# Polish Academy Award for Best Director

The Polish Academy Award for Best Film Director is an annual award given to the best Polish film director of the year.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Director(s) | English title | Polish title |
| 1999 (1st) | Dorota Kędzierzawska | Nothing | Nic |
| 1999 (1st) | Leszek Wosiewicz | Home Chronicles | Kroniki domowe |
| 1999 (1st) | Vladimír Michálek | Sekal Has to Die | Zabić Sekala |
| 1999 (1st) | Michał Rosa | Farba | Farba |
| 1999 (1st) | Jan Jakub Kolski | History of Cinema in Popielawy | Historia kina w Popielawach |

### 2000s

| Year | Director(s) | Film | |
| 2000 (2nd) | Krzysztof Krauze | The Debt | Dług |
| 2000 (2nd) | Lech Majewski | Wojaczek | Wojaczek |
| 2000 (2nd) | Andrzej Wajda | Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania | Pan Tadeusz |
| 2000 (2nd) | Jerzy Hoffman | With Fire and Sword | Ogniem i mieczem |
| 2000 (2nd) | Jerzy Stuhr | A Week in the Life of a Man | Tydzień z życia mężczyzny |
| 2001 (3rd) | Krzysztof Zanussi | Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease | Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową |
| 2001 (3rd) | Teresa Kotlarczyk | The Primate – Three Years Out of a Thousand | Prymas. Trzy lata z tysiąca |
| 2001 (3rd) | Márta Mészáros | Daughters of Luck | Córy szczęścia |
| 2001 (3rd) | Jerzy Stuhr | The Big Animal | Duże zwierzę |
| 2001 (3rd) | Jan Jakub Kolski | Keep Away from the Window | Daleko od okna |
| 2002 (4th) | Robert Gliński | Hi Tessa | Cześć, Tereska |
| 2002 (4th) | Lech Majewski | Angelus | Angelus |
| 2002 (4th) | Yurek Bogayewicz | Edges of the Lord | Boże skrawki |
| 2002 (4th) | Witold Leszczyński | Requiem | Requiem |
| 2002 (4th) | Wojciech Marczewski | Weiser | Weiser |
| 2003 (5th) | Roman Polański | The Pianist | Pianista |
| 2003 (5th) | Marek Koterski | Day of the Wacko | Dzień świra |
| 2003 (5th) | Piotr Trzaskalski | Edi | Edi |
| 2003 (5th) | Andrzej Wajda | The Revenge | Zemsta |
| 2003 (5th) | Wojciech Wójcik | There and Back | Tam i z powrotem |
| 2004 (6th) | Andrzej Jakimowski | Squint Your Eyes | Zmruż oczy |
| 2004 (6th) | Agnieszka Holland | Julie Walking Home | Julia wraca do domu |
| 2004 (6th) | Jan Jakub Kolski | Pornography | Pornografia |
| 2004 (6th) | Dariusz Gajewski | Warsaw | Warszawa |
| 2005 (7th) | Wojciech Smarzowski | The Wedding | Wesele |
| 2005 (7th) | Krzysztof Krauze | My Nikifor | Mój Nikifor |
| 2005 (7th) | Juliusz Machulski | Vinci | Vinci |
| 2006 (8th) | Feliks Falk | The Collector | Komornik |
| 2006 (8th) | Dorota Kędzierzawska | I Am | Jestem |
| 2006 (8th) | Krzysztof Zanussi | Persona Non Grata | Persona non grata |
| 2007 (9th) | Krzysztof Krauze Joanna Kos-Krauze | Saviour Square | Plac Zbawiciela |
| 2007 (9th) | Jan Jakub Kolski | Jasminum | Jasminum |
| 2007 (9th) | Marek Koterski | We're All Christs | Wszyscy jesteśmy Chrystusami |
| 2008 (10th) | Andrzej Jakimowski | Tricks | Sztuczki |
| 2008 (10th) | Andrzej Wajda | Katyń | Katyń |
| 2008 (10th) | Andrzej Barański | A Few People, a Little Time | Parę osób, mały czas |
| 2008 (10th) | Łukasz Palkowski | Preserve | Rezerwat |
| 2009 (9th) | Jerzy Skolimowski | Four Nights with Anna | Cztery noce z Anną |
| 2009 (9th) | Waldemar Krzystek | Little Moscow | Mała Moskwa |
| 2009 (9th) | Małgorzata Szumowska | 33 Scenes from Life | 33 sceny z życia |

### 2010s

| Year | Director(s) | English title | Polish title |
| 2010 (12th) | Wojciech Smarzowski | Dark House | Dom zły |
| 2010 (12th) | Borys Lankosz | The Reverse | Rewers |
| 2010 (12th) | Xawery Żuławski | Snow White and Russian Red | Wojna polsko-ruska |
| 2011 (13th) | Jerzy Skolimowski | Essential Killing | Essential Killing |
| 2011 (13th) | Feliks Falk | Joanna | Joanna |
| 2011 (13th) | Jacek Borcuch | All That I Love | Wszystko co kocham |
| 2012 (14th) | Wojciech Smarzowski | Rose | Róża |
| 2012 (14th) | Jan Komasa | Suicide Room | Sala samobójców |
| 2012 (14th) | Agnieszka Holland | In Darkness | W ciemności |
| 2013 (15th) | Roman Polański | Carnage | Rzeź |
| 2013 (15th) | Leszek Dawid | You Are God | Jesteś Bogiem |
| 2013 (15th) | Marcin Krzyształowicz | Manhunt | Obława |
| 2014 (16th) | Paweł Pawlikowski | Ida | Ida |
| 2014 (16th) | Andrzej Jakimowski | Imagine | Imagine |
| 2014 (16th) | Maciej Pieprzyca | Life Feels Good | Chce się żyć |
| 2015 (17th) | Łukasz Palkowski | Gods | Bogowie |
| 2015 (17th) | Jan Komasa | Warsaw 44 | Miasto 44 |
| 2015 (17th) | Władysław Pasikowski | Jack Strong | Jack Strong |
| 2016 (18th) | Małgorzata Szumowska | Body | Body/Ciało |
| 2016 (18th) | Jerzy Skolimowski | 11 Minutes | 11 minut |
| 2016 (18th) | Magnus von Horn | The Here After | Intruz |
| 2017 (19th) | Wojciech Smarzowski | Hatred | Wołyń |
| 2017 (19th) | Maciej Pieprzyca | I'm a Killer | Jestem mordercą |
| 2017 (19th) | Jan P. Matuszyński | The Last Family | Ostatnia rodzina |
| 2018 (20th) | Piotr Domalewski | Silent Night | Cicha noc |
| 2018 (20th) | Anna Jadowska | Wild Roses | Dzikie róże |
| 2018 (20th) | Agnieszka Holland Kasia Adamik | Spoor | Pokot |
| 2019 (21st) | Paweł Pawlikowski | Cold War | Zimna wojna |
| 2019 (21st) | Janusz Kondratiuk | A Cat with a Dog | Jak pies z kotem |
| 2019 (21st) | Wojciech Smarzowski | Clergy | Kler |

### 2020s

| Year | Director(s) | English title | Polish title |
| 2020 (22nd) | Jan Komasa | Corpus Christi | Boże Ciało |
| 2020 (22nd) | Maciej Pieprzyca | Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz | Ikar. Legenda Mietka Kosza |
| 2020 (22nd) | Agnieszka Holland | Mr. Jones | Obywatel Jones |
| 2020 (22nd) | Marcin Krzyształowicz | Mister T. | Pan T. |
| 2020 (22nd) | Bartosz Kruhlik | Supernova | Supernova |
| 2021 (23rd) | Jan Holoubek | 25 Years of Innocence | 25 lat niewinności. Sprawa Tomka Komendy |
| 2021 (23rd) | Piotr Domalewski | I Never Cry | Jak najdalej stąd |
| 2021 (23rd) | Jan Komasa | The Hater | Sala samobójców. Hejter |
| 2021 (23rd) | Agnieszka Holland | Charlatan | Szarlatan |
| 2021 (23rd) | Mariusz Wilczyński | Kill It and Leave This Town | Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta |
| 2022 (24th) | Jasmila Žbanić | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Aida |
| 2022 (24th) | Paweł Łoziński | The Balcony Movie | Film balkonowy |
| 2022 (24th) | Magnus von Horn | Sweat | Sweat |
| 2022 (24th) | Wojciech Smarzowski | The Wedding Day | Wesele |
| 2022 (24th) | Łukasz Ronduda Łukasz Gutt | All Our Fears | Wszystkie nasze strachy |
| 2022 (24th) | Jan P. Matuszyński | Leave No Traces | Żeby nie było śladów |
| 2023 (25th) | Jerzy Skolimowski | EO | IO |
| 2023 (25th) | Damian Kocur | Bread and Salt | Chleb i sól |
| 2023 (25th) | Aleksandra Terpińska | Other People | Inni ludzie |
| 2023 (25th) | Anna Jadowska | Woman on the Roof | Kobieta na dachu |
| 2023 (25th) | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | The Silent Twins | Silent Twins |
| 2024 (26th) | Paweł Maślona | Kos | Kos |
| 2024 (26th) | Jan Holoubek | Doppelgänger | Doppelgänger. Sobowtór |
| 2024 (26th) | Michał Kwieciński | Filip | Filip |
| 2024 (26th) | Grzegorz Dębowski | Next to Nothing | Tyle co nic |
| 2024 (26th) | Agnieszka Holland | Green Border | Zielona granica |
| 2025 (27th) | Magnus von Horn | The Girl with the Needle | Dziewczyna z igłą |
| 2025 (27th) | Marcin Koszałka | White Courage | Biała odwaga |
| 2025 (27th) | Kamila Tarabura | Travel Essentials | Rzeczy niezbędne |
| 2025 (27th) | Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest | Strefa interesów |
| 2025 (27th) | Maria Zbąska | It's Not My Film | To nie mój film |