Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu

The Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu is presented by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The awards were extended to "Best Director" in 1972.

Superlatives

• K. Viswanath has the record of winning the award eight times and winning it twice in a row, on three separate occasions (1974–1975, 1982–1983 and 1986–1987).
• S. S. Rajamouli has received the award five times, which is the second most. He is the only director to have won the award in three separate decades: the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. He also holds the record for receiving 10 nominations, the highest among all.
• Nandini Reddy and Sripriya are the only female directors to have been nominated, for their films Ala Modalaindi (2011) and Drushyam (2014) respectively.
• Krish remains the only director to have won the award for his first two films, Gamyam and Vedam, consecutively.
• Sukumar, Venu Yeldandi and Krish are the only directors who received the award for their debut films.

Winners

Nominations

Before 2000 year there have been no nominations for Filmfare Awards South in Telugu films, The panel of judges jury members are selected for winners in different Categories.

2000s

• 2001: Teja – Nuvvu Nenu
• B. Gopal – Narasimha Naidu
• Krishna Vamsi – Murari
• 2002: Krishna Vamsi – Khadgam
• Puri Jagannadh – Idiot
• Teja – Jayam
• V. V. Vinayak – Aadi
• 2003: Gunasekhar – Okkadu
• Rasool Ellore – Okariki Okaru
• S. S. Rajamouli – Simhadri
• Puri Jagannadh – Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
• 2004: Sukumar – Arya
• K. Vijaya Bhaskar – Malliswari
• S. S. Rajamouli – Sye
• Sekhar Kammula – Anand
• 2005: Trivikram Srinivas – Athadu
• Muppalaneni Shiva – Sankranti
• Prabhu Deva – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
• Puri Jagannadh – Super
• S. S. Rajamouli – Chhatrapati
• 2006: Puri Jagannadh – Pokiri
• Bhaskar – Bommarillu
• S. S. Rajamouli – Vikramarkudu
• Shekhar Kammula – Godavari
• 2007: Sekhar Kammula – Happy Days
• Puri Jagannadh – Desamuduru
• S. S. Rajamouli – Yamadonga
• Sreenu Vaitla – Dhee
• Tulasiram – Mantra
• 2008: Krish – Gamyam
• Bhaskar – Parugu
• Ravi Babu – Nachavule
• Sreenu Vaitla – Ready
• Trivikram Srinivas – Jalsa
• 2009: S. S. Rajamouli – Magadheera
• Chaitanya Dantaluri – Baanam
• Kodi Ramakrishna – Arundhati
• Sukumar – Arya 2
• Surender Reddy – Kick

2010s

• 2010: Krish – Vedam
• Boyapati Srinu – Simha
• Gautham Vasudev Menon – Ye Maaya Chesave
• Sekhar Kammula – Leader
• Vamsi Paidipally – Brindavanam
• 2011: Sreenu Vaitla – Dookudu
• Bapu – Sri Rama Rajyam
• Dasaradh – Mr. Perfect
• Nandini Reddy – Ala Modalaindi
• Sukumar – 100% Love
• 2012: S. S. Rajamouli – Eega
• Harish Shankar – Gabbar Singh
• Krish – Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum
• Puri Jagannadh – Business Man
• Trivikram Srinivas – Julayi
• 2013: Trivikram Srinivas – Atharintiki Daaredi
• Koratala Siva – Mirchi
• Srikanth Addala – Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
• Vijaykumar Konda – Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
• Virinchi Varma – Uyyala Jampala
• 2014: Vikram Kumar – Manam
• Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya
• Sripriya – Drushyam
• Sujeeth – Run Raja Run
• Surender Reddy – Race Gurram
• 2015: S. S. Rajamouli – '
• Koratala Siva – Srimanthudu
• Kranthi Madhav – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju
• Krish – Kanche
• Trivikram Srinivas – S/O Satyamurthy
• 2016: Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri
• Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage
• Ravikanth Perepu – Kshanam
• Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho
• Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam – Pelli Choopulu
• Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa
• 2017: S. S. Rajamouli – '
• Krish – Gauthamiputra Satakarni
• Sandeep Reddy Vanga – Arjun Reddy
• Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi
• Satish Vegesna – Sathamanam Bhavati
• Sekhar Kammula – Fidaa
• 2018: Nag Ashwin – Mahanati
• Indraganti Mohan Krishna – Sammohanam
• Koratala Siva – Bharat Ane Nenu
• Parasuram – Geetha Govindam
• Sukumar – Rangasthalam
• Venkatesh Maha – C/o Kancharapalem

2020s

• 2020–2021: Sukumar – '
• Buchi Babu Sana – Uppena
• Karuna Kumar – Palasa 1978
• Rahul Sankrityan – Shyam Singha Roy
• Sekhar Kammula – Love Story
• Trivikram Srinivas – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
• Uday Gurrala – Mail
• 2022: S. S. Rajamouli – RRR
• Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya 2
• Hanu Raghavapudi – Sita Ramam
• Sai Kiran – Masooda
• Sashi Kiran Tikka – Major
• Vimal Krishna – DJ Tillu
• 2023: Venu Yeldandi – Balagam
• Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari
• Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha
• Prashanth Neel – '
• Sai Rajesh Neelam – Baby
• Shouryuv – Hi Nanna
• Srikanth Odela – Dasara
• 2024: Sukumar – '
• Nag Ashwin – Kalki 2898 AD
• Nanda Kishore Emani – 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu
• Prasanth Varma – Hanu-Man
• Venky Atluri – Lucky Baskhar
• Yadhu Vamsi – Committee Kurrollu