Magritte Award for Best Director


The Magritte Award for Best Director is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working within the film industry. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.
The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Jaco Van Dormael receiving the award for his work in Mr. Nobody. As of the 2020 ceremony, Olivier Masset-Depasse is the most recent winner in this category for his work in Mothers' Instinct.

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

2010s