Screen Award for Best Director
| Screen Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
| The 2020 Recipient: Zoya Akhtar | |
| Awarded for | "Excellence in cinematic direction achievement" | 
| Country | India | 
| Presented by | Screen India | 
| First award | Sooraj R. Barjatya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1995) | 
| Currently held by | Zoya Akhtar, Gully Boy (2020) | 
The Screen Award for Best Director is chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian "Bollywood" film industry and the winners are announced in January. Frequent winners include Sanjay Leela Bhansali (3), Rakesh Roshan and Ashutosh Gowariker (2)