Czech Lion Award for Best Director

Czech Lion Award for Best Director
Czech Lion Award for Best Director
Country	Czech Republic
First award	1993
Currently held by	Katarína Gramatová (Promise, I'll Be Fine)
Website	https://www.filmovaakademie.cz

CountryCzech Republic

First award1993

Currently held byKatarína Gramatová (Promise, I'll Be Fine)

Websitehttps://www.filmovaakademie.cz

Czech Lion Award for Best Director is an annual award given to the best Czech film director of the year.

Year	Director	Film title (English)	Film title (Original)
1993	Jan Hřebejk (1)	Big Beat	Šakalí léta
1994	Milan Šteindler (1)	Thanks for Every New Morning	Díky za každé nové ráno
1995	Martin Šulík (1)	The Garden	Záhrada
1996	Jan Svěrák (1)	Kolya	Kolja
1997	Petr Zelenka (1)	Buttoners	Knoflíkáři
1998	Vladimír Michálek (1)	Sekal Has to Die	Je třeba zabít Sekala
1999	Saša Gedeon (1)	The Idiot Returns	Návrat idiota
2000	Jan Hřebejk (2)	Divided We Fall	Musíme si pomáhat
2001	Jan Svěrák (2)	Dark Blue World	Tmavomodrý svět
2002	Petr Zelenka (2)	Year of the Devil	Rok ďábla
2003	Vladimír Morávek (1)	Boredom in Brno	Nuda v Brně
2004	Jan Hřebejk (3)	Up and Down	Horem pádem
2005	Bohdan Sláma (1)	Something Like Happiness	Štěstí
2006	Jiří Menzel (1)	I Served the King of England	Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále
2007	Jan Svěrák (3)	Empties	Vratné lahve
2008	Petr Zelenka (3)	The Karamazov Brothers	Karamazovi
2009	Marek Najbrt (1)	Protector	Protektor
2010	Radim Špaček (1)	Walking Too Fast	Pouta
2011	Zdeněk Jiráský (1)	Flower Buds	Poupata
2012	David Ondříček (1)	In the Shadow	Ve stínu
2013	Agnieszka Holland (1)	Burning Bush	Hořící keř
2014	Petr Václav (1)	The Way Out	Cesta ven
2015	Jan Prušinovský (1)	The Snake Brothers	Kobry a užovky
2016	Julius Ševčík (1)	A Prominent Patient	Masaryk
2017	Bohdan Sláma (2)	Ice Mother	Bába z ledu
2018	Olmo Omerzu (1)	Winter Flies	Všechno bude
2019	Václav Marhoul (1)	The Painted Bird	Nabarvené ptáče
2020	Agnieszka Holland (2)	Charlatan	Šarlatán
2021	David Ondříček (2)	Zátopek	Zátopek
2022	Petr Václav (2)	Il Boemo	Il Boemo
2023	Tomáš Pavlíček (1) Jan Vejnar (1)	She Came at Night	Přišla v noci
2024	Jiří Mádl (1)	Waves	Vlny
2025	Katarína Gramatová (1)	Promise, I'll Be Fine	Nahoře nebe, v dolině já

v t e Czech Lion Awards
Main Awards	Best Film Director Screenplay Cinematography Film Music Stage Design Makeup and Hairstyling Costume Design Editing Sound Best Actor in Leading Role Best Actress in Leading Role Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Extraordinary audiovisual achievement Unique Contribution to Czech Film Documentary Best Animated Film Best Short Film Best Television Miniseries or Series Best Leading Actor in TV Series Best Leading Actress in TV Series Best Supporting Actor in TV Series Best Supporting Actress in TV Series
Special awards	Best Film Poster Film Fans Award Magnesie Award for Best Student Film
Retired awards	Design Best Television Film or Miniseries TV Series Most Popular Film Best Foreign Film Film Critics' Award Premiere Readers' Award Sazka Award for Best Unrealised Script Worst Film
Award ceremonies	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Czech Lion Award for Best Director

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