Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards.

The award honors Kannada language films.

The first director of Kannada Cinema who was brought First National Award to Kannada Cinema.

The award is usually given to the director of the Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film.

[citation needed] The following is a complete list of award winners and the name of the films for which they won.

Girish Kasaravalli, the highest number of award winner with 6 awards
Nagabharana won the award thrice
Kavita Lankesh, the only woman director to win the award till date