# Platino Award for Best Director

The Platino Award for Best Director (Spanish: Premio Platino al mejor director / Premio Platino a la mejor dirección) is one of the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's film awards presented annually by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA).

## History

It was first presented at the 1st Platino Awards, where Mexican director Amat Escalante was the first recipient of the award for the film Heli. Escalante also won Best Director at the 56th Ariel Awards, Mexico's most important film awards. Starting with a set of four nominees in 2014, the category presented five nominees from 2015 to 2018, later returning to four in 2019.
Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar is the only director who has won the award more than once with two wins, in 2017 for Julieta and in 2020 for Pain and Glory.
Almodovar is also the most nominated director with four nominations, followed by Pablo Larraín with three, and Sebastián Lelio, Álvaro Brechner, Ciro Guerra, J. A. Bayona, Isabel Coixet and Icíar Bollaín, all with two nominations each.
As of 2024, six of the eleven winners for the award have been Spanish directors, being the country with the most winner and nominees in the category.
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

## Awards and nominations
### 2010s

| Year | Director | English title | Original title |
| 2014 (1st) | Amat Escalante | Heli | Heli |
| 2014 (1st) | David Trueba | Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed | Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados |
| 2014 (1st) | Lucía Puenzo | The German Doctor | Wakolda |
| 2014 (1st) | Sebastián Lelio | Gloria | Gloria |
| 2015 (2nd) | Damián Szifron | Wild Tales | Relatos salvajes |
| 2015 (2nd) | Ernesto Daranas | Behavior | Conducta |
| 2015 (2nd) | Alberto Rodríguez Librero | Marshland | La isla mínima |
| 2015 (2nd) | Álvaro Brechner | Mr. Kaplan | Mr. Kaplan |
| 2015 (2nd) | Mariana Rondón | Bad Hair | Pelo malo |
| 2016 (3rd) | Ciro Guerra | Embrace of the Serpent | El abrazo de la serpiente |
| 2016 (3rd) | Pablo Trapero | The Clan | El Clan |
| 2016 (3rd) | Pablo Larraín | The Club | El Club |
| 2016 (3rd) | Cesc Gay | Truman | Truman |
| 2016 (3rd) | Alonso Ruizpalacios | Güeros | Güeros |
| 2017 (4th) | Pedro Almodóvar | Julieta | Julieta |
| 2017 (4th) | J. A. Bayona | A Monster Calls | Un monstruo viene a verme |
| 2017 (4th) | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Aquarius | Aquarius |
| 2017 (4th) | Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn | The Distinguished Citizen | El ciudadano ilustre |
| 2017 (4th) | Pablo Larraín | Neruda | Neruda |
| 2018 (5th) | Sebastián Lelio | A Fantastic Woman | Una mujer fantástica |
| 2018 (5th) | Álex de la Iglesia | Perfect Strangers | Perfectos desconocidos |
| 2018 (5th) | Fernando Pérez | Last Days in Havana | Últimos días en La Habana |
| 2018 (5th) | Isabel Coixet | The Bookshop | La librería |
| 2018 (5th) | Lucrecia Martel | Zama | Zama |
| 2019 (6th) |
| 2019 (6th) | Alfonso Cuarón | Roma | Roma |
| 2019 (6th) | Javier Fesser | Champions | Campeones |
| 2019 (6th) | Álvaro Brechner | A Twelve-Year Night | La noche de 12 años |
| 2019 (6th) | Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego | Birds of Passage | Pájaros de verano |

### 2020s

| Year | Director | English title | Original title |
| 2020 (7th) | Pedro Almodóvar | Pain and Glory | Dolor y gloria |
| 2020 (7th) | Alejandro Amenábar | While at War | Mientras dure la guerra |
| 2020 (7th) | Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi & Jose Mari Goenaga | The Endless Trench | La trinchera infinita |
| 2020 (7th) | Juan José Campanella | The Weasel's Tale | El cuento de la comadreja |
| 2021 (8th) | Fernando Trueba | Forgotten We'll Be | El olvido que seremos |
| 2021 (8th) | Icíar Bollaín | Rosa's Wedding | La boda de Rosa |
| 2021 (8th) | Jayro Bustamante | La Llorona | La Llorona |
| 2021 (8th) | Michel Franco | New Order | New Order |
| 2022 (9th) | Fernando León de Aranoa | The Good Boss | El buen patrón |
| 2022 (9th) | Icíar Bollaín | Maixabel | Maixabel |
| 2022 (9th) | Pedro Almodóvar | Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas |
| 2022 (9th) | Tatiana Huezo | Prayers for the Stolen | Noche de fuego |
| 2023 (10th) | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | The Beasts | As bestas |
| 2023 (10th) | Carla Simón | Alcarràs | Alcarràs |
| 2023 (10th) | Santiago Mitre | Argentina, 1985 | Argentina, 1985 |
| 2023 (10th) | Alejandro González Iñarritu | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades |
| 2024 (11th) | J. A. Bayona | Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve |
| 2024 (11th) | Isabel Coixet | Un amor | Un amor |
| 2024 (11th) | Lila Avilés | Tótem | Tótem |
| 2024 (11th) | Pablo Larraín | El conde | El conde |
| 2025 (12th) | Arantxa Echevarría | Undercover | La infiltrada |
| 2025 (12th) | Luis Ortega | Kill the Jockey | El jockey |
| 2025 (12th) | Pedro Almodóvar | The Room Next Door | La habitación de al lado |
| 2025 (12th) | Walter Salles | I'm Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui |