The Platino Award for Best Director (Spanish: Premio Platino al mejor director / Premio Platino a la mejor dirección) is one of the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's film awards presented annually by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA).

It was first presented at the 1st Platino Awards, where Mexican director Amat Escalante was the first recipient of the award for the film Heli.

Almodovar alongside Pablo Larraín are also the most nominated directors in the category with three nominations each, followed by Sebastián Lelio, Álvaro Brechner, Ciro Guerra, J.

A. Bayona, Isabel Coixet and Icíar Bollaín, all with two nominations each.

In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.