| Polish Film Award for Best Directing | |
| Image Upright: | 0.7 |
| Country: | Poland |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Holder Label: | Most recent winner |
| Holder: | Paweł Maślona Kos (2024) |
| Most Awards: | Wojciech Smarzowski (4) |
| Most Nominations: | Agnieszka Holland and Wojciech Smarzowski (6) |
The Polish Academy Award for Best Film Director is an annual award given to the best Polish film director of the year.[1]
| Year | Director(s) | English title | Polish title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Dorota Kędzierzawska | Nothing | Nic | [2] |
| Leszek Wosiewicz | Home Chronicles | Kroniki domowe | ||
| Vladimír Michálek | Sekal Has to Die | Zabić Sekala | ||
| Michał Rosa | Farba | |||
| Jan Jakub Kolski | History of Cinema in Popielawy | Historia kina w Popielawach | ||
| Year | Director(s) | English title | Polish title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (22nd) | Jan Komasa | Corpus Christi | Boże Ciało | [23] |
| Maciej Pieprzyca | Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz | Ikar. Legenda Mietka Kosza | ||
| Agnieszka Holland | Mr. Jones | Obywatel Jones | ||
| Marcin Krzyształowicz | Mister T. | Pan T. | ||
| Bartosz Kruhlik | Supernova | |||
| 2021 (23rd) | Jan Holoubek | 25 Years of Innocence | 25 lat niewinności. Sprawa Tomka Komendy | |
| Piotr Domalewski | I Never Cry | Jak najdalej stąd | ||
| Jan Komasa | The Hater | Sala samobójców. Hejter | ||
| Agnieszka Holland | Charlatan | Szarlatan | ||
| Mariusz Wilczyński | Kill It and Leave This Town | Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta | ||
| 2022 (24th) | Jasmila Žbanić | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Aida | [24] |
| Paweł Łoziński | The Balcony Movie | Film balkonowy | ||
| Magnus von Horn | Sweat | |||
| Wojciech Smarzowski | The Wedding Day | Wesele | ||
| Łukasz Ronduda Łukasz Gutt | All Our Fears | Wszystkie nasze strachy | ||
| Jan P. Matuszyński | Leave No Traces | Żeby nie było śladów | ||
| 2023 (25th) | Jerzy Skolimowski | EO | IO | [25] |
| Damian Kocur | Bread and Salt | Chleb i sól | ||
| Aleksandra Terpińska | Other People | Inni ludzie | ||
| Anna Jadowska | Woman on the Roof | Kobieta na dachu | ||
| Agnieszka Smoczyńska | The Silent Twins | Silent Twins | ||
| 2024 (26th) | Paweł Maślona | Kos | [26] | |
| Jan Holoubek | Doppelgänger | Doppelgänger. Sobowtór | ||
| Michał Kwieciński | Filip | |||
| Grzegorz Dębowski | Next to Nothing | Tyle co nic | ||
| Agnieszka Holland | Green Border | Zielona granica | ||
| Wins | Director |
|---|---|
| Wojciech Smarzowski | |
| Jerzy Skolimowski | |
| 2 | Krzysztof Krauze |
| Andrzej Jakimowski | |
| Paweł Pawlikowski | |
| Roman Polański |
| Nominations | Director |
|---|---|
| 6 | Agnieszka Holland |
| Wojciech Smarzowski | |
| 4 | Jan Jakub Kolski |
| Jan Komasa | |
| Jerzy Skolimowski | |
| 3 | Andrzej Jakimowski |
| Krzysztof Krauze | |
| Maciej Pieprzyca | |
| Andrzej Wajda | |