Olivier Award for Best Director

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director
Awarded for	Best Director
Location	United Kingdom
Presented by	The Society of London Theatre
Currently held by	John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2017)
Official website	Olivier Awards.com

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier.

In 1991, the category was briefly retired and divided into the categories Best Director of a Play and Best Director of a Musical. These two categories were in turn retired in 1995, and the Best Director award was reinstated.

Robert Icke became the Best Director award's youngest ever winner in 2016. Deborah Warner who won in 1988 was previously the youngest winner.

Only three women have ever won the award: Deborah Warner, Marianne Elliott and Lyndsey Turner.

Note: The below awards and nominations include individuals awarded and nominated under the now-defunct categories Director of a Play and Director of a Musical as well as the current combined Best Director category.

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