Silver Bear for Best Director

Silver Bear for Best Director
Silberner Bär/Beste Regie (German)
Awarded forBest Achievement in Direction
CountryGermany
Presented byBerlin International Film Festival
First awarded1956
Currently held byNelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias
Pepe (2024)
Websitewww.berlinale.de

The Silver Bear for Best Director (German: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury from the films in the Competition slate at the festival.

At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival held in 1956, Robert Aldrich was the first winner of this award for his work on Autumn Leaves, and Philippe Garrel is the most recent winner in this category for his work on The Plough at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2023.