As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2018

Securities Act Registration No. 333-133691

Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-21897

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933		[X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No.		[ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No.	61	[X]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940			[X]
Amendment No.	64		[X]

MANAGER DIRECTED PORTFOLIOS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

615 East Michigan Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code) (414) 287-3101

Douglas J. Neilson, President

Manager Directed Portfolios

c/o U.S Bank Global Fund Services

615 East Michigan Street

Milwaukee, WI 53202

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Ellen Drought, Esq.

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

833 East Michigan Street, Suite 1800

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

(414) 273-3500

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

[X]	Immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485(b).
[ ]	on (date) pursuant to Rule 485(b).
[ ]	on (date) pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1).
[ ]	60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1).
[ ]	75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2).
[ ]	on (date) pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2).

If appropriate, check the following box:

[ ]	This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Explanatory Note: This post-effective amendment No. 61 hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the Registrant's post-effective amendment No. 59 on Form N‑1A filed October 22, 2018. This post-effective amendment No. 61 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary for The Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate Fund first provided in post-effective amendment No. 59.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 61 to its Registration Statement meets all of the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 61 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, on November 7, 2018.

MANAGER DIRECTED PORTFOLIOS

By: /s/ Douglas J. Neilson

Douglas J. Neilson

President

Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 61 to the Registration Statement has been signed below on November 7, 2018 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

Signature	Title
/s/ James R. Schoenike* James R. Schoenike	Trustee and Chairman
/s/ Gaylord B. Lyman* Gaylord B. Lyman	Trustee
/s/ Scott Craven Jones* Scott Craven Jones	Trustee
/s/ Lawrence T. Greenberg* Lawrence T. Greenberg	Independent Trustee
/s/ Douglas J. Neilson Douglas J. Neilson	President (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Matthew J. McVoy Matthew J. McVoy	Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
* By: /s/ Douglas J. Neilson Douglas J. Neilson * Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power of Attorney previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A with the SEC on October 3, 2016, and is incorporated by reference.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Exhibit No.
Instance Document	EX-101.INS
Schema Document	EX-101.SCH
Calculation Linkbase Document	EX-101.CAL
Definition Linkbase Document	EX-101.DEF
Label Linkbase Document	EX-101.LAB
Presentation Linkbase Document	EX-101.PRE