Awards & Winners

European Film Award for Best Director

European Film Awards

The European Film Award for Best Director:

Check all the winners of European Film Award for Best Director presented under European Film Awards since 1988 .


Paolo Sorrentino

Honored for : The Great Beauty

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pablo Berger Snow White
Abdellatif Kechiche Blue Is the Warmest Colour
François Ozon In the House
Paolo Sorrentino The Great Beauty
Giuseppe Tornatore The Best Offer
Felix Van Groeningen The Broken Circle Breakdown

Michael Haneke

Honored for : Amour

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Haneke Amour
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Steve McQueen Shame
Vittorio Taviani Caesar Must Die
Paolo Taviani Caesar Must Die
Thomas Vinterberg The Hunt

Susanne Bier

Honored for : In a Better World

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Aki Kaurismäki Le Havre
Lars von Trier Melancholia
Béla Tarr The Turin Horse
Luc Dardenne The Kid with a Bike
Jean-Pierre Dardenne The Kid with a Bike
Susanne Bier In a Better World

Roman Polanski

Honored for : The Ghost Writer

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Roman Polanski The Ghost Writer
Olivier Assayas Carlos
Semih Kaplano?lu Honey
Samuel Maoz Lebanon
Paolo Virzì The First Beautiful Thing

Michael Haneke

Honored for : The White Ribbon

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Haneke The White Ribbon
Lars von Trier Antichrist
Andrea Arnold Fish Tank
Pedro Almodóvar Broken Embraces
Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire
Jacques Audiard A Prophet

Matteo Garrone

Honored for : Gomorrah

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Matteo Garrone Gomorrah
Paolo Sorrentino Il Divo
Laurent Cantet The Class
Steve McQueen Hunger
Ari Folman Waltz with Bashir
Andreas Dresen Cloud 9

Cristian Mungiu

Honored for : 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Frears The Queen
Cristian Mungiu 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Fatih Ak?n The Edge of Heaven
Roy Andersson You, the Living
Kevin Macdonald The Last King of Scotland
Giuseppe Tornatore The Unknown Woman

Pedro Almodóvar

Honored for : Volver

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mat Whitecross The Road to Guantanamo
Michael Winterbottom The Road to Guantanamo
Ken Loach The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Pedro Almodóvar Volver
Susanne Bier After the Wedding
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck The Lives of Others
Emanuele Crialese Golden Door

Michael Haneke

Honored for : Caché

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Haneke Caché
Roberto Faenza In the Light of the Sun
Susanne Bier Brothers
Álex de la Iglesia The Perfect Crime
Wim Wenders Don't Come Knocking
Cristi Puiu The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Pawe? Pawlikowski My Summer of Love

Alejandro Amenábar

Honored for : The Sea Inside

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nimród Antal Kontroll
Alejandro Amenábar The Sea Inside
Agnès Jaoui Look at Me
Fatih Ak?n Head-On
Pedro Almodóvar Bad Education
Theodoros Angelopoulos The Weeping Meadow

Lars von Trier

Honored for : Dogville

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Winterbottom Code 46
Lars von Trier Dogville
Marco Tullio Giordana Best of Youth
Wolfgang Becker Good bye, Lenin!
Isabel Coixet My Life Without Me
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Distant

Pedro Almodóvar

Honored for : Talk to Her

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexander Sokurov Russian Ark
Cédric Klapisch L'Auberge Espagnole
Pedro Almodóvar Talk to Her
Mike Leigh All or Nothing
Andreas Dresen Grill Point
Aki Kaurismäki The Man Without a Past
Marco Bellocchio My Mother's Smile
Roman Polanski The Pianist
Ken Loach Sweet Sixteen

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Honored for : Amélie

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Amélie
Éric Rohmer The Lady and the Duke
Ermanno Olmi The Profession of Arms
Péter Gothár Passport
François Ozon Under the Sand
José Luis Garci You're the One

Kenneth Branagh

Honored for : Henry V

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kenneth Branagh Henry V

Géza Bereményi

Honored for : The Midas Touch

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Géza Bereményi The Midas Touch
Maciej Dejczer 300 Miles To Heaven
Vasili Pichul Little Vera
Jim Sheridan My Left Foot
Theodoros Angelopoulos Landscape in the Mist

Wim Wenders

Honored for : Wings of Desire

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sergei Parajanov Ashik Kerib
Wim Wenders Wings of Desire
Terence Davies Distant Voices, Still Lives
Manoel de Oliveira The Cannibals
Louis Malle Au revoir, les enfants