Silver Bear for Best Director

==Awards==
Year 	Director 	Film 	Original title 	Nationality of director
1950s	1950s 	1950s 	1950s 	1950s
1956 	Robert Aldrich 	Autumn Leaves 	Autumn Leaves 	United States
1957 	Mario Monicelli 	Fathers and Sons 	Padri e figli 	Italy
1958 	Tadashi Imai 	Jun'ai Monogatari (純愛物語) (A Story of Pure Love) 	Jun'ai Monogatari (純愛物語) (A Story of Pure Love) 	Japan
1959 	Akira Kurosawa 	The Hidden Fortress 	隠し砦の三悪人 (Kakushi toride no san akunin) 	Japan
1960s	1960s 	1960s 	1960s 	1960s
1960 	Jean-Luc Godard 	Breathless 	À bout de souffle 	France
1961 	Bernhard Wicki 	The Miracle of Father Malachia 	Das Wunder des Malachias 	Austria
1962 	Francesco Rosi 	Salvatore Giuliano 	Salvatore Giuliano 	Italy
1963 	Nikos Koundouros 	Young Aphrodites 	Μικρές Αφροδίτες (Mikres Afrodites) 	Greece
1964 	Satyajit Ray 	Mahanagar (The Big City) 	Mahanagar (The Big City) 	India
1965 	Satyajit Ray 	Charulata (aka The Lonely Wife) 	Charulata (aka The Lonely Wife) 	India
1966 	Carlos Saura 	La caza (The Hunt) 	La caza (The Hunt) 	Spain
1967 	Živojin Pavlović 	The Rats Woke Up 	Buđenje pacova 	Yugoslavia
1968 	Carlos Saura 	Peppermint Frappé 	Peppermint Frappé 	Spain
1970s	1970s 	1970s 	1970s 	1970s
1972 	Jean-Pierre Blanc 	The Old Maid 	La Vieille Fille 	France
1975 	Sergei Solovyov 	One Hundred Days After Childhood 	Сто дней после детства (Sto dney posle detstva) 	Soviet Union
1976 	Mario Monicelli 	Caro Michele 	Caro Michele 	Italy
1977 	Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón 	Black Litter 	Camada negra 	Spain
1978 	Georgi Djulgerov 	Advantage 	Авантаж (Avantazh) 	Bulgaria
1979 	Astrid Henning-Jensen 	Winterborn 	Vinterbørn 	Denmark
1980s	1980s 	1980s 	1980s 	1980s
1980 	István Szabó 	Bizalom (Confidence) 	Bizalom (Confidence) 	Hungary
1982 	Mario Monicelli 	The Marquis of Grillo 	Il Marchese del Grillo 	Italy
1983 	Éric Rohmer 	Pauline at the Beach 	Pauline à la plage 	France
1984 	Costas Ferris 	Rembetiko 	Ρεμπέτικο 	Greece
1984 	Ettore Scola 	Le Bal 	(Italian title: Ballando ballando) 	Italy
1985 	Robert Benton 	Places in the Heart 	Places in the Heart 	United States
1986 	Georgiy Shengelaya 	The Journey of a Young Composer 	Akhalgazrda kompozitoris mogzauroba 	Soviet Union
1987 	Oliver Stone 	Platoon 	Platoon 	United States
1988 	Norman Jewison 	Moonstruck 	Moonstruck 	Canada
1989 	Dušan Hanák 	I Love, You Love 	Ja milujem, ty miluješ 	Czechoslovakia
1990s	1990s 	1990s 	1990s 	1990s
1990 	Michael Verhoeven 	The Nasty Girl 	Das schreckliche Mädchen 	Germany
1991 	Jonathan Demme 	The Silence of the Lambs 	The Silence of the Lambs 	United States
1991 	Ricky Tognazzi 	Ultra 	Ultrà 	Italy
1992 	Jan Troell 	Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem 	Il Capitano 	Sweden
1993 	Andrew Birkin 	The Cement Garden 	The Cement Garden 	England
1994 	Krzysztof Kieślowski 	Three Colors: White 	Trois couleurs : Blanc 	Poland
1995 	Richard Linklater 	Before Sunrise 	Before Sunrise 	United States
1996 	Yim Ho 	The Sun Has Ears 	太陽有耳 Taiyang you er 	British Hong Kong
1996 	Richard Loncraine 	Richard III 	Richard III 	England
1997 	Eric Heumann 	Port Djema 	Port Djema 	France
1998 	Neil Jordan 	The Butcher Boy 	The Butcher Boy 	Ireland
1999 	Stephen Frears 	The Hi-Lo Country 	The Hi-Lo Country 	England
2000s	2000s 	2000s 	2000s 	2000s
2000 	Miloš Forman 	Man on the Moon 	Man on the Moon 	Czech Republic / United States
2001 	Lin Cheng-sheng 	Betelnut Beauty 	爱你爱我 Ài nǐ ài wǒ 	Taiwan
2002 	Otar Iosseliani 	Monday Morning 	Lundi matin 	Georgia
2003 	Patrice Chéreau 	His Brother 	Son frère 	France
2004 	Kim Ki-duk 	Samaritan Girl 	사마리아 (Samaria) 	South Korea
2005 	Marc Rothemund 	Sophie Scholl - The Final Days 	Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage 	Germany
2006 	Michael Winterbottom Mat Whitecross	The Road to Guantánamo 	The Road to Guantánamo 	England
2007 	Joseph Cedar 	Beaufort ( בופור ) 	Beaufort ( בופור ) 	Israel
2008 	Paul Thomas Anderson 	There Will Be Blood 	There Will Be Blood 	United States
2009 	Asghar Farhadi 	About Elly 	درباره الی‎ (Dar bāre-ye Elly) 	Iran
2010s	2010s 	2010s 	2010s 	2010s
2010 	Roman Polanski 	The Ghost Writer 	The Ghost Writer 	Poland / France
2011 	Ulrich Köhler 	Sleeping Sickness 	Schlafkrankheit 	Germany
2012 	Christian Petzold 	Barbara 	Barbara 	Germany
2013 	David Gordon Green 	Prince Avalanche 	Prince Avalanche 	United States
2014 	Richard Linklater 	Boyhood 	Boyhood 	United States
2015 	Radu Jude 	Aferim! (Bravo!) 	Aferim! (Bravo!) 	Romania
2015 	Malgorzata Szumowska 	Body 	Ciało 	Poland
2016 	Mia Hansen-Løve 	Things to Come 	L'Avenir 	France
2017 	Aki Kaurismäki 	The Other Side of Hope 	Toivon tuolla puolen 	Finland
2018 	Wes Anderson 	Isle of Dogs 	Isle of Dogs 	United States
==Repeated winners==
*Mario Monicelli (1957, 1976, 1982)
*Satyajit Ray (1964, 1965)
*Carlos Saura (1966, 1968)
*Richard Linklater (1995, 2014)
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