Aurora Award for Best Visual Presentation

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The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best Visual Presentation was first awarded in 2016. Previously film and television works had been under the Best Related Work category, and several TV show episodes had won that award. The French-language equivalent is given in the Best Audio, Visual and Artistic Creation category, which doesn't have a direct English-language equivalent.

Like the other categories in the Aurora Awards, only Canadians are credited, and so only the Canadian directors or production companies that work on the films and television series are recognized.

Winners and nominees

  *   Winners and joint winners

YearCreators/DirectorsWorkProduction CompanyResultRef.
2016 John Fawcett * & Graeme Manson* Orphan Black (Season 3) Temple Street Productions & Bell Media Winner [1]
Daegan Fryklind Bitten (Season 2)Hoodwink Entertainment, No Equal Entertainment, Entertainment One, Bell Media Finalist [1]
Simon Barry Continuum (Season 4) Reunion Pictures, Shaw Media & Boy Meets Girl Film CompanyFinalist [1]
Joseph Mallozzi Dark Matter (Season 1)Prodigy Pictures Inc.Finalist [1]
Michelle Lovretta Killjoys (Season 1)Mendacity Pictures, Bell Media & Temple Street Productions Finalist [1]
2017 Denis Villeneuve * Arrival N/AWinner [2]
Joseph Mallozzi Dark Matter (Season 2)Prodigy Pictures Inc.Finalist [2]
Michelle Lovretta Killjoys (Season 2)Mendacity Pictures, Bell Media & Temple Street Productions Finalist [2]
R. B. Carney, Cal Coons & Alexandra Zarowny Murdoch Mysteries (Season 9) Shaftesbury Films Finalist [2]
John Fawcett & Graeme Manson Orphan Black (Season 4) Temple Street Productions & Bell Media Finalist [2]
2018 Denis Villeneuve * Blade Runner 2049 N/AWinner [3]
Joseph Mallozzi Dark Matter (Season 3)Prodigy Pictures Inc.Finalist [3]
Michelle Lovretta Killjoys (Season 3)Mendacity Pictures, Bell Media & Temple Street Productions Finalist [3]
John Fawcett & Graeme Manson Orphan Black (Season 5) Temple Street Productions & Bell Media Finalist [3]
Brad Wright (creator) Travelers (Season 2) Showcase Finalist [3]
Emily Andras (creator) Wynonna Earp (Season 2)SEVEN24 FilmsFinalist [3]
2019 Ryan Reynolds * (producer) Deadpool 2 20th Century Fox Winner [4]
Domee Shi (director) Bao Walt Disney, Pixar Animation Studios Finalist [4]
Christina Jennings (executive producer) & Peter Mitchell (showrunner) Murdoch Mysteries (Season 11-12) Shaftesbury Films Finalist [4]
Brad Wright (creator), with Carrie Mudd, John G. Lenic, and Eric McCormack Travelers (Season 3) Netflix Finalist [4]
Emily Andras (creator) Wynonna Earp (Season 3)SEVEN24 FilmsFinalist [4]
2020 Steve Blackman * (creator) The Umbrella Academy Dark Horse Entertainment, Borderline Entertainment, Universal Cable Productions Winner [5] [6]
Adam Barken & Michelle Lovretta (showrunner) Killjoys (Season 5) Temple Street Productions Finalist [5] [6]
Christina Jennings (executive producer) & Peter Mitchell (showrunner) Murdoch Mysteries (Season 12-13) Shaftesbury Films Finalist [5] [6]
Glenn Davis & William Laurin V Wars Netflix Finalist [5] [6]
Jonathan Lloyd Walker Van Helsing (Season 4)Echo Lake Entertainment, Dynamic Television, Nomadic PicturesFinalist [5] [6]
2021 Steve Blackman * (creator) The Umbrella Academy Dark Horse Entertainment, Borderline Entertainment, Universal Cable Productions Winner [7]
Tony Elliott (creator) & Michelle Latimer (creator)Don't Text BackFinalist [7]
Christina Jennings (executive producer) & Peter Mitchell (showrunner), with Scott Garvie, Yannick Bisson, Hélène Joy Murdoch Mysteries (Season 13) Shaftesbury Films Finalist [7]
Kaye Adelaide & Mariel Sharp Trickster (Ep. 1-6)Finalist [7]
Emily Andras (creator) Wynonna Earp (Season 4, Ep. 1-6)SEVEN24 FilmsFinalist [7]
2022 Denis Villeneuve * (director) Dune Legendary Entertainment Winner [8] [9]
Zacharias Kunuk Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice Kingulliit Productions; Taqqut Productions Finalist [8] [9]
Shawn Levy (director) Free Guy 20th Century Studios Finalist [8] [9]
Jason Reitman (director) Ghostbusters: Afterlife Columbia Pictures Finalist [8] [9]
Emily Andras (showrunner) Wynonna Earp (Season 4, Ep. 7-12)Seven24 FilmsFinalist [8] [9]

The category was last awarded in 2022

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "2017 Aurora Awards". sfadb.com . Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2018 Aurora Awards". sfadb.com . Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2019". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2020". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "2020 Nominee List | Aurora Awards" . Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2021". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2022". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "2022 Nominee List | Aurora Awards" . Retrieved 2022-07-10.