Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director
Awarded by Government of Karnataka
Type	State
Category	Kannada cinema
Description
Description	Director Of The First Best Film
Medal	Gold Medal
Statistics
Instituted	1967-68
Last awarded	2016
Total awarded	49
Cash award	₹ 1,00,000
First awardee(s)	Puttanna Kanagal
Recent awardee(s)	B. M. Giriraj

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.This Award presented to the Director of First Best Film award winning film.This award is named after H. L. N. Simha.The first director of Kannada Cinema who was brought First National Award to Kannada Cinema.

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