IIFA Award for Best Director

{{short description|International Indian Film Academy Award}}

{{About|the award category|the main function|IIFA Awards}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox award

| name = IIFA Award for Best Director

| awarded_for = "Excellence in cinematic direction achievement"

| presenter = International Indian Film Academy

| image = Kiran Rao on Day 3 of Lakme Fashion Week 2017.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = The 2025 recipient: Kiran Rao

| country = India

| year = 2000 (for direction in films released during the 1999 film season)

| holder = Kiran Rao
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| website = [http://www.iifa.com/web07/cntnt/iifa.htm iifa.com]

}}

The IIFA Award for Best Director is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. The nominations for the category are given by the film fraternity. Sanjay Leela Bhansali has 4 and Rajkumar Hirani has 3 awards. Rakesh Roshan and Ashutosh Gowariker have the most wins with 2 awards.