Nika Award for Best Director explained

Nika Award for Best Director
Presenter:Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science
Country:Russia
Year:1988
Holder:Andrei Konchalovsky for Dear Comrades! (2021)
Website:Official site of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science

The Nika Award for Best Director (Russian: Ника за лучшую режиссёрскую работу) is given annually by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and presented at the Nika Awards.

In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a light blue background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees.

Winners and nominees

1980s

YearDirector(s)International titleOriginal titleTransliterated title
(per BGN/PCGN standard)
Ref(s)
1988RepentanceПокаяниеPokayaniye
1988The Long FarewellДолгие проводыDolgie provody
1988The Lonely Voice of ManОдинокий голос человекаOdinokiy golos cheloveka
1989The Story of Asya KlyachinaИстория Аси Клячиной, которая любила, да не вышла замужIstoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh
1989CommissarКомиссарKomissar
1989Little VeraМаленькая ВераMalenkaya Vera

1990s

YearDirector(s)International titleOriginal titleTransliterated title
(per BGN/PCGN standard)
Ref(s)
1990, Ashik Keribაშიკ-ქერიბიStrange Ashik
1990The ServantСлугаSluga
1990Solovky PowerВласть СоловецкаяVlast Solovetskaya
1991You Can't Live Like ThatТак жить нельзяTak zhit nelzya
1991The Asthenic SyndromeАстенический синдромAstenicheskiy sindrom
1991Freeze Die Come to LifeЗамри, умри, воскресни!Zamri, umri, voskresni!
1992Promised HeavenНебеса обетованныеNebesa obetovannye
1992Vyacheslav KrishtofovichAdam's RibРебро АдамаRebro Adama
1992Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the SeaПегий пёс, бегущий краем моряPegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya
1993Close to EdenУрга — территория любвиUrga — territoriya lyobvi
1993The Sun of the SleeplessСолнце неспящихSolntse nespyachshikh
1993Moscow ParadeПрорваProrva
1994MakarovМакаровMakarov
1994Window to ParisОкно в ПарижOkno v Parizh
1994Tamás TóthChildren of Iron GodsДети чугунных боговDeti chugunnykh bogov
1995PassionsУвлеченьяUvlechenya
1995Katya IsmailovaПодмосковные вечераPodmoskovnye vechera
1995Denis EvstigneevLimitaЛимитаLimita
1996Peculiarities of the National HuntОсобенности национальной охотыOsobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty
1996A Play for a PassengerПьеса для пассажираPyesa dlya passazhira
1996Aleksey SakharovThe Aristocratic Peasant GirlБарышня-крестьянкаBaryshnya-krestyanka
1996A MoslemМусульманинMusulmanin
1997Prisoner of the MountainsКавказский пленникKavkazskiy plennik
1997The Arrival of a TrainПрибытие поездаPribytie poezda
1997The Arrival of a TrainПрибытие поездаPribytie poezda
1998The ThiefВорVor
1998Time of a DancerВремя танцораVremya tantsora
1998In That Land...В той странеV toy strane
1999Of Freaks and MenПро уродов и людейPro urodov i lyudey
1999BrigandsРазбойники. Глава VIIRazboyniki. Glava VII
1999Country of the DeafСтрана глухихStrana glukhikh
1999Day of the Full MoonДень полнолунияDen polnoluniya
1999Aleksey SakharovNa boykom mesteНа бойком местеNa boykom meste

2000s

YearDirector(s)International titleOriginal titleTransliterated title
(per BGN/PCGN standard)
Ref(s)
2000Khrustalyov, My Car!Хрусталёв, машинуKhrustalyov, mashinu
2000Valeriy OgorodnikovThe BarracksБаракBarak
2000Who If Not UsКто, если не мыKto, esli ne my
2001Luna PapaЛунный папаLunnyy papa
2001His Wife's DiaryДневник его женыDnevnik ego zheny
2001Tender AgeНежный возрастNezhniy vozrast
2002TaurusТелецTelets
2002Leonid Maryagin101st Kilometer101-й километр101-y kilometr
2002The Border. Taiga RomanceГраница. Таёжный романGranitsa. Taoezhnyy roman
2002Mechanical SuiteМеханическая сюитаMekhanicheskaya syuita
2002Denis EvstigneevLet’s Make LoveЗаймёмся любовьюZaymyomsya lyubovyu
2003The CuckooКукушкаKukushka
2003WatВойнаVoyba
2003The LoverЛюбовникLyubovnik
2004Magnetic StormsМагнитные буриMagnitnye buri
2004The ReturnВозвращениеVozvrashcheniye
2004Peter BuslovBimmerБумерBumer
2004Gennady SidorovOld WomenСтарухиStarukhi
2005The TunerНастройщикNastroyshchik
2005A Driver for VeraВодитель для ВерыVoditel dlya Very
2005Our OwnСвоиSvoi
2006GarpastumГарпастумGarpastum
2006The 9th Company9 рота9 rota
2006The ItalianИтальянецItalyanets
2007The IslandОстровOstrov
2007Free FloatingСвободное плаваниеSvobodnoe plavanie
2007AliveЖивойZhivoy
2008MongolМонголMongol
2008Cargo 200Груз 200Gruz 200
2008Simple ThingsПростые вещиProsty'e veshchi
2009Paper SoldierБумажный солдатBumazhnyy soldat
2009Wild FieldДикое полеDikoe pole
2009HipstersСтилягиStilyagi

2010s

YearDirector(s)International titleOriginal titleTransliterated title
(per BGN/PCGN standard)
Ref(s)
2010Room and a HalfПолторы комнаты, или сентиментальное путешествие на родинуPoltory komnaty, ili sentimentalnoe puteshestvie na rodinu
2010Nikolai DostalPete on the Way to HeavenПетя по дороге в Царствие НебесноеPetia po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoye
2010Ward No. 6Палата № 6Palata № 6
2010Aleksey MizgiryovTambourine, DrumБубен, барабанBuben, baraban
2011How I Ended This SummerКак я провёл этим летомKak ya provyol etim letom
2011A StokerКочегарKochegar
2011Fortress of WarБрестская крепостьBrestskaia krepost
2011The EdgeКрайKray
2012ElenaЕленаElena
2012Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple WomanЖила-была одна бабаZhila-byla odna baba
2012Chapiteau-showШапито-шоуShapito-shou
2013FaustФаустFaust
2013Me TooЯ тоже хочуYa tozhe khochu
2013Andrei ProshkinThe HordeОрдаOrda
2014The Geographer Drank His Globe AwayГеограф глобус пропилGeograf Globus Propil
2014StalingradСталинградStalingrad
2014The MajorМайорMayor
2014A Long and Happy LifeДолгая счастливая жизньDolgaya chastlivaya zhizn
2015Hard to Be a GodТрудно быть богомTrudno byt' bogom
2015LeviathanЛевиафанLeviafan
2015The Postman's White NightsБелые ночи почтальона Алексея ТряпицынаBelye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna
2016The End of Beautiful EraКонец прекрасной эпохиKonets prekrasnoy epokhi
2016Under Electric CloudsПод электрическими облакамиPod electricheskimi oblakami
2016About LoveПро любовьPro lyubov
2016The Land of OzСтрана ОЗStrana OZ
2017ParadiseРайRay
2017Nikolay DostalThe Monk and the DemonМонах и бесMonakh i bes
2017The StudentУченикUchenik
2018ArrhythmiaАритмияAritmiya
2018ClosenessТеснотаTesnota
2018LovelessНелюбовьNelyubov
2019LetoЛетоLeto
2019DovlatovДовлатовDovlatov
2019, Aleksey ChupovThe Man Who Surprised EveryoneЧеловек, который удивил всехChelovek, kotoryj udivil vsekh
2019Anna's WarВойна АнныVoyna Anny

2020s

YearDirector(s)International titleOriginal titleTransliterated title
(per BGN/PCGN standard)
Ref(s)
2020A FrenchmanФранцузFrantsuz
2020BeanpoleДылдаDylda
2020AykaАйкаAyka
2021Dear Comrades!Дорогие товарищиDorogie tomarishchi
2021ScarecrowПугалоPugalo
2021Andrey ZaytsevA Siege DiaryБлокадный дневникBlokadnyy dnevnik
2022Alexander ZeldovichMedeaМедеяMedeya
2022Unclenching the FistsРазжимая кулакиRazzhimaya kulaki
2022, Aleksey ChupovCaptain Volkonogov EscapedКапитан Волконогов бежалKapitan Volkonogov bezhal
2022Persian LessonsУроки фарсиUroki farsi

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

WinsDirector
3Andrei Konchalovsky
2Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Kira Muratova
Sergei Bodrov
Aleksei German Jr.
Alexander Sokurov
Aleksei German
Stanislav Govorukhin

Four or more nominations

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NominationsDirector
6Aleksei Balabanov
4Kira Muratova
Vadim Abdrashitov
Valery Todorovsky
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Aleksei German Jr.
Andrei Konchalovsky