2006 Bodil Awards Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film), "Downfall" 2006 Fajr International Film Festival International Competition – Best Technical or Artistic Achievement, "Downfall" 2006 Robert Award Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film), "Downfall" 2009 Prix Europa Special Commendation – TV Fiction "Five Minutes of Heaven" 2009 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award, World Cinema, Dramatic – "Five Minutes of Heaven" Nominations 1998 Adolf Grimme Awards Adolf Grimme Award, Fiction/Entertainment – "Das Urteil" 2001 European Film Awards Audience Award, Best Director, "Das Experiment" 2002 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award, Best Film, "Das Experiment" 2003 Paris Film Festival Grand Prix, "Das Experiment" 2005 Mar del Plata Film Festival Best Film, "Downfall" 2005 Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film of the Year 2006 Goya Awards Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea), "Downfall" 2006 Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera), "Downfall" 2009 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema – Dramatic, "Five Minutes of Heaven" 2010 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Broadcasting Press Guild Award, Best Single Drama – "Five Minutes of Heaven" References External links Interview with director Oliver Hirschbiegel 1957 births Crystal Simorgh recipients German television directors Film directors from Hamburg German-language film directors Living people Waldorf school alumni Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize recipients University of Fine Arts of Hamburg alumni