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Directors with the Most Films in Contention for the Golden Lion
This list features directors that have had the most films in contention for the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
RANK | DIRECTOR | FILMS IN CONTENTION | WINS | WINNING FILM | COUNTRY |
1 | Jean-Luc Godard | 8 | 1 | First Name: Carmen (1983) | France |
2 | Gianni Amelio | 8 | 1 | The Way We Laughed (1998) | Italy |
3 | Mario Martone | 7 | 0 | — | Italy |
4 | Amos Gitai | 7 | 0 | — | Israel |
5 | Takeshi Kitano | 6 | 1 | Hana-bi (1997) | Japan |
6 | Alain Resnais | 6 | 1 | Last Year at Marienbad (1961) | France |
7 | Akira Kurosawa | 6 | 1 | Rashomon (1951) | Japan |
8 | Abel Ferrara | 6 | 0 | — | France; Italy |
9 | Andrei Konchalovsky | 6 | 0 | — | Russia |
10 | Philippe Garrel | 6 | 0 | — | France |
11 | Manuel de Oliveira | 6 | 0 | — | Portugal |
12 | Pupi Avati | 6 | 0 | — | Italy |
13 | Pablo Larraín | 6 | 0 | — | Chile |
13 | Darren Aronofsky | 5 | 1 | The Wrestler (2008) | USA |
14 | Éric Rohmer | 5 | 1 | The Green Ray (1986) | France |
15 | Luchino Visconti | 5 | 1 | Sandra (1965) | Italy |
17 | Peter Greenaway | 5 | 0 | — | United Kingdom |
18 | João Botelho | 5 | 0 | — | Brazil |
19 | John Huston | 5 | 0 | — | Canada |
20 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 5 | 0 | — | Japan |
21 | Emilio Fernández | 5 | 0 | — | Mexico |
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