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Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction

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Mathieu DenisThose Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves, Mathieu Denis, Nominee, Matthew JohnsonOperation Avalanche, Matthew Johnson, Nominee, Simon LavoieThose Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves, Simon Lavoie, Nominee, Kevan FunkHello Destroyer, Kevan Funk, Nominee, Xavier DolanIt's Only the End of the World, Xavier Dolan, Nominee, Chloé LericheBefore the Streets, Chloé Leriche, Nominee, Lenny AbrahamsonRoom, Lenny Abrahamson, Winner, Anne ÉmondOur Loved Ones, Anne Émond, Nominee, Philippe LesageThe Demons, Philippe Lesage, Nominee, Maxime GirouxFelix and Meira, Maxime Giroux, Nominee, Andrew CividinoSleeping Giant, Andrew Cividino, Nominee, Xavier DolanMommy, Xavier Dolan, Winner, Atom EgoyanThe Captive, Atom Egoyan, Nominee, David CronenbergMaps to the Stars, David Cronenberg, Nominee, Albert ShinIn Her Place, Albert Shin, Nominee, Stéphane LafleurTu dors Nicole, Stéphane Lafleur, Nominee, Denis VilleneuveEnemy, Denis Villeneuve, Winner, Michael DowseWhat If, Michael Dowse, Nominee, Robert LepageTriptych, Robert Lepage, Nominee, Xavier DolanTom at the Farm, Xavier Dolan, Nominee, Sébastien PiloteThe Dismantling, Sébastien Pilote, Nominee, Pedro PiresTriptych, Pedro Pires, Nominee, Kim NguyenWar Witch, Kim Nguyen, Winner, Michael DowseGoon, Michael Dowse, Nominee, Xavier DolanLaurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan, Nominee, Deepa MehtaMidnight's Children, Deepa Mehta, Nominee, Bernard ÉmondAll That You Possess, Bernard Émond, Nominee

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.

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 and Atom Egoyan have each won the award twice. No other director has, to date, won the award more than once.
  • Women: Three women — Micheline Lanctôt, Sandy Wilson and Sarah Polley — have won the award to date. Overall, 26 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.

    • References

    Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction Wikipedia
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