Puttanna Kanagal Award
The following is the list of Award winners for the Karnataka State Puttanna Kanagal award. Kanagal was among the front runners in Kannada cinema's most successful film directors. In his memory and honor, this award is presented to the directors every year during the Karnataka State Awards function.
Recipients
| Year | Winner | |
| 1986-87 | Hunsur Krishnamurthy | |
| 1987-88 | G. V. Iyer | |
| 1988-89 | B. S. Ranga | |
| 1989-90 | T. N. Balakrishna | |
| 1990-91 | Y. R. Swamy | |
| 1991-92 | M. R. Vittal | |
| 1992-93 | Geethapriya | |
| 1993-94 | Siddalingaiah | |
| 1994-95 | K. S. L. Swamy | |
| 1995-96 | Dorai - Bhagwan | |
| 1996-97 | S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu | |
| 1997-98 | Girish Kasaravalli | |
| 1998-99 | T. S. Nagabharana | |
| 1999-2000 | V. Somashekhar | |
| 2000-01 | K. V. Jayaram | |
| 2001-02 | M. S. Rajashekar | |
| 2002-03 | Vijaya Reddy | |
| 2003-04 | T. Pattabhirama Reddy | |
| 2004-05 | A. T. Raghu | |
| 2005-06 | V. Ravichandran | |
| 2006-07 | Singeetham Srinivasa Rao | |
| 2007-08 | Renuka Sharma | |
| 2008-09 | K. S. R. Das | |
| 2009-10 | C. V. Shivashankar | |
| 2010-11 | H. R. Bhargava | |
| 2011 | D. Rajendra Babu | |
| 2012 | Chi. Dattaraj | |
| 2013 | P. H. Vishwanath | |
| 2014 | Baraguru Ramachandrappa | |
| 2015 | Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar | |
| 2016 | K. V. Raju | |
| 2017 | S. Narayan | |
| 2018 | P. Sheshadri |