National Film Award / Best Documentary Director
The winners of the National Film Award in the Best Documentary Director category were:
| year | Director | Movie | language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Arun Vasant Khopkar | Rasikpriya | |
| 2001 | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Jorasanko Thakurbari | Bengali |
| 2002 | Anjali Punjabi | A Few Things I Know About Her | English |
| 2003 | Arvind Sinha | Kaya Poochhe Maya Se | Hindi |
| 2004 | Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | Girni | Marathi |
| 2005 | Ganesh Shankar Gaikwad | Voices Across the Ocean | English / Hindi |
| 2006 | Ramesh Asher | Ek Aadesh - Command for Choti | Hindi |
| 2007 | Jayaraj | Vellapokathil | Malayalam |
| 2008 | Umesh Kulkarni | Three of Us | without dialogue |
Currently, the winner will receive a Swarna Kamal and prize money of 100,000 rupees .
Footnotes
- ↑ actually "non- feature film " (non- feature film ), so also awarded for short films
- ↑ Year for which the award was made
- ↑ http://dearcinema.com/news/short-films-be-screened-ncpa
- ↑ http://dff.nic.in/56th_NFA_Regulations.pdf