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2019 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![About Endlessness Roy Andersson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/about-endlessness-roy-andersson-image.jpg)
About Endlessness
Roy Andersson
2018 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Sisters Brothers Jacques Audiard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sisters-brothers-jacques-audiard-image.jpg)
The Sisters Brothers
Jacques Audiard
2017 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Custody Xavier Legrand](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/custody-xavier-legrand-image.jpg)
Custody
Xavier Legrand
2016 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Paradise Andrey Konchalovskiy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/paradise-image.jpg)
Paradise
Andrey Konchalovskiy
2016 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Untamed Amat Escalante](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-untamed-amat-escalante-image.jpg)
The Untamed
Amat Escalante
2015 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Clan Pablo Trapero](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-clan-pablo-trapero-image.jpg)
The Clan
Pablo Trapero
2014 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Postman's White Nights Andrey Konchalovskiy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-postmans-white-nights-andrey-konchalovskiy-image.jpg)
The Postman’s White Nights
Andrey Konchalovskiy
2013 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Miss Violence Alexandros Avranas](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/miss-violence-alexandros-avranas-image.jpg)
Miss Violence
Alexandros Avranas
2012 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Master Paul Thomas Anderson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-master-paul-thomas-anderson-image.jpg)
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson
2011 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![People Mountain People Sea Shangjun Cai](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/people-mountain-people-sea-shangjun-cai-image.jpg)
People Mountain People Sea
Shangjun Cai
2010 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Last Circus Álex de la Iglesia](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-circus-alex-de-la-iglesia-image.jpg)
The Last Circus
Álex de la Iglesia
2009 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Women Without Men Shirin Neshat](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/women-without-men-shirin-neshat-shoja-azari-image.jpg)
Women Without Men
Shirin Neshat
2008 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Paper Soldier Aleksey German Jr.](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bumazhnyy-soldat-aleksey-german-image.jpg)
Paper Soldier
Aleksey German Jr.
2007 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Redacted Brian De Palma](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/redacted-brian-de-palma-image.jpg)
Redacted
Brian De Palma
2006 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Private Fears In Public Places (Coeurs) Alain Resnais](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/private-fears-in-public-places-alain-resnais-image.jpg)
Private Fears In Public Places (Coeurs)
Alain Resnais
2005 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Regular Lovers Philippe Garrel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/regular-lovers-philippe-garrel-image.jpg)
Regular Lovers
Philippe Garrel
2004 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![3-Iron Ki-duk Kim](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3-iron-ki-duk-kim-image.jpg)
3-Iron
Ki-duk Kim
2003 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi Takeshi Kitano](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-blind-swordsman-zatoichi-takeshi-kitano-image.jpg)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
Takeshi Kitano
2002 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Oasis Chang-dong Lee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/oasis-chang-dong-lee-image.jpg)
Oasis
Chang-dong Lee
2001 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Secret Ballot Babak Payami](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/secret-ballot-image.jpg)
Secret Ballot
Babak Payami
2000 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Wrestlers Buddhadev Dasgupta](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-wrestlers-buddhadev-dasgupta-image.jpg)
The Wrestlers
Buddhadev Dasgupta
1999 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Seventeen Years Yuan Zhang](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/seventeen-years-yuan-zhang-image.jpg)
Seventeen Years
Yuan Zhang
1998 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Black Cat, White Cat Emir Kusturica](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/black-cat-white-cat-emir-kusturica-image.jpg)
Black Cat, White Cat
Emir Kusturica
1994 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Heavenly Creatures Peter Jackson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/heavenly-creatures-peter-jackson-image.jpg)
Heavenly Creatures
Peter Jackson
1994 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Little Odessa James Gray](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/little-odessa-james-gray-image.jpg)
Little Odessa
James Gray
1994 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Bull Carlo Mazzacurati](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/il-toro-carlo-mazzacurati-image.jpg)
The Bull
Carlo Mazzacurati
1993 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Kosh ba kosh Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kosh-ba-kosh-bakhtyar-khudojnazarov-image.jpg)
Kosh ba kosh
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
1992 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Hotel de lux Dan Pita](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hotel-de-lux-dan-pita-image.jpg)
Hotel de lux
Dan Pita
1992 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Jamón, Jamón Bigas Luna](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jamon-jamon-bigas-luna-image.jpg)
Jamón, Jamón
Bigas Luna
1992 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Un coeur en hiver Claude Sautet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/un-coeur-en-hiver-claude-sautet-image.jpg)
Un coeur en hiver
Claude Sautet
1991 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![J'entends plus la guitare Philippe Garrel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jentends-plus-la-guitare-philippe-garrel-image.jpg)
J’entends plus la guitare
Philippe Garrel
1991 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Raise the Red Lantern Yimou Zhang](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/raise-the-red-lantern-yimou-zhang-image.jpg)
Raise the Red Lantern
Yimou Zhang
1991 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Fisher King Terry Gilliam](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-fisher-king-terry-gilliam-image.jpg)
The Fisher King
Terry Gilliam
1990 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Goodfellas Martin Scorsese](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/goodfellas-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese
1989 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Death of a Tea Master Kei Kumai](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/death-of-a-tea-master-kei-kumai-image.jpg)
Death of a Tea Master
Kei Kumai
1989 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Recollections of the Yellow House João César Monteiro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/recollections-of-the-yellow-house-joão-cesar-monteiro-image.jpg)
Recollections of the Yellow House
João César Monteiro
1988 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Landscape in the Mist Theodoros Angelopoulos](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/landscape-in-the-mist-theodoros-angelopoulos-image.jpg)
Landscape in the Mist
Theodoros Angelopoulos
1987 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Long Live the Lady! Ermanno Olmi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/long-live-the-lady-ermanno-olmi-image.jpg)
Long Live the Lady!
Ermanno Olmi
1987 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Maurice James Ivory](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/maurice-james-ivory-image.jpg)
Maurice
James Ivory
1957 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Le notti bianche Luchino Visconti](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/le-notti-bianche-luchino-visconti-image.jpg)
Le notti bianche
Luchino Visconti
1955 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Ciske de Rat Wolfgang Staudte](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Ciske de Rat
Wolfgang Staudte
1955 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Le amiche Michelangelo Antonioni](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/le-amiche-michelangelo-antonioni-image.jpg)
Le amiche
Michelangelo Antonioni
1955 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Big Knife Robert Aldrich](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-big-knife-robert-aldrich-image.jpg)
The Big Knife
Robert Aldrich
1955 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Grasshopper Samson Samsonov](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-grasshopper-samson-samsonov-image.jpg)
The Grasshopper
Samson Samsonov
1954 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![La strada Federico Fellini](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-strada-federico-fellini-image.jpg)
La strada
Federico Fellini
1954 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![On the Waterfront Elia Kazan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-the-waterfront-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan
1954 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Sansho the Bailiff Kenji Mizoguchi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sansho-the-bailiff-kenji-mizoguchi-image.jpg)
Sansho the Bailiff
Kenji Mizoguchi
1954 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/seven-samurai-image.jpg)
Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa
1953 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![I vitelloni Federico Fellini](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/i-vitelloni-federico-fellini-image.jpg)
I vitelloni
Federico Fellini
1953 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Little Fugitive Ray Ashley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/little-fugitive-ray-ashley-morris-engel-ruth-orkin-image.jpg)
Little Fugitive
Ray Ashley
1953 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Moulin Rouge John Huston](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moulin-rouge-john-huston-image.jpg)
Moulin Rouge
John Huston
1953 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Sadko Aleksandr Ptushko](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sadko-aleksandr-ptushko-image.jpg)
Sadko
Aleksandr Ptushko
1953 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![The Adultress Marcel Carné](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-adultress-marcel-carne-image.jpg)
The Adultress
Marcel Carné
1953 Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Best Director
![Ugetsu Kenji Mizoguchi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ugetsu-kenji-mizoguchi-image.jpg)