Jussi Award for Best Director is an award presented annually at the Jussi Awards by Filmiaura, a Finnish film organization founded in 1962. The Jussi Awards were created by Elokuvajournalistit ry in 1944 and the first ceremony was held the same year, honoring Finnish films released between 1942 and 1944.[1]
| Indicates the winner | |
| ^ | Indicates posthumous winner |
| Year | Director(s) | Film | English title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942/43/44 (1st) | Valkoiset ruusut | White Roses | |
| 1944/45 (2nd) | Dynamiittityttö Linnaisten vihreä kamari | The Girl and the Gangsters The Green Chamber of Linnais | |
| 1945/46 (3rd) | N/A | ||
| 1946/47 (4th) | Loviisa – Niskavuoren nuori emäntä | Lovisa, the Young Mistress of Niskavuori | |
| 1947/48 (5th) | Pikajuna pohjoiseen | North Express | |
| 1948/49 (6th) | | Ihmiset suviyössä | People in the Summer Night |
| 1949/50 (7th) | Katupeilin takana | Behind the Mirror in the Window | |
| 1950/51 (8th) | Radio tekee murron | The Radio Commits a Burglary | |
| 1951/52 (9th) | Omena putoaa | The Apple Falls | |
| 1952/53 (10th) | Niskavuoren Heta | Heta from Niskavuori | |
| 1953/54 (11th) | Sininen viikko Tyttö kuunsillalta | Blue Week The Girl from Moon Bridge | |
| 1954/55 (12th) | Isän vanha ja uusi Hilmanpäivät | Father's New and Ex Hilma's Name Day | |
| 1955/56 (13th) | Tuntematon sotilas | The Unknown Soldier | |
| 1956/57 (14th) | Elokuu | The Harvest Month | |
| 1957/58 (15th) | N/A | ||
| 1958/59 (16th) | Mies tältä tähdeltä | A Man from This Planet | |
| 1959/60 not held | N/A | ||
| 1960/61 not held | N/A | ||
| 1961 (17th) | Rakas... | Darling | |
| 1962 (18th) | Pojat | The Boys | |
| 1963 (19th) | Sissit | The Partisans | |
| 1964/65 (20th) | Onnenpeli | – | |
| 1966 (21st) | Käpy selän alla | Skin, Skin | |
| 1967 (22nd) | | Työmiehen päiväkirja Lapualaismorsian | The Diary of a Worker Girl of Finland |
| 1968 (23rd) | | Mustaa valkoisella Täällä Pohjantähden alla Punahilkka | Black on White Here, Beneath the North Star Little Red Riding Hood |
| 1969 (24th) | Kesyttömät veljekset | The Brothers | |
| 1970 (25th) | Bensaa suonissa | Rally (Gas in the Veins) | |
| 1971/72 (26th) | Kahdeksan surmanluotia | Eight Deadly Shots | |
| 1972/73 (27th) | | Laukaus tehtaalla Sotaerakko (TV movie) Se tavallinen tarina (TV movie) | A Shot in the Factory Hermit of War The Usual Story |
| 1973/74 (28th) | Maa on syntinen laulu | The Earth Is a Sinful Song | |
| 1974/75 (29th) | | Jouluksi kotiin Simpauttaja (TV movie) | Home for Christmas – |
| 1975/76 (30th) | N/A | ||
| 1976/77 (31st) | | Antti Puuhaara | Antti the Treebranch |
| 1977/78 (32nd) | ^ | Aika hyvä ihmiseksi Jäniksen vuosi | People Not as Bad as They Seem The Year of the Hare |
| 1978/79 (33rd) | Vartioitu kylä 1944 | The Guarded Village 1944 | |
| 1979/80 (34th) | N/A | ||
| 1980/81 (35th) | | Yö meren rannalla Tulipää Tulipää | Night by the Seashore Flame Top Flame Top |
| 1981/82 (36th) | Ajolähtö | Gotta Run! | |
| 1982/83 (37th) | Arvottomat | The Worthless | |
| 1983/84 (38th) | | Musta hurmio (TV movie) Pessi ja Illusia | – Pessi and Illusia |
| 1984/85 (39th) | 8. päivä (TV movie) Yksinpuhelu (TV movie) | – – | |
| 1985 (40th) | Tuntematon sotilas | The Unknown Soldier | |
| 1986 (41st) | N/A | ||
| 1987 (42nd) | Den förtollade vägen (TV movie) | – | |
| 1988 (43rd) | Pohjanmaa | Plainlands | |
| 1989 (44th) | Talvisota | The Winter War | |
| 1990 (45th) | Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö | The Match Factory Girl | |
| 1991 (46th) | Zombie ja Kummitusjuna | Zombie and the Ghost Train | |
| 1992 (47th) | Boheemielämää | The Bohemian Life | |
| 1993 (48th) | Isä meidän | Pater Noster | |
| 1994 (49th) | Esa ja Vesa – auringonlaskun ratsastajat | Sunset Riders | |
| 1995 (50th) | Kivenpyörittäjän kylä | The Last Wedding | |
| 1996 (51st) | Kauas pilvet karkaavat | Drifting Clouds | |
| 1997 (52nd) | Lunastus | The Redemption | |
| 1998 (53rd) | Kuningasjätkä | A Summer by the River | |
| 1999 (54th) | Rukajärven tie | Ambush | |
| 2000 (55th) | Bad Luck Love | Bad Luck Love | |
| 2001 (56th) | Joki | The River | |
| 2002 (57th) | Mies vailla menneisyyttä | The Man Without a Past | |
| 2003 (58th) | Eila | Eila | |
| 2004 (59th) | Koirankynnen leikkaaja | Dog Nail Clipper | |
| 2005 (60th) | Paha maa | Frozen Land | |
| 2006 (61st) | Valkoinen kaupunki | Frozen City | |
| 2007 (62nd) | Musta jää | Black Ice | |
| 2008 (63rd) | Tummien perhosten koti | The Home of Dark Butterflies | |
| 2009 (64th) | Postia pappi Jaakobille | Letters to Father Jacob | |
| 2010 (65th) | Napapiirin sankarit | Lapland Odyssey | |
| 2011 (66th) | Le Havre | Le Havre | |
| 2012 (67th) | Kohta 18 | Almost 18 | |
| 2013 (68th) | Betoniyö | Concrete Night | |
| 2014 (69th) | He ovat paenneet | They Have Escaped | |
| 2015 (70th) | Häiriötekijä | Distractions | |
| 2016 (71st) | Hymyilevä mies | The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | |
| 2017 (72nd) | Ikitie | The Eternal Road | |
| 2018 (73rd) | Tyhjiö | Void | |
| 2019 (74th) | Aurora | Aurora | |