| Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
 The 2023 recipient: Um Tae-hwa | |
| Awarded for | Best Director |
| Country | South Korea |
| Presented by | Blue Dragon Film Awards |
| First awarded | 1963 |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
| Winner | Um Tae-hwa |
| Website | www |
The Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Director is one of the awards that is presented annually at the Blue Dragon Film Awards by Sports Chosun , which is typically held at the end of the year. [1]
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
| Year | Winner | Film | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
1963 (1st) | Lee Man-hee ‡ | The Marines Who Never Returned | |
| 1964 (2nd) | Yu Hyun-mok ‡ | Extra Human Being | 잉여인간 |
| 1965 (3rd) | Kim Soo-yong ‡ | Sad Story of Self Supporting Child | 저 하늘에도 슬픔이 |
1966 (4th) | Lee Man-hee ‡ | Market | 시장 |
1967 (5th) | Kim Soo-yong ‡ | Children in the Firing Range | |
| 1969 (6th) | Yu Hyun-mok ‡ | Descendents of Cain | 카인의 후예 |
| Year | Winner | Film | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (7th) | Choi Ha-won ‡ | The Old Jar Craftsman | 독짓는 늙은이 |
| 1971 (8th) | Kim Ki-young ‡ | Woman of Fire | 옥합을 깨뜨릴 때 |
| 1972 (9th) | Kim Hyo-cheon ‡ | A Cattle Seller | 석화촌 |
| 1973 (10th) | Jung Jin-woo ‡ | Long Live the Island Frogs | 삼일천하 |
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
2020 (41st) | Lim Dae-hyung ‡ | Moonlit Winter | 윤희에게 |
| Yeon Sang-ho | Peninsula | 반도 | |
| Yang Woo-suk | Steel Rain 2: Summit | 강철비2: 정상회담 | |
| Woo Min-ho | The Man Standing Next | 남산의 부장들 | |
| Hong Won-chan | Deliver Us from Evil | 다만 악에서 구하소서 | |
2021 (42nd) [2] | |||
| Ryoo Seung-wan ‡ | Escape from Mogadishu | 모가디슈 | |
| Lee Jun-ik | The Book of Fish | 자산어보 | |
| Park Hoon-jung | Night in Paradise | 낙원의 밤 | |
| Lee Seung-won | Three Sisters | 세 자매 | |
| Jo Sung-hee | Space Sweepers | 승리호 | |
2022 (43rd) [3] | |||
| Park Chan-wook ‡ | Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심 | |
| Byun Sung-hyun | Kingmaker | 킹메이커 | |
| Kim Han-min | Hansan: Rising Dragon | 한산: 용의 출현 | |
| Han Jae-rim | Emergency Declaration | 비상선언 | |
| Hirokazu Kore-eda | Broker | 브로커 | |
2023 (44th) [4] | |||
| Um Tae-hwa ‡ | Concrete Utopia | 콘크리트 유토피아 | |
| Kim Jee-woon | Cobweb | 거미집 | |
| Ryu Seung-wan | Smugglers | 밀수 | |
| Lee Han | Honey Sweet | 달짝지근해: 7510 | |
| Jung Ju-ri | Next Sohee | 다음 소희 | |
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