Robert Eggers
Awards & Honours
14
Awards Won
3
Rankings
4
Covers
2
Records
Eggers has won major directing prizes from the Golden Globes, BAFTA, and Critics' Choice for Nosferatu. He swept the 2019 critics' circle awards with The Lighthouse, taking Best Director from New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Toronto. His debut The Witch earned him the Sundance Best Director trophy and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. He is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive auteurs working in horror.
Awards
Rankings & Lists
The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
The 100 Best Directors of the 21st Century
The 100 Greatest Directors of All Time
Magazine Covers
Time
January 2025
The Visionary: Robert Eggers on Crafting the Year's Most Haunting Film
Rolling Stone
December 2024
Robert Eggers: The Dark Genius Behind Nosferatu
Vanity Fair
November 2024
The Auteur of Anxiety: Robert Eggers' Gothic Revolution
GQ
February 2025
The Man Who Makes Horror History: Robert Eggers' Nosferatu
Records & Feats
First director to win Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Critics' Choice for a horror film in the same year
Eggers won all three major directing awards for Nosferatu in 2025, a first for the horror genre.
Highest-grossing film directed by Robert Eggers
Nosferatu grossed over $180 million worldwide, surpassing his previous films.