| Producers Guild Film Award for Best Director | |
| Awarded For: | Best Direction by a Director |
| Presenter: | Film & Television Producers Guild |
| Country: | India |
| Year: | 2004 (for films released around 2003) |
| Holder: | Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bajirao Mastani (2016) |
| Website: | Producers Guild Film Awards |
| Lastawarded: | 2016 |
The Producers Guild Film Award for Best Director (previously known as the Apsara Award for Best Director) is given by the producers of the film and television guild as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise the work of a film director. Following its inception in 2004, no one was awarded in 2005 and 2007.
| Superlative | Best Director | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director with most awards | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | 2 | style="width:100px;" | -- |
| Director with most nominations | 2 | |||
| Director with most nominations (without ever winning) | Vishal Bhardwaj Imtiaz Ali Prakash Jha | 2 | ||
| Year | Director | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Koi Mil Gaya | ||
| 2006 | Black | ||
| 2008 | Chak De India! | ||
| 2009 | Taare Zameen Par | ||
| 2010 | Ghajini | ||
| 2011 | My Name Is Khan | ||
| 2012 | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | ||
| 2013 | Barfi! (tied with) Kahaani | ||
| 2014 | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | ||
| 2015 | Vikas Bahl | Queen | |
| 2016[1] | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Bajirao Mastani |