Silver Bear winners (directors)

Robert Aldrich

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:09:58 GMT

Cult film-maker Aldrich is the first director to be awarded in Berlin. The film is Autumn Leaves made in 1956.

Mario Monicelli

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:10:10 GMT

Monicelli is the second awarded director and has won two Silver Bears after his first win thus making him the only director achieving the director's award three times. Monicelli's award winning films are Padri e figli (1957), Caro Michele (1976) and Il Marchese de Grillo (1982).

Tadashi Imai

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:18:12 GMT

In 1958 for Jun'ai Monogatari. Quite surprisingly the first Japanese director to be awarded, considering the fact that Imai is not as near as widely known than many of his colleagues.

Akira Kurosawa

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:10:27 GMT

The legendary Kurosawa won the award for his influential adventure epic Hidden Fortress made in 1959.

Jean-Luc Godard

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:10:43 GMT

Famous French film critic, radically political film maker and a film buff Jean-Luc Godard won in 1960 for his groundbreaking debut feature Breathless.

Bernhard Wicki

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:10:55 GMT

Das Wunder des Malachias (1961).

Francesco Rosi

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:11:06 GMT

Salvatore Giuliano (1962).

Nikos Koundouros

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:11:21 GMT

Mikres Afrodites (1963).

Satyajit Ray

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:11:33 GMT

India's most universally known film director Satyajit Ray won his Silver Bear two years in a row. Mahanagar earned him the award in 1964 and Charulata in 1965

Carlos Saura

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:11:50 GMT

Like Satyajit Ray, Carlos Saura has been awarded two times with best director award in Berlinale. First in 1966 (La Caza), then in 1968 (Peppermint Frappé).

Zivojin Pavlovic

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:20:05 GMT

Budjenje Pacova (1967).

Jean-Pierre Blanc

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:21:19 GMT

La vieille fille (1972).

Sergei Solovyov

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:12:30 GMT

Sto dney posle detstva (1975).

Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:13:02 GMT

Camada Negra (1977).

Georgi Djulgerov

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:23:17 GMT

Advatange (1978).

Astrid Henning-Jensen

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:25:03 GMT

The only woman director to date to have won the director's Silver Bear. Vinterborn (1979).

István Szabó

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:13:36 GMT

One of the best known Hungarian directors won in 1980. The film was called Bizalom.

Eric Rohmer

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:14:03 GMT

A typical rohmerian comedy drama on youth and love, Pauline á la Plage won in 1983.

Ettore Scola

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:14:19 GMT

Scola's Le Bal was an unusual film because it represented Algeria's output in competition though being produced in France. Won the Bear in 1984.

Robert Benton

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:14:29 GMT

Places in the Heart (1985).

Georgi Shengeliya

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:51:04 GMT

Achalgasrda kompositoris mogsauroba (1986).

Oliver Stone

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:15:02 GMT

Platoon was a part of Stone's research of America's immediate past together with films like The Doors and JFK. 1987.

Norman Jewison

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:15:19 GMT

Three times Academy Awarded comedy Moonstruck brought Norman Jewison the Silver Bear in 1988.

Dusan Hanák

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:15:30 GMT

Ja milujem, ty milujes (1989).

Michael Verhoeven

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:15:40 GMT

Das Schreckliche Mädchen (1990).

Jonathan Demme

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:15:56 GMT

Serial killer thriller The Silence of the Lambs was Demme's Academy Award Winning film. It also brought him the Silver Bear in 1991. The award was shared with Ricky Tognazzi.

Ricky Tognazzi

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:16:10 GMT

Ultrá won in 1991. The award was shared with Jonathan Demme.

Jan Troell

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:16:19 GMT

Il Capitano (1992).

Andrew Birkin

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:16:29 GMT

The Cement Garden (1993).

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:17:16 GMT

Kieslowski's color trilogy's parts were released three festivals in mind: Cannes, Venice and Berlin. The second part of the series, Three Colors White was awarded the Silver Bear for best director in 1994.

Richard Linklater

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:17:35 GMT

Acclaimed indie director Linklater won the prize in 1995 from minimalistic drama Before Sunrise.

Ho Yim

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:27:01 GMT

In 1996 for Tai yang you er. The reward was shared with Richard Loncraine.

Richard Loncraine

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:18:01 GMT

In 1996 for Richard III. The reward was shared with Ho Yim.

Eric Heumann

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:27:58 GMT

Port Djema (1997).

Neil Jordan

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:18:23 GMT

The Butcher Boy (1998).

Stephen Frears

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:18:45 GMT

The Hi-Lo Country (1999)

Milos Forman

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:19:01 GMT

The biopic comedy starring Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon was awarded the Director's Bear in 2000.

Cheng-sheng Lin

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:30:24 GMT

Ai ni ai wo (2001).

Otar Iosseliani

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:19:25 GMT

Lundi Matin (2002).

Patrice Chéreau

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:19:39 GMT

Son Frére (2003).

Ki-duk Kim

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:18:42 GMT

Controversial Korean director Kim Ki-Duk was awarded for Samaria in 2004.

Marc Rothemund

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:20:08 GMT

World War II drama Sophie Scholl brought silver bear for director Marc Rothemund (2005).

Michael Winterbottom

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:20:26 GMT

Docudrama The Road to Guantanamo brought the award for the first time for two co-directors in 2006: Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross.

Mat Whitecross

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:20:42 GMT

See Michael Winterbottom.

Joseph Cedar

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:20:55 GMT

Beaufort (2007).

Paul Thomas Anderson

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:21:09 GMT

There Will Be Blood (2008).

Asghar Farhadi

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:06:58 GMT

About Elly (2009).