Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director is a part of the Annual Filmfare Award. The first Filmfare Awards was held on 21 March 1954 in Bombay (now Mumbai). However, the Award for Best Debut Director was introduced in the year 2010.
Zoya Akhtar and Ayan Mukerji won the first award of this category for the films Luck By Chance and Wake Up Sid, respectively. Ayan also received nominations for Filmfare Best Director for Wake Up Sid but could not win.
Zoya Akhtar received two (2) nominations for the Filmfare Best Director Award in the years 2012 and 2020. She won both times for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Gully Boy respectively.
Here is the list of winners for this award:-
| Filmfare Award No. | Year | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55th | 2010 | Zoya Akhtar | Luck by Chance |
| Ayan Mukerji | Wake Up Sid | ||
| 56th | 2011 | Maneesh Sharma | Band Baaja Baaraat |
| 57th | 2012 | Abhinay Deo | Delhi Belly |
| 58th | 2013 | Gauri Shinde | English Vinglish |
| 59th | 2014 | Ritesh Batra | The Lunchbox |
| 60th | 2015 | Abhishek Varman | 2 States |
| 61st | 2016 | Neeraj Ghaywan | Masaan |
| 62nd | 2017 | Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | Nil Battey Sannata |
| 63rd | 2018 | Konkona Sen Sharma | A Death in the Gunj |
| 64th | 2019 | Amar Kaushik | Stree |
| Filmfare Award No. | Year | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65th | 2020 | Aditya Dhar | Uri: The Surgical Strike |
| 66th | 2021 | Rajesh Krishnan | Lootcase |