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).

History 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. Starting with a set of four nominees in 2014, the category presented five nominees from 2015 to 2018, later returning to four in 2019.

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 is also the most nominated director with four nominations, followed by Pablo Larraín with three, and Sebastián Lelio, Álvaro Brechner, Ciro Guerra, J. A. Bayona, Isabel Coixet and Icíar Bollaín, all with two nominations each.

As of 2024, six of the eleven winners for the award have been Spanish directors, being the country with the most winner and nominees in the category.

In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

Awards and nominations

2010s YearDirectorEnglish titleOriginal title2014(1st) Amat Escalante Heli David TruebaLiving Is Easy with Eyes ClosedVivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados Lucía PuenzoThe German DoctorWakolda Sebastián LelioGloria2015(2nd) Damián SzifronWild TalesRelatos salvajes Ernesto Daranas BehaviorConducta Alberto Rodríguez Librero MarshlandLa isla mínima Álvaro BrechnerMr. Kaplan Mariana RondónBad HairPelo malo2016(3rd) Ciro GuerraEmbrace of the SerpentEl abrazo de la serpiente Pablo TraperoThe ClanEl Clan Pablo LarraínThe ClubEl Club Cesc GayTruman Alonso RuizpalaciosGüeros2017(4th) Pedro Almodóvar Julieta J. A. BayonaA Monster CallsUn monstruo viene a verme Kleber Mendonça FilhoAquarius Gastón Duprat & Mariano CohnThe Distinguished CitizenEl ciudadano ilustre Pablo LarraínNeruda2018(5th)El chileno Sebastián Lelio gana el premio Platino a mejor director Sebastián Lelio A Fantastic WomanUna mujer fantástica Álex de la IglesiaPerfect StrangersPerfectos desconocidos Fernando PérezLast Days in HavanaÚltimos días en La Habana Isabel CoixetThe BookshopLa librería Lucrecia MartelZama2019(6th) Alfonso CuarónRoma Javier FesserChampionsCampeones Álvaro BrechnerA Twelve-Year NightLa noche de 12 años Ciro Guerra & Cristina GallegoBirds of PassagePájaros de verano

2020s YearDirectorEnglish titleOriginal title2020(7th) Pedro Almodóvar Pain and GloryDolor y gloria Alejandro AmenábarWhile at WarMientras dure la guerra Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi & Jose Mari GoenagaThe Endless TrenchLa trinchera infinita Juan José CampanellaThe Weasel's Tale El cuento de la comadreja2021(8th) Fernando Trueba Forgotten We'll Be El olvido que seremos Icíar Bollaín Rosa's Wedding La boda de Rosa Jayro Bustamante La Llorona Michel Franco New Order New Order 2022(9th) Fernando León de Aranoa The Good Boss El buen patrón Icíar Bollaín Maixabel Pedro Almodóvar Parallel Mothers Madres paralelas Tatiana Huezo Prayers for the Stolen Noche de fuego2023(10th) Rodrigo Sorogoyen The Beasts As bestas Carla Simón Alcarràs Santiago Mitre Argentina, 1985 Alejandro González Iñarritu Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades2024(11th) J. A. Bayona Society of the Snow La sociedad de la nieve Isabel Coixet Un amor Lila Avilés Tótem Pablo Larraín El conde2025(12th) Walter Salles I'm Still Here Ainda Estou Aqui Luis Ortega Kill the Jockey El jockey Pedro Almodóvar The Room Next Door La habitación de al lado Arantxa Echevarría Undercover La infiltrada2026(13th) Kleber Mendonça Filho The Secret Agent O Agente Secreto Alauda Ruiz de Azúa Sundays Los domingos Dolores Fonzi Belén Oliver Laxe Sirāt

See also Goya Award for Best Director

References

External links Official site