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German Film Award for Best Director
The German Film Award for Best Director recognizes a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the German film industry.
| German Film Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
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 |
Multiple wins and nominations Edit
The following individuals received two or more Best Director awards:
| Wins | Director |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 6 | Andreas Dresen |
| Tom Tykwer | |
| 5 | Christian Petzold |
| Wim Wenders | |
| 4 | Dominik Graf |
| Christian Petzold | |
| 3 | Caroline Link |
| Hans-Christian Schmid |
All winners and nominees Edit
1956-1996 Edit
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | Neapolitanische Geschwister | ||
| 1980 | Heidi Genée | 1+1=3 [de] | ||
| 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 | Cold Fever | Kaltes Fieber | |
| Uwe Schrader | White Trash | Kanakerbraut | ||
| 1985 | Maria Knilli | Dear Karl | Lieber Karl | |
| Bernhard Wicki | Grünstein's Clever Move | 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 | Nordkurve | |
| 1994 | Peter Sehr | Kaspar Hauser | ||
1990s Edit
| Year | Winners and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Sönke Wortmann | Maybe… Maybe Not | Der bewegte Mann |
| Doris Dörrie | Nobody Loves Me | Keiner liebt mich | |
| Dominik Graf | The Invincibles | 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 | 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 Edit
2010s Edit
2020s Edit
| Year | Winners and nominees | English title |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Nora Fingscheidt | System Crasher |
| Ilker Çatak | I Was, I Am, I Will Be | |
| Burhan Qurbani | Berlin Alexanderplatz |