National Film Award for Best Director ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is the highest award for film directors in Bangladesh, presented annually at Bangladesh

National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

ceremony by the Ministry of Information. It is given in honour of a film director who has exhibited excellence directing in

Bangladeshi cinema The Bangladeshi Cinema, better known as Dhallywood ( bn, ঢালিউড), is the Bengali-language film industry based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has often been a significant film industry since the early 1970s. The dominant style of Bangl ...

. Since 1975, the award is given annually except in 1981, 1998 and 2003. It is presented by the President of Bangladesh at a ceremony held in Dhaka. The

1st National Film Awards The 1st National Film Awards, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema censored in the year 1953. Ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 10 October 1954 and awards were gi ...

ceremony was held in 1976, and

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was the first awardee of this category for directing the film '' Lathial'' (1975). Since its inception, a total of 43 awards have been given to 32 directors.

A. J. Mintu A J Mintu is a Bangladeshi film director and has won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director four times. Education Mintu studied at the Gopal Chandra Institution (GCI) High School in Pabna. Filmography * ''Protigga'' (1980) * ''Maa ...

has received the most awards in this category with four, following

Sheikh Niamat Ali Sheikh Niamat Ali (30 April 1940 – 24 November 2003) was a Bangladeshi film director. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director in 1979, 1985 and 1995 for all the three feature films he ever made - ''Surja Dighal Bari'', ''Dahan'' ...

three times. 2017 best director, producer & Screenplay writer Reazul Rezu. As of the 2019 ceremony,

Mostafizur Rahman Manik Mustafizur Rahman Manik is a Bangladeshi film director. His works include ''Mon Chuyeche Mon'', ''Tomar Preme Porechi'', ''Eto Prem Eto Maya'', and ''Anando Ashru'' (2020). He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film '' ...

is the recent winner in this category for the film ''

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' (2018).

List of winners

;Key

Multiple wins

The following individuals have won multiple Best Director awards:

Diversity of nominees/winners

Female nominees/winners

Shuchanda Kohinoor Akhter (known by her stage name Shuchanda) is a Bangladeshi film actress and director. She started her career in the mid 1960s and acted in about 100 movies. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film '' Hajar ...

is a solo winner of this category in the

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for the film ''

Hajar Bachhor Dhore ''Hajar Bachhor Dhore'' also ( bn, হাজার বছর ধরে, English: ''Symphony of Agony'') is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language film. It was released in 2005 throughout Bangladesh. It was directed by Kohinur Akter Suchanda. Based on ...

''.

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National Film Awards (Bangladesh) The National Film Awards ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is an annual awards ceremony held annually in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is considered to be the most prominent film award ceremony in Banglades ...