MuchMusic Video Award for Best Director

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The following is a list of the MuchMusic Video Awards winners for "Best Director".

YearArtistVideoDirector
1990 John James "I Wanna Know"Don Allen
1991 The Grapes of Wrath "I Am Here" Curtis Wehrfritz
1992 Tom Cochrane "No Regrets" Curtis Wehrfritz
1993 Jann Arden "I Would Die For You" Jeth Weinrich
1994 Blue Rodeo "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" Curtis Wehrfritz
54-40 "Blame Your Parents"Jeth Weinrich [1]
Spirit of the West "And If Venice Is Sinking"Eric Yealland
Our Lady Peace "Starseed"George Vale
Rush "Stick It Out"Sam Bayer
1995Jann Arden"Insensitive"Jeth Weinrich
1996 The Tea Party "Sister Awake" Curtis Wehrfritz
1997 Moist "Tangerine"Stephen Scott
1998 Matthew Good Band "Apparitions" Bill Morrison [2]
1999 Alanis Morissette "Unsent"Alanis Morissette
2000 The Tragically Hip "My Music at Work" Bruce McCulloch
2001 Our Lady Peace "In Repair" Oli Goldsmith
2002 Swollen Members featuring Moka Only "Fuel Injected"Wendy Morgan
2003 Treble Charger "Hundred Million"Wendy Morgan
2004 Sam Roberts "Hard Road"Kyle Davison
2005 k-os "Man I Used to Be"The Love Movement featuring Micah J. Meisner and k-os
2006 Kardinal Offishall featuring Ray Robinson"Everyday (Rudebwoy)" RT!
2007 George "Lie to Me"RT!
2008 Hedley "For the Nights I Can't Remember" Kevin De Freitas
2009 Marianas Trench "Cross My Heart"Colin Minihan
2010 Billy Talent "Saint Veronika"Michael Maxxis
2011 You Say Party "Lonely's Lunch"Sean Wainsteim
2012 Danny Fernandes featuring Josh Ramsay and Belly "Hit Me Up"Marc André Debruyne
2013 Drake "Started from the Bottom" Director X
2014 Thugli"Run This"Amos LeBlanc and Ohji Inoue
2015 The Weeknd "Often"Sam Pilling
2016 Drake"Hotline Bling"Director X
2017 A Tribe Called Red featuring Black Bear "Stadium Pow Wow" Kevan Funk
2018 Drake"God's Plan" Karena Evans

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References

  1. "Music Video Director" (PDF). RPM .
  2. "New and established take home MuchMusic Video Awards" (PDF). RPM . Retrieved February 1, 2024.