SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best film direction done by an debut director in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.

Nominations

 * 2011: B. V. Nandini Reddy – Ala Modalaindi
 * Santosh Srinivas – Kandireega
 * Venu Sree Raam – Oh My Friend
 * Veerabhadram Chowdary – Aha Naa Pellanta
 * Ajay Bhuyan – Dhada
 * 2012: Maruthi – Ee Rojullo
 * Tanikella Bharani – Midhunam
 * Balaji Mohan – Love Failure
 * Ohmkar – Genius
 * Kranthi Madhav – Onamalu
 * 2014: Sujeeth – Run Raja Run
 * Sripriya – Drushyam
 * Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya
 * K. S. Ravindra – Power
 * Srinivas Avasarala – Oohalu Gusagusalade
 * 2015: Anil Ravipudi –  Pataas 
 * Karthik Ghattamaneni – Surya vs Surya
 * Radha Krishna Kumar – Jil
 * Nag Ashwin – Yevade Subramanyam
 * Sriram Aditya– Bhale Manchi Roju
 * 2016: Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam – Pelli Choopulu
 * G. Naga Koteswara Rao – Nirmala Convent
 * K. V. Dayanand Reddy – Siddhartha
 * Kalyan Krishna Kurasala – Soggade Chinni Nayana
 * Ravikanth Perepu – Kshanam
 * 2017: Sandeep Vanga – Arjun Reddy
 * Mahi V. Raghav – Anando Brahma
 * Prabhakar Podakandla – Next Nuvve
 * Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi
 * Vivek Athreya – Mental Madhilo
 * 2018: Ajay Bhupathi – RX 100
 * Rahul Ravindran – Chi La Sow
 * Venky Atluri – Tholi Prema
 * Venky Kudumula – Chalo
 * Venu Udugula – Needi Naadi Oke Katha
 * 2019: Swaroop RSJ – Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya
 * Venkat Ramji – Evaru
 * Ritesh Rana – Mathu Vadalara
 * Raj R – Mallesham
 * Vishwak Sen – Falaknuma Das
 * 2020: Karuna Kumar – Palasa 1978
 * Subbu – Solo Brathuke So Better
 * Sandeep Raj – Colour Photo
 * Sailesh Kolanu – HIT: The First Case
 * Ramana Teja – Aswathama
 * 2021: Buchi Babu – Uppena
 * Vijay Kanakamedala – Naandhi
 * Hasith Goli – Raja Raja Chora
 * Sridhar Gade – SR Kalyanamandapam
 * Praveen Kandregula – Cinema Bandi
 * 2022: Mallidi Vassishta – Bimbisara
 * Sai Kiran – Masooda
 * Shree Karthick – Oke Oka Jeevitham
 * Vidya Sagar – Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam
 * Vimal Krishna – DJ Tillu