The Robert Award for Best Director () is presented at an annual Robert Award show hosted by the Danish Film Academy. The category was introduced in 2001 and all directors of Danish films irrespective of the language of the film are eligible. The winner is selected among five nominees.
Honorees
2000s
2001: Per Fly for The Bench
Natasha Arthy nominated for Mirakel
and nominated for Help! I'm a Fish
Lone Scherfig nominated for Italian for Beginners
Lars von Trier nominated for Dancer in the Dark
2002: Ole Christian Madsen for Kira's Reason: A Love Story
Gert Fredholm nominated for One-Hand Clapping
Hella Joof nominated for Shake It All About
nominated for
Kristian Levring nominated for The King Is Alive
2003: Nils Malmros for Facing the Truth
Susanne Bier nominated for Open Hearts
Jesper W. Nielsen nominated for Okay
Helle Ryslinge nominated for
Lone Scherfig nominated for Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
2004: Per Fly for The Inheritance
Christoffer Boe nominated for Reconstruction
Anders Thomas Jensen nominated for Open Hearts
Jannik Johansen nominated for Stealing Rembrandt
Lars von Trier nominated for Dancer in the Dark
2005: Nikolaj Arcel for King's Game
Annette K. Olsen nominated for In Your Hands
Nicolas Winding Refn nominated for Pusher II
Simon Staho nominated for Day and Night
Paprika Steen nominated for Aftermath
2006: Per Fly for Manslaughter
Christoffer Boe nominated for Allegro
Anders Thomas Jensen nominated for Adam's Apples
Åke Sandgren nominated for
Lars von Trier nominated for Manderlay
2007: Niels Arden Oplev for We Shall Overcome
Christoffer Boe nominated for Offscreen
Christian E. Christiansen nominated for Life Hits
Pernille Fischer Christensen nominated for A Soap
Ole Christian Madsen and Valerie Faris nominated for Prague
Anders Morgenthaler nominated for Princess
2008: Peter Schønau Fog for The Art of Crying
Nikolaj Arcel nominated for Island of Lost Souls
Ole Bornedal nominated for Just Another Love Story
Anders Morgenthaler nominated for Echo
Simon Staho nominated for Daisy Diamond
2009: Henrik Ruben Genz for Terribly Happy
Kristian Levring nominated for Fear Me Not
Ole Christian Madsen nominated for Flame & Citron
Annette K. Olesen nominated for
Niels Arden Oplev nominated for Worlds Apart
2010s
2010: Lars von Trier for Antichrist
Ole Bornedal nominated for Deliver Us from Evil
Hella Joof nominated for
Rumle Hammerich nominated for Headhunter
Nils Malmros nominated for Aching Hearts
2011: Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer for R
Nikolaj Arcel nominated for The Truth About Men
Susanne Bier nominated for In a Better World
Nicolo Donato (film director) nominated for Brotherhood
Thomas Vinterberg nominated for Submarino
2012: Lars von Trier for Melancholia
Pernille Fischer Christensen nominated for A Family
Ole Christian Madsen nominated for SuperClásico
Carlos Augusto de Oliveira nominated for Rosa Morena
Martin Zandvliet nominated for A Funny Man
2013: Nikolaj Arcel for A Royal Affair
2014: Thomas Vinterberg for The Hunt
2015: Lars von Trier for Nymphomaniac Director's Cut
2016: Martin Zandvliet for Land of Mine
2017: Christian Tafdrup for Parents
2018: Hlynur Pálmason for Winter Brothers
2019: for The Guilty
2020s
2020: May el-Toukhy for Dronningen
2021: Thomas Vinterberg for Another Round
Anders Thomas Jensen nominated for Riders of Justice
Christina Rosendahl nominated for The Good Traitor
nominated for
nominated for A Perfectly Normal Family
References
External links
2001 establishments in Denmark
Awards established in 2001
Awards for best director
Director
