SIIMA Award for Best Director – Tamil is presented by the Vibri Media Group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best film direction done by a director in Tamil films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.
Superlatives CategoriesRecipientNotesMost winsAtlee2Lokesh KanagarajVetrimaaranMost nominationsVetrimaaran6Most consecutive nominationsMari Selvaraj3 (2023–2025)Most nominations without a winA. R. Murugadoss4
Winners YearDirectorFilmRef2011VetrimaaranAadukalam2012Balaji SakthivelVazhakku Enn 18/9Kamath, Sudhish (15 September 2013) Stars in Sharjah. The Hindu. Retrieved on 2017-01-14.2013BalaParadesi2014Pa. RanjithMadras2015Vignesh ShivanNaanum Rowdy Dhaan2016AtleeTheri2017Mersal2018PandiraajKadaikutty Singam2019VetrimaaranAsuran2020Sudha KongaraSoorarai Pottru2021Lokesh KanagarajMaster2022Vikram2023Nelson DilipkumarJailer2024Rajkumar PeriasamyAmaran2025Ashwath MarimuthuDragon
Nominations
2011: Vetrimaaran – Aadukalam 2012: Balaji Sakthivel – Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Prabhu Solomon – Kumki A. R. Murugadoss – Thuppakki S. R. Prabhakaran – Sundarapandian K. V. Anand – Maattrraan 2013: Bala – Paradesi Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Suseenthiran – Pandiya Naadu Vishnuvardhan – Arrambam Hari – Singam II 2014: Pa. Ranjith – Madras A. R. Murugadoss – Kaththi Vijay – Saivam Vijay Milton – Goli Soda Karthik Subbaraj – Jigarthanda 2015: Vignesh Shivan – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Mohan Raja – Thani Oruvan Gautham Vasudev Menon – Yennai Arindhaal K. V. Anand – Anegan Mani Ratnam – O Kadhal Kanmani 2016: Atlee – Theri M. Manikandan – Aandavan Kattalai Raju Murugan – Joker Sudha Kongara – Irudhi Suttru Vetrimaaran – Visaranai 2017: Atlee – Mersal Arun Prabu – Aruvi Gopi Nainar – Aramm H. Vinoth – Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Pushkar–Gayatri – Vikram Vedha 2018: Pandiraaj – Kadaikutty Singam Ajay Gnanamuthu – Imaikka Nodigal A. R. Murugadoss – Sarkar S. Shankar – 2.0 Vetrimaaran – Vada Chennai 2019: Vetrimaaran – Asuran Lokesh Kanagaraj – Kaithi Thiagarajan Kumararaja – Super Deluxe Ram – Peranbu R. Parthiban – Oththa Seruppu Size 7 2020: Sudha Kongara – Soorarai Pottru A. R. Murugadoss – Darbar Mysskin – Psycho R. S. Durai Senthilkumar – Pattas 2021: Lokesh Kanagaraj – Master Nelson – Doctor Mari Selvaraj – Karnan Pa. Ranjith – Sarpatta Parambarai A. L. Vijay – Thalaivii Venkat Prabhu – Maanaadu 2022: Lokesh Kanagaraj – Vikram Gautham Ramachandran – Gargi M. Manikandan – Kadaisi Vivasayi Mani Ratnam – Ponniyin Selvan: I Mithran R. Jawahar – Thiruchitrambalam 2023: Nelson Dilipkumar – Jailer Lokesh Kanagaraj – Leo Mani Ratnam – Ponniyin Selvan: II Mari Selvaraj – Maamannan S. U. Arun Kumar – Chithha Vetrimaaran – Viduthalai Part 1 2024: Rajkumar Periasamy – Amaran C. Prem Kumar – Meiyazhagan Mari Selvaraj – Vaazhai Nithilan Saminathan – Maharaja Pa. Ranjith – Thangalaan Vetrimaaran – Viduthalai Part 2 2025: Ashwath Marimuthu – Dragon Mari Selvaraj – Bison Kaalamaadan Ram – Paranthu Po Sri Ganesh – 3BHK S. U. Arun Kumar – Veera Dheera Sooran References