# Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Direction (General Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in Toronto theatre.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s

| Year | Director | Play |
| 1980 | Guy Sprung | Balconville and Paper Wheat |
| 1980 | Peter Froehlich | Staller's Farm |
| 1980 | Ken Livingstone | American Buffalo |
| 1980 | George Luscombe | Ain't Lookin' |
| 1981 | George F. Walker | Theatre of the Film Noir |
| 1981 | William Lane | Loose Ends |
| 1981 | Alan Scarfe | The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia |
| 1981 | Ray Whelan | Arms and the Man |
| 1982 | Richard Rose | Tamara |
| 1982 | Jim Garrard | Cold Comfort |
| 1982 | Guy Sprung | Night and Day |
| 1982 | Henry Tarvainen | Straight Ahead/Blind Dancers |
| 1983 | Guy Sprung | Translations |
| 1983 | Leon Major | Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You and Identity Crisis |
| 1983 | Robin Phillips | The Prisoner of Zenda |
| 1983 | Guy Sprung | Dream in High Park |
| 1984 | Bill Glassco | Cloud Nine |
| 1984 | Derek Goldby, David Hemblen | Delicatessen |
| 1984 | Ray Jewers | Trafford Tanzi |
| 1984 | Leon Major | The Dining Room |
| 1985 | Derek Goldby | Uncle Vanya |
| 1985 | Bill Glassco | Salt-Water Moon |
| 1985 | Ken Livingstone | 'night, Mother |
| 1985 | Robin Phillips | New World |
| 1985 | Aaron Schwartz | Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean |
| 1986 | Richard Greenblatt | The Miracle Worker |
| 1986 | Alexander Hausvater | Ghetto |
| 1986 | Ken Livingstone | Other Places |
| 1986 | Andy McKim | The Wedding Script |
| 1986 | John Van Burek | Hosanna |
| 1987 | Bob Baker | B-Movie: The Play |
| 1987 | Dennis Foon | Bedtimes and Bullies |
| 1987 | Jeff Henry | The Bloodknot |
| 1987 | Urjo Kareda, Andy McKim | Aunt Dan and Lemon |
| 1987 | John Van Burek | Bonjour, La, Bonjour |
| 1988 | Larry Lillo | A Lie of the Mind |
| 1988 | Bill Glassco | Nothing Sacred |
| 1988 | Derek Goldby | I Am Yours |
| 1988 | Richard Greenblatt | Detaining Mr. Trotsky |
| 1988 | Robert Rooney | Something in the Air |
| 1989 | Robert Lepage | The Dragons Trilogy |
| 1989 | Denise Filiatrault | Les Fridolinades |
| 1989 | Larry Lewis | Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing |
| 1989 | Richard Rose | The Possibilities |
| 1989 | Susan Wright | Under the Skin |

### 1990s

| Year | Director | Play |
| 1990 | JoAnn McIntyre | The Collected Works of Billy the Kid |
| 1990 | Bob Baker | Breaking the Code |
| 1990 | Derek Goldby | The Father |
| 1990 | Robert Lepage | Echo |
| 1990 | Richard Rose | The Europeans |
| 1991 | Richard Monette | Saint Joan |
| 1991 | Richard Greenblatt | Mirror Game |
| 1991 | Peter Hinton | Possible Worlds |
| 1991 | Brian Richmond | Lilies |
| 1991 | John Van Burek | La Maison Suspendue |
| 1992 | Neil Munro | Hamlet |
| 1992 | François Faucher | Elvire Jouvet 40 |
| 1992 | Dennis Foon | Naomi's Road |
| 1992 | László Marton | Three Sisters |
| 1992 | Paulette Phillips | Under the Influence |
| 1993 | Harold Prince | Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| 1993 | Maja Ardal | Whale |
| 1993 | Marti Maraden | Fallen Angels |
| 1993 | Duncan McIntosh | Le Bal |
| 1993 | Steven Pimlott | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| 1994 | Mike Ockrent | Crazy for You |
| 1994 | Maja Ardal | A Christmas Carol |
| 1994 | John Bourgeois | The Taming of the Shrew |
| 1994 | Peter Hinton | Abundance |
| 1994 | Nicholas Hytner | Miss Saigon |
| 1995 | Des McAnuff | Tommy |
| 1995 | Bob Baker | Into the Woods |
| 1995 | Marti Maraden | Six Degrees of Separation |
| 1996 | Robert Lepage | The Seven Streams of the River Ota |
| 1996 | Maja Ardal | Two Weeks with the Queen |
| 1996 | Leah Cherniak | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| 1996 | Robert Lepage | Elsinore |
| 1996 | Gilles Maheu | The Dead Souls |
| 1997 | Frank Galati | Ragtime |
| 1997 | Rob Bettinson | Jolson |
| 1997 | John Caird | Jane Eyre |
| 1997 | Marshall Pynkoski | Don Giovanni |
| 1997 | James Robinson | Elektra |
| 1998 | Ian Prinsloo | Patience |
| 1998 | Daniel Brooks | The Designated Mourner |
| 1998 | Leah Cherniak | The Betrayal |
| 1998 | Alisa Palmer | The Quartet |
| 1998 | Miles Potter | Molly Sweeney |
| 1998 | Richard Rose | Inexpressible Island |
| 1998 | George F. Walker | Problem Child |
| 1999 | Soheil Parsa. Aurash Miles Potter | The Drawer Boy |
| 1999 | John MacLachlan Gray, Eric Peterson | Billy Bishop Goes to War |
| 1999 | Michael Hollingsworth | The Life and Times of Brian Mulroney |
| 1999 | Andy McKim | Kilt |
| 1999 | Miles Potter | The Drawer Boy |
| 1999 | Guillermo Verdecchia, Daniel Brooks | Insomnia |

### 2000s

| Year | Director | Play |
| 2000 | László Marton | Platonov |
| 2000 | Daniel Brooks | Endgame |
| 2000 | Daniel Brooks | Faust |
| 2000 | Morris Panych, Wendy Gorling | The Overcoat |
| 2000 | Sarah Stanley | Beaver |
| 2001 | Ian McElhinney | Stones in His Pockets |
| 2001 | Blake Brooker, Denise Clarke | Thunderstruck |
| 2001 | Daniel Brooks | Betrayal |
| 2001 | Dennis Garnhum | Slavs! |
| 2001 | Pierre Tétrault | Ghost Train |
| 2002 | Jim Warren | The Bald Soprano |
| 2002 | Daniel Brooks | The Good Life |
| 2002 | Rosemary Dunsmore | Fighting Words |
| 2002 | Dennis Garnhum | Skylight |
| 2002 | Daniel MacIvor | In On It |
| 2002 | Kelly Thornton | This Hotel |
| 2003 | Morris Panych | Girl in the Goldfish Bowl |
| 2003 | Chris Abraham | Russell Hill |
| 2003 | Leah Cherniak | The Miracle Worker |
| 2003 | Brian Quirt | Through the Eyes |
| 2003 | Albert Schultz | A Chorus of Disapproval |
| 2004 | Richard Rose | Remnants |
| 2004 | Guy Mignault | Le Visiteur |
| 2004 | Larry Moss | The Syringa Tree |
| 2004 | Richard Rose | Simpl |
| 2004 | Sarah Stanley | Restitution: An Irish-Canadian Rhapsody |
| 2005 | Ken Gass | The Leisure Society |
| 2005 | Daniel Brooks | Bigger Than Jesus |
| 2005 | Daniel Brooks | Half-Life |
| 2005 | Allen MacInnis | Blue Planet |
| 2005 | Joseph Ziegler | Hamlet |
| 2006 | Nigel Shawn Williams | The Monument |
| 2006 | Daniel MacIvor | A Beautiful View |
| 2006 | Weyni Mengesha | blood.claat - one womban story |
| 2006 | Richard Rose | Leo |
| 2006 | Joseph Ziegler | Our Town |
| 2007 | Richard Rose | Scorched |
| 2007 | Chris Abraham | Insomnia |
| 2007 | Daniel Brooks | Here Lies Henry |
| 2007 | Ted Dykstra | Leaving Home |
| 2007 | Jennifer Tarver | Crave |
| 2008 | Alisa Palmer | Top Girls |
| 2008 | Philip Akin | Intimate Apparel |
| 2008 | Micheline Chevrier | The December Man |
| 2008 | Diana Leblanc | Rose |
| 2008 | Jean-Stéphane Roy | The Misanthrope |
| 2009 | Ed Roy | Agokwe |
| 2009 | Chris Abraham | I, Claudia |
| 2009 | Jason Byrne | Festen |
| 2009 | Denise Clarke | Radio Play |
| 2009 | Weyni Mengesha | A Raisin in the Sun |

### 2010s

| Year | Playwright | Title |
| 2010 | Morris Panych | Parfumerie |
| 2010 | Adam Brazier | Assassins |
| 2010 | Alan Dilworth | If We Were Birds |
| 2010 | Graham McLaren | Hamlet |
| 2010 | Richard Rose | Courageous |
| 2011 | Brendan Healy | Blasted |
| 2011 | Philip Akin | Ruined |
| 2011 | Allen MacInnis | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| 2011 | Gina Wilkinson | Wide Awake Hearts |
| 2011 | Nigel Shawn Williams | Brothel #9 |
| 2012 | Philip Akin | Topdog/Underdog |
| 2012 | Alan Dilworth | Crash |
| 2012 | Ross Manson | The Golden Dragon |
| 2012 | Robert McQueen | Caroline, or Change |
| 2012 | Kelly Thornton | The Penelopiad |
| 2013 | Chris Abraham | The Little Years |
| 2013 | Chris Abraham | Someone Else |
| 2013 | Brendan Healy | Arigato, Tokyo |
| 2013 | Evalyn Parry | Obaaberima |
| 2013 | Albert Schultz | The Crucible |
| 2014 | Albert Schultz | Of Human Bondage |
| 2014 | Brendan Healy | Pig |
| 2014 | Weyni Mengesha | Lungs |
| 2014 | Adam Paolozza | The Double |
| 2014 | Richard Rose | A God in Need of Help |
| 2015 | Eda Holmes | Tom at the Farm |
| 2015 | Alan Dilworth | Twelve Angry Men |
| 2015 | Gísli Örn Garðarsson | The Heart of Robin Hood |
| 2015 | Ravi Jain | Accidental Death of an Anarchist |
| 2015 | Richard Rose | An Enemy of the People |
| 2016 | Ravi Jain | Salt-Water Moon |
| 2016 | Ashlie Corcoran | Mustard |
| 2016 | Matjash Mrozewski, Estelle Shook | Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom |
| 2016 | Peter Hinton | Bombay Black |
| 2016 | Ravi Jain | We Are Proud to Present... |
| 2017 | Philip Akin | "Master Harold" ...and the Boys |
| 2017 | Nina Lee Aquino | acquiesce |
| 2017 | Ashlie Corcoran | KISS |
| 2017 | Alan Dilworth | Incident at Vichy |
| 2017 | Weyni Mengesha | Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts I, II, III) |
| 2018 | Mitchell Cushman | Jerusalem |
| 2018 | Alan Dilworth | Idomeneus |
| 2018 | Richard Rose | Hamlet |
| 2018 | Djanet Sears | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf |
| 2018 | Ted Witzel | LULU v.7 // aspects of a femme fatale |
| 2019 | Nina Lee Aquino | School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play |
| 2019 | Brendan Healy | Every Brilliant Thing |
| 2019 | Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape |
| 2019 | Meg Roe | Middletown |
| 2019 | Guillermo Verdecchia | The Royale |

### 2020s

| Year | Playwright | Title |
| 2020 | Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | The Brothers Size |
| 2020 | Chris Abraham | Julius Caesar |
| 2020 | Mitchell Cushman | The Flick |
| 2020 | Jani Lauzon | Almighty Voice and His Wife |
| 2020 | Weyni Mengesha | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 2021 | No ceremony held due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada on theatre production in 2020. | No ceremony held due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada on theatre production in 2020. |
| 2022 | Soheil Parsa | Wildfire |
| 2022 | Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster | Three Women of Swatow |
| 2022 | Weyni Mengesha | Pipeline |
| 2022 | Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | Is God Is |
| 2022 | John Tiffany | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| 2023 | Cherissa Richards | Red Velvet |
| 2023 | Philip Akin | Maanomaa, My Brother |
| 2023 | Marie Farsi | Fifteen Dogs |
| 2023 | Weyni Mengesha | Queen Goneril |
| 2023 | Alisa Palmer | Fall On Your Knees, Part Two: The Diary |
| 2024 | Andrew Kushnir | Bad Roads |
| 2024 | Chris Abraham | The Master Plan |
| 2024 | Seth Bockley | King Gilgamesh and the Man of the Wild |
| 2024 | Brendan Healy | The Inheritance, Pt. 1 |
| 2024 | Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | Sizwe Banzi Is Dead |