European Film Award for Best Director
The European Film Award for Best Director is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize a director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in a film industry. The award is presented by the European Film Academy and was first presented in 1988.Records
Most wins by director
| Director | Awards | Nominations |
| Michael Haneke | 3 | 3 |
| Pedro Almodóvar | 2 | 6 |
| Paolo Sorrentino | 2 | 3 |
| Paweł Pawlikowski | 2 | 3 |
| Susanne Bier | 1 | 3 |
| Lars Von Trier | 1 | 3 |
| Roman Polanski | 1 | 3 |
| Matteo Garrone | 1 | 2 |
| Cristian Mungiu | 1 | 2 |
| Ruben Östlund | 1 | 2 |
| Wim Wenders | 1 | 2 |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | 1 | 3 |
| Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 0 | 3 |
| Aki Kaurismäki | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Loach | 0 | 3 |
| Fatih Akın | 0 | 2 |
| Roy Andersson | 0 | 2 |
| François Ozon | 0 | 2 |
| Paolo Virzì | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Winterbottom | 0 | 2 |
| Andrey Zvyagintsev | 0 | 2 |
| Marco Bellocchio | 0 | 2 |
| Theo Angelopoulos | 0 | 2 |
