Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play


The Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play is a theatre award, presented by Live Performance Australia at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001. In the following list winners are listed first and marked in gold, in boldface, and the nominees are listed below with no highlight. Neil Armfield has won the most awards, with four, and is tied the most nominated director with Simon Phillips, both gandering nine nominations.
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Winners and nominees

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YearDirectorProduction
2001
(1st)		--
2001
(1st)		Benedict AndrewsLa Dispute
2001
(1st)		Kate CherryLife After George
2001
(1st)		Neil ArmfieldThe Small Poppies
2001
(1st)		Simon PhillipsMeasure For Measure
2002
(2nd)		--
2002
(2nd)		Neil ArmfieldCloudstreet
2002
(2nd)		Rodney FisherMaster Class
2002
(2nd)		Simon PhillipsThe Tempest
2002
(2nd)		Benedict AndrewsThree Sisters
2003
(3rd)		--
2003
(3rd)		Michael BlakemoreCopenhagen
2003
(3rd)		Simon PhillipsThe Blue Room
2003
(3rd)		Simon PhillipsGreat Expectations
2003
(3rd)		Neil ArmfieldWaiting for Godot
2004
(4th)		--
2004
(4th)		Simon PhillipsInheritance
2004
(4th)		John BellThe Servant of Two Masters
2004
(4th)		Julian MeyrickFrozen
2004
(4th)		Neil ArmfieldThe Lieutenant of Inishmore
2005
(5th)		--
2005
(5th)		Jim SharmanThree Furies
2005
(5th)		Robyn NevinHedda Gabler
2005
(5th)		Michael BlakemoreDemocracy
2005
(5th)		Wesley EnochRiverland
2006
(6th)		--
2006
(6th)		Marion PottsThe Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
2006
(6th)		Simon PhillipsKing Lear
2006
(6th)		Ariane MnouchkineLe Dernier Caravansérail
2006
(6th)		Declan DonnellanTwelfth Night
2007
(7th)		--
2007
(7th)		Barrie KoskyThe Lost Echo
2007
(7th)		Benedict AndrewsThe Season At Sarsaparilla
2007
(7th)		Michael HillWaiting for Godot
2007
(7th)		Wesley EnochParramatta Girls
2008
(8th)		--
2008
(8th)		Neil ArmfieldToy Symphony
2008
(8th)		Benedict AndrewsWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2008
(8th)		Barrie KoskyThe Tell-Tale Heart
2008
(8th)		John TiffanyBlack Watch
2009
(9th)		--
2009
(9th)		Benedict AndrewsWar of the Roses
2009
(9th)		Barrie KoskyWomen of Troy
2009
(9th)		Peter EvansBlackbird
2009
(9th)		Neil ArmfieldScorched
2010
(10th)		--
2010
(10th)		Simon PhillipsRichard III
2010
(10th)		Thomas OstermeierHamlet
2010
(10th)		Michael KantorHappy Days
2010
(10th)		Neil ArmfieldThe Book of Everything
2011
(11th)		--
2011
(11th)		Neil ArmfieldThe Diary of a Madman
2011
(11th)		Simon StoneThe Wild Duck
2011
(11th)		Wesley EnochWaltzing The Wilarra
2011
(11th)		Benedict AndrewsMeasure for Measure
2012
(12th)		--
2012
(12th)		Benedict AndrewsGross und Klein (Big and Small)
2012
(12th)		Rachael MazaJack Charles v The Crown
2012
(12th)		Simon PhillipsSongs for Nobodies
2012
(12th)		Sam StrongThe Boys
2013
(13th)		--
2013
(13th)		Neil ArmfieldThe Secret River
2013
(13th)		Lee LewisThe School for Wives
2013
(13th)		Anne-Louise SarksMedea
2013
(13th)		Rosemary MyersSchool Dance
2014
(14th)		--
2014
(14th)		Michael KantorThe Shadow King
2014
(14th)		Andrew UptonWaiting For Godot
2014
(14th)		Ivo van HoveRoman Tragedies
2014
(14th)		Sam StrongThe Floating World
2015
(15th)		--
2015
(15th)		Kip WilliamsSuddenly Last Summer
2015
(15th)		Andrew UptonEndgame
2015
(15th)		Sarah GoodesSwitzerland
2015
(15th)		Clare WatsonWhat Rhymes With Cars And Girls
2016
(16th)		--
2016
(16th)		Lee LewisThe Bleeding Tree
2016
(16th)		Kip WilliamsLove and Information
2016
(16th)		Eamon FlackIvanov
2016
(16th)		Simon PhillipsNorth by Northwest
2017
(17th)		--
2017
(17th)		Leticia CaceresThe Drover's Wife
2017
(17th)		Kip WilliamsChimerica
2017
(17th)		Judy DavisFaith Healer
2017
(17th)		Susie DeeSH*T
2018
(18th)		--
2018
(18th)		Sarah GoodesThe Children
2018
(18th)		Matthew LuttonThe Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man
2018
(18th)		Kip WilliamsCloud Nine
2018
(18th)		Kip WilliamsThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
2019
(19th)		--
2019
(19th)		Eamon Flack and S. ShakthidharanCounting and Cracking
2019
(19th)		Declan GreeneBlackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death
2019
(19th)		Imara SavageSaint Joan
2019
(19th)		Kip WilliamsThe Harp in the South: Part One and Part Two