Dmitri Shostakovich | Dmitri Nabokov | Dmitri Soloviev | Dmitri Kurakin | Dmitri Kitayenko | '''(ru)''' Dmitri Nagiev | Dmitri Zakharovich Protopopov | Dmitri Yaroslavich Ivanov | Dmitri Volkogonov | Dmitri Vasilyevich Nikolayev | Dmitri Vadimovich Golubev | Dmitri Tymoczko | Dmitri Svatkovskiy | Dmitri Sokolov | Dmitri Pavlichenko | Dmitri Orlov | Dmitri Olegovich Sokolov | Dmitri Matsjuk | Dmitri Lvovich Proshin | Dmitri Konstantinovich Sergeyev | Dmitri Kedrin | Dmitri Igorevich Ivanov | Dmitri Hvorostovsky | Dmitri Bulykin | Dmitri Borgmann | Dmitri Bobrov | Dmitri Berlinsky | Dmitri Barsouk | Dmitri Baltermants | Dmitri Andreyevich Golubev |
Past winners include following young directors: Klaus Härö, Srdan Golubović, Janus Metz Pedersen, Ilmar Raag, Eran Kolirin, Erika Hnikova, Laurent Hasse, Jaroslav Vojtek, Mara Tuleutayeva, Katarzyna Roslaniec, Sarah Cunningham, Dmitri Mamulia, Sabit Kurmanbekov.