European Film Award for Best Director

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European Film Award for Best Director
The 2023 recipient: Justine Triet
Awarded forBest Achievement in Directing
Presented byEuropean Film Academy
First awardedWim Wenders
Wings of Desire (1988)
Currently held byJustine Triet
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Websiteeuropeanfilmacademy.org

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 to German director Wim Wenders for Wings of Desire.

Michael Haneke is the director with most wins in the category with three, followed by Pedro Almodóvar, Paolo Sorrentino and Paweł Pawlikowski, with two wins each. Almodovar is the most nominated director with six nominations for the award. Danish director Susanne Bier was the first female director to receive the award, winning for In a Better World in 2011.

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
1988
(1st)
Germany Wim Wenders Wings of Desire Der Himmel über Berlin
United Kingdom Terence Davies Distant Voices, Still Lives
Portugal Manoel de Oliveira The Cannibals Os Canibais
France Louis Malle Au revoir, les enfants
Soviet Union Sergei Parajanov Ashik Kerib აშიკ-ქერიბი
1989
(2nd)
Hungary Géza Bereményi Eldorádó
Greece Theodoros Angelopoulos Landscape in the Mist Τοπίο στην ομίχλη
Poland Maciej Dejczer 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba
Soviet Union Vasili Pichul Little Vera Ма́ленькая Ве́ра (Malenkaya Vera)
Republic of Ireland Jim Sheridan
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

2000s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2000

(13th)

No award given
2001
(14th)
[1]
France Jean-Pierre Jeunet Amélie Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Spain José Luis Garci You're the One You're the one (una historia de entonces)
Hungary Péter Gothár
Passport
Paszport
Italy Emanno Olmi The Profession of Arms Il mestiere delle armi
France François Ozon Under the Sand Sous le sable
France Éric Rohmer The Lady and the Duke L'Anglaise et le duc
2002
(15th)
[2]
Spain Pedro Almodóvar Talk to Her Hable con ella
Italy Marco Bellocchio My Mother's Smile L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre)
Germany Andreas Dresen Grill Point Halbe Treppe
Finland Aki Kaurismäki The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä
United Kingdom Mike Leigh All or Nothing
United Kingdom Ken Loach Sweet Sixteen
France / Poland Roman Polański The Pianist
Russia Alexander Sokurov Russian Ark Русский ковчег (Russkij Kovcheg)
2003
(16th)
[3]
Denmark Lars von Trier Dogville
Germany Wolfgang Becker Good Bye Lenin!
Turkey Nuri Bilge Ceylan Distant Uzak
Spain Isabel Coixet My Life Without Me
Italy Marco Tullio Giordana The Best of Youth La meglio gioventù
United Kingdom Michael Winterbottom In This World
2004
(17th)
[4]
Spain Alejandro Amenábar The Sea Inside Mar adentro
Germany / Turkey Fatih Akin Head-On Gegen die Wand
Spain Pedro Almodóvar Bad Education La mala educación
Greece Theo Angelopoulos Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow Τριλογία: Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει
Hungary / United States Nimród Antal Kontroll
France Agnès Jaoui Look at Me Comme une image
2005
(18th)
[5]
Germany / Austria Michael Haneke Caché
Denmark Susanne Bier Brothers Brødre
Italy Roberto Faenza Come Into the Light Alla luce del sole
Spain Álex de la Iglesia The Perfect Crime Crimen ferpecto
Poland Paweł Pawlikowski My Summer of Love
Romania Cristi Puiu The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Moartea domnului Lăzărescu
Germany Wim Wenders Don't Come Knocking
2006
(19th)
[6]
Spain Pedro Almodóvar Volver
Denmark Susanne Bier After the Wedding Efter brylluppet
Italy Emanuele Crialese
The Golden Door
Nuovomondo
Germany / Austria Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen
United Kingdom Ken Loach The Wind That Shakes the Barley
United Kingdom Michael Winterbottom
United Kingdom Mat Whitecross
The Road to Guantanamo
2007
(20th)
[7]
Romania Cristian Mungiu 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile
Germany / Turkey Fatih Akin The Edge of Heaven Auf der anderen Seite
Sweden Roy Andersson You, the Living Du levande
United Kingdom Stephen Frears The Queen
United Kingdom Kevin Macdonald The Last King of Scotland
Italy Giuseppe Tornatore
The Unknown
La sconosciuta
2008
(21st)
[8]
Italy Matteo Garrone
Gomorrah
Gomorra
France Laurent Cantet The Class Entre les murs
Germany Andreas Dresen
Cloud 9
Wolke neun
Israel Ari Folman Waltz with Bashir Vals im Bashir
United Kingdom Steve McQueen Hunger
Italy Paolo Sorrentino
Il Divo
2009
(22nd)
[9]
Germany / Austria Michael Haneke The White Ribbon Das weiße Band
Spain Pedro Almodóvar Broken Embraces Los abrazos rotos
United Kingdom Andrea Arnold Fish Tank
France Jacques Audiard A Prophet Un prophète
United Kingdom Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire
Denmark Lars von Trier Antichrist

2010s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2010
(23rd)
[10]
France / Poland Roman Polanski The Ghost Writer
France Olivier Assayas
Carlos
Turkey Semih Kaplanoğlu Honey Bal
Israel Samuel Maoz
Lebanon
Italy Paolo Virzì The First Beautiful Thing La prima cosa bella
2011
(24th)
[11]
Denmark Susanne Bier In a Better World Hævnen
Luc Dardenne
The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Finland Aki Kaurismäki Le Havre
Hungary Béla Tarr The Turin Horse A torinói ló
Denmark Lars von Trier Melancholia
2012
(25th)
[12]
Germany / Austria Michael Haneke Amour
Turkey Nuri Bilge Ceylan Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da
United Kingdom Steve McQueen Shame
Denmark Thomas Vinterberg The Hunt Jagten
Italy Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Caesar Must Die Cesare deve morire
2013
(26th)
[13]
Italy Paolo Sorrentino The Great Beauty La grande belleza
Spain Pablo Berger Blancanieves
Felix Van Groeningen
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Tunisia / France Abdellatif Kechiche Blue Is the Warmest Colour La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2
France François Ozon In the House Dans la maison
Italy Giuseppe Tornatore The Best Offer La migliore offerta
2014
(27th)
[14][15]
Poland Paweł Pawlikowski Ida
Turkey Nuri Bilge Ceylan Winter Sleep Kış Uykusu
United Kingdom Steven Knight Locke
Sweden Ruben Östlund Force Majeure Turist
Italy Paolo Virzì Human Capital Il capitale umano
Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev Leviathan Левиафан (Leviafan)
2015
(28th)
[16][17]
Italy Paolo Sorrentino Youth
Sweden Roy Andersson A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
Greece Yorgos Lanthimos The Lobster
Italy Nanni Moretti
Mia madre
Germany Sebastian Schipper Victoria
Poland Małgorzata Szumowska Body Body / Ciało
2016
(29th)
[18]
Germany Maren Ade Toni Erdmann
Spain Pedro Almodóvar Julieta
United Kingdom Ken Loach I, Daniel Blake
Romania Cristian Mungiu Graduation Bacalaureat
Netherlands Paul Verhoeven Elle
2017
(30th)
[19]
Sweden Ruben Östlund The Square
Hungary Ildikó Enyedi On Body and Soul Testről és lélekről
Finland Aki Kaurismäki The Other Side of Hope Toivon tuolla puolen
Greece Yorgos Lanthimos The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev Loveless Нелюбовь (Nelyubov)
2018
(31st)
[20]
Poland Paweł Pawlikowski Cold War Zimna wojna
Iran / Denmark Ali Abbasi Border Gräns
Italy Matteo Garrone Dogman
Israel Samuel Maoz Foxtrot פוֹקְסטְרוֹט
Italy Alice Rohrwacher Happy as Lazzaro Lazzaro felice
2019
(32nd)
[21]
Greece Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite
Spain Pedro Almodóvar Pain and Glory Dolor y gloria
Italy Marco Bellocchio The Traitor Il traditore
France / Poland Roman Polanski An Officer and a Spy J'accuse
France Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

2020s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2020
(33rd)
[22][23]
Denmark Thomas Vinterberg
Another Round
Druk
Poland Agnieszka Holland Charlatan Šarlatán
Poland Jan Komasa Corpus Christi Boże Ciało
Italy Pietro Marcello Martin Eden
France François Ozon Summer of 85 Été 85
Norway Maria Sødahl Hope Håp
2021
(34th)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmila Žbanić Quo Vadis, Aida?
Romania Radu Jude Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc
France Florian Zeller The Father
Italy Paolo Sorrentino The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio
France Julia Ducournau
Titane
2022
(35th)
[24]
Sweden Ruben Östlund Triangle of Sadness
Belgium Lukas Dhont Close
Austria Marie Kreutzer Corsage
Poland Jerzy Skolimowski Eo
Denmark / Iran Ali Abbasi Holy Spider
France Alice Diop Saint Omer
2023
(36th)
France Justine Triet Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute
Finland Aki Kaurismäki Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet
Poland Agnieszka Holland Green Border Zielona granica
Italy Matteo Garrone
Me Captain
Io capitano
United Kingdom Jonathan Glazer The Zone of Interest

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

Wins Director
3 Austria Michael Haneke
2 Spain Pedro Almodóvar
Sweden Ruben Östlund
Poland Paweł Pawlikowski
Italy Paolo Sorrentino

Most nominations

Nominations Director
6 Spain Pedro Almodóvar
4 Finland Aki Kaurismäki
Italy Paolo Sorrentino
3 Denmark Susanne Bier
Turkey Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Italy Matteo Garrone
Austria Michael Haneke
Greece Yorgos Lanthimos
United Kingdom Ken Loach
Sweden Ruben Östlund
France François Ozon
Poland Paweł Pawlikowski
France / Poland Roman Polanski
Lars Von Trier
2 Iran / Denmark Ali Abbasi
Fatih Akın
Sweden Roy Andersson
Greece Theo Angelopoulos
Italy Marco Bellocchio
Germany Andreas Dresen
Poland Agnieszka Holland
Israel Samuel Maoz
United Kingdom Steve McQueen
Romania Cristian Mungiu
Italy Giuseppe Tornatore
Denmark Thomas Vinterberg
Italy Paolo Virzì
Germany Wim Wenders
United Kingdom Michael Winterbottom
Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev

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