Polish Academy Award for Best Director
The Polish Academy Award for Best Film Director is an annual award given to the best Polish film director of the year.
Dorota Kędzierzawska became the first winner of this award for Nothing (1998).
Krzysztof Krauze won two awards in this category for The Debt (1999) and Saviour Square (2006). Second win was shared with his wife Joanna Kos-Krauze.
Krzysztof Zanussi won for Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000).
Robert Gliński won for Hi Tessa (2001).
Polish Film Award, or Eagle is the national film award of Poland. It has been delivered annually since 1999, with the first event held on 21 June, by the National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers (KIPA). Since 2003 they have been awarded by the Polish Film Academy.
Director Wojciech Smarzowski holding the award in 2012