Producers Guild Film Award for Best Director

Producers Guild Film Award for Best Director
Awarded for	Best Direction by a Director
Country	India
Presented by	Film & Television Producers Guild
First awarded	2004 (for films released around 2003)
Last awarded	2016
Currently held by	Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bajirao Mastani (2016)
Website	Producers Guild Film Awards

The Producers Guild Film Award for Best Director (previously known as the Apsara Award for Best Director) is given by the producers of the film and television guild as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise the work of a film director. Following its inception in 2004, no one was awarded in 2005 and 2007.

Superlatives

Superlative	Best Director
Director with most awards	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	2	--
Director with most nominations	Vishal Bhardwaj Imtiaz Ali Prakash Jha Sanjay Leela Bhansali	2
Director with most nominations (without ever winning)	Vishal Bhardwaj Imtiaz Ali Prakash Jha	2

Winners

Year	Director	Film
2004	Rakesh Roshan	Koi Mil Gaya
2006	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Black
2008	Shimit Amin	Chak De India!
2009	Aamir Khan	Taare Zameen Par
2010	A. R. Murugadoss	Ghajini
2011	Karan Johar	My Name Is Khan
2012	Zoya Akhtar	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2013	Anurag Basu (tied with) Sujoy Ghosh	Barfi! (tied with) Kahaani
2014	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2015	Vikas Bahl	Queen
2016	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Bajirao Mastani

See also

• Producers Guild Film Awards
• Producers Guild Film Award for Best Film
• Producers Guild Film Award for Best Debut Director
• Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role