The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Director is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognise the best director of an African film for the year.[1]
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Year | Director | Film | Result |
2005 | Dickson Iroegbu | The Mayors | Won |
2006 | Andy Nwakalor | Rising Moon | Won |
Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen | Behind Closed Door | Nominated | |
Andy Amenechi | Secret Adventure | Nominated | |
Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen | Family Battle | Nominated | |
Fred Amata | Anini | Nominated | |
Teco Benson | Day of Atonement | Nominated | |
Ifeanyi Onyeabor | My Mother’s Heart | Nominated | |
Boubakar Diallo | Sofia | Nominated | |
2007 | Izu Ojukwu | Sitanda | Won |
Muyiwa Ademola | Apesin | Nominated | |
Jeta Amata | The Amazing Grace | Nominated | |
Tunde Kelani | Abeni | Nominated | |
2008 | Emmanuel Apea | Run Baby Run | Won |
Izu Ojukwu | White Waters | Nominated | |
Frank Rajah Arase | Princess Tyra | Nominated | |
Izu Ojukwu & Kingsley Ogoro | Across the Niger | Nominated | |
Bond Emoruwa | Check Point | Nominated | |
Teco Benson | Mission To Nowhere | Nominated | |
Ifeanyi Onyeabor | New Jerusalem | Nominated | |
Mildred Okwo | 30 Days | Nominated | |
2009 | Wanuri Kahiu | From a Whisper | Won |
Tunde Kelani | Arugba | Nominated | |
Minky Schlesinger | Gugu and Andile | Nominated | |
Math Bish | Battle of the Soul | Nominated | |
Saad Hendawy | Seventh Heaven | Nominated | |
2010 | Shirley Frimpong-Manso | The Perfect Picture | Won |
Shemu Joyah | Seasons of a Life | Nominated | |
Kunle Afolayan | The Figurine | Nominated | |
Leila Djansi | I Sing of a well | Nominated | |
Jude Idada & Lucky Ejim | The Tenant | Nominated | |
2011 | Djo Tunda Wa Munga | Viva Riva! | Won |
Hawa Essuman | Soul Boy | Nominated | |
Oliver Hermanus | Shirley Adams | Nominated | |
Niji Akanni | Aramotu | Nominated | |
Jahmil X.T. Qubeka | A Small Town Called Descent | Nominated | |
Leila Djansi | Sinking Sands | Nominated | |
2012 | Charlie Vundla | How to Steal 2 Million | Won |
Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen | Adesuwa | Nominated | |
Leila Djansi | Ties That Bind | Nominated | |
Bob Nyanja | Rugged Priest | Nominated | |
Khalo Matabane | State of Violence | Nominated | |
Akin Omotoso | Man On Ground | Nominated | |
Sara Blecher | Otelo Burning | Nominated | |
2013 | Niji Akanni | Heroes and Zeros | Won |
Kenneth Gyang | Confusion Na Wa | Nominated | |
Shemu Joyah | The Last Fishing Boat | Nominated | |
Shirley Frimpong-Manso | The Contract | Nominated | |
David 'Tosh' Gitonga | Nairobi Half Life | Nominated | |
Ntshavheni Wa Luruli | Elelwani | Nominated | |
2014 | Jahmil Qubeka | Of Good Report | Won |
Harrikrishna & Sharvan Anenden | Children of Troumaron | Nominated | |
Shirley Frimpong-Manso | Potomanto | Nominated | |
Andrew Mudge | The Forgotten Kingdom | Nominated | |
Teco Benson | Accident | Nominated | |
2015 | Abderrahmane Sissako | Timbuktu | Won |
Theodros Teshome Kebede | Triangle: Going to America | Nominated | |
Theo Nel | iNumber Number | Nominated | |
Philippe Lacôte | Run | Nominated | |
Kunle Afolayan | October 1 | Nominated | |
2016 | Nana Obiri Yeboah | The Cursed Ones | Won |
Biyi Bandele | Fifty | Nominated | |
Sékou Traoré | Eye of the Storm | Nominated | |
Sara Blecher | Ayanda | Nominated | |
Mousa Hamadou Djingarey | La Pagne | Nominated | |
Stephanie Linus | Dry | Nominated | |
Akin Omotoso | Tell Me Sweet Something | Nominated | |
Muhammed Bensouda | Behind Closed Doors | Nominated | |
2017 | Akin Omotoso | Vaya | Won |
Daouda Coulibaly | Wùlu | Nominated | |
Steve Gukas | 93 Days | Nominated | |
Mira Nair | Queen of Katwe | Nominated | |
Izu Ojukwu | 76 | Nominated | |
Daryen Joshua | Call Me Thief | Nominated | |
Alain Gomis | Félicité | Nominated | |
Ala Eddine Slim | The Last Of Us | Nominated | |
Said Khallaf | A Mile in My Shoes | Nominated | |
2018 | Frank Rajah Arase | In My Country | Won |
Safia Djama | The Blessed Vost | Nominated | |
Jade Osiberu | Isoken | Nominated | |
Michael Mathews | Five Fingers For Marseilles | Nominated | |
Oluseyi Siwoku | Cross Roads | Nominated | |
Shemu Joyah | Road to Sunshine | Nominated | |
Darrell Roodt | Siembamba | Nominated | |
Akin Omotoso | Hotel Called Memory | Nominated | |
Peter Kofi Sedufia | Sidechic Gang | Nominated | |
Kenneth Gyang | The Lost Café | Nominated | |
2019 | Jahmil X.T. Qubeka | Sew the Winter to My Skin | Won |
Wanuri Kahiu | Rafiki | Nominated | |
Adekunle Adejuyigbe | The Delivery Boy | Nominated | |
Daryne Joshua | Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story | Nominated | |
Kemi Adetiba | King of Boys | Nominated | |
Mohcine Besri | Urgent | Nominated | |
Mickey Fonseca | Redemption | Nominated | |
Joël Karekezi | The Mercy of the Jungle | Nominated | |
2020 | Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese | This is Not a Burial, It's a resurrection | Won |
Akin Omotoso | The Ghost and House of Truth | Nominated | |
Enah Johnscott | A Fisherman’s Diary | Nominated | |
Jahmil X.T Quebeka | Knuckle City | Nominated | |
Desmond Ovbiagele | The Milkmaid | Nominated | |
Victor Gatonye | 40 Sticks | Nominated | |
Appoline Traore | Desrances | Nominated | |
Pascal Aka | Gold Coast Lounge | Nominated | |
2021 | Chuko Esiri & Ayie Esiri | Eyimofe | Won |
Gilbert Lukalia | Mission to Rescue | Nominated | |
Ryan Kruger | Fried Barry | Nominated | |
Khadar Ahmed | The Gravedigger's Wife | Nominated | |
Morris Mugisha | Stain | Nominated | |
Oshoveli Shipoh | Hairareb | Nominated | |
Ram Ally Kasongo | Nyara/The Kidnapping | Nominated | |
Youssef Chebbi & Ismael | Black Medusa | Nominated |