| Platino Award for Best Director | |
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| Presenter: | Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA) |
| Country: | Ibero-America |
| Holder: | J. A. Bayona for Society of the Snow (2024) |
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).
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.[1]
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 alongside Pablo Larraín are also the most nominated directors in the category with three nominations each, followed by Sebastián Lelio, Álvaro Brechner, Ciro Guerra, J. A. Bayona, Isabel Coixet and Icíar Bollaín, all with two nominations each.
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
| Year | Director | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (7th) [10] |  Pedro Almodóvar | Pain and Glory | Dolor y gloria |
| Alejandro Amenábar | While at War | Mientras dure la guerra | |
| Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi & Jose Mari Goenaga | The Endless Trench | La trinchera infinita | |
 Juan José Campanella | The Weasel's Tale | El cuento de la comadreja | |
| 2021 (8th) [11] | Fernando Trueba | Forgotten We'll Be | El olvido que seremos |
| Rosa's Wedding | La boda de Rosa | ||
| La Llorona | |||
| New Order | New Order | ||
| 2022 (9th) [12] [13] | Fernando León de Aranoa | The Good Boss | El buen patrón |
| Maixabel | |||
| Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas | ||
| Prayers for the Stolen | Noche de fuego | ||
| 2023 (10th) [14] [15] | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | The Beasts | As bestas |
| Alcarràs | |||
| Argentina, 1985 | |||
| Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades | ||
| 2024 (11th) [16] [17] | J. A. Bayona | Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve |
| Un amor | |||
| Tótem | |||
| El conde | |||
