SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu is presented by the Vibri Media Group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best film direction done by a director in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Trivikram Srinivas is the most nominated with five nominations whereas, S. S. Rajamouli and Sukumar are the most awarded with three wins each.

Superlatives

Winners

Nominations

• 2011: Srinu Vaitla – Dookudu
• V. V. Vinayak – Badrinath
• K. Dasarath – Mr. Perfect
• Sukumar – 100% Love
• Bapu – Sri Rama Rajyam
• 2012: Harish Shankar – Gabbar Singh
• S. S. Rajamouli – Eega
• Vikram Kumar – Ishq
• Trivikram Srinivas – Julai
• Puri Jagannadh – Businessman
• 2013: Trivikram Srinivas – Attarintiki Daredi
• Koratala Siva – Mirchi
• Srikanth Addala – Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
• Vijaykumar Konda – Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
• V. V. Vinayak – Naayak
• 2014: Surender Reddy – Race Gurram
• Srivass – Loukyam
• Boyapati Srinu – Legend
• Vikram Kumar – Manam
• Srikanth Addala – Mukunda
• 2015: S. S. Rajamouli – '
• Gunasekhar – Rudramadevi
• Koratala Siva – Srimanthudu
• Krish – Kanche
• Maruthi – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
• 2016: Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri
• Boyapati Srinu – Sarrainodu
• Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage
• Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho
• Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa
• 2017: S. S. Rajamouli – '
• Krish – Gautamiputra Satakarni
• Sandeep Reddy Vanga – Arjun Reddy
• Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi
• Satish Vegesna – Sathamanam Bhavati
• 2018: Sukumar – Rangasthalam
• Indraganti Mohan Krishna – Sammohanam
• Nag Ashwin – Mahanati
• Parasuram – Geetha Govindam
• Trivikram Srinivas – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
• 2019: Vamshi Paidipally – Maharshi
• B. V. Nandini Reddy – Oh! Baby
• Puri Jagannadh – iSmart Shankar
• Anil Ravipudi – '
• Gowtam Tinnanuri – Jersey
• Shiva Nirvana – Majili
• 2020: Trivikram Srinivas – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
• Anil Ravipudi – Sarileru Neekevvaru
• Venky Kudumula – Bheeshma
• Venkatesh Maha – Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya
• Mohana Krishna Indraganti – V
• 2021: Sukumar – '
• Boyapati Srinu – Akhanda
• Gopichand Malineni – Krack
• K. V. Anudeep – Jathi Ratnalu
• Rahul Sankrityan – Shyam Singha Roy
• Prasanth Varma – Zombie Reddy
• 2022: S. S. Rajamouli – RRR
• Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya 2
• Hanu Raghavapudi – Sita Ramam
• Sashi Kiran Tikka – Major
• Vimal Krishna – DJ Tillu
• 2023: Srikanth Odela – Dasara
• Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari
• Bobby Kolli – Waltair Veerayya
• Gopichand Malineni – Veera Simha Reddy
• Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha
• Sai Rajesh – Baby
• 2024: Sukumar – '
• Koratala Siva – '
• Nag Ashwin – Kalki 2898 AD
• Prasanth Varma – Hanu-Man
• Venky Atluri – Lucky Baskhar

See also

• SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu

References