Crystal Simorgh for Best Director

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CountryIran
Presented byFajr International Film Festival
First award1984
Currently held byBehrouz Afkhami
for: The Morning of The Execution (2024)
Crystal Simorgh for Best Director
Current recipient (2024): Behrouz Afkhami
CountryIran
Presented byFajr International Film Festival
First award1984
Currently held byBehrouz Afkhami
for: The Morning of The Execution (2024)
Most winsMajid Majidi (4 times)
Most nominationsDariush Mehrjui (12 times)
Websitefajrfilmfestival.com

Crystal Simorgh for Best Director is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival held in Iran. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing.

Table key
  Winner
  Winner of the Honorary Diploma
‡ Winner of the Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Year Director Film Ref.(s)
1983
1		 Not awarded [1]
1984
2		 Khosrow Sinai[a][b] The Inner Beast [fa] [3][4]
1985
3		 Yadollah Samadi[a][b] The Man Who Knew Too Much [fa] [5][6]
1986
4		 Kianoush Ayari[a][b] The Monster [fa] [7][8]
1987
5		 Abbas Kiarostami[b] Where Is the Friend's Home? [9][10]
Nasser Taghvai Captain Khorshid
Dariush Mehrjui The Lodgers
Ebrahim Forouzesh The Key
Masoud Jafari Jozani The Stony Lion [fa]
1988
6		 Kianoush Ayari[b] Beyond the Fire [fa] [11][12]
Pouran Derakhshandeh Little Bird of Happiness
Siamak Shayeghi A Dowry for Robab [fa]
Manouchehr Asgarinasab [fa] The Awaiting Home [fa]
Dariush Mehrjui Shirak [fa]
1989
7		 Mohsen Makhmalbaf The Cyclist [13][14]
Mohsen Makhmalbaf The Marriage of the Blessed
Masoud Jafari Jozani Eye of the Hurricane ‡
Manouchehr Asgarinasab [fa] Hey Joe
1990
8		 Dariush Mehrjui Hamoun [15][16]
Ebrahim Hatamikia The Immigrant ‡
Abbas Kiarostami Close-Up
Yadollah Samadi Savalan [fa]
Mohammad Motevaselani [fa] The Seeker [fa]
1991
9		 Varuzh Karim-Masihi The Last Act [fa] [17][18]
Behrouz Afkhami The Bride [fa]
Yadollah Samadi Apartment No.13 ‡
Dariush Farhang One Ticket, Two Movies! [fa]
1992
10		 Rakhshan Bani-Etemad Nargess [19]
Bahram Beyzai Travellers [fa]
Mohsen Makhmalbaf Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Alireza Davoodnejad The Need [fa] ‡
Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh [fa] The Quiet Home [fa]
1993
11		 Sirus Alvand Once for Ever [fa] [20][21]
Ebrahim Hatamikia From Karkheh to Rhein ‡
Dariush Mehrjui Sara
Mohsen Makhmalbaf Actor
1994
12		 Mohammad Bozorgnia [fa] Tanker War [fa] [22][23]
Ebrahim Hatamikia The Green Ashes [fa]
Hassan Hedayat [fa] The Devil's Eye [fa]
Jamal Shurjeh [fa] The Epic of Majnun [fa]
Hossein-Ali Layalestani [fa] Zero Heights [fa]
1995
13		 Dariush Mehrjui Pari [24][25]
Shahram Assadi [fa] The Fateful Day ‡
Ahmad-Reza Darvish Kimia [fa]
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad The Blue-Veiled [fa]
1996
14		 Kiumars Pourahmad Strange Sisters [26][27]
Majid Majidi The Father ‡
Rasoul Mollagholipour Journey to Chazabeh
Mohsen Makhmalbaf Gabbeh
1997
15		 Majid Majidi Children of Heaven ‡ [28][29]
Ahmad-Reza Darvish Land of the Sun [fa]
Dariush Mehrjui Leila
Parviz Shahbazi The Traveller from the South [fa]
1998
16		 Ebrahim Hatamikia The Glass Agency ‡ [30]
Farhad Mehranfar [fa] The Tree of Life [fa]
Dariush Mehrjui The Pear Tree
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad The May Lady [fa]
Mojtaba Ra'i [fa] Birth of A Butterfly [fa]
1999
17		 Rasoul Mollagholipour Heeva [fa] ‡ [31][32]
Ebrahim Hatamikia The Red Ribbon
Tahmineh Milani Two Women
Majid Majidi The Color of Paradise
Alireza Davoodnejad Sweet Agony [fa]
2000
18		 Bahman Farmanara Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine ‡ [33][34]
Masoud Kimiai Protest [fa]
Dariush Mehrjui The Mix
Masoud Jafari Jozani Maturity [fa]
Reza Mirkarimi The Child and the Soldier [fa]
2001
19		 Majid Majidi Baran ‡ [35][36]
Homayoun Ass'adian [fa] End of the Game [fa]
Bahram Beyzai Killing Mad Dogs
Alireza Davoodnejad Paradise for you [fa]
Reza Mirkarimi Under the Moonlight
2002
20		 Rasul Sadr Ameli I'm Taraneh, 15 [37][38]
Nasser Taghvai Unruled Paper
Ebrahim Hatamikia Low Heights
Dariush Mehrjui To Stay Alive
Alireza Raisian [fa] The Deserted Station
Nasser Refaei [fa] The Exam [fa]
2003
21		 Reza Mirkarimi Here, A Shining Light [fa] [39]
Kamal Tabrizi Look at the Sky Sometimes [fa]
Parviz Shahbazi Deep Breath
Asghar Farhadi Dancing in the Dust
Ahmad-Reza Mo'tamedi [fa] The Insane Flew Away [fa] ‡
2004
22		 Ahmad-Reza Darvish Duel [40][41]
Dariush Mehrjui Mum's Guest ‡
Asghar Farhadi The Beautiful City
Sirus Alvand The Winning Card [fa]
Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpour [fa] Ghadamgah [fa]
2005
23		 Majid Majidi The Willow Tree [42][43]
Mohammad Bozorgnia [fa] A Place to Live [fa]
Reza Mirkarimi So Close, So Far ‡
Kambuzia Partovi Café Transit
Parviz Sheikhtadi [fa] Behind the Curtain of Fog [fa]
Bijan Mirbagheri [fa] We Are All Fine [fa]
2006
24		 Asghar Farhadi Fireworks Wednesday [44][45]
Ebrahim Hatamikia In the Name of the Father ‡
Abolhassan Davoudi [fa] The Incident [fa]
Khosrow Ma'sumi [fa] Somewhere Far Away [fa]
Mona Zandi Haghighi Friday Evening [fa]
2007
25		 Mohammad-Hossein Latifi [fa] The Third Day ‡ [46]
Amir-Shahab Razavian Colors of Memory
Kiumars Pourahmad The Night Bus
Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpour [fa] Eghlima [fa]
Bahram Tavakoli Barefoot in Paradise [fa]
2008
26		 Majid Majidi The Song of Sparrows [47]
Khosrow Ma'sumi [fa] Wind Blows in the Meadow [fa]
Reza Mirkarimi As Simple as That ‡
Mohammad-Ali Talebi [fa] The Wall [fa]
2009
27		 Asghar Farhadi About Elly [48][49]
Abdolreza Kahani Twenty [fa]
Hassan Fathi The Postman Doesn't Knock 3 Times [fa]
Varuzh Karim-Masihi Doubt ‡
Tahmineh Milani Superstar
Bahram Beyzai When We're All Asleep [fa]
2010
28		 Ebrahim Hatamikia In Amethyst Color ‡ [50]
Alireza Amini [fa] Seven Minutes to Fall [fa]
Alireza Raisian [fa] Forty Years Old
Homayoun Ass'adian [fa] Gold and Copper
Shahriar Bahrani The Kingdom of Solomon
Shahram Assadi [fa] The Fateful Night [fa]
2011
29		 Asghar Farhadi A Separation [51][52]
Masoud Kimiai Crime [fa] ‡
Dariush Mehrjui Beloved Sky
Ahmad-Reza Mo'tamedi [fa] Alzheimer
Mohammad Bozorgnia [fa] The Maritime Silk Road
2012
30		 Parviz Sheikhtadi [fa] Days of Life [fa] [53]
Dariush Mehrjui Orange Suit
Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar The Queen
Homayoun Ass'adian [fa] Kissing the Moon-Like Face [fa]
Mani Haghighi Modest Reception
2013
31		 Parviz Shahbazi Trapped [54][55]
Alireza Davoodnejad Actors Studio [fa]
Behnam Behzadi Bending the Rules
Behrouz Shoeibi [fa] The Corridor
Ali Ghafari [fa] Give Back [fa] ‡
2014
32		 Ahmad-Reza Darvish Hussein Who Said No ‡ [56][57]
Hamid Nematollah [fa] Hard Makeup [fa]
Behrouz Afkhami Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others [fa] ‡
Ebrahim Hatamikia Che
Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpour [fa] We Have A Guest [fa]
2015
33		 Abolhassan Davoudi [fa] Crazy Rook ‡ [58][59]
Bahram Tavakoli I Am Diego Maradona
Farzad Motamen The Long Farewell [fa]
Alireza Raisian [fa] Time to Love [fa]
Mostafa Kiayee [fa] Ice Age [fa]
Abdolhassan Barzideh [fa] Mazar Sharif [fa]
2016
34		 Saeed Roustayi Life and a Day [60][61]
Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian Standing in the Dust ‡
Reza Mirkarimi Daughter
Kamal Tabrizi Mina's Choice [fa]
Farzad Motamen When Did You See Sahar Last Time? [fa]
2017
35		 Vahid Jalilvand No Date, No Signature [62]
Alireza Davoodnejad Ferrari [fa]
Ebrahim Irajzad [fa] Searing Summer [fa]
Pouran Derakhshandeh Under the Smokey Roof [fa]
Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian Midday Adventures ‡
Rambod Javan Negar
2018
36		 Bahram Tavakoli The Lost Strait ‡ [63]
Ebrahim Hatamikia Damascus Time
Behrouz Shoeibi [fa] Axing [fa]
Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar Under Water Cypress [fa]
Kambuzia Partovi Truck [fa]
Houman Seyyedi Sheeple [fa]
2019
37		 Narges Abyar When the Moon Was Full ‡ [64]
Nima Javidi The Warden
Bahram Tavakoli Gholamreza Takhti
Saeed Roustayi Just 6.5
Reza Mirkarimi Castle of Dreams
Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood
2020
38		 Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian Walnut Tree [65]
Saeid Malekan Day Zero
Niki Karimi Atabai
Morteza Farshbaf Tooman
Majid Majidi The Sun ‡
Mohammad Kart Butterfly Stroke
2021

39

 Mehdi Jafari Yadoo [fa] ‡ [66]
Narges Abyar Piebald
Arsalan Amiri Zalava
Mohsen Gharaie Without Everything
2022

40

 Reza Mirkarimi The Night Guardian [67]
Hadi Hejazifar The Situation of Mehdi
Amir Hossein Asgari The Last Snow
Kazem Daneshi Grassland
Behrouz Shoeibi No Prior Appointment
2023

41

 Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar Metropol Cinema [68]
Hossein Mirzamohammadi The Leather Jacket Man
Mohammad Asgari Mud Room
Hadi Mohammadian
Behnoud Nekouie
Mohammad-Javad Jannati		 Smart Kid
Babak Khajeh Pasha In the Arms of the Tree
Hamid Zargarnejad Number Ten
Mohammad-Hossien Latifi The Stranger
2024

42

 Behrouz Afkhami The Morning of The Execution [69]
Ali Saghafi Parviz Khan
Masoud Jafari Jozani Paradise of Criminals
Mehdi Shamohammadi Majnoon
Javad Ezzati Aligator Blood
Mahmoud Kalari Summer Time

Most wins and nominations

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