German Film Award for Best Director
Appearance
German Film Award for Best Direction | |
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![]() Current recipient: Emily Atef | |
Description | Excellence in Cinematic Direction Achievement |
Country | Germany |
Presented by | Deutsche Filmakademie |
First awarded | Josef von Báky Two Times Lotte (1951) |
Currently held by | Emily Atef 3 Days in Quiberon (2018) |
Website | deutscher-filmpreis |
The German Film Award for Best Direction is an award given out at the annual German Film Awards to recognize a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the German film industry.
Winners and nominees
1956-1996
Year | Winner | English title | Original title | |
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1951 | Josef von Báky | Two Times Lotte | Das doppelte Lottchen | |
1952 | ||||
1953 | Rudolf Jugert | Nights on the Road (aka The Mistress) | Nachts auf den Straßen | |
1954 | Helmut Käutner | The Last Bridge | Die letzte Brücke | |
1955 | Alfred Weidenmann | Canaris | ||
1956 | ||||
1957 | Helmut Käutner | The Captain from Köpenick | Der Hauptmann von Köpenick | |
1958 | Robert Siodmak | The Devil Strikes at Night | Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam | |
1959 | Frank Wisbar | Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (aka Battle Inferno) | Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben | |
1960 | Bernhard Wicki | The Bridge | Die Brücke | |
1961– 1964 |
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1965 | Kurt Hoffmann | The House in Karp Lane | Das Haus in der Karpfengasse | |
1966 | Ulrich Schamoni | It | Es | |
Volker Schlöndorff | Young Törless | Der junge Törless | ||
1967 | Alexander Kluge | Yesterday Girl | Abschied von gestern (Anita G.) | |
1968 | Johannes Schaaf | Tattoo | Tätowierung | |
1969 | Peter Zadek | I'm an Elephant, Madame | Ich bin ein Elefant, Madame | |
1970 | ||||
1971 | Michael Fengler, Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? | Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? | |
Volker Schlöndorff | The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach | Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach | ||
1972 | Johannes Schaaf | Trotta | ||
Bernhard Wicki | The False Weight | Das falsche Gewicht | ||
1973 | ||||
1974 | Roland Klick | Supermarket | Supermarkt | |
1975 | Wim Wenders | The Wrong Move | Falsche Bewegung | |
1976 | ||||
1977 | Volker Schlöndorff | Coup de Grâce | Der Fangschuß | |
1978 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Despair | Eine Reise ins Licht - Despair | |
Wim Wenders | The American Friend | Der amerikanische Freund | ||
1979 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | The Marriage of Maria Braun | Die Ehe der Maria Braun | |
Werner Schroeter | The Reign of Naples | Neapolitanische Geschwister | ||
1980 | Heidi Genée | 1+1=3 | ||
1981 | Walter Bockmayer Rolf Bührmann |
Looping | ||
1982 | Werner Schroeter | Day of the Idiots | Tag der Idioten | |
1983 | Peter Lilienthal | Dear Mr. Wonderful | ||
Lutz Konermann | Aufdermauer | |||
1984 | Josef Rusnak | Kaltes Fieber | ||
Uwe Schrader | Kanakerbraut | |||
1985 | Maria Knilli | Dear Karl | Lieber Karl | |
Bernhard Wicki | Die Grünstein-Variante | |||
1986 | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Die Nacht | ||
1987 | Peter Lilienthal | Das Schweigen des Dichters | ||
1988 | Dominik Graf | The Cat | Die Katze | |
1989 | Maria Theresia Wagner | Die Nacht des Marders | ||
1990 | Uli Edel | Last Exit to Brooklyn | Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn | |
Bernhard Wicki | Spider's Web | Das Spinnennetz | ||
1991 | Werner Schroeter | Malina | ||
1992 | Helmut Dietl | Schtonk! | ||
1993 | Adolf Winkelmann | Nordkurve | ||
1994 | Peter Sehr | Kaspar Hauser | ||
1995 | Sönke Wortmann | Maybe, Maybe Not | Der bewegte Mann | |
1996 | Romuald Karmakar | Deathmaker | Der Totmacher |
1990s
Year | Winners and nominees | English title | Original title |
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1997 | Helmut Dietl | Rossini | Rossini – oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief |
Caroline Link | Beyond Silence | Jenseits der Stille | |
Roland Suso Richter | 14 Days to Life | 14 Tage lebenslänglich | |
1998 | Wim Wenders | The End of Violence | Am Ende der Gewalt |
Tom Tykwer | Winter Sleepers | Winterschläfer | |
Joseph Vilsmaier | The Harmonists | Comedian Harmonists | |
1999 | Tom Tykwer | Run Lola Run | Lola rennt |
Fatih Akın | Short Sharp Shock | Kurz und schmerzlos | |
Andreas Dresen | Nightshapes | Nachtgestalten |
2000s
2010s
Year | Winners and nominees | English title |
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2010 | Michael Haneke | The White Ribbon |
Maren Ade | Everyone Else | |
Feo Aladag | When We Leave | |
Hans-Christian Schmid | Storm | |
2011 | Tom Tykwer | Three |
Florian Cossen | The Day I Was Not Born | |
Wim Wenders | Pina | |
2012 | Andreas Dresen | Stopped on Track |
Christian Petzold | Barbara | |
Hans Weingartner | Hut in the Woods | |
2013 | Jan Ole Gerster | Oh Boy! |
Margarethe von Trotta | Hannah Arendt | |
Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski | Cloud Atlas | |
2014 | Katrin Gebbe | Nothing Bad Can Happen |
Andreas Prochaska | Das finstere Tal | |
Edgar Reitz | Home from Home (2013 film) | |
2015 | Sebastian Schipper | Victoria |
Edward Berger | Jack | |
Dominik Graf | Beloved Sisters | |
Johannes Naber | Age of Cannibals |