Silver Bear for Best Director
| Silver Bear for Best Director | |
|---|---|
| Silberner Bär/Beste Regie (German) | |
| Awarded for | Best Achievement in Direction |
| Country | Germany |
| Presented by | Berlin International Film Festival |
| First awarded | 1956 |
| Currently held by | Claire Denis Both Sides of the Blade (2022) |
| Website | www |
The Silver Bear for Best Director (German: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for best achievement in direction. It is selected by the jury of the festival for films in the official competition slate. 2022 festival, Claire Denis is the most recent winner in this category for her work on Both Sides of the Blade.
History[]
The award was first presented in 1956. The prize was not awarded in 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1981. Additionally, in 1970 no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the controversy with official selection film o.k. by Michael Verhoeven which led to resignation of the international jury. Mario Monicelli has received the most awards in this category with three. Satyajit Ray won the award consecutively in 1964 and 1965. One directing team have shared the award; Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross for The Road to Guantánamo in 2006. Astrid Henning-Jensen was the first woman to have won the award, for 1979's Winterborn.
Winners[]
| # | Indicates Ex-aequo winners |
|---|
| Year | Director(s) | Film | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | |||
| 1956 (6th) |
 Robert Aldrich
|
Autumn Leaves | |
| 1957 (7th) |
 Mario Monicelli
|
Fathers and Sons | Padri e figli |
| 1958 (8th) |
 Tadashi Imai
|
Jun'ai Monogatari | 純愛物語 |
| 1959 (1959) |
Akira Kurosawa
|
The Hidden Fortress | 隠し砦の三悪人 |
| 1960s | |||
| 1960 (10th) |
 Jean-Luc Godard
|
Breathless | À bout de souffle |
| 1961 (11th) |
 Bernhard Wicki
|
The Miracle of Father Malachia | Das Wunder des Malachias |
| 1962 (12th) |
Francesco Rosi
|
Salvatore Giuliano | |
| 1963 (13th) |
 Nikos Koundouros
|
Young Aphrodites | Μικρές Αφροδίτες |
| 1964 (14th) |
 Satyajit Ray
|
Mahanagar | মহানগর |
| 1965 (15th) |
Satyajit Ray
|
Charulata | চারুলতা |
| 1966 (16th) |
 Carlos Saura
|
The Hunt | La Caza |
| 1967 (17th) |
 Živojin Pavlović
|
The Rats Woke Up | Buđenje pacova |
| 1968 (18th) |
Carlos Saura
|
Peppermint Frappé | |
| 1969 (19th) |
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| 1970s | |||
| 1970 (20th) |
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| 1971 (21st) |
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| 1972 (22nd) |
Jean-Pierre Blanc
|
The Old Maid | La Vieille Fille |
| 1973 (23rd) |
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| 1974 (24th) |
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| 1975 (25th) |
 Sergei Solovyov
|
One Hundred Days After Childhood | Сто дней после детства |
| 1976 (26th) |
Mario Monicelli
|
Caro Michele | |
| 1977 (27th) |
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
|
Black Litter | Camada negra |
| 1978 (28th) |
 Georgi Djulgerov
|
Advantage | Авантаж |
| 1979 (29th) |
 Astrid Henning-Jensen
|
Winterborn | Vinterbørn |
| 1980s | |||
| 1980 (30th) |
 István Szabó
|
Bizalom | |
| 1981 (31st) |
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| 1982 (32nd) |
Mario Monicelli
|
Il Marchese del Grillo | |
| 1983 (33rd) |
Éric Rohmer
|
Pauline at the Beach | Pauline à la plage |
| 1984 (34th) |
Costas Ferris #
|
Rembetiko | Ρεμπέτικο |
| Ettore Scola #
|
Le Bal | Ballando ballando | |
| 1985 (35th) |
Robert Benton
|
Places in the Heart | |
| 1986 (36th) |
Giorgi Shengelaya
|
The Journey of a Young Composer | ახალგაზრდა კომპოზიტორის მოგზაურობა |
| 1987 (37th) |
Oliver Stone
|
Platoon | |
| 1988 (38th) |
 Norman Jewison
|
Moonstruck | |
| 1989 (39th) |
 Dušan Hanák
|
I Love, You Love | Ja milujem, ty miluješ |
| 1990s | |||
| 1990 (40th) |
 Michael Verhoeven
|
The Nasty Girl | Das schreckliche Mädchen |
| 1991 (41st) |
Jonathan Demme #
|
The Silence of the Lambs | |
| Ricky Tognazzi #
|
Ultra | Ultrà | |
| 1992 (42nd) |
 Jan Troell
|
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem | Capitano|Il Capitano |
| 1993 (43rd) |
 Andrew Birkin
|
The Cement Garden | |
| 1994 (44th) |
 Krzysztof Kieślowski
|
Three Colours: White | Trois couleurs : Blanc |
| 1995 (45th) |
Richard Linklater
|
Before Sunrise | |
| 1996 (46th) |
Richard Loncraine #
|
Richard III | |
 Yim Ho #
|
The Sun Has Ears | 太陽有耳 | |
| 1997 (47th) |
Eric Heumann
|
Port Djema | |
| 1998 (48th) |
 Neil Jordan
|
The Butcher Boy | |
| 1999 (49th) |
Stephen Frears
|
The Hi-Lo Country | |
| 2000s | |||
| 2000 (50th) |
/ Miloš Forman
|
Man on the Moon | |
| 2001 (51st) |
 Lin Cheng-sheng
|
Betelnut Beauty | 爱你爱我 |
| 2002 (52nd) |
 Otar Iosseliani
|
Monday Morning | Lundi matin |
| 2003 (53rd) |
Patrice Chéreau
|
Son frère | |
| 2004 (54th) |
 Kim Ki-duk
|
Samaritan Girl | 사마리아 |
| 2005 (55th) |
Marc Rothemund
|
Sophie Scholl - The Final Days | Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage |
| 2006 (56th) |
Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross
|
The Road to Guantánamo | |
| 2007 (57th) |
 Joseph Cedar
|
Beaufort | בופור |
| 2008 (58th) |
Paul Thomas Anderson
|
There Will Be Blood | |
| 2009 (59th) |
 Asghar Farhadi
|
About Elly | درباره الی |
| 2010s | |||
| 2010 (60th) |
/ Roman Polanski
|
The Ghost Writer | |
| 2011 (61st) |
Ulrich Köhler
|
Sleeping Sickness | Schlafkrankheit |
| 2012 (62nd) |
Christian Petzold
|
Barbara | |
| 2013 (63rd) |
David Gordon Green
|
Prince Avalanche | |
| 2014 (64th) |
Richard Linklater
|
Boyhood | |
| 2015 (65th) |
 Radu Jude #
|
Aferim! | |
| Malgorzata Szumowska #
|
Body | Ciało | |
| 2016 (66th) |
Mia Hansen-Løve
|
Things to Come | L'Avenir |
| 2017 (67th) |
 Aki Kaurismäki
|
The Other Side of Hope | Toivon tuolla puolen |
| 2018 (68th) |
Wes Anderson
|
Isle of Dogs | |
| 2019 (69th) |
Angela Schanelec
|
I Was at Home, But | Ich war zuhause, aber |
| 2020s | |||
| 2020 (70th) |
Hong Sang-soo
|
The Woman Who Ran | 도망친 여자 |
| 2021 (71st) |
Dénes Nagy
|
Natural Light | Természetes fény |
| 2022 (72nd) |
Claire Denis
|
Both Sides of the Blade | Avec amour et acharnement |
Multiple winners[]
The following individuals received two or more Best Director awards:
| Wins | Director | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Mario Monicelli | Italy
|
| 2 | Richard Linklater | United States
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| Satyajit Ray | India
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| Carlos Saura | Spain
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See also[]
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