# Prix Iris for Best Director

Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Director (French: Prix Iris de la meilleure réalisation) to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Director in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra. Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma. The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016.
Xavier Dolan received the most nominations, with six, while Denis Villeneuve received the most awards, with three. Villeneuve is the only director to win two consecutive awards, for Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies 2011, while Dolan is the only director to receive two nominations in the same year, for Mommy and Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) in 2015.
To date, nineteen women were nominated for a total of twenty-four nominations, with Léa Pool, Anne Émond, Sophie Dupuis and Monia Chokri receiving multiple nominations. The first to receive a nomination was Manon Briand at the first ceremony for 2 Seconds (2 secondes). Six women have won the award so far, the first being Lyne Charlebois in 2009 for Borderline.

## 1990s

| Year | Director | Film |
| 1999 1st Jutra Awards |
| 1999 1st Jutra Awards | François Girard | The Red Violin (Le violon rouge) |
| 1999 1st Jutra Awards | Manon Briand | 2 Seconds (2 secondes) |
| 1999 1st Jutra Awards | Robert Lepage | Nô |
| 1999 1st Jutra Awards | Denis Villeneuve | August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) |

## 2000s

| Year | Director | Film |
| 2000 2nd Jutra Awards |
| 2000 2nd Jutra Awards | Louis Bélanger | Post Mortem |
| 2000 2nd Jutra Awards | François Bouvier | Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver) |
| 2000 2nd Jutra Awards | Jean-Philippe Duval | Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi) |
| 2000 2nd Jutra Awards | Léa Pool | Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) |
| 2001 3rd Jutra Awards |
| 2001 3rd Jutra Awards | Denis Villeneuve | Maelström |
| 2001 3rd Jutra Awards | Philippe Falardeau | The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La moitié gauche du frigo) |
| 2001 3rd Jutra Awards | Robert Favreau | The Orphan Muses (Les muses orphelines) |
| 2001 3rd Jutra Awards | Michel Jetté | Hochelaga |
| 2002 4th Jutra Awards |
| 2002 4th Jutra Awards | André Turpin | Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) |
| 2002 4th Jutra Awards | Denis Chouinard | Tar Angel (L'ange de goudron) |
| 2002 4th Jutra Awards | Pierre Falardeau | February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839) |
| 2002 4th Jutra Awards | Catherine Martin | Marriages (Mariages) |
| 2003 5th Jutra Awards |
| 2003 5th Jutra Awards | Ricardo Trogi | Québec-Montréal |
| 2003 5th Jutra Awards | Michael MacKenzie | The Baroness and the Pig |
| 2003 5th Jutra Awards | Robert Morin | The Negro (Le nèg') |
| 2003 5th Jutra Awards | Kim Nguyen | The Marsh (Le marais) |
| 2004 6th Jutra Awards |
| 2004 6th Jutra Awards | Denys Arcand | The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) |
| 2004 6th Jutra Awards | Louis Bélanger | Gaz Bar Blues |
| 2004 6th Jutra Awards | Bernard Émond | 8:17 p.m. Darling Street (20h17 rue Darling) |
| 2004 6th Jutra Awards | Jean-François Pouliot | Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande Séduction) |
| 2005 7th Jutra Awards |
| 2005 7th Jutra Awards | Francis Leclerc | Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives) |
| 2005 7th Jutra Awards | Denise Filiatrault | Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) |
| 2005 7th Jutra Awards | Pierre Houle | Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille) |
| 2005 7th Jutra Awards | Yves Pelletier | Love and Magnets (Les aimants) |
| 2006 8th Jutra Awards |
| 2006 8th Jutra Awards | Jean-Marc Vallée | C.R.A.Z.Y. |
| 2006 8th Jutra Awards | Charles Binamé | The Rocket (Maurice Richard) |
| 2006 8th Jutra Awards | Bernard Émond | The Novena (La neuvaine) |
| 2006 8th Jutra Awards | Ricardo Trogi | Dodging the Clock (Horloge biologique) |
| 2007 9th Jutra Awards |
| 2007 9th Jutra Awards | Philippe Falardeau | Congorama |
| 2007 9th Jutra Awards | Érik Canuel | Bon Cop, Bad Cop |
| 2007 9th Jutra Awards | Robert Favreau | A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) |
| 2007 9th Jutra Awards | Claude Gagnon | Kamataki |
| 2008 10th Jutra Awards |
| 2008 10th Jutra Awards | Stéphane Lafleur | Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) |
| 2008 10th Jutra Awards | Denys Arcand | Days of Darkness (L'âge des ténèbres) |
| 2008 10th Jutra Awards | Fernand Dansereau | Twilight (La brunante) |
| 2008 10th Jutra Awards | Bernard Émond | Summit Circle (Contre toute espérance) |
| 2009 11th Jutra Awards |
| 2009 11th Jutra Awards | Lyne Charlebois | Borderline |
| 2009 11th Jutra Awards | Yves Christian Fournier | Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) |
| 2009 11th Jutra Awards | Robert Morin | Daddy Goes Ptarmigan Hunting (Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes) |
| 2009 11th Jutra Awards | Benoît Pilon | The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) |

## 2010s

| Year | Director | Film |
| 2010 12th Jutra Awards |
| 2010 12th Jutra Awards | Denis Villeneuve | Polytechnique |
| 2010 12th Jutra Awards | Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu | Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain) |
| 2010 12th Jutra Awards | Xavier Dolan | I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) |
| 2010 12th Jutra Awards | Jean-Philippe Duval | Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes) |
| 2010 12th Jutra Awards | Ricardo Trogi | 1981 |
| 2011 13th Jutra Awards |
| 2011 13th Jutra Awards | Denis Villeneuve | Incendies |
| 2011 13th Jutra Awards | Denis Côté | Curling |
| 2011 13th Jutra Awards | Xavier Dolan | Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires) |
| 2011 13th Jutra Awards | Daniel Grou | 10½ |
| 2011 13th Jutra Awards | Kim Nguyen | City of Shadows (La cité) |
| 2012 14th Jutra Awards |
| 2012 14th Jutra Awards | Philippe Falardeau | Monsieur Lazhar |
| 2012 14th Jutra Awards | Anne Émond | Nuit #1 |
| 2012 14th Jutra Awards | Micheline Lanctôt | For the Love of God (Pour l'amour de Dieu) |
| 2012 14th Jutra Awards | Ken Scott | Starbuck |
| 2012 14th Jutra Awards | Jean-Marc Vallée | Café de Flore |
| 2013 15th Jutra Awards |
| 2013 15th Jutra Awards | Kim Nguyen | War Witch (Rebelle) |
| 2013 15th Jutra Awards | Xavier Dolan | Laurence Anyways |
| 2013 15th Jutra Awards | Ivan Grbovic | Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) |
| 2013 15th Jutra Awards | Daniel Grou | L'Affaire Dumont |
| 2013 15th Jutra Awards | Rafaël Ouellet | Camion |
| 2014 16th Jutra Awards |
| 2014 16th Jutra Awards | Louise Archambault | Gabrielle |
| 2014 16th Jutra Awards | Denis Côté | Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (Vic+Flo ont vu un ours) |
| 2014 16th Jutra Awards | Robert Lepage and Pedro Pires | Triptych (Triptyque) |
| 2014 16th Jutra Awards | Sébastien Pilote | The Dismantling (Le démantèlement) |
| 2014 16th Jutra Awards | Daniel Roby | Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde) |
| 2015 17th Jutra Awards |
| 2015 17th Jutra Awards | Xavier Dolan | Mommy |
| 2015 17th Jutra Awards | Xavier Dolan | Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) |
| 2015 17th Jutra Awards | Stéphane Lafleur | You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) |
| 2015 17th Jutra Awards | Robert Morin | 3 Indian Tales (3 histoires d'indiens) |
| 2015 17th Jutra Awards | Denis Villeneuve | Enemy |
| 2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards | Léa Pool | The Passion of Augustine (La aassion d'Augustine) |
| 2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards | Mathieu Denis | Corbo |
| 2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards | Anne Émond | Our Loved Ones (Les êtres chers) |
| 2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards | Maxime Giroux | Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) |
| 2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards | Philippe Lesage | The Demons (Les démons) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Xavier Dolan | It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Louis Bélanger | Bad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Bachir Bensaddek | Montreal, White City (Montréal la blanche) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Chloé Leriche | Before the Streets (Avant les rues) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Kim Nguyen | Two Lovers and a Bear |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Robin Aubert | Ravenous (Les affamés) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Darren Curtis | Boost |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Sophie Dupuis | Family First (Chien de garde) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Robert Morin | Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Luc Picard | Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Ricardo Trogi | 1991 |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Denis Côté | Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Geneviève Dulude-De Celles | A Colony (Une colonie) |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Maxime Giroux | The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Yan Giroux | For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) |

## 2020s

| Year | Director | Film |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Sophie Deraspe | Antigone |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Monia Chokri | A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère) |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Guillaume de Fontenay | Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable) |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Matthew Rankin | The Twentieth Century |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Myriam Verreault | Kuessipan |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu) |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Sophie Dupuis | Underground (Souterrain) |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Philippe Falardeau | My Salinger Year |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Benoît Pilon | The Vinland Club (Le club Vinland) |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Daniel Roby | Target Number One |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Ivan Grbovic | Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Tracey Deer | Beans |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Maxime Giroux | Norbourg |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Kaveh Nabatian | Without Havana (Sin la Habana) |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Sébastien Pilote | Maria Chapdelaine |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Stéphane Lafleur | Viking |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Monia Chokri | Babysitter |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Francis Leclerc | The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Rafaël Ouellet | Family Game (Arseneault et fils) |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Pascal Plante | Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Monia Chokri | The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain) |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Pier-Philippe Chevigny | Richelieu |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Sophie Dupuis | Solo |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Ariane Louis-Seize | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Ricardo Trogi | 1995 |