page_title: Kerala State Film Award for Best Director
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: Kerala State Film Award for Best Director / Winners
caption_attribution_description: Malayalam movie director Adoor GopalaKrishnan Location: GraFTII's 50 year celebration organized in GraFTII Kerala chapter at Thiruvananthapuram.
context_page_description: The Kerala State Film Award for Best Director is an honour presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969. It is given to a film director who has exhibited outstanding direction while working in the Malayalam film industry. Until 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala. Since 1998, the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-profit organisation functioning under the Department of Cultural Affairs, has been exercising control over the awards. The recipients are decided by an independent jury formed by the academy. They are declared by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister.
  The first Kerala State Film Awards ceremony was held in 1970 with cinematographer-director A. Vincent receiving the Best Director award for his work in Nadhi. Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of Kerala has presented a total of 49 best director awards to 25 different filmmakers. The recipients receive a figurine, a certificate, and a cash prize of ₹2 lakh.
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caption: Adoor Gopalakrishnan has won the award six times.
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