Cinema Express Award for Best Director – Tamil

The Cinema Express Award for Best Director – Tamil is given as a part of its annual Cinema Express Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films.^[1]

Winners

Year	Actor	Film	Ref.
1986	Mani Ratnam	Mouna Ragam	[2]
1987	Mani Ratnam	Nayakan	[3]
1988	Balu Mahendra	Veedu	[4]
1989
1990	Mani Ratnam	Anjali	[5]
1991	P. Vasu	Chinna Thambi	[6]
1992	Mani Ratnam	Roja	[7]
1993	Bharathiraja	Kizhakku Cheemayile	[8]
1994
1995	Mani Ratnam	Bombay	[9]
1996
1997	Vikraman	Surya Vamsam	[10]
1998			[11]
1999	Vikraman	Vaanathaippola	[12]
2000	K. S. Ravikumar	Thenali	[13]
2001
2002	Mani Ratnam	Kannathil Muthamittal	[14]