European Film Award for Best Director

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European Film Award for Best Director
Jacques Audiard Cannes 2017.jpg
The 2024 recipient: Jacques Audiard
Awarded forBest Achievement in Directing
Presented by European Film Academy
First award Wim Wenders
Wings of Desire (1988)
Currently held by Jacques Audiard
Emilia Pérez (2024)
Website europeanfilmacademy.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 .

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Michael Haneke is the director with most wins in the category with three, followed by Pedro Almodóvar, Paolo Sorrentino, Paweł Pawlikowski and Ruben Östlund, with two wins each. Almodóvar is the most nominated director with seven 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

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

2000s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
2000

(13th)

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

2010s

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

2020s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
2020
(33rd)
[22] [23] 		Thomas Vinterberg Another Round Druk
Agnieszka Holland Charlatan Šarlatán
Jan Komasa Corpus Christi Boże Ciało
Pietro Marcello Martin Eden
François Ozon Summer of 85 Été 85
Maria Sødahl Hope Håp
2021
(34th)
Jasmila Žbanić Quo Vadis, Aida?
Radu Jude Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc
Florian Zeller The Father
Paolo Sorrentino The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio
Julia Ducournau Titane
2022
(35th)
[24] 		Ruben Östlund Triangle of Sadness
Lukas Dhont Close
Marie Kreutzer Corsage
Jerzy Skolimowski Eo
Ali Abbasi Holy Spider
Alice Diop Saint Omer
2023
(36th) 		Justine Triet Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute
Aki Kaurismäki Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet
Agnieszka Holland Green Border Zielona granica
Matteo Garrone Me Captain Io capitano
Jonathan Glazer The Zone of Interest
2024
(37th)
[25] 		Jacques Audiard Emilia Pérez
Andrea Arnold Bird
Pedro Almodóvar The Room Next Door
Mohammad Rasoulof The Seed of the Sacred Fig دانه‌ی انجیر معابد
Maura Delpero Vermiglio

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

WinsDirector
3 Michael Haneke
2 Pedro Almodóvar
Ruben Östlund
Paweł Pawlikowski
Paolo Sorrentino

Most nominations

NominationsDirector
7 Pedro Almodóvar
4 Aki Kaurismäki
Paolo Sorrentino
3 Susanne Bier
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Matteo Garrone
Michael Haneke
Yorgos Lanthimos
Ken Loach
Ruben Östlund
François Ozon
Paweł Pawlikowski
Roman Polanski
Lars Von Trier
2 Ali Abbasi
Fatih Akın
Roy Andersson
Theo Angelopoulos
Andrea Arnold
Jacques Audiard
Marco Bellocchio
Andreas Dresen
Agnieszka Holland
Samuel Maoz
Steve McQueen
Cristian Mungiu
Giuseppe Tornatore
Thomas Vinterberg
Paolo Virzì
Wim Wenders
Michael Winterbottom
Andrey Zvyagintsev

References

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