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. [1]
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.
Year | Nominee | Film | Ref |
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1966 18th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Ron Kelly | The Gift | [1] | |
1967 19th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Ron Kelly | Wojeck : "The Last Man in the World" | [1] | |
Allan King | Warrendale | ||
1968 20th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Don Owen | The Ernie Game | [1] | |
1969 21st Canadian Film Awards | |||
Peter Pearson | The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar | [1] | |
Arthur Hammond | This Land | [2] | |
Francis Chapman | McQueen : "There's a Car Upside Down on My Lawn" |
Year | Nominee | Film | Ref |
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1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards | |||
Paul Almond | The Act of the Heart | [1] | |
1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards | |||
Claude Jutra | Mon oncle Antoine | [1] | |
1972 24th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Gilles Carle | The True Nature of Bernadette (La Vraie Nature de Bernadette) | [1] | |
1973 25th Canadian Film Awards | |||
David Acomba | Slipstream | [1] | |
1974 | |||
No award presented | [1] | ||
1975 26th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Michel Brault | Orders (Les Ordres) | [1] | |
1976 27th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Harvey Hart | Goldenrod | [1] | |
1977 28th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Jean Beaudin | J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) | [1] | |
Allan King | Who Has Seen the Wind | [3] | |
Silvio Narizzano | Why Shoot the Teacher? | ||
Robin Spry | One Man | ||
1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Daryl Duke | The Silent Partner | [1] | |
Paul Lynch | Blood and Guts | [4] | |
George Kaczender | In Praise of Older Women | ||
Les Rose | Three Card Monte |