Robert Award for Best American Film

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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]

* 1999: The Truman Show – Peter Weir

### 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]

* Alejandro G. Iñárritu \- 3

## See also[edit]

* Film portal
* Denmark portal

* Bodil Award for Best American Film
* Academy Award for Best Picture

## References[edit]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Nomadland - Awards - IMDb

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in Danish)

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Robert Awards

Current awards|

* Danish Film
* Director
* Leading Actor
* Leading Actress
* Supporting Actor
* Supporting Actress
* Cinematography
* Costume Design
* Editing
* Makeup
* Production Design
* Score
* Screenplay
* Song
* Sound Design
* Visual Effects
* Children's Film
* Documentary Feature
* Documentary Short
* Long Fiction/Animation
* Short Fiction/Animation
* Danish TV Series
* Short TV Series
* Leading TV Actor
* Leading TV Actress
* Supporting TV Actor
* Supporting TV Actress
* Non-American Film
* American Film

Special awards|

* Honorary Award
* Special Jury Prize (Short)

External awards|

* Audience Award
* The Ib Award

Discontinued awards|

* Long Featurette
* Short Featurette
* Foreign Film

Ceremonies|

* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 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

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