
- 1989
- Géza Bereményi - The Midas Touch (Eldorádó)
- Theo Angelopoulos - Landscape in the Mist (Topio stin omichli)
- Maciej Dejczer - 300 Miles to Heaven (300 mil do nieba)
- Vasili Pichul - Little Vera (Malenkaya Vera)
- Jim Sheridan - My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
2000s
- 2001
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet – Amélie
- José Luis Garci – You're the One
- Péter Gothár – Paszport
- Ermanno Olmi – The Profession of Arms
- François Ozon – Sous le sable
- Éric Rohmer – The Lady and the Duke
2010s
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- ^[B] Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Award for Silver Bear for Best Director
- ^[C] Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director
- ^[V] Venice Film Festival Silver Lion for Best Director
Records
Most wins by director
| Director | Awards | Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Haneke | 3 | 3 |
| Pedro Almodóvar | 2 | 6 |
| Paolo Sorrentino | 2 | 3 |
| Paweł Pawlikowski | 2 | 3 |
| Susanne Bier | 1 | 3 |
| Lars Von Trier | 1 | 3 |
| Roman Polanski | 1 | 3 |
| Matteo Garrone | 1 | 2 |
| Cristian Mungiu | 1 | 2 |
| Ruben Östlund | 1 | 2 |
| Wim Wenders | 1 | 2 |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | 1 | 3 |
| Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 0 | 3 |
| Aki Kaurismäki | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Loach | 0 | 3 |
| Fatih Akın | 0 | 2 |
| Roy Andersson | 0 | 2 |
| François Ozon | 0 | 2 |
| Paolo Virzì | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Winterbottom | 0 | 2 |
| Andrey Zvyagintsev | 0 | 2 |
| Marco Bellocchio | 0 | 2 |
| Theo Angelopoulos | 0 | 2 |
External links
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