Silver Lion
| Silver Lion | |
|---|---|
| Leone d'argento (Italian) | |
| Location | Venice |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Venice Film Festival |
| First awarded | 1953 |
| Website | labiennale |
The Silver Lion (Italian: Leone d'argento, also known as Silver Lion for Best Direction) is an annual award presented for best directing achievements in a feature film at official competition section of the Venice Film Festival since 1998.
The prize has been awarded irregularly and has gone through several changes of purpose. Between 1953 and 1994, the award was given infrequently to a number of films as second prize for those nominated for the Golden Lion. At various times, the Silver Lion has also been awarded for debut films, short films, and direction.
Silver Lion for Best Direction (1990–present)[]
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Multiple winners[]
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The following received two Best Director awards:
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Defunct awards[]
Silver Lion Prize (1953–1994)[]
From 1953 to 1957, the Silver Lion was awarded to a number of films nominated for the Golden Lion as a second prize. Since 1988, the Silver Lion has been given to one or more films nominated for the Golden Lion.
- 1953
- Little Fugitive by Raymond Abrashkin, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin
- Moulin Rouge by John Huston
- Sadko by Aleksandr Ptushko
- Thérèse Raquin by Marcel Carné
- Ugetsu by Kenji Mizoguchi
- I Vitelloni by Federico Fellini
- 1954
- On the Waterfront by Elia Kazan
- Sansho the Bailiff by Kenji Mizoguchi
- Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa
- La Strada by Federico Fellini
- 1955
- Le Amiche by Michelangelo Antonioni
- The Big Knife by Robert Aldrich
- Ciske de Rat by Wolfgang Staudte
- The Grasshopper by Samson Samsonov
- 1956 – no award
- 1957 – Le Notti Bianche by Luchino Visconti
- 1988 – Landscape in the Mist by Theo Angelopoulos
- 1989
- Recordações da Casa Amarela by João César Monteiro
- Death of a Tea Master by Kei Kumai
- 1990 – no award
- 1991
- Raise the Red Lantern by Zhang Yimou
- The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam
- J'entends plus la guitare by Philippe Garrel
- 1992
- 1993 – Kosh ba kosh by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
- 1994
- Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson
- Little Odessa by James Gray
- Il toro by Carlo Mazzacurati
Silver Lion for Best First Work(1981–1982)[]
- 1981
- 1982[1]
- Sciopèn by Luciano Odorisio
- (De smaak van water) by
Silver Lion for Best First Film (1983–1987)[]
- 1983 – Sugar Cane Alley by Euzhan Palcy
- 1984 – Sonatine by Micheline Lanctôt
- 1985 – Dust by Marion Hänsel
- 1986 – A King and His Movie by Carlos Sorín
- 1987 – Maurice by James Ivory
Silver Lion for Best Screenplay (1990)[]
- 1990 – Sirup by Helle Ryslinge
Silver Lion for Best Short Film (1996–2007)[]
- 1996 – by Sima Urale
- 1999 – by
- 2000 – by Peter Long
- 2001 – by
- 2002 – by
- 2003 – by
- 2004 – by
- 2005 – by
- 2006 – by Alix Delaporte
- 2007 – Dog Altogether by Paddy Considine
Silver Lion for Revelation (2006)[]
- 2006 – Emanuele Crialese for Nuovomondo
References[]
- ^ "Venice Film Festival 1982 (Competition) – 39ª Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- "Venice Film Festival". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
External links[]
- Venice Film Festival
- Venice Best Director Silver Lion winners
- Awards for best director
- Italian film awards
- Lists of films by award