# 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.

## History

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.

## 1960s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1966 18th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1966 18th Canadian Film Awards | Ron Kelly | The Gift |
| 1967 19th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1967 19th Canadian Film Awards | Ron Kelly | Wojeck: "The Last Man in the World" |
| 1967 19th Canadian Film Awards | Allan King | Warrendale |
| 1968 20th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1968 20th Canadian Film Awards | Don Owen | The Ernie Game |
| 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards |
| 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards | Peter Pearson | The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar |
| 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards | Arthur Hammond | This Land |
| 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards | Francis Chapman | McQueen: "There's a Car Upside Down on My Lawn" |

## 1970s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards |
| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards | Paul Almond | The Act of the Heart |
| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards |
| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards | Claude Jutra | Mon oncle Antoine |
| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards | Gilles Carle | The True Nature of Bernadette (La Vraie Nature de Bernadette) |
| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards | David Acomba | Slipstream |
| 1974 |
| 1974 | No award presented | No award presented |
| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards | Michel Brault | Orders (Les Ordres) |
| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards | Harvey Hart | Goldenrod |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards | Jean Beaudin | J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards | Allan King | Who Has Seen the Wind |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards | Silvio Narizzano | Why Shoot the Teacher? |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards | Robin Spry | One Man |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Daryl Duke | The Silent Partner |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Paul Lynch | Blood and Guts |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | George Kaczender | In Praise of Older Women |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Les Rose | Three Card Monte |

## 1980s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Bob Clark | Murder by Decree |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Peter Carter | Klondike Fever |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Anne-Claire Poirier | A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête) |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Donald Shebib | Fish Hawk |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Eric Till | Wild Horse Hank |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Francis Mankiewicz | Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Bob Clark | Tribute |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Zale Dalen | The Hounds of Notre Dame |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Jean-Claude Labrecque | The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire Coffin) |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Micheline Lanctôt | The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Gilles Carle | The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | David Cronenberg | Scanners |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Allan King | Silence of the North |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Donald Shebib | Heartaches |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Ralph L. Thomas | Ticket to Heaven |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Phillip Borsos | The Grey Fox |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Rex Bromfield | Melanie |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Wild Flowers (Les fleurs sauvages) |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Robert Ménard | A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi) |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Eric Till | If You Could See What I Hear |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Bob Clark | A Christmas Story |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | David Cronenberg | Videodrome |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Bruno Carrière | Lucien Brouillard |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Jack Darcus | Deserters |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | André Forcier | Au clair de la lune |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Brigitte Sauriol | Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Micheline Lanctôt | Sonatine |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Atom Egoyan | Next of Kin |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Le jour S... |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Don Owen | Unfinished Business |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Léa Pool | A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Sandy Wilson | My American Cousin |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Jean Beaudin | The Alley Cat (Le Matou) |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Claude Jutra | The Dame in Colour (La Dame en couleurs) |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Ted Kotcheff | Joshua Then and Now |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Giles Walker | 90 Days |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Denys Arcand | The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Leon Marr | Dancing in the Dark |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Yves Simoneau | Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | John N. Smith | Sitting in Limbo |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Anne Wheeler | Loyalties |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Jean-Claude Lauzon | Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Atom Egoyan | Family Viewing |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Marquise Lepage | Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville) |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Patricia Rozema | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | John N. Smith | Train of Dreams |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | David Cronenberg | Dead Ringers |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Roger Cardinal | Malarek |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Louise Clark, Jackie Burroughs, John Walker, Aerlyn Weissman and John Frizzell | A Winter Tan |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Francis Mankiewicz | The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Anne Wheeler | Cowboys Don't Cry |

## 1990s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Denys Arcand | Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | François Bouvier and Jean Beaudry | Unfaithful Mornings (Les Matins infidèles) |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Atom Egoyan | Speaking Parts |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | John N. Smith | Welcome to Canada |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Anne Wheeler | Bye Bye Blues |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Bruce Beresford | Black Robe |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Phillip Borsos | Bethune: The Making of a Hero |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Atom Egoyan | The Adjuster |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | André Forcier | An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée) |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Darrell Wasyk | H |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | David Cronenberg | Naked Lunch |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Jean Beaudin | Being at Home with Claude |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Eli Cohen | The Quarrel |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Jean-Claude Lauzon | Léolo |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Robert Morin | Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans-cœur) |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | François Girard | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Paule Baillargeon | The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles) |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Atom Egoyan | Calendar |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | George Mihalka | La Florida |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Sandy Wilson | Harmony Cats |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Atom Egoyan | Exotica |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | André Forcier | The Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming) |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Micheline Lanctôt | Two Can Play (Deux actrices) |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Richard J. Lewis | Whale Music |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Léa Pool | Desire in Motion (Mouvements du désir) |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Mina Shum | Double Happiness |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Robert Lepage | The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Charles Binamé | Eldorado |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Mort Ransen | Margaret's Museum |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Jean-Marc Vallée | Black List (Liste noire) |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Clement Virgo | Rude |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | David Cronenberg | Crash |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | John Fawcett | The Boys Club |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | John Greyson | Lilies |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Robert Lepage | Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Bruce McDonald | Hard Core Logo |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Atom Egoyan | The Sweet Hereafter |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Thom Fitzgerald | The Hanging Garden |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | André Forcier | The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Gabriel Pelletier | Karmina |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Lynne Stopkewich | Kissed |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | François Girard | The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge) |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Sturla Gunnarsson | Such a Long Journey |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Don McKellar | Last Night |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Gillies MacKinnon | Regeneration |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Jonathan Tammuz | Rupert's Land |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Joel Wyner | Pale Saints |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Jeremy Podeswa | The Five Senses |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Louis Bélanger | Post Mortem |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Atom Egoyan | Felicia's Journey |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Léa Pool | Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Istvan Szabo | Sunshine |

## 2000s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Denis Villeneuve | Maelström |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Gary Burns | waydowntown |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Alain DesRochers | The Bottle (La Bouteille) |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Robert Favreau | The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines) |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Robert Lepage | Possible Worlds |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Zacharias Kunuk | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Denis Chouinard | Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron) |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Renny Bartlett | Eisenstein |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Bernard Émond | The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit) |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | William Phillips | Treed Murray |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | David Cronenberg | Spider |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Jean Beaudin | The Collector (Le Collectionneur) |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Sturla Gunnarsson | Rare Birds |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Ricardo Trogi | Québec-Montréal |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Anne Wheeler | Suddenly Naked |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Denys Arcand | The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Robert Lepage | Far Side of the Moon (La Face cachée de la lune) |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Guy Maddin | The Saddest Music in the World |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Jean-François Pouliot | Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction) |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Charles Martin Smith | The Snow Walker |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Francis Leclerc | Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives) |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Denise Filiatrault | Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Pierre Houle | Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille) |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Bronwen Hughes | Stander |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | David "Sudz" Sutherland | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Jean-Marc Vallée | C.R.A.Z.Y. |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Louise Archambault | Familia |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Michael Dowse | It's All Gone Pete Tong |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Deepa Mehta | Water |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Luc Picard | Audition (L'Audition) |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Charles Binamé | The Rocket (Maurice Richard) |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Érik Canuel | Bon Cop, Bad Cop |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Robert Favreau | A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Stéphane Lapointe | The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux) |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Jean-François Pouliot | The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance) |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Sarah Polley | Away From Her |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Denys Arcand | Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres) |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | David Cronenberg | Eastern Promises |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Bruce McDonald | The Tracey Fragments |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Roger Spottiswoode | Shake Hands With the Devil |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Benoît Pilon | The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Carl Bessai | Normal |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Lyne Charlebois | Borderline |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Yves-Christian Fournier | Everything is Fine (Tout est parfait) |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Richie Mehta | Amal |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Denis Villeneuve | Polytechnique |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu | Before Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain) |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Bruce McDonald | Pontypool |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Charles Officer | Nurse.Fighter.Boy |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Kari Skogland | Fifty Dead Men Walking |

## 2010s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Denis Villeneuve | Incendies |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Xavier Dolan | Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Richard J. Lewis | Barney's Version |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Vincenzo Natali | Splice |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Podz | 10½ |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Philippe Falardeau | Monsieur Lazhar |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | David Cronenberg | A Dangerous Method |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Larysa Kondracki | The Whistleblower |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Steven Silver | The Bang Bang Club |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Jean-Marc Vallée | Café de Flore |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Kim Nguyen | War Witch (Rebelle) |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Xavier Dolan | Laurence Anyways |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Michael Dowse | Goon |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Bernard Émond | All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes) |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Deepa Mehta | Midnight's Children |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | | |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Denis Villeneuve | Enemy |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Xavier Dolan | Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Michael Dowse | The F Word |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Sébastien Pilote | The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement) |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Pedro Pires and Robert Lepage | Triptych (Triptyque) |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Xavier Dolan | Mommy |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | David Cronenberg | Maps to the Stars |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Atom Egoyan | The Captive |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Stéphane Lafleur | You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Albert Shin | In Her Place |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Lenny Abrahamson | Room |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Andrew Cividino | Sleeping Giant |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Anne Émond | Our Loved Ones (Les Êtres chers) |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Maxime Giroux | Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Philippe Lesage | The Demons (Les Démons) |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Xavier Dolan | It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | 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) |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Kevan Funk | Hello Destroyer |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Matt Johnson | Operation Avalanche |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Chloé Leriche | Before the Streets (Avant les rues) |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Aisling Walsh | Maudie |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Robin Aubert | Ravenous (Les Affamés) |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Alexis Durand-Brault | It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Sadaf Foroughi | Ava |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Ian Lagarde | All You Can Eat Buddha |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Jasmin Mozaffari | Firecrackers |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Sophie Dupuis | Family First (Chien de garde) |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Geneviève Dulude-De Celles | A Colony (Une colonie) |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Maxime Giroux | The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Daniel Roby | Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn | The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Sophie Deraspe | Antigone |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Kazik Radwanski | Anne at 13,000 Ft. |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Matthew Rankin | The Twentieth Century |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Calvin Thomas, Yonah Lewis | White Lie |

## 2020s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Deepa Mehta | Funny Boy |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Brandon Cronenberg | Possessor |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Sophie Dupuis | Underground (Souterrain) |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Sean Durkin | The Nest |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Pascal Plante | Nadia, Butterfly |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson | Scarborough |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Anthony Scott Burns | Come True |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Danis Goulet | Night Raiders |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Philippe Grégoire | The Noise of Engines (Le Bruit des moteurs) |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Bretten Hannam | Wildhood |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Clement Virgo | Brother |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | David Cronenberg | Crimes of the Future |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Stéphane Lafleur | Viking |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Charlotte Le Bon | Falcon Lake |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Anthony Shim | Riceboy Sleeps |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Matt Johnson | BlackBerry |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Brandon Cronenberg | Infinity Pool |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Sophie Dupuis | Solo |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Ariane Louis-Seize | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Henri Pardo | Kanaval |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Pascal Plante | Red Rooms (Les Chambres rouges) |

## Directors with multiple wins (3 or more)

* David Cronenberg-5
* Denis Villeneuve-4
* Denys Arcand-3

## Directors with multiple nominations (3 or more)

* David Cronenberg-10 times (5 wins)
* Atom Egoyan-9 times (2 wins)
* Xavier Dolan-5 times (2 wins)
* Denis Villeneuve-4 times (4 wins)
* Denys Arcand-4 times (3 wins)
* Bob Clark-3 times (2 wins; co-tie with Cronenberg)