Silver Shell for Best Director

The Silver Shell for Best Director (; ) is one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián Film Festival to the director of a competing film.

Swedish filmmaker Amanda Kernell was the most recent winner for Brace Your Heart in 2026.

Winners

1950s Year Director(s) English Title Original Title 1953 Rafael GilI Was a Parish Priest La guerra de Dios 1954 Pedro Lazaga La patrulla 1956 Pietro Germi The Railroad Man Il ferroviere 1957 Alfréd RadokVintage Car Dědeček automobil O. W. Fischer Ich suche Dich 1958 Alfred HitchcockVertigo 1959 North by Northwest Folco Quilici Dagli Appennini alle Ande

1960s Year Director(s) English Title Original Title 1960 Sidney Lumet The Fugitive Kind 1961 Alberto Lattuada The Mishap L'imprevisto 1962 Mauro Bolognini Careless Senilità 1963 Robert Enrico In the Midst of Life Au coeur de la vie 1964 Miguel Picazo Aunt Tula La Tía Tula 1965 Mario Monicelli Casanova 70 1966 Mauro Bolognini Madamigella di Maupin 1967 Janusz Morgenstern Jowita 1968 Peter Collinson The Long Day's Dying

1970s Year Director(s) English Title Original Title 1977 Alf Brustellin and Bernhard SinkelMaiden's War 1978 Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón Sleepwalkers Sonámbulos 1979 Pál Gábor Angi Vera

1980s Year Director(s) English Title Original Title 1984 Valeria Sarmiento Notre mariage 1985 Francisco José LombardiThe City and the Dogs La ciudad y los perros 1986 Axel Corti Welcome in Vienna 1987 Dominique Deruddere Crazy Love 1988 Gonzalo Suárez Rowing with the Wind Remando al viento 1989 Mirosław BorkKonsul

1990s Year Director(s) English Title Original Title 1990 Joel Coen Miller's Crossing 1991 Bruce McDonaldHighway 61"Canadian honoured in Spain: Festival jury picks Highway 61 director". The Globe and Mail, September 30, 1991. 1992 Goran MarkovićTito and Me Tito i ja 1993 Philippe Lioret Lost in Transit Tombés du ciel 1994 Danny Boyle Shallow Grave 1995 Mike FiggisLeaving Las Vegas 1996 Francisco José LombardiBajo la piel 1997 Claude Chabrol The Swindle Rien ne va plus 1998 Fernando León de Aranoa Barrio 1999 Zhang YangShower洗澡 Michel Deville Sachs' Disease La Maladie de Sachs

2000s Year Director(s) English Title Original Title 2000 Reza ParsaBefore the Storm Före Stormen 2001 Jean-Pierre AmérisC'est la vie 2002 Chen Kaige Together和你在一起 2003 Bong Joon HoMemories of Murder살인의 추억 2004 Xu Jinglei Letter from an Unknown Woman一個陌生女人的來信 2005 Zhang YangSunflower 向日葵 2006 Tom DiCilloDelirious 2007 Nick BroomfieldBattle for Haditha 2008 Michael WinterbottomGenova 2009 Javier RebolloWoman Without Piano La mujer sin piano

2010s Year Director(s) English Title Original Title 2010 Raúl RuizMysteries of Lisbon Mistérios de Lisboa 2011 Filippos TsitosUnfair World Adikos Kosmos 2012 Fernando TruebaThe Artist and the Model El artista y la modelo 2013 Fernando EimbckeClub Sandwich Club Sándwich 2014 Carlos VermutMagical Girl 2015 Joachim LafosseThe White Knights Les Chevaliers Blancs 2016 Hong Sang-sooYourself and Yours 당신자신과 당신의 것 2017 Anahí BerneriAlanis 2018 Benjamín NaishtatRojo 2019Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari GoenagaThe Endless TrenchLa Trinchera Infinita

2020s Year Director(s) English Title Original Title 2020Dea KulumbegashviliBeginningდასაწყისი 2021Tea LindeburgAs in HeavenDu Som Er I Himlen2022Genki KawamuraA Hundred Flowers 2025 Joachim Lafosse Six Days in SpringSix jours ce printemps-là2026Amanda KernellBrace Your HeartGarrat du váimmu

Silver Shell for Best Director

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