German Film Award for Best Direction (German Film Awards)

German Film Awards

This is the list of winners and nominees of the German Film Award for Best Direction.

Check all the winners of German Film Award for Best Direction presented under German Film Awards since 1955 .

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Edgar Reitz

Honored for : Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Katrin Gebbe	Nothing Bad Can Happen
Andreas Prochaska	The Dark Valley
Edgar Reitz	Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision

Jan Ole Gerster

Honored for : Oh Boy

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jan Ole Gerster	Oh Boy
Margarethe von Trotta	Hannah Arendt
Tom Tykwer	Cloud Atlas
Lana Wachowski	Cloud Atlas
Andy Wachowski	Cloud Atlas

Andreas Dresen

Honored for : Stopped on Track

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Christian Petzold	Barbara
Hans Weingartner	Hut in the Woods
Andreas Dresen	Stopped on Track

Tom Tykwer

Honored for : Three

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Wim Wenders	Pina
Florian Micoud Cossen	The Day I Was Not Born
Tom Tykwer	Three

Michael Haneke

Honored for : The White Ribbon

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Maren Ade	Everyone Else
Feo Aladag	When We Leave
Hans-Christian Schmid	Storm
Michael Haneke	The White Ribbon

Andreas Dresen

Honored for : Cloud 9

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Uli Edel	The Baader Meinhof Complex
Christian Petzold	Jerichow
Florian Gallenberger	John Rabe
Andreas Dresen	Cloud 9

Fatih Ak?n

Honored for : The Edge of Heaven

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Doris Dörrie	Cherry Blossoms
Christian Petzold	Yella
Fatih Ak?n	The Edge of Heaven

Marcus H. Rosenmüller

Honored for : Grave Decisions

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tom Tykwer	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Chris Kraus	Four Minutes
Matthias Glasner	The Free Will
Marcus H. Rosenmüller	Grave Decisions

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Honored for : The Lives of Others

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hans-Christian Schmid	Requiem
Andreas Dresen	Summer in Berlin
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	The Lives of Others

Dani Levy

Honored for : Alles auf Zucker!

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hans Weingartner	The Edukators
Volker Schlöndorff	The Ninth Day
Dani Levy	Alles auf Zucker!

Fatih Ak?n

Honored for : Head-On

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Christian Petzold	Wolfsburg
Sönke Wortmann	The Miracle of Bern
Fatih Ak?n	Head-On

Wolfgang Becker

Honored for : Good bye, Lenin!

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hans-Christian Schmid	Distant Lights
Tomy Wigand	The Flying Classroom
Wolfgang Becker	Good bye, Lenin!

Caroline Link

Honored for : Nowhere in Africa

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dominik Graf	A Map of the Heart
Andreas Dresen	Grill Point
Caroline Link	Nowhere in Africa

Esther Gronenborn

Honored for : alaska.de

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tom Tykwer	The Princess and the Warrior
Christian Petzold	The State I Am In
Esther Gronenborn	alaska.de

Pepe Danquart

Honored for : Heimspiel

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Veit Helmer	Tuvalu
Wim Wenders	The Million Dollar Hotel
Pepe Danquart	Heimspiel

Tom Tykwer

Honored for : Run Lola Run

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Fatih Ak?n	Short Sharp Shock
Andreas Dresen	Night Shapes
Tom Tykwer	Run Lola Run

Wim Wenders

Honored for : The End of Violence

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tom Tykwer	Run Lola Run
Joseph Vilsmaier	Comedian Harmonists
Wim Wenders	The End of Violence

Helmut Dietl

Honored for : Rossini

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Helmut Dietl	Rossini
Roland Suso Richter	14 Tage Lebenslanglich
Caroline Link	Beyond Silence

Romuald Karmakar

Honored for : Deathmaker

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Romuald Karmakar	Deathmaker
Dani Levy	Silent Night
Rainer Kaufmann	Talk of the Town

Sönke Wortmann

Honored for : The Most Desired Man

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dominik Graf	The Invincibles
Doris Dörrie	Nobody Loves Me
Sönke Wortmann	The Most Desired Man

Peter Sehr

Honored for : Kaspar Hauser

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Peter Sehr	Kaspar Hauser
Jan Schütte	Bye Bye America
Wim Wenders	Faraway, So Close!

Adolf Winkelmann

Honored for : North Curve

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Adolf Winkelmann	North Curve

Helmut Dietl

Honored for : Schtonk!

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Helmut Dietl	Schtonk!

Werner Schroeter

Honored for : Malina

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Werner Schroeter	Malina
Peter Sehr	The Serbian Girl
Jan Schütte	Winckelmann's Travels

Jan Schütte

Honored for : Winckelmann's Travels

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Werner Schroeter	Malina
Peter Sehr	The Serbian Girl
Jan Schütte	Winckelmann's Travels

Bernhard Wicki

Honored for : Spider's Web

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Uli Edel	Last Exit to Brooklyn
Bernhard Wicki	Spider's Web

Uli Edel

Honored for : Last Exit to Brooklyn

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Uli Edel	Last Exit to Brooklyn
Bernhard Wicki	Spider's Web

Dominik Graf

Honored for : The Cat

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dominik Graf	The Cat

Peter Lilienthal

Honored for : The Silence of the Poet

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Peter Lilienthal	The Silence of the Poet

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Honored for : Die Nacht

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg	Die Nacht

Maria Knilli

Honored for : Dear Karl

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bernhard Wicki	Grünstein's Clever Move
Maria Knilli	Dear Karl

Bernhard Wicki

Honored for : Grünstein's Clever Move

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bernhard Wicki	Grünstein's Clever Move
Maria Knilli	Dear Karl

Uwe Schrader

Honored for : White Trash

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Uwe Schrader	White Trash

Lutz Konermann

Honored for : Aufdermauer

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lutz Konermann	Aufdermauer
Peter Lilienthal	Dear Mr. Wonderful

Peter Lilienthal

Honored for : Dear Mr. Wonderful

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lutz Konermann	Aufdermauer
Peter Lilienthal	Dear Mr. Wonderful

Werner Schroeter

Honored for : Day of the Idiots

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Werner Schroeter	Day of the Idiots

Heidi Genée

Honored for : 1+1=3

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Heidi Genée	1+1=3

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Honored for : Despair

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Despair
Wim Wenders	The American Friend

Wim Wenders

Honored for : The American Friend

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Despair
Wim Wenders	The American Friend

Volker Schlöndorff

Honored for : Le Coup de grâce

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Volker Schlöndorff	Le Coup de grâce

Wim Wenders

Honored for : The Wrong Move

Nominations 1975 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Wim Wenders	The Wrong Move

Roland Klick

Honored for : Supermarkt

Nominations 1974 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Roland Klick	Supermarkt

Bernhard Wicki

Honored for : False Weights

Nominations 1972 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bernhard Wicki	False Weights
Johannes Schaaf	Trotta

Johannes Schaaf

Honored for : Trotta

Nominations 1972 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bernhard Wicki	False Weights
Johannes Schaaf	Trotta

Volker Schlöndorff

Honored for : Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach

Nominations 1971 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Volker Schlöndorff	Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach
Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Michael Fengler	Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Michael Fengler, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Honored for : Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Nominations 1971 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Volker Schlöndorff	Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach
Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Michael Fengler	Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Peter Zadek

Honored for : I'm an Elephant, Madame

Nominations 1969 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Peter Zadek	I'm an Elephant, Madame

Johannes Schaaf

Honored for : Tattoo

Nominations 1968 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Johannes Schaaf	Tattoo

Alexander Kluge

Honored for : Yesterday Girl

Nominations 1967 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alexander Kluge	Yesterday Girl

Ulrich Schamoni

Honored for : It

Nominations 1966 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ulrich Schamoni	It

Kurt Hoffmann

Honored for : The House in Karp Lane

Nominations 1965 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kurt Hoffmann	The House in Karp Lane

Peter Gorski

Honored for : Faust

Nominations 1961 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Peter Gorski	Faust

Bernhard Wicki

Honored for : The Bridge

Nominations 1960 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bernhard Wicki	The Bridge

Robert Siodmak

Honored for : The Devil Came at Night

Nominations 1958 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert Siodmak	The Devil Came at Night

Helmut Käutner

Honored for : The Captain from Köpenick

Nominations 1957 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Helmut Käutner	The Captain from Köpenick

Alfred Weidenmann

Honored for : Canaris: Master Spy

Nominations 1955 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alfred Weidenmann	Canaris: Master Spy