Kerala State Film Award for Best Director

Superlatives

Superlative	Best Direction
Most awards	G. Aravindan	7 awards
Second most winner	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	6 awards

The Kerala State Film Award for Best Director winners:

Year	Images	Director	Film
1969		A. Vincent	Nadi
1970		K. S. Sethumadhavan	Ara Nazhika Neram
1971		K. S. Sethumadhavan	Karakanakadal
1972		K. S. Sethumadhavan	Panitheeratha Veedu
1973		M. T. Vasudevan Nair	Nirmaalyam
1974		G. Aravindan	Uttarayanam
1975		P. A. Backer	Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol
1976		T. Rajeevnath	Thanal
1977		Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Kodiyettam
1978		G. Aravindan	Thampu
1979		G. Aravindan	Esthappan
1980	–	K. S. Sethumadhavan	Oppol
1981		G. Aravindan	Pokkuveyil
1982		Bharathan	Marmaram
1983		Fazil	Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku
1984		Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Mukhamukham
1985		G. Aravindan	Chidambaram
1986		G. Aravindan	Oridathu
1987		Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Anantaram
1988		K. P. Kumaran	Rukmini
1989		I. V. Sasi	Mrigaya
1990		G. Aravindan	Vasthuhara
1991		Kamal	Ulladakkam
1992		Hariharan	Sargam
1993		Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Vidheyan
1994		Shaji N. Karun	Swaham
1995		Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Kathapurushan
1996		Jayaraj	Deshadanam
1997	100px	T. V. Chandran	Mangamma
1998	100px	Shyamaprasad	Agnisakshi
1999		Shaji N. Karun	Vanaprastham
2000		M. T. Vasudevan Nair	Oru Cheru Punchiri
2001	100px	T. V. Chandran	Dany
2002	No winner
2003	100px	Sibi Malayil	Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum
2004	100px	Shyamaprasad	Akale
2005	100px	Blessy	Thanmathra
2006	100px	Lenin Rajendran	Rathri Mazha
2007	100px	M. G. Sasi	Adayalangal
2008		Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Oru Pennum Randaanum
2009	–	Hariharan	Pazhassi Raja
2010	100px	Shyamaprasad	Elektra
2011	100px	Blessy	Pranayam
2012	100px	Lal Jose	Ayalum Njanum Thammil
2014^[1]	130px	Sanalkumar Sasidharan	Oraalppokkam
2015		Martin Prakkat	Charlie