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 | |
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| Merit awards |
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| Special awards |
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| Discontinued awards |
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| Ceremonies |
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