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Canadian Screen Award for Best Director
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Achievement in Direction to the best work by a director of a Canadian film.
The award was first presented in 1966 by the Canadian Film Awards, and was presented annually until 1978 with the exception of 1974 due to the cancellation of the awards that year. From 1980 until 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; since 2013, it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
Contents
1 Statistics
2 1960s
3 1970s
4 1980s
5 1990s
6 2000s
7 2010s
Statistics
Most wins: David Cronenberg is the most successful director in the award's history, with five wins. Denis Villeneuve has won four times, Denys Arcand has won three, and Bob Clark, François Girard, Ron Kelly, Gilles Carle, Atom Egoyan, and Xavier Dolan have each won the award twice. No other director has, to date, won the award more than once.
Women: Four women — Micheline Lanctôt, Sandy Wilson, Sarah Polley and Aisling Walsh — have won the award to date. Overall, 27 women have received nominations for the award, of which five (Lanctôt, Wilson, Léa Pool, Anne Wheeler and Deepa Mehta) have been nominated multiple times.
Claude Jutra Award: Three winning directors — Sarah Polley, Zacharias Kunuk and Robert Lepage — have also won the Claude Jutra Award, given to the year's best feature film by a first-time director, for the same films.
1960s
| Year |
Nominee |
Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | ||
Ron Kelly |
The Gift |
|
| 1967 | ||
Ron Kelly |
The Last Man in the World |
|
Allan King |
Warrendale |
|
| 1968 | ||
Don Owen |
The Ernie Game |
|
| 1969 | ||
Peter Pearson |
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar |
|
Arthur Hammond |
This Land |
|
Francis Chapman |
There's a Car Upside Down on My Lawn |
1970s
| Year |
Nominee |
Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ||
Paul Almond |
The Act of the Heart |
|
| 1971 | ||
Claude Jutra |
Mon oncle Antoine |
|
| 1972 | ||
Gilles Carle |
The True Nature of Bernadette (La Vraie Nature de Bernadette) |
|
| 1973 | ||
David Acomba |
Slipstream |
|
| 1974 | ||
No award presented | ||
| 1975 | ||
Michel Brault |
Orders (Les Ordres) |
|
| 1976 | ||
Harvey Hart |
Goldenrod |
|
| 1977 | ||
Jean Beaudin |
J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) |
|
Allan King |
Who Has Seen the Wind |
|
Silvio Narizzano |
Why Shoot the Teacher? |
|
Robin Spry |
One Man |
|
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | ||
Daryl Duke |
The Silent Partner |
|
Paul Lynch |
Blood and Guts |
|
George Kaczender |
In Praise of Older Women |
|
Les Rose |
Three Card Monte |
|
1980s
| Year |
Nominee |
Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | ||
Bob Clark |
Murder by Decree |
|
Peter Carter |
Klondike Fever |
|
Anne-Claire Poirier |
A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête) |
|
Donald Shebib |
Fish Hawk |
|
Eric Till |
Wild Horse Hank |
|
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | ||
Francis Mankiewicz |
Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) |
|
Bob Clark |
Tribute |
|
Zale Dalen |
The Hounds of Notre Dame |
|
Jean-Claude Labrecque |
The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire Coffin) |
|
Micheline Lanctôt |
The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) |
|
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | ||
Gilles Carle |
The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) |
|
David Cronenberg |
Scanners |
|
Allan King |
Silence of the North |
|
Donald Shebib |
Heartaches |
|
Ralph L. Thomas |
Ticket to Heaven |
|
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | ||
Phillip Borsos |
The Grey Fox |
|
Rex Bromfield |
Melanie |
|
Jean-Pierre Lefebvre |
Wild Flowers (Les fleurs sauvages) |
|
Robert Ménard |
A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi) |
|
Eric Till |
If You Could See What I Hear |
|
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | ||
Bob Clark |
A Christmas Story |
|
David Cronenberg |
Videodrome |
|
Bruno Carrière |
Lucien Brouillard |
|
Jack Darcus |
Deserters |
|
André Forcier |
Au clair de la lune |
|
Brigitte Sauriol |
Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) |
|
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | ||
Micheline Lanctôt |
Sonatine |
|
Atom Egoyan |
Next of Kin |
|
Jean-Pierre Lefebvre |
Le jour S... |
|
Don Owen |
Unfinished Business |
|
Léa Pool |
A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) |
|
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | ||
Sandy Wilson |
My American Cousin |
|
Jean Beaudin |
The Alley Cat (Le Matou) |
|
Claude Jutra |
The Dame in Colour (La Dame en couleurs) |
|
Ted Kotcheff |
Joshua Then and Now |
|
Giles Walker |
90 Days |
|
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | ||
Denys Arcand |
The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) |
|
Leon Marr |
Dancing in the Dark |
|
Yves Simoneau |
Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) |
|
John N. Smith |
Sitting in Limbo |
|
Anne Wheeler |
Loyalties |
|
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | ||
Jean-Claude Lauzon |
Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) |
|
Atom Egoyan |
Family Viewing |
|
Marquise Lepage |
Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville) |
|
Patricia Rozema |
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing |
|
John N. Smith |
Train of Dreams |
|
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | ||
David Cronenberg |
Dead Ringers |
|
Roger Cardinal |
Malarek |
|
Louise Clark, Jackie Burroughs, John Walker, Aerlyn Weissman and John Frizzell |
A Winter Tan |
|
Francis Mankiewicz |
The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) |
|
Anne Wheeler |
Cowboys Don't Cry |
1990s
| Year |
Nominee |
Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | ||
Denys Arcand |
Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) |
|
François Bouvier and Jean Beaudry |
Unfaithful Mornings (Les Matins infidèles) |
|
Atom Egoyan |
Speaking Parts |
|
John N. Smith |
Welcome to Canada |
|
Anne Wheeler |
Bye Bye Blues |
|
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | ||
Bruce Beresford |
Black Robe |
|
Phillip Borsos |
Bethune: The Making of a Hero |
|
Atom Egoyan |
The Adjuster |
|
André Forcier |
An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée) |
|
Darrell Wasyk |
H |
|
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | ||
David Cronenberg |
Naked Lunch |
|
Jean Beaudin |
Being at Home with Claude |
|
Eli Cohen |
The Quarrel |
|
Jean-Claude Lauzon |
Léolo |
|
Robert Morin |
Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans-cœur) |
|
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | ||
François Girard |
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould |
|
Paule Baillargeon |
The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles) |
|
Atom Egoyan |
Calendar |
|
George Mihalka |
La Florida |
|
Sandy Wilson |
Harmony Cats |
|
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | ||
Atom Egoyan |
Exotica |
|
André Forcier |
The Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming) |
|
Micheline Lanctôt |
Two Can Play (Deux actrices) |
|
Richard J. Lewis |
Whale Music |
|
Léa Pool |
Desire in Motion (Mouvements du désir) |
|
Mina Shum |
Double Happiness |
|
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | ||
Robert Lepage |
The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) |
|
Charles Binamé |
Eldorado |
|
Mort Ransen |
Margaret's Museum |
|
Jean-Marc Vallée |
Black List (Liste noire) |
|
Clement Virgo |
Rude |
|
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | ||
David Cronenberg |
Crash |
|
John Fawcett |
The Boys Club |
|
John Greyson |
Lilies |
|
Robert Lepage |
Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) |
|
Bruce McDonald |
Hard Core Logo |
|
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | ||
Atom Egoyan |
The Sweet Hereafter |
|
Thom Fitzgerald |
The Hanging Garden |
|
André Forcier |
The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) |
|
Gabriel Pelletier |
Karmina |
|
Lynne Stopkewich |
Kissed |
|
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | ||
François Girard |
The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge) |
|
Sturla Gunnarsson |
Such a Long Journey |
|
Don McKellar |
Last Night |
|
Gillies MacKinnon |
Regeneration |
|
Jonathan Tammuz |
Rupert's Land |
|
Joel Wyner |
Pale Saints |
|
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | ||
Jeremy Podeswa |
The Five Senses |
|
Louis Bélanger |
Post Mortem |
|
Atom Egoyan |
Felicia's Journey |
|
Léa Pool |
Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) |
|
Istvan Szabo |
Sunshine |
2000s
| Year |
Nominee |
Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | ||
Denis Villeneuve |
Maelström |
|
Gary Burns |
waydowntown |
|
Alain Desrochers |
The Bottle (La Bouteille) |
|
Robert Favreau |
The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines) |
|
Robert Lepage |
Possible Worlds |
|
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | ||
Zacharias Kunuk |
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner |
|
Denis Chouinard |
Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron) |
|
Renny Bartlett |
Eisenstein |
|
Bernard Émond |
The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit) |
|
William Phillips |
Treed Murray |
|
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | ||
David Cronenberg |
Spider |
|
Jean Beaudin |
The Collector (Le Collectionneur) |
|
Sturla Gunnarsson |
Rare Birds |
|
Ricardo Trogi |
Québec-Montréal |
|
Anne Wheeler |
Suddenly Naked |
|
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | ||
Denys Arcand |
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) |
|
Robert Lepage |
Far Side of the Moon (La Face cachée de la lune) |
|
Guy Maddin |
The Saddest Music in the World |
|
Jean-François Pouliot |
Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction) |
|
Charles Martin Smith |
The Snow Walker |
|
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | ||
Francis Leclerc |
Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives) |
|
Denise Filiatrault |
Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) |
|
Pierre Houle |
Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille) |
|
Bronwen Hughes |
Stander |
|
David "Sudz" Sutherland |
Love, Sex and Eating the Bones |
|
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | ||
Jean-Marc Vallée |
C.R.A.Z.Y. |
|
Louise Archambault |
Familia |
|
Michael Dowse |
It's All Gone Pete Tong |
|
Deepa Mehta |
Water |
|
Luc Picard |
Audition (L'Audition) |
|
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | ||
Charles Binamé |
The Rocket (Maurice Richard) |
|
Érik Canuel |
Bon Cop, Bad Cop |
|
Robert Favreau |
A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) |
|
Stéphane Lapointe |
The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux) |
|
Jean-François Pouliot |
The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance) |
|
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | ||
Sarah Polley |
Away From Her |
|
Denys Arcand |
Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres) |
|
David Cronenberg |
Eastern Promises |
|
Bruce McDonald |
The Tracey Fragments |
|
Roger Spottiswoode |
Shake Hands With the Devil |
|
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | ||
Benoît Pilon |
The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) |
|
Carl Bessai |
Normal |
|
Lyne Charlebois |
Borderline |
|
Yves-Christian Fournier |
Everything is Fine (Tout est parfait) |
|
Richie Mehta |
Amal |
|
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | ||
Denis Villeneuve |
Polytechnique |
|
Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu |
Before Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain) |
|
Bruce McDonald |
Pontypool |
|
Charles Officer |
Nurse.Fighter.Boy |
|
Kari Skogland |
Fifty Dead Men Walking |
2010s
| Year |
Film |
Filmmakers |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | ||
Denis Villeneuve |
Incendies |
|
Xavier Dolan |
Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) |
|
Richard J. Lewis |
Barney's Version |
|
Vincenzo Natali |
Splice |
|
Podz |
10½ |
|
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | ||
Philippe Falardeau |
Monsieur Lazhar |
|
David Cronenberg |
A Dangerous Method |
|
Larysa Kondracki |
The Whistleblower |
|
Steven Silver |
The Bang Bang Club |
|
Jean-Marc Vallée |
Café de Flore |
|
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | ||
Kim Nguyen |
War Witch (Rebelle) |
|
Xavier Dolan |
Laurence Anyways |
|
Michael Dowse |
Goon |
|
Bernard Émond |
All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes) |
|
Deepa Mehta |
Midnight's Children |
|
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | ||
Denis Villeneuve |
Enemy |
|
Xavier Dolan |
Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) |
|
Michael Dowse |
The F Word |
|
Sébastien Pilote |
The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement) |
|
Pedro Pires and Robert Lepage |
Triptych (Triptyque) |
|
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | ||
Xavier Dolan |
Mommy |
|
David Cronenberg |
Maps to the Stars |
|
Atom Egoyan |
The Captive |
|
Stéphane Lafleur |
Tu dors Nicole |
|
Albert Shin |
In Her Place |
|
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | ||
Lenny Abrahamson |
Room |
|
Andrew Cividino |
Sleeping Giant |
|
Anne Émond |
Our Loved Ones (Les Êtres chers) |
|
Maxime Giroux |
Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) |
|
Philippe Lesage |
The Demons (Les Démons) |
|
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | ||
Xavier Dolan |
It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) |
|
Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie |
Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau) |
|
Kevan Funk |
Hello Destroyer |
|
Matt Johnson |
Operation Avalanche |
|
Chloé Leriche |
Before the Streets (Avant les rues) |
|
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | ||
Aisling Walsh |
Maudie |
|
Robin Aubert |
Ravenous (Les Affamés) |
|
Alexis Durand-Brault |
It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) |
|
Sadaf Foroughi |
Ava |
|
Ian Lagarde |
All You Can Eat Buddha |
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