SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best film direction done by a director in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Trivikram Srinivas is the most nominated with 5 nominations while S. S. Rajamouli is the most awarded director with three wins.

Nominations

 * 2011: Srinu Vaitla – Dookudu
 * V. V. Vinayak – Badrinath
 * K. Dasarath – Mr. Perfect
 * Sukumar – 100% Love
 * Bapu – Sri Rama Rajyam
 * 2012: Harish Shankar – Gabbar Singh
 * S. S. Rajamouli – Eega
 * Vikram Kumar – Ishq
 * Trivikram Srinivas – Julai
 * Puri Jagannadh – Businessman
 * 2013: Trivikram Srinivas – Attarintiki Daredi
 * Koratala Siva – Mirchi
 * Srikanth Addala – Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
 * Vijaykumar Konda – Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
 * V. V. Vinayak – Naayak
 * 2014: Surender Reddy – Race Gurram
 * Srivass – Loukyam
 * Boyapati Srinu – Legend
 * Vikram Kumar – Manam
 * Srikanth Addala – Mukunda
 * 2015: S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali: The Beginning
 * Gunasekhar – Rudramadevi
 * Koratala Siva – Srimanthudu
 * Krish – Kanche
 * Maruthi – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
 * 2016: Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri
 * Boyapati Srinu – Sarrainodu
 * Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage
 * Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho
 * Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa
 * 2017: S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
 * Krish – Gautamiputra Satakarni
 * Sandeep Reddy Vanga – Arjun Reddy
 * Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi
 * Satish Vegesna – Sathamanam Bhavati
 * 2018: Sukumar – Rangasthalam
 * Indraganti Mohan Krishna – Sammohanam
 * Nag Ashwin – Mahanati
 * Parasuram – Geetha Govindam
 * Trivikram Srinivas – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
 * 2019: Vamshi Paidipally – Maharshi
 * B. V. Nandini Reddy – Oh! Baby
 * Puri Jagannadh – iSmart Shankar
 * Anil Ravipudi – F2: Fun and Frustration
 * Gowtam Tinnanuri – Jersey
 * Shiva Nirvana – Majili
 * 2020: Trivikram Srinivas – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
 * Anil Ravipudi – Sarileru Neekevvaru
 * Venky Kudumula – Bheeshma
 * Venkatesh Maha – Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya
 * Mohana Krishna Indraganti – V
 * 2021: Sukumar – Pushpa: The Rise
 * Boyapati Srinu – Akhanda
 * Gopichand Malineni – Krack
 * K. V. Anudeep – Jathi Ratnalu
 * Rahul Sankrityan – Shyam Singha Roy
 * Prasanth Varma – Zombie Reddy
 * 2022: S. S. Rajamouli – RRR
 * Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya 2
 * Hanu Raghavapudi – Sita Ramam
 * Sashi Kiran Tikka – Major
 * Vimal Krishna – DJ Tillu