German Film Award for Best Director
German Film Award for Best Director | |
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![]() Nora Fingscheidt | |
Awarded for | Excellence in Cinematic Direction |
Country | Germany |
Presented by | Deutsche Filmakademie |
First awarded | Josef von Báky Two Times Lotte (1951) |
Currently held by | Nora Fingscheidt System Crasher (2020) |
Website | deutscher-filmpreis |
The German Film Award for Best Director recognizes a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the German film industry.
Multiple wins and nominations
The following individuals received two or more Best Director awards:
Wins | Director |
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4 | Bernhard Wicki |
3 | Andreas Dresen |
Volker Schlöndorff | |
Werner Schroeter | |
Wim Wenders | |
2 | Fatih Akin |
Helmut Dietl | |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
Helmut Käutner | |
Peter Lilienthal | |
Johannes Schaaf | |
Tom Tykwer |
The following individuals received three or more Best Director nominations:
Nominations | Director |
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7 | Andreas Dresen |
6 | Tom Tykwer |
5 | Dominik Graf |
Christian Petzold | |
Wim Wenders | |
4 | Fatih Akin |
Volker Schlöndorff | |
Bernhard Wicki |
All 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 | Award not given | |||
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 | Award not given | |||
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 | Award not given | |||
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 | Award not given | |||
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 [de] | Das falsche Gewicht | ||
1973 | Award not given | |||
1974 | Roland Klick | Supermarket | Supermarkt | |
1975 | Wim Wenders | The Wrong Move | Falsche Bewegung | |
1976 | Award not given | |||
1977 | Volker Schlöndorff | Coup de Grâce | Der Fangschuß | |
1978 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Despair | Despair – Eine Reise ins Licht | |
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 [it] | Neapolitanische Geschwister | ||
1980 | Heidi Genée | 1+1=3 [de] | ||
1981 | Walter Bockmayer Rolf Bührmann | Looping [de] | ||
1982 | Werner Schroeter | Day of the Idiots | Tag der Idioten | |
1983 | Peter Lilienthal | Dear Mr. Wonderful | ||
Lutz Konermann [de] | Aufdermauer | |||
1984 | Josef Rusnak | Cold Fever | Kaltes Fieber | |
Uwe Schrader [de] | White Trash [de] | Kanakerbraut | ||
1985 | Maria Knilli | Dear Karl | Lieber Karl | |
Bernhard Wicki | Grünstein's Clever Move [de] | 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 | North Curve [de] | Nordkurve | |
1994 | Peter Sehr [de] | Kaspar Hauser [de] |
1990s
Year | Winners and nominees | English title | Original title |
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1995 | Sönke Wortmann | Maybe… Maybe Not | Der bewegte Mann |
Doris Dörrie | Nobody Loves Me | Keiner liebt mich | |
Dominik Graf | The Invincibles [de] | Die Sieger | |
1996 | Romuald Karmakar | Deathmaker | Der Totmacher |
Rainer Kaufmann | Talk of the Town | Stadtgespräch | |
Dani Levy | Silent Night | Stille Nacht | |
1997 | Helmut Dietl | Rossini [de] | 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
Year | Winners and nominees | English title | Original title |
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2000 | Pepe Danquart | Heimspiel | |
Veit Helmer | Tuvalu | ||
Wim Wenders | The Million Dollar Hotel | ||
2001 | Esther Gronenborn | Alaska.de | |
Christian Petzold | The State I Am In | Die innere Sicherheit | |
Tom Tykwer | The Princess and the Warrior | Der Krieger und die Kaiserin | |
2002 | Caroline Link | Nowhere in Africa | Jenseits von Afrika |
Andreas Dresen | Grill Point | Halbe Treppe | |
Dominik Graf | A Map of the Heart | Der Felsen | |
2003 | Wolfgang Becker | Good Bye, Lenin! | |
Hans-Christian Schmid | Distant Lights | Lichter | |
Tony Wigand | The Flying Classroom [de] | Das fliegende Klassenzimmer | |
2004 | Fatih Akın | Head-On | Gegen die Wand |
Christian Petzold | Wolfsburg | ||
Sönke Wortmann | The Miracle of Bern | Das Wunder von Bern | |
2005 | Dani Levy | Go for Zucker | Alles auf Zucker! |
Hans Weingartner | The Edukators | Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei | |
Volker Schlöndorff | The Ninth Day | Der neunte Tag | |
2006 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen |
Andreas Dresen | Summer in Berlin | Sommer vorm Balkon | |
Hans-Christian Schmid | Requiem | ||
2007 | Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Grave Decisions | Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot |
Matthias Glasner | The Free Will | Der freie Wille | |
Chris Kraus | Four Minutes | Vier Minuten | |
Tom Tykwer | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Das Parfum - Die Geschichte eines Mörders | |
2008 | Fatih Akın | The Edge of Heaven | Auf der anderen Seite |
Doris Dörrie | Cherry Blossoms | Hanami - Kirschblüten | |
Christian Petzold | Yella | ||
2009 | Andreas Dresen | Cloud Nine | Wolke Neun |
Uli Edel | The Baader Meinhof Complex | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex | |
Florian Gallenberger | John Rabe | ||
Christian Petzold | Jerichow |
2010s
2020s
Year | Winners and nominees | English title |
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2020 | Nora Fingscheidt | System Crasher |
İlker Çatak | I Was, I Am, I Will Be | |
Burhan Qurbani | Berlin Alexanderplatz | |
2021 | Maria Schrader | I'm Your Man |
Dominik Graf | Fabian: Going to the Dogs | |
Maria Speth | Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse | |
2022 | Andreas Kleinert | Dear Thomas |
Andreas Dresen | Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush | |
Sebastian Meise | Great Freedom | |
2023 | İlker Çatak | The Teachers' Lounge |
Ali Abbasi | Holy Spider | |
Edward Berger | All Quiet on the Western Front | |
Sonja Heiss | Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war | |
2024 | Ayşe Polat | In the Blind Spot |
Matthias Glasner | Dying | |
Timm Kröger | The Universal Theory |