The Robert Award for Best American Film is an award presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony.
History[edit]
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.[1]
Honorees[edit]
1990s[edit]
2000s[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 2020: Joker – Todd Phillips[2]
- 2021: Nomadland - Chloe Zhao[3]
Directors with multiple wins[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ John Sundholm; Isak Thorsen; Lars Gustaf Andersson; Olof Hedling; Gunnar Iversen; Birgir Thor Møller (20 September 2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 328–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7899-0.
- ^ Dalton, Ben (26 January 2020). "'Queen Of Hearts' dominates Denmark's 2020 Robert awards". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Nomadland - Awards - IMDb
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Danish)