# SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu is presented by 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 5 nominations while S. S. Rajamouli is the most awarded director with three wins.

## Superlatives

| Categories | Recipient | Notes |
| Most awards | S. S. Rajamouli | 3 awards |
| Most nominations | Trivikram Srinivas | 5 nominations |
| Most nominations without a win | Koratala Siva | 3 nominations |

## Winners

| Year | Director | Film |
| 2011 | Srinu Vaitla | Dookudu |
| 2012 | Harish Shankar | Gabbar Singh |
| 2013 | Trivikram Srinivas | Attarintiki Daredi |
| 2014 | Surender Reddy | Race Gurram |
| 2015 | S. S. Rajamouli | Baahubali: The Beginning |
| 2016 | Vamsi Paidipally | Oopiri |
| 2017 | S. S. Rajamouli | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion |
| 2018 | Sukumar | Rangasthalam |
| 2019 | Vamshi Paidipally | Maharshi |
| 2020 | Trivikram Srinivas | Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo |
| 2021 | Sukumar | Pushpa: The Rise |
| 2022 | S. S. Rajamouli | RRR |
| 2023 | Srikanth Odela | Dasara |

## 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 – Baahubali: The Beginning
** 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 – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
** 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 – F2: Fun and Frustration
** 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 – Pushpa: The Rise
** 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