The Robert Award for Best American Film is an award presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony.
History
The award has been handed out since 1999. Between 1984 and 1996, a Robert Award for Best Foreign Film was handed out. Since 1997 a Robert Award for Best Non-American Film has been handed out as well.
Honorees
1990s
- 1999: The Truman Show – Peter Weir
2000s
- 2000: The Straight Story – David Lynch
- 2001: American Beauty – Sam Mendes
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Jackson
- 2003: Gosford Park – Robert Altman
- 2004: The Hours – Stephen Daldry
- 2005: Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola
- 2006: Sideways – Alexander Payne
- 2007: Babel – Alejandro González Iñárritu
- 2008: Not awarded
- 2009: No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2010s
- 2010: Up – Pete Docter
- 2011: Inception – Christopher Nolan
- 2012: Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn
- 2013: Argo – Ben Affleck
- 2014: Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón
- 2015: Boyhood – Richard Linklater
- 2016: Birdman – Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- 2017: The Revenant – Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- 2018: Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
- 2019: Three Billboards – Martin McDonagh
2020s
- 2020: Joker – Todd Phillips
- 2021: Nomadland - Chloe Zhao
Directors with multiple wins
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 3
See also
- Bodil Award for Best American Film
- Academy Award for Best Picture
References
External links
- Official website (in Danish)
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