Silver Bear for Best Director
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The Silver Bear for Best Director is the Berlin International Film Festival
's award for best achievement in direction.
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...
's award for best achievement in direction.
Awards
| Year | Director | Film |
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| 1956 | Robert Aldrich Robert Aldrich Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly , The Big Knife , What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte , The Flight of the Phoenix , The Dirty Dozen , and The Longest Yard .-Biography:Robert... |
Autumn Leaves Autumn Leaves (film) Autumn Leaves is a 1956 Columbia Pictures drama film starring Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson in an older woman/younger man tale of mental illness. The screenplay was written by Jean Rouverol and Hugo Butler, though it was credited to Jack Jevne, Rouverol and Butler being blacklisted at the time... |
| 1957 | Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:... |
Padri e figli |
| 1958 | Tadashi Imai | Jun'ai monogatari Jun'ai monogatari Jun'ai monogatari is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival where Imai won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Shinjiro Ebara* Hitomi Nakahara* Eiji Okada* Isao Kimura... |
| 1959 | Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;... |
The Hidden Fortress The Hidden Fortress is a 1958 jidai-geki film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshirō Mifune as General and Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki. A literal translation of the Japanese title is The Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress.-Plot:... |
| 1960 | Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave".... |
À bout de souffle |
| 1961 | Bernhard Wicki | Das Wunder des Malachias The Miracle of Father Malachia The Miracle of Father Malachia is a 1961 West German black-and-white film directed by Bernhard Wicki and starring Horst Bollmann. The film is based on the 1938 novel Father Malachy's Miracle by Bruce Marshall and tells the story of a supposed miracle in a West German town that is soon exploited... |
| 1962 | Francesco Rosi Francesco Rosi Francesco Rosi is an Italian film director. He is the father of actress Carolina Rosi.-Biography:After studying Law, but hoping to study film, Rosi entered the industry as an assistant to Luchino Visconti on La Terra trema... |
Salvatore Giuliano Salvatore Giuliano (film) Salvatore Giuliano is a 1962 Italian film directed by Francesco Rosi. Shot in a neo-realist documentary, non-linear style, it follows the lives of those involved with the famous Sicilian bandit, Salvatore Giuliano... |
| 1963 | Nikos Koundouros Nikos Koundouros Nikos Koundouros , is a Greek film director, born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete in 1926.He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts, and was later exiled because of his political beliefs to the Makronissos island. At the age of 28 he decided to follow a career in cinematography... |
Mikres Aphrodites |
| 1964 | Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... |
Mahanagar Mahanagar Mahanagar is a 1963 film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is sometimes released as The Big City in the English-speaking world. Based on a short story, Abataranika written by Narendranath Mitra, it tells the story of a housewife who disconcerts her traditionalist family by getting a job as a salesperson... |
| 1965 | Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... |
Charulata Charulata Charulata is a 1964 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, based upon the novella Nastanirh by Rabindranath Tagore... |
| 1966 | Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies... |
La caza La caza La Caza is a 1966 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. The film is a psychological thriller about three veterans of the Spanish Civil War who meet to go rabbit hunting. It was Saura's first international success, winning the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 16th Berlin International Film... |
| 1967 | Živojin Pavlović Živojin Pavlovic Živojin "Žika" Pavlović was a Serbian film director and writer. In his films and novels, he depicted the cruel reality of small, poor and abandoned people living in the corners of society; he was one of leaders of Serbian the "Black wave" in film in 1960s, a movement which portrayed the darker... |
Buđenje pacova The Rats Woke Up The Rats Woke Up is a 1967 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Živojin Pavlović. It was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival where Pavlović won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Severin Bijelić - Lale ..... |
| 1968 | Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies... |
Peppermint Frappé Peppermint Frappé Peppermint Frappé is a 1967 Spanish psychological thriller directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin and José Luis López Vázquez. The story centers on a man who becomes obsessed with the wife of an old friend believing her to be a mysterious drummer that he once fell in love with at a... |
| 1969 | Brian De Palma Brian De Palma Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission:... |
Greetings (film) Greetings (film) Greetings is a 1968 film directed by Brian De Palma. The film, which featured a young Robert De Niro in his first major role, is a satirical film about men avoiding the Vietnam War draft.... |
| 1972 | Jean-Pierre Blanc Jean-Pierre Blanc Jean-Pierre Blanc was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed six films between 1972 and 1993. He won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival for La Vieille Fille.... |
La Vieille fille The Old Maid (1972 film) The Old Maid is a 1972 French comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Blanc. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival where Blanc won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Annie Girardot - Muriel Bouchon... |
| 1975 | Sergei Solovyov Sergei Solovyov Sergei Alexandrovich Solovyov is a Russian director, producer, writer and actor. He was awarded by the Russian SFSR People's Artist title.-Biography:... |
Sto dney posle detstva Sto dney posle detstva Sto dney posle detstva is a 1975 Soviet romance film directed by Sergei Solovyov. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival where Solovyov won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Boris Tokarev - Mitya Lopuhin... |
| 1976 | Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:... |
Caro Michele Caro Michele Caro Michele is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival, where Monicelli won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Mariangela Melato as Mara Castorelli... |
| 1977 | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director. His 1973 film Habla, mudita was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Camada negra at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival... |
Camada negra Black Litter Black Litter is a 1977 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival where Aragón won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* José Luis Alonso - Tatin* Manuel Ayuso - Contractor... |
| 1978 | Georgi Djulgerov Georgi Djulgerov Georgi Djulgerov is an award-winning Bulgarian film director, screenwriter, producer, and professor at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. Born in Burgas, Bulgaria, on September 30, 1943... |
Avantazh Advantage (film) Advantage is a 1977 Bulgarian drama film directed by Georgi Djulgerov. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where Djulgerov won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Rousy Chanev - Petela* Plamen Donchev - Gerchev... |
| 1979 | Astrid Henning-Jensen | Vinterborn Winterborn (film) Winterborn is a 1978 Danish drama film directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival where Henning-Jensen won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Ann-Mari Max Hansen - Marie* Helle Hertz - Signe... |
| 1980 | István Szabó István Szabó István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political... |
Bizalom |
| 1982 | Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:... |
Il Marchese del Grillo Il Marchese del Grillo Il Marchese del Grillo is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Alberto Sordi as the titular character. The movie depicts some episodes of the life of a noble in the Rome of the early 19th century... |
| 1983 | Éric Rohmer Éric Rohmer Éric Rohmer was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma.... |
Pauline à la plage |
| 1984 | Ettore Scola | Le Bal Le Bal (film) Le bal is a 1983 Italian-Franco-Algerian film without dialogue directed by Ettore Scola that represents the fifty-year story of the French society by way of a ballroom in France.-Cast:... |
| 1985 | Robert Benton Robert Benton Robert Douglas Benton is an American screenwriter and film director.Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Dorothy and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee. He attended the University of Texas and Columbia University. Benton has won numerous awards for both writing and... |
Places in the Heart Places in the Heart Places in the Heart is a 1984 drama film that tells the story of a Texas widow who tries to keep her farm together with the help of a blind white man and an African-American man during the Great Depression... |
| 1986 | Georgiy Shengelaya | Akhalgazrda kompozitoris mogzauroba The Journey of a Young Composer The Journey of a Young Composer is a 1985 Georgian drama film directed by Georgiy Shengelaya. It was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival where Shengelaya won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Gia Peradze as Leko Tatasheli... |
| 1987 | Oliver Stone Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on... |
Platoon Platoon (film) Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth.... |
| 1988 | Norman Jewison Norman Jewison Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont is a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Highlights of his directing career include In the Heat of the Night , The Thomas Crown Affair , Fiddler on the Roof , Jesus Christ Superstar , Moonstruck , The Hurricane and The... |
Moonstruck Moonstruck Moonstruck is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison. It stars Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia, and Olympia Dukakis.... |
| 1989 | Dušan Hanák Dušan Hanák Dušan Hanák is a Slovak film director.Hanák graduated from the FAMU in Prague in 1965. He began with a series of shorts at the Koliba film studios in Bratislava... |
Ja milujem, ty miluješ I Love, You Love I Love, You Love is a 1989 Czech drama film directed by Dušan Hanák. It was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival where Hanák won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Roman Klosowski as Vinco* Iva Janzurová as Viera... |
| 1990 | Michael Verhoeven Michael Verhoeven -Life and work:Verhoeven is the son of German film director, Paul Verhoeven . He married actress Senta Berger in 1966; their son is the actor-director Simon Verhoeven. Together, the couple formed a production company to make films... |
Das schreckliche Mädchen |
| 1991 | Jonathan Demme Jonathan Demme Robert Jonathan Demme is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. Best known for directing The Silence of the Lambs, which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, he has also directed the acclaimed movies Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married, the Talking Heads concert movie Stop... |
The Silence of the Lambs |
| Ricky Tognazzi Ricky Tognazzi Riccardo Tognazzi is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film The Escort was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival... |
Ultrá Ultra (film) Ultra is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival where Tognazzi won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Claudio Amendola as Principe* Ricky Memphis as Red... |
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| 1992 | Jan Troell | Il Capitano Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem is a 1991 Swedish-Finnish biographical drama film directed by Jan Troell, about the 1988 Åmsele murders where a family of three was murdered by Juha Valjakkala over a stolen bicycle. Antti Reini stars as Valjakkala, renamed Jari in the film, and Maria Heiskanen as... |
| 1993 | Andrew Birkin | The Cement Garden The Cement Garden (film) The Cement Garden is a 1993 British drama film directed by Andrew Birkin, based on the novel of the same name. It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival where Birkin won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Plot:... |
| 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski Krzysztof Kieslowski Krzysztof Kieślowski was an Academy Award nominated influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for The Double Life of Veronique and his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:... |
Trzy kolory: Bialy |
| 1995 | Richard Linklater Richard Linklater -Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through... |
Before Sunrise Before Sunrise Before Sunrise is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The film follows Jesse , a young American, and Céline , a young French woman, who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, where they spend the night walking around the city and... |
| 1996 | Yim Ho Yim Ho Yim Ho is one of the most famous Hong Kong directors of the 1980s, and a leader of Hong Kong New Wave.He began his career in television production making television programs for RTHK, then became a film director in 1980.... |
Tai yang you er |
| Richard Loncraine Richard Loncraine Richard Loncraine is a British film and television director.Loncraine received early training in the features department of the BBC, including a season directing items for Tomorrow's World... |
Richard III Richard III (1995 film) Richard III is a 1995 drama film adapted from William Shakespeare's play of the same name, starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, John Wood and Dominic West.... |
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| 1997 | Eric Heumann | Port Djema |
| 1998 | Neil Jordan Neil Jordan Neil Patrick Jordan is an Irish filmmaker and novelist. He won an Academy Award for The Crying Game.- Early life :... |
The Butcher Boy The Butcher Boy (film) The Butcher Boy is an 1997 Irish tragicomic drama film adapted to film by Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe from McCabe's 1992 novel of the same name.... |
| 1999 | Stephen Frears Stephen Frears Stephen Arthur Frears is an English film director.-Early life:Frears was born in Leicester, England to Ruth M., a social worker, and Dr Russell E. Frears, a general practitioner and accountant. He did not find out that his mother was Jewish until he was in his late 20s... |
The Hi-Lo Country The Hi-Lo Country The Hi-Lo Country is a 1998 American Western/drama film directed by Stephen Frears, starring Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Cole Hauser, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette, Penelope Cruz, Enrique Castillo, and Katy Jurado... |
| 2000 | Miloš Forman Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš Forman , better known as Miloš Forman , is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia. Two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, are among the most celebrated in the history of film, both gaining him the Academy Award for... |
Man on the Moon |
| 2001 | Lin Cheng-sheng Lin Cheng-sheng Lin Cheng-sheng is a Taiwanese film director.- Director :*A Drifting Life *Murmur of Youth *Sweet Degeneration *March of Happiness *Betelnut Beauty *Robinson's Crusoe... |
Betelnut Beauty Betelnut Beauty (film) -Cast:* Chang Chen as Feng* Angelica Lee as Fei-fei* Leon Dai as Tiger* Kao Ming-chun as Guang* Tsai Chen-nan as Ming-Awards:The film premiered in competition at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival. Lin won the Silver Bear for Best Director... |
| 2002 | Otar Iosseliani Otar Iosseliani - Filmography :* Akvarel * Sapovnela * April / Ap'rili* Tudzhi * Falling Leaves, / Giorgobistve* Georgian Ancient Songs / Dzveli qartuli simgera... |
Lundi Matin |
| 2003 | Li Yang Li Yang Li Yang may refer to:* Li Yang , amateur featherweight* Li Yang , creator of Crazy English* Li Yang , Chinese film director... |
Blind Shaft Blind Shaft Blind Shaft is a 2003 film about a pair of brutal con artists operating in the illegal coal mines of present-day northern China. The film was written and directed by Li Yang , and is based on Chinese writer Liu Qingbang's short novel Shen Mu .-Production history:Most of the filming took place 700... |
| 2004 | Kim Ki-Duk Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk is a South Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic "art-house" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit. He is not related to the Kim Ki-duk who directed Yonggary in the 1960s... |
Samaria |
| 2005 | Marc Rothemund Marc Rothemund Marc Rothemund is a German film director. He is the son of the film director Sigi Rothemund and the brother of the actress Nina Rothemund. He began his career as an assistant for his father and then began to direct episodes for TV series. His first feature film was the 1998 production Das... |
Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage |
| 2006 | Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom is a prolific English filmmaker who has directed seventeen feature films in the past fifteen years. He began his career working in British television before moving into features... , Mat Whitecross |
The Road To Guantanamo The Road to Guantanamo The Road to Guantanamo, alternatively The Road to Guantánamo, is a British 2006 docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross about the incarceration of three British detainees at a detainment camp in Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba... |
| 2007 | Joseph Cedar Joseph Cedar Yossef Cedar is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He has won a Silver Bear and an Ophir Award for Best Director, and an Ophir Award for writing a Best Screenplay. He also won the best screenplay award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. for his film Footnote .-Biography:Cedar was born in... |
Beaufort Beaufort (film) Beaufort is a 2007 Israeli war film. The film was directed by Joseph Cedar and was co-written by Cedar and Ron Leshem, based on Leshem's If there's a Heaven... |
| 2008 | Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed five feature films: Hard Eight , Boogie Nights , Magnolia , Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood... |
There Will Be Blood There Will Be Blood There Will Be Blood is a 2007 drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!. It tells the story of a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and... |
| 2009 | Asghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi -Career:Asghar Farhadi is a graduate of Theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modarres University. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in Isfahan branch of Iranian Young Cinema Society before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for... |
About Elly About Elly About Elly is a 2009 Iranian film directed by Asghar Farhadi. It is the fourth film by Farhadi. The film is about the relationship among some middle class families in Iran.... |
| 2010 | Roman Polanski Roman Polanski Roman Polanski is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers."... |
The Ghost Writer |
| 2011 | Ulrich Köhler | Sleeping Sickness Sleeping Sickness (film) Sleeping Sickness is a 2011 German drama film, directed by Ulrich Köhler. It premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where Köhler won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Plot:... |
Repeated winners
- Mario MonicelliMario MonicelliMario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...
(1957, 1976, 1982) - Satyajit RaySatyajit RaySatyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
(1964, 1965) - Carlos SauraCarlos SauraCarlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...
(1966, 1968)