Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Director

Last updated September 10, 2022

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]

Best Director
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

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↑ "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

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[1] "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

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