Golden Arena for Best Director


The Golden Arena for Best Director '' is an award given for best director at the Pula Film Festival, which was until 1992 the Yugoslav equivalent of the Academy Awards. Since 1992 and the breakup of Yugoslavia the competition narrowed to Croatian films only. The first festival was held in 1954, but the award was introduced in 1955.

List of winners

Yugoslav competition (1955–90)

Croatian competition (1992–present)

Multiple winners

The following directors have received multiple awards. The list is sorted by the number of total awards. Years in bold indicate wins in Yugoslav competition. Shared wins are indicated with an asterisk.