Prix Iris for Best Director
Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Director ({{langx|fr|Prix Iris de la meilleure réalisation}}) to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Director in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra.{{cite web|url=http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mobile/quebec-cinema-will-rename-jutra-awards-cities-renaming-streets-1.2781264#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=sA9abcC |title=Quebec Cinema will rename Jutra awards; cities renaming streets |date=17 February 2016 |work=CTV Montreal }} Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma. The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/claude-jutra-rename-prix-iris-1.3804694 |title=Quebec film awards renamed Prix Iris after Claude Jutra sex scandal |date=14 October 2016 |work=CBC News }}
Xavier Dolan received the most nominations, with six, while Denis Villeneuve received the most awards, with three. Villeneuve is the only director to win two consecutive awards, for Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies 2011, while Dolan is the only director to receive two nominations in the same year, for Mommy and Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) in 2015.
To date, nineteen women were nominated for a total of twenty-four nominations, with Léa Pool, Anne Émond, Sophie Dupuis and Monia Chokri receiving multiple nominations. The first to receive a nomination was Manon Briand at the first ceremony for 2 Seconds (2 secondes). Six women have won the award so far, the first being Lyne Charlebois in 2009 for Borderline.
1990s
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! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Director ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1999 1st Jutra Awards |
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| The Red Violin (Le violon rouge) |
| Manon Briand
| 2 Seconds (2 secondes) | rowspan=3| "Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". The Globe and Mail, January 28, 1999. |
| Robert Lepage
| Nô |
| Denis Villeneuve
| August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) |
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
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= Multiple wins =
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! scope="col" width="10" | Wins ! scope="col" align="center" | Director |
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | 3 |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 2 |
| Philippe Falardeau |
| Stéphane Lafleur |
| Ricardo Trogi |
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=Three or more nominations=
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! scope="col" width="10" | Nominations ! scope="col" align="center" | Director |
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | 6 |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 5 |
| Denis Villeneuve |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 4 |
| Robert Morin |
| Kim Nguyen |
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 3 |
| Monia Chokri |
| Denis Côté |
| Sophie Dupuis |
| Bernard Émond |
| Maxime Giroux |
| Stéphane Lafleur |
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See also
References
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{{Quebec Cinema Awards}}
Category:Awards established in 1999
Category:Awards for best director