Awards & Winners

Nika Award for Best Director

Nika Award

Check all the winners of Nika Award for Best Director presented under Nika Award since 1987 .


Aleksandr Veledinsky

Honored for : The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Fedor Bondarchuk Stalingrad
Yuri Bykov The Major
Aleksandr Veledinsky The Geographer Drank His Globe Away
Boris Khlebnikov A Long and Happy Life

Alexander Sokurov

Honored for : Faust

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexander Sokurov Faust
Aleksei Balabanov Me Too
Andrei Proshkin The Horde

Andrey Zvyagintsev

Honored for : Elena

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Andrey Zvyagintsev Elena
Sergei Loban Tent-show
Andrei Smirnov Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman

Alexei Popogrebski

Honored for : How I Ended This Summer

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexei Popogrebski How I Ended This Summer
Alexei Uchitel The Edge
Alexander Kott The Brest Fortress
Aleksei Balabanov A Stoker

Andrey Khrzhanovsky

Honored for : Room and a Half

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Andrey Khrzhanovsky Room and a Half
Nikolai Dostal Pete on the Way to Heavens
Alexey Mizgirev Buben, Baraban
Karen Shakhnazarov Ward No. 6

Alexei German Jr.

Honored for : Paper Soldier

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexei German Jr. Paper Soldier
Mikheil Kalatozishvili Wild Field
Valery Todorovsky Hipsters

Sergei Bodrov

Honored for : Mongol

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sergei Bodrov Mongol
Aleksei Balabanov Cargo 200
Alexei Popogrebski Simple Things

Pavel Lungin

Honored for : The Island

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pavel Lungin The Island
Aleksandr Veledinsky Alive
Boris Khlebnikov Free Floating

Alexei Guerman

Honored for : Garpastum

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexei Guerman Garpastum
Fedor Bondarchuk The 9th Company
Andrei Kravchuk The Italian

Kira Muratova

Honored for : The Tuner

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kira Muratova The Tuner
Dmitry Meskhiev Our Own
Pavel Chukhray A Driver for Vera

Vadim Abdrashitov

Honored for : Magnetic Storms

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Andrey Zvyagintsev The Return
Vadim Abdrashitov Magnetic Storms
Pyotr Buslov Bimmer
Gennadi Sidorov Old Women

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Honored for : The Cuckoo

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Aleksandr Rogozhkin The Cuckoo
Aleksei Balabanov War
Valery Todorovsky The Lover

Alexander Sokurov

Honored for : Taurus

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexander Sokurov Taurus
Alexander Mitta Granitsa. Tayozhnyy roman
Leonid Marjagin 101st Kilometer
Dmitry Meskhiev Mechanical Suite
Denis Yevstigneyev Let's Make Love

Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov

Honored for : Luna Papa

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Luna Papa
Alexei Uchitel His Wife's Diary
Sergei Solovyov Tender Age

Alexei Guerman

Honored for : Khrustalyov, My Car!

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexei Guerman Khrustalyov, My Car!
Valeri Ogorodnikov Barracks
Valeriy Priyomykhov Who, If Not Us

Otar Iosseliani

Honored for : Brigands, Chapter VII

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Otar Iosseliani Brigands, Chapter VII
Aleksei Balabanov Of Freaks and Men
Karen Shakhnazarov Day of the Full Moon
Aleksei Sakharov Na boykom meste
Valery Todorovsky The Country of Deaf

Aleksei Balabanov

Honored for : Of Freaks and Men

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Otar Iosseliani Brigands, Chapter VII
Aleksei Balabanov Of Freaks and Men
Karen Shakhnazarov Day of the Full Moon
Aleksei Sakharov Na boykom meste
Valery Todorovsky The Country of Deaf

Pavel Chukhray

Honored for : The Thief

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pavel Chukhray The Thief
Lidia Bobrova In That Land
Vadim Abdrashitov Time of a Dancer

Sergei Bodrov

Honored for : Prisoner of the Mountains

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sergei Bodrov Prisoner of the Mountains
Aleksei Balabanov Arrival of a Train
Segment \"Trofim\"
Dmitri Meskhiyev Arrival of a Train
Segment \"Exercise No. 5\"

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Honored for : Peculiarities of the National Hunt

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Aleksandr Rogozhkin Peculiarities of the National Hunt
Aleksei Sakharov Lady Into Lassie
Vladimir Khotinenko The Mussulman
Vadim Abdrashitov Pjesa dlja passashira

Kira Muratova

Honored for : Passions

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kira Muratova Passions
Denis Yevstigneyev Limita
Valery Todorovsky Katya Ismailova

Vladimir Khotinenko

Honored for : Makarov

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Vladimir Khotinenko Makarov
Tamás Tóth Childrens of Iron Gods
Yuri Mamin Window to Paris

Nikita Mikhalkov

Honored for : Close to Eden

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nikita Mikhalkov Close to Eden
Ivan Dykhovichny Prorva
Temur Babluani The Sun of the Sleepless

Eldar Ryazanov

Honored for : The Promised Heaven

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eldar Ryazanov The Promised Heaven
Karen Gevorkian Spotted Dog, Running at the Edge of the Sea
Vyacheslav Kristofovich Adam's Rib

Stanislav Govorukhin

Honored for : You Can't Live Like That

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stanislav Govorukhin You Can't Live Like That
Vitali Kanevsky Freeze Die Come to Life
Kira Muratova The Asthenic Syndrome

Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze

Honored for : Ashik Kerib

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sergei Parajanov Ashik Kerib
Dodo Abashidze Ashik Kerib
Vadim Abdrashitov The Servant
Marina Goldovskaya Solovki Power

Andrei Konchalovsky

Honored for : The Story of Asya Klyachina

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Andrei Konchalovsky The Story of Asya Klyachina
Aleksandr Askoldov Commissar
Vasili Pichul Little Vera

Tengiz Abuladze

Honored for : Repentance

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tengiz Abuladze Repentance
Kira Muratova Long Farewells
Alexander Sokurov The Lonely Voice of Man","Mournful Unconcern