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The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Director is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognise the best director of an African film for the year.[1] | Best Director | | Year | Director | Film | Result |
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| 2005 | Dickson Iroegbu | The Mayors | {{won}} |
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| 2006 | Andy Nwakalor | Rising Moon | {{won}} |
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| Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen | Behind Closed Door | {{nom}} | | Andy Amenechi | Secret Adventure | {{nom}} | | Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen | Family Battle | {{nom}} | | Fred Amata | Anini | {{nom}} | | Teco Benson | Day of Atonement | {{nom}} | | Ifeanyi Oyeabor | My Mother’s Heart | {{nom}} | | Boubakar Diallo | Sofia | {{nom}} | | 2007 | Izu Ojukwu | Sitanda | {{won}} |
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| Muyiwa Ademola | Apesin | {{nom}} | | Jeta Amata | The Amazing Grace | {{nom}} | | Tunde Kelani | Abeni | {{nom}} | | 2008 | Emmanuel Apea | Run Baby Run | {{won}} |
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| Izu Ojukwu | White Waters | {{nom}} | | Frank Rajah Arase | Princess Tyra | {{nom}} | | Izu Ojukwu & Kingsley Ogoro | Across the Niger | {{nom}} | | Bond Emoruwa | Check Point | {{nom}} | | Teco Benson | Mission To Nowhere | {{nom}} | | Ifeanyi Onyeabor | New Jerusalem | {{nom}} | | Mildred Okwo | 30 Days | {{nom}} | | 2009 | Wanuri Kahiu | From a Whisper | {{won}} |
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| Tunde Kelani | Arugba | {{nom}} | | Minky Schlesinger | Gugu and Andile | {{nom}} | | Math Bish | Battle of the Soul | {{nom}} | | Saad Hendawy | Seventh Heaven | {{nom}} | | 2010 | Shirley Frimpong-Manso | The Perfect Picture | {{won}} |
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| Shemu Joyah | Seasons of a Life | {{nom}} | | Kunle Afolayan | The Figurine | {{nom}} | | Leila Djansi | I Sing of a well | {{nom}} | | Jude Idada & Lucky Ejim | The Tenant | {{nom}} | | 2011 | Djo Tunda Wa Munga | Viva Riva! | {{won}} |
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| Hawa Essuman | Soul Boy | {{nom}} | | Oliver Hermanus | Shirley Adams | {{nom}} | | Niji Akanni | Aramotu | {{nom}} | | Jahmil X.T. Qubeka | A Small Town Called Descent | {{nom}} | | Leila Djansi | Sinking Sands | {{nom}} | | 2012 | Charlie Vundla | How to Steal 2 Million | {{won}} |
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| Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen | Adesuwa | {{nom}} | | Leila Djansi | Ties That Bind | {{nom}} | | Bob Nyanja | Rugged Priest | {{nom}} | | Khalo Matabane | State of Violence | {{nom}} | | Akin Omotoso | Man On Ground | {{nom}} | | Sara Blecher | Otelo Burning | {{nom}} | | 2013 | Niji Akanni | Heroes and Zeros | {{won}} |
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| Kenneth Gyang | Confusion Na Wa | {{nom}} | | Shemu Joyah | The Last Fishing Boat | {{nom}} | | Shirley Frimpong-Manso | The Contract | {{nom}} | | David 'Tosh' Gitonga | Nairobi Half Life | {{nom}} | | Ntshavheni Wa Luruli | Elelwani | {{nom}} | | 2014 | Jamil Quebeka | Of Good Report | {{won}} |
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| Harrikrishna & Sharvan Anenden | Children of Troumaron | {{nom}} | | Shirley Frimpong-Manso | Potomanto | {{nom}} | | Andrew Mudge | The Forgotten Kingdom | {{nom}} | | Teco Benson | Accident | {{nom}} | | 2015 | Abderrahmane Sissako | Timbuktu | {{won}} |
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| Theodros Teshome Kebede | Triangle Going to America | {{nom}} | | Theo Nel | iNumber Number | {{nom}} | | Phillipe Lacote | Run | {{nom}} | | Kunle Afolayan | October 1 | {{nom}} | | 2016 | Nana Obiri Yeboah | The Cursed Ones | {{won}} |
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| Biyi Bandele | Fifty | {{nom}} | | Sékou Traoré | Eye of the Storm | {{nom}} | | Sara Blecher | Ayanda | {{nom}} | | Mousa Hamadou Djingarey | La Pagne | {{nom}} | | Stephanie Linus | Dry | {{nom}} | | Akin Omotoso | Tell Me Sweet Something | {{nom}} | | Muhammed Bensouda | Behind Closed Doors | {{nom}} | | 2017 | Akin Omotoso | Vaya | {{won}} |
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| Daouda Coulibaly | Wulu | {{nom}} | | Steve Gukas | 93 Days | {{nom}} | | Mira Nair | Queen of Katwe | {{nom}} | | Izu Ojukwu | 76 | {{nom}} | | Daryen Joshua | Call Me Thief | {{nom}} | | Alain Gomis | Félicité | {{nom}} | | Ala Eddine Slim | The Last Of Us | {{nom}} | | Said Khallaf | A Mile in My Shoes | {{nom}} | | 2018 | Frank Rajah Arase | In My Country | {{won}} |
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| Safia Djama | The Blessed Vost | {{nom}} | | Jade Osiberu | Isoken | {{nom}} | | Michael Mathews | Five Fingers For Marseilles | {{nom}} | | Oluseyi Siwoku | Cross Roads | {{nom}} | | Shemu Joyah | Road to Sunshine | {{nom}} | | Darrell Roodt | Siembamba | {{nom}} | | Akin Omotoso | Hotel Called Memory | {{nom}} | | Peter Kofi Sedufia | Sidechic Gang | {{nom}} | | Kenneth Gyang | The Lost Café | {{nom}} | |
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.ama-awards.com/ | title=Official Website of the AMAAs | publisher=Africa Movie Academy Awards | accessdate=22 May 2014}}
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