Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing
The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing has been given annually by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy since 2007.
Winners and Nominees
2000s
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Rakhshan Bani-E'temad and Mohsen Abdolvahab | Mainline | Khoon Bazi, |
| Nadine Labaki | Caramel | سكر بنات / Sekkar banat | |
| Peng Tao | Little Moth | 血蝉;/ xuè chán | |
| Shawkat Amin Korki | Crossing the Dust | Perrînewe le xobar | |
| Zhanna Issabayeva | Karoy | ||
| 2008 | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Three Monkeys | Üç Maymun, |
| Johnnie To | Sparrow | 文雀 / Man Jeuk | |
| Kim Jee-woon | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈;/ Jo-eun nom nappeun nom isanghan nom | |
| Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Tokyo Sonata | トウキョウソナタ / Tōkyō Sonata | |
| Sergey Dvortsevoy | Tulpan | Тюльпан | |
| 2009 | Lu Chuan | City of Life and Death | 南京！南京！, Nanjing! Nanjing! |
| Asghar Farhadi | About Elly | درباره الی / Darbâreye Eli | |
| Anurag Kashyap | Dev.D | ||
| Vimukthi Jayasundara | Between Two Worlds | Ahasin Wetei | |
| Sion Sono | Love Exposure | 愛のむきだし / Ai no mukidashi |