European Film Award for Best Director

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European Film Award for Best Director
Justine Triet 2017.jpg
The 2023 recipient: Justine Triet
Awarded forBest Achievement in Directing
Presented by European Film Academy
First awarded Wim Wenders
Wings of Desire (1988)
Currently held by Justine Triet
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
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 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

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

2000s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
2000

(13th)

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

2010s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
2010
(23rd)
[10]
Flag of France.svg / Flag of Poland.svg Roman Polanski The Ghost Writer
Flag of France.svg Olivier Assayas Carlos
Flag of Turkey.svg Semih Kaplanoğlu Honey Bal
Flag of Israel.svg Samuel Maoz Lebanon
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Virzì The First Beautiful Thing La prima cosa bella
2011
(24th)
[11]
Flag of Denmark.svg Susanne Bier In a Better World Hævnen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Flag of Finland.svg Aki Kaurismäki Le Havre
Flag of Hungary.svg Béla Tarr The Turin Horse A torinói ló
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars von Trier Melancholia
2012
(25th)
[12]
Flag of Germany.svg / Flag of Austria.svg Michael Haneke Amour
Flag of Turkey.svg Nuri Bilge Ceylan Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve McQueen Shame
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Vinterberg The Hunt Jagten
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Caesar Must Die Cesare deve morire
2013
(26th)
[13]
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Sorrentino The Great Beauty La grande belleza
Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Berger Blancanieves
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Felix Van Groeningen The Broken Circle Breakdown
Flag of Tunisia.svg / Flag of France.svg Abdellatif Kechiche Blue Is the Warmest Colour La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2
Flag of France.svg François Ozon In the House Dans la maison
Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Tornatore The Best Offer La migliore offerta
2014
(27th)
[14] [15]
Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Pawlikowski Ida
Flag of Turkey.svg Nuri Bilge Ceylan Winter Sleep Kış Uykusu
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steven Knight Locke
Flag of Sweden.svg Ruben Östlund Force Majeure Turist
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Virzì Human Capital Il capitale umano
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Zvyagintsev Leviathan Левиафан (Leviafan)
2015
(28th)
[16] [17]
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Sorrentino Youth
Flag of Sweden.svg Roy Andersson A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
Flag of Greece.svg Yorgos Lanthimos The Lobster
Flag of Italy.svg Nanni Moretti Mia madre
Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Schipper Victoria
Flag of Poland.svg Małgorzata Szumowska Body Body / Ciało
2016
(29th)
[18]
Flag of Germany.svg Maren Ade Toni Erdmann
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Almodóvar Julieta
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Loach I, Daniel Blake
Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Mungiu Graduation Bacalaureat
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Verhoeven Elle
2017
(30th)
[19]
Flag of Sweden.svg Ruben Östlund The Square
Flag of Hungary.svg Ildikó Enyedi On Body and Soul Testről és lélekről
Flag of Finland.svg Aki Kaurismäki The Other Side of Hope Toivon tuolla puolen
Flag of Greece.svg Yorgos Lanthimos The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Zvyagintsev Loveless Нелюбовь (Nelyubov)
2018
(31st)
[20]
Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Pawlikowski Cold War Zimna wojna
Flag of Iran.svg / Flag of Denmark.svg Ali Abbasi Border Gräns
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Garrone Dogman
Flag of Israel.svg Samuel Maoz Foxtrot פוֹקְסטְרוֹט
Flag of Italy.svg Alice Rohrwacher Happy as Lazzaro Lazzaro felice
2019
(32nd)
[21]
Flag of Greece.svg Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Almodóvar Pain and Glory Dolor y gloria
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bellocchio The Traitor Il traditore
Flag of France.svg / Flag of Poland.svg Roman Polanski An Officer and a Spy J'accuse
Flag of France.svg 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]
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Vinterberg Another Round Druk
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Holland Charlatan Šarlatán
Flag of Poland.svg Jan Komasa Corpus Christi Boże Ciało
Flag of Italy.svg Pietro Marcello Martin Eden
Flag of France.svg François Ozon Summer of 85 Été 85
Flag of Norway.svg Maria Sødahl Hope Håp
2021
(34th)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Jasmila Žbanić Quo Vadis, Aida?
Flag of Romania.svg Radu Jude Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc
Flag of France.svg Florian Zeller The Father
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Sorrentino The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio
Flag of France.svg Julia Ducournau Titane
2022
(35th)
[24]
Flag of Sweden.svg Ruben Östlund Triangle of Sadness
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lukas Dhont Close
Flag of Austria.svg Marie Kreutzer Corsage
Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Skolimowski Eo
Flag of Denmark.svg / Flag of Iran.svg Ali Abbasi Holy Spider
Flag of France.svg Alice Diop Saint Omer
2023
(36th)
Flag of France.svg Justine Triet Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute
Flag of Finland.svg Aki Kaurismäki Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Holland Green Border Zielona granica
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Garrone Me Captain Io capitano
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Glazer The Zone of Interest

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

WinsDirector
3 Flag of Austria.svg Michael Haneke
2 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Almodóvar
Flag of Sweden.svg Ruben Östlund
Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Pawlikowski
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Sorrentino

Most nominations

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

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