# Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director of a Canadian Film

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director Canadian Film is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

## Winners
### 2000s

| Year | Director(s) | Film(s) |
| 2000 | Denis Villeneuve | Maelström |
| 2000 | Gary Burns | waydowntown |
| 2000 | Scott Smith | Rollercoaster |
| 2001 | Bruce Sweeney | Last Wedding |
| 2001 | Andrew Currie | Mile Zero |
| 2001 | Léa Pool | Lost and Delirious |
| 2002 | Keith Behrman | Flower & Garnet |
| 2002 | Guy Bennett | Punch |
| 2002 | Atom Egoyan | Ararat |
| 2002 | Deepa Mehta | Bollywood/Hollywood |
| 2003 | Denys Arcand | The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) |
| 2003 | Nathaniel Geary | On the Corner |
| 2003 | Scott Smith | Falling Angels |
| 2004 | Don McKellar | Childstar |
| 2004 | Daniel MacIvor | Wilby Wonderful |
| 2004 | Peter Raymont | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire |
| 2004 | Velcrow Ripper | Scared Sacred |
| 2005 | Deepa Mehta | Water |
| 2005 | Michael Dowse | It's All Gone Pete Tong |
| 2005 | Jean-Marc Vallée | C.R.A.Z.Y. |
| 2006 | Reginald Harkema | Monkey Warfare |
| 2006 | Andrew Currie | Fido |
| 2006 | Sarah Polley | Away from Her |
| 2007 | David Cronenberg | Eastern Promises |
| 2007 | Guy Maddin | My Winnipeg |
| 2007 | Roger Spottiswoode | Shake Hands with the Devil |
| 2008 | Philippe Falardeau | It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) |
| 2008 | Atom Egoyan | Adoration |
| 2008 | Deepa Mehta | Heaven on Earth |
| 2009 | Xavier Dolan | I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) |
| 2009 | Cherien Dabis | Amreeka |
| 2009 | Denis Villeneuve | Polytechnique |

### 2010s

| Year | Director(s) | Film(s) |
| 2010 | Denis Villeneuve | Incendies |
| 2010 | Denis Côté | Curling |
| 2010 | Bruce McDonald | Trigger |
| 2011 | David Cronenberg | A Dangerous Method |
| 2011 | Ed Gass-Donnelly | Small Town Murder Songs |
| 2011 | Ken Scott | Starbuck |
| 2011 | Jean-Marc Vallée | Café de Flore |
| 2012 | Panos Cosmatos | Beyond the Black Rainbow |
| 2012 | David Cronenberg | Cosmopolis |
| 2012 | Sarah Polley | Stories We Tell |
| 2013 | Jeff Barnaby | Rhymes for Young Ghouls |
| 2013 | Louise Archambault | Gabrielle |
| 2013 | Matt Johnson | The Dirties |
| 2014 | Denis Villeneuve | Enemy |
| 2014 | Xavier Dolan | Mommy |
| 2014 | Stéphane Lafleur | You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) |
| 2015 | Andrew Cividino | Sleeping Giant |
| 2015 | Lenny Abrahamson | Room |
| 2015 | Atom Egoyan | Remember |
| 2016 | Kevan Funk | Hello Destroyer |
| 2016 | Ashley McKenzie | Werewolf |
| 2016 | Isiah Medina | 88:88 |
| 2017 | Kathleen Hepburn | Never Steady, Never Still |
| 2017 | Sofia Bohdanowicz | Maison du Bonheur |
| 2017 | Denis Côté | A Skin So Soft (Ta peau si lisse) |
| 2018 | Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown | Edge of the Knife |
| 2018 | Andrea Bussmann | Fausto |
| 2018 | Katherine Jerkovic | Roads in February (Les routes en février) |
| 2018 | Philippe Lesage | Genesis (Genèse) |
| 2019 | Kathleen Hepburn and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers | The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open |
| 2019 | Kazik Radwanski | Anne at 13,000 Ft. |
| 2019 | Matthew Rankin | The Twentieth Century |

### 2020s

| Year | Director(s) | Film(s) |
| 2020 | Brandon Cronenberg | Possessor |
| 2020 | Sean Durkin | The Nest |
| 2020 | Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli | Violation |
| 2021 | Danis Goulet | Night Raiders |
| 2021 | Michael McGowan | All My Puny Sorrows |
| 2021 | Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson | Scarborough |
| 2022 | Sarah Polley | Women Talking |
| 2022 | Jason Loftus | Eternal Spring |
| 2022 | Anthony Shim | Riceboy Sleeps |
| 2022 | Clement Virgo | Brother |
| 2023 | Matt Johnson | BlackBerry |
| 2023 | Atom Egoyan | Seven Veils |
| 2023 | Nisha Pahuja | To Kill a Tiger |
| 2024 | Ann Marie Fleming | Can I Get a Witness? |
| 2024 | Megan Park | My Old Ass |
| 2024 | R. T. Thorne | 40 Acres |