Silver Bear for Best Director
Every winner and nominee of the Silver Bear for Best Director since 1956, newest first.
2023🏆 Winner
Philippe Garrel
The Plough
2022🏆 Winner
Both Sides of the Blade
2021🏆 Winner
Dénes Nagy
Natural Light
2019🏆 Winner
Angela Schanelec
I Was at Home, But...
2017🏆 Winner
Aki Kaurismäki
The Other Side of Hope
2016🏆 Winner
Mia Hansen-Løve
Things to Come
2014🏆 Winner
Richard Linklater
Boyhood
2012🏆 Winner
Christian Petzold
Barbara
2011🏆 Winner
Sleeping Sickness
2010🏆 Winner
Roman Polanski
The Ghost Writer
2009🏆 Winner
Asghar Farhadi
About Elly
2008🏆 Winner
Paul Thomas Anderson
There Will Be Blood
2004🏆 Winner
Kim Ki-duk
2003🏆 Winner
Patrice Chéreau
1995🏆 WinnerRichard Linklater
Before Sunrise
1992🏆 Winner
Jan Troell
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem
1990🏆 Winner
Michael Verhoeven
The Nasty Girl
1988🏆 Winner
Norman Jewison
Moonstruck
1986🏆 Winner
Giorgi ShengelaiaThe Journey of a Young Composer
1984🏆 Winner
Ettore Scola
Le Bal
1983🏆 Winner
Éric Rohmer
Pauline at the Beach
1982🏆 Winner
Mario Monicelli
The Marquis of Grillo
1977🏆 Winner
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Black Litter
1976🏆 WinnerMario MonicelliCaro Michele
1974🏆 Winner
Sohrab Shahid Saless
1968🏆 Winner
Carlos Saura
Peppermint Frappé
1966🏆 WinnerCarlos Saura
The Hunt
1965🏆 Winner
Satyajit Ray
Charulata
1964🏆 WinnerSatyajit Ray
The Big City
1963🏆 Winner
Nikos Koundouros
Young Aphrodites
1962🏆 Winner
Francesco Rosi
Salvatore Giuliano
1961🏆 Winner
Fons Rademakers
That Joyous Eve...
1960🏆 Winner
Jean-Luc Godard
Breathless
1959🏆 Winner
Akira Kurosawa
The Hidden Fortress
1957🏆 WinnerMario MonicelliFathers and Sons
