The Platino Award for Best Director (Spanish: Premio Platino al mejor director) is one of the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's film awards presented annually by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA). Mexican director Amat Escalante was the first recipient of the award for Heli at the 1st Platino Awards. Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar is the only person who has won the award more than once with two wins, in 2017 and 2020.