The FAMAS Award for Best Director is one of the major FAMAS Awards, given to the film director who has shown great artistic instincts, choices and excellence in assembling his or her motion picture. The FAMAS Best Director is chosen from the Filipino films shown in the previous calendar year that were screened by the FAMAS. As of the 55th FAMAS Awards, four women have been awarded the prestigious award, namely Fely Crisostomo, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Laurice Guillen and Lupita Aquino (Kashiwahara); and twenty-six men.

FAMAS Best Directors

• 1952 Gerardo de Leon
• 1953 Lamberto V. Avellana
• 1954 Cesar Gallardo
• 1955 Gregorio Fernandez
• 1956 Ramon Estela
• 1957 Cesar Gallardo
• 1958 Gerardo de Leon
• 1959 Jose de Villa
• 1960 Gerardo de Leon
• 1961 Gerardo de Leon
• 1962 Gerardo de Leon
• 1963 Armando de Guzman
• 1964 Lamberto V. Avellana
• 1965 Gerardo de Leon
• 1966 Eddie Romero
• 1967 Fely Crisostomo
• 1968 Luis Nepomuceno
• 1969 Eddie Garcia
• 1970 Lino Brocka
• 1971 Gerardo de Leon
• 1972 Augusto Buenaventura
• 1973 Jun Raquiza
• 1974 Lino Brocka
• 1975 Lino Brocka
• 1976 Lupita Concio
• 1977 Augusto Buenaventura
• 1978 Celso Ad. Castillo
• 1979 Lino Brocka
• 1980 Eddie Romero
• 1981 Augusto Buenaventura
• 1982 Eddie Garcia
• 1983 Marilou Diaz - Abaya
• 1984 Fernando Poe, Jr. [as Ronwaldo Reyes]
• 1985 Celso Ad. Castillo
• 1986 Eddie Garcia
• 1987 Eddie Garcia
• 1988 Elwood Perez
• 1989 Eddie Garcia and Elwood Perez
• 1990 Lino Brocka
• 1991 Elwood Perez
• 1992 Carlos Siguion - Reyna
• 1993 Augusto Salvador
• 1994 Carlo J. Caparas
• 1995 Fernando Poe, Jr. [as Ronwaldo Reyes]; Willie Milan
• 1996 Antonio Jose Perez
• 1997 Amable Aguiluz
• 1998 Marilou Diaz - Abaya
• 1999 Marilou Diaz - Abaya
• 2000 Laurice Guillen
• 2001 Marilou Diaz - Abaya
• 2002 Gil Portes
• 2003 Maryo J. de los Reyes
• 2004 Maryo J. de los Reyes
• 2005 Cholo Laurel
• 2006 Jose Javier Reyes
• 2007 Maryo J. de los Reyes
• 2008 Ed Palmos
• 2009 Joel Lamangan

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