Prix Iris for Best Director

{{Short description|Annual Canadian film award}} [[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]].<ref name=renaming>{{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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220095553/http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mobile/quebec-cinema-will-rename-jutra-awards-cities-renaming-streets-1.2781264#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=sA9abcC |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |title=Quebec Cinema will rename Jutra awards; cities renaming streets |date=17 February 2016 |work=[[CFCF-DT|CTV Montreal]] }}</ref> Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma.<ref name=renaming/> The [[Prix Iris]] name was announced in October 2016.<ref name=iris>{{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]] }}</ref>

[[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 (film)|Polytechnique]]'' in 2010 and ''[[Incendies]]'' 2011, while Dolan is the only director to receive two nominations in the same year, for ''[[Mommy (2014 film)|Mommy]]'' and ''[[Tom at the Farm]] (Tom à la ferme)'' in 2015.

To date, twenty women were nominated for a total of twenty-seven nominations, with [[Léa Pool]], [[Anne Émond]], [[Sophie Dupuis]], [[Monia Chokri]] and [[Sophie Deraspe]] 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 (2008 film)|Borderline]]''.

==1990s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Director ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 1999 [[1st Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[François Girard]]''' | '''''[[The Red Violin]] (Le violon rouge)''''' | <ref name=northernstars>[https://www.northernstars.ca/les-prix-jutras/ "Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards"]. ''Northern Stars''.</ref> |- | [[Manon Briand]] | ''[[2 Seconds]] (2 secondes)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>"Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', January 28, 1999.</ref> |- | [[Robert Lepage]] | ''[[Nô (film)|Nô]]'' |- | [[Denis Villeneuve]] | ''[[August 32nd on Earth]] (Un 32 août sur terre)'' |}

==2000s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Director ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2000 [[2nd Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Louis Bélanger]]''' | '''''[[Post Mortem (1999 film)|Post Mortem]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[François Bouvier]] | ''[[Winter Stories (film)|Winter Stories]] (Histoires d'hiver)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Brendan Kelly, "Jutras go art-house: Auteur films pile up nominations for Quebec awards". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', January 27, 2000.</ref> |- | [[Jean-Philippe Duval]] | ''[[Matroni and Me]] (Matroni et moi)'' |- | [[Léa Pool]] | ''[[Set Me Free (1999 film)|Set Me Free]] (Emporte-moi)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2001 [[3rd Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Denis Villeneuve]]''' | '''''[[Maelström (film)|Maelström]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Philippe Falardeau]] | ''[[The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge]] (La moitié gauche du frigo)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>"Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Villeneuve's talking-fish flick leads pack of Quebec film award nominees". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', January 24, 2001.</ref> |- | [[Robert Favreau]] | ''[[The Orphan Muses]] (Les muses orphelines)'' |- | [[Michel Jetté]] | ''[[Hochelaga (film)|Hochelaga]]'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2002 [[4th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[André Turpin]]''' | '''''[[Soft Shell Man]] (Un crabe dans la tête)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Denis Chouinard]] | ''[[Tar Angel]] (L'ange de goudron)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>[https://www.screendaily.com/quebec-jutra-awards-finalists-announced/408098.article "Quebec Jutra awards finalists announced"]. ''[[Screen Daily]]'', January 24, 2002.</ref> |- | [[Pierre Falardeau]] | ''[[February 15, 1839]] (15 février 1839)'' |- | [[Catherine Martin (director)|Catherine Martin]] | ''[[Marriages (2001 film)|Marriages]] (Mariages)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2003 [[5th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Ricardo Trogi]]''' | '''''[[Québec-Montréal]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Michael Mackenzie (filmmaker)|Michael MacKenzie]] | ''[[The Baroness and the Pig]]'' | rowspan=3| <ref>John Griffin, "Seraphin leads with 9 Jutra nominations". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', January 29, 2003.</ref> |- | [[Robert Morin]] | ''[[The Negro (film)|The Negro]] (Le nèg')'' |- | [[Kim Nguyen]] | ''[[The Marsh (2002 film)|The Marsh]] (Le marais)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2004 [[6th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Denys Arcand]]''' | '''''[[The Barbarian Invasions]] (Les invasions barbares)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Louis Bélanger]] | ''[[Gaz Bar Blues]]'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Odile Tremblay, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/45451/les-invasions-barbares-la-grande-seduction-et-gaz-bar-blues-dominent-la-course-aux-jutra "Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', January 22, 2004.</ref> |- | [[Bernard Émond]] | ''[[8:17 p.m. Darling Street]] (20h17 rue Darling)'' |- | [[Jean-François Pouliot]] | ''[[Seducing Doctor Lewis]] (La grande Séduction)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2005 [[7th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Francis Leclerc]]''' | '''''[[Looking for Alexander]] (Mémoires affectives)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Denise Filiatrault]] | ''[[Bittersweet Memories (film)|Bittersweet Memories]] (Ma vie en cinémascope)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Martin Bilodeau, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/73324/ma-vie-en-cinemascope-domine-les-nominations-des-jutra "Ma vie en cinémascope domine les nominations des Jutra"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', January 25, 2005.</ref> |- | [[Pierre Houle]] | ''[[Machine Gun Molly (film)|Machine Gun Molly]] (Monica la mitraille)'' |- | [[Yves Pelletier]] | ''[[Love and Magnets]] (Les aimants)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2006 [[8th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Jean-Marc Vallée]]''' | '''''[[C.R.A.Z.Y.]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Charles Binamé]] | ''[[The Rocket (2005 film)|The Rocket]] (Maurice Richard)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Odile Tremblay, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/101552/maurice-richard-et-c-r-a-z-y-dominent-la-course-aux-jutra "Maurice Richard et C.R.A.Z.Y. dominent la course aux Jutra"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', February 8, 2006.</ref> |- | [[Bernard Émond]] | ''[[The Novena]] (La neuvaine)'' |- | [[Ricardo Trogi]] | ''[[Dodging the Clock]] (Horloge biologique)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2007 [[9th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Philippe Falardeau]]''' | '''''[[Congorama]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Érik Canuel]] | ''[[Bon Cop, Bad Cop]]'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Manon Dumais, [https://voir.ca/manon-dumais/2007/01/23/canuel-vs-favreau-aux-jutras/ "Canuel vs. Favreau aux Jutras"]. ''[[Voir]]'', January 23, 2007.</ref> |- | [[Robert Favreau]] | ''[[A Sunday in Kigali]] (Un dimanche à Kigali)'' |- | [[Claude Gagnon]] | ''[[Kamataki]]'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2008 [[10th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Stéphane Lafleur]]''' | '''''[[Continental, a Film Without Guns]] (Continental, un film sans fusil)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Denys Arcand]] | ''[[Days of Darkness (2007 Canadian film)|Days of Darkness]] (L'âge des ténèbres)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Karl Filion, [https://www.cinoche.com/actualites/jutra-2008-les-3-ptits-cochons-domine-avec-13-nominations "Jutra 2008 : Les 3 p'tits cochons domine avec 13 nominations"]. ''Cinoche'', February 6, 2008.</ref> |- | [[Fernand Dansereau]] | ''[[Twilight (2007 film)|Twilight]] (La brunante)'' |- | [[Bernard Émond]] | ''[[Summit Circle]] (Contre toute espérance)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2009 [[11th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Lyne Charlebois]]''' | '''''[[Borderline (2008 film)|Borderline]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Yves Christian Fournier]] | ''[[Everything Is Fine (film)|Everything Is Fine]] (Tout est parfait)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/jutra-2009-liste-des-nommes/ "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés"]. ''Films du Québec'', March 24, 2009.</ref> |- | [[Robert Morin]] | ''[[Daddy Goes Ptarmigan Hunting]] (Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes)'' |- | [[Benoît Pilon]] | ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'' |}

==2010s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Director ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2010 [[12th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Denis Villeneuve]]''' | '''''[[Polytechnique (film)|Polytechnique]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Marie-Hélène Cousineau]] and [[Madeline Ivalu]] | ''[[Before Tomorrow]] (Le jour avant le lendemain)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4549577-jutra-liste-des-finalistes.php "Jutra : liste des finalistes"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', February 16, 2010.</ref> |- | [[Xavier Dolan]] | ''[[I Killed My Mother]] (J'ai tué ma mère)'' |- | [[Jean-Philippe Duval]] | ''[[Through the Mist]] (Dédé, à travers les brumes)'' |- | [[Ricardo Trogi]] | ''[[1981 (film)|1981]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2011 [[13th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Denis Villeneuve]]''' | '''''[[Incendies]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Denis Côté]] | ''[[Curling (film)|Curling]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2011/03/13/neuf-prix-pour-incendies "Neuf prix pour Incendies"]. ''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]'', March 13, 2011.</ref> |- | [[Xavier Dolan]] | ''[[Heartbeats (2010 film)|Heartbeats]] (Les amours imaginaires)'' |- | [[Daniel Grou]] | ''[[10½]]'' |- | [[Kim Nguyen]] | ''[[City of Shadows (2010 film)|City of Shadows]] (La cité)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2012 [[14th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Philippe Falardeau]]''' | '''''[[Monsieur Lazhar]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Anne Émond]] | ''[[Nuit 1|Nuit #1]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/prix-jutra-2012-voila-les-nominations/ "Prix Jutra 2012: voilà les nominations"]. ''Films du Québec'', January 31, 2012.</ref> |- | [[Micheline Lanctôt]] | ''[[For the Love of God (2011 film)|For the Love of God]] (Pour l'amour de Dieu)'' |- | [[Ken Scott (writer)|Ken Scott]] | ''[[Starbuck (film)|Starbuck]]'' |- | [[Jean-Marc Vallée]] | ''[[Café de Flore (film)|Café de Flore]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2013 [[15th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Kim Nguyen]]''' | '''''[[War Witch]] (Rebelle)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Xavier Dolan]] | ''[[Laurence Anyways]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/598138/jutra-15e-nominations "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], January 31, 2013.</ref> |- | [[Ivan Grbovic]] | ''[[Romeo Eleven]] (Roméo Onze)'' |- | [[Daniel Grou]] | ''[[L'Affaire Dumont]]'' |- | [[Rafaël Ouellet]] | ''[[Camion]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2014 [[16th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Louise Archambault]]''' | '''''[[Gabrielle (2013 film)|Gabrielle]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Denis Côté]] | ''[[Vic and Flo Saw a Bear]] (Vic+Flo ont vu un ours)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Manon Dumais, [https://voir.ca/manon-dumais/2014/03/23/jutra-2014-le-triomphe-de-louis-cyr/ "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr"]. ''[[Voir]]'', March 23, 2014.</ref> |- | [[Robert Lepage]] and [[Pedro Pires]] | ''[[Triptych (film)|Triptych]] (Triptyque)'' |- | [[Sébastien Pilote]] | ''[[The Dismantling]] (Le démantèlement)'' |- | [[Daniel Roby]] | ''[[Louis Cyr (film)|Louis Cyr]] (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2015 [[17th Jutra Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Xavier Dolan]]''' | '''''[[Mommy (2014 film)|Mommy]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Xavier Dolan]] | ''[[Tom at the Farm]] (Tom à la ferme)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/jutra-2015-nominations/2/ "Jutra 2015 : les nominations"]. ''Films du Québec'', January 26, 2015.</ref> |- | [[Stéphane Lafleur]] | ''[[You're Sleeping Nicole]] (Tu dors Nicole)'' |- | [[Robert Morin]] | ''[[3 Indian Tales]] (3 histoires d'indiens)'' |- | [[Denis Villeneuve]] | ''[[Enemy (2013 film)|Enemy]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2016 [[18th Quebec Cinema Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Léa Pool]]''' | '''''[[The Passion of Augustine]] (La passion d'Augustine)''''' | <ref name=augustine>Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/03/20/gala-du-cinema-quebecois-la-liste-des-gagnants "La passion d’Augustine triomphe"]. ''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]'', March 20, 2016.</ref> |- | [[Mathieu Denis]] | ''[[Corbo]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=augustine/> |- | [[Anne Émond]] | ''[[Our Loved Ones]] (Les êtres chers)'' |- | [[Maxime Giroux]] | ''[[Felix and Meira]] (Félix et Meira)'' |- | [[Philippe Lesage]] | ''[[The Demons (2015 film)|The Demons]] (Les démons)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2017 [[19th Quebec Cinema Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Xavier Dolan]]''' | '''''[[It's Only the End of the World]] (Juste la fin du monde)''''' | <ref>Pat Mullen, [https://www.cinemablographer.com/2017/06/its-only-end-of-world-leads-quebecs.html "'It's Only the End of the World' Leads Quebec's Prix Iris Winners"]. ''Cinemablographer'', June 4, 2017.</ref> |- | [[Louis Bélanger]] | ''[[Bad Seeds (2016 film)|Bad Seeds]] (Les mauvaises herbes)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/495660/dolan-et-nguyen-dominent-la-course-au-gala-quebec-cinema |title=Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris |work=[[Le Devoir]] |first=Manon |last=Dumais |date=April 6, 2017 |language=French }}</ref> |- | [[Bachir Bensaddek]] | ''[[Montreal, White City]] (Montréal la blanche)'' |- | [[Chloé Leriche]] | ''[[Before the Streets]] (Avant les rues)'' |- | [[Kim Nguyen]] | ''[[Two Lovers and a Bear]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2018 [[20th Quebec Cinema Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Robin Aubert]]''' | '''''[[Ravenous (2017 film)|Ravenous]] (Les affamés)''''' | <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1104762/gala-quebec-cinema-les-affames-robin-aubert-christian-begin-maude-guerin "Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], June 3, 2018.</ref> |- | [[Darren Curtis]] | ''[[Boost (film)|Boost]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>André Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/ceremonies/gala-quebec-cinema/201804/10/01-5160482-iris-le-probleme-dinfiltration-et-hochelaga-en-tete-des-nominations.php "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', April 10, 2018.</ref> |- | [[Sophie Dupuis]] | ''[[Family First (film)|Family First]] (Chien de garde)'' |- | [[Robert Morin]] | ''[[Infiltration (2017 film)|Infiltration]] (Le problème d'infiltration)'' |- | [[Luc Picard]] | ''[[Cross My Heart (2017 film)|Cross My Heart]] (Les rois mongols)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2019 [[21st Quebec Cinema Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Ricardo Trogi]]''' | '''''[[1991 (film)|1991]]''''' | <ref>Marc-André Lussier, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2019-06-02/gala-quebec-cinema-1991-sacre-meilleur-film-de-l-annee "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l’année"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', June 2, 2019.</ref> |- | [[Denis Côté]] | ''[[Ghost Town Anthology]] (Répertoire des villes disparues)'' | rowspan=4| <ref name="Radio">{{Cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1163767/gala-quebec-cinema-1991-ricardo-trogi-16-nominations |title=Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations |date=April 11, 2019 |access-date=June 23, 2020 |work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] |language=fr}}</ref> |- | [[Geneviève Dulude-De Celles]] | ''[[A Colony]] (Une colonie)'' |- | [[Maxime Giroux]] | ''[[The Great Darkened Days]] (La grande noirceur)'' |- | [[Yan Giroux]] | ''[[For Those Who Don't Read Me]] (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)'' |}

==2020s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Director ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2020 [[22nd Quebec Cinema Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Sophie Deraspe]]''' | '''''[[Antigone (2019 film)|Antigone]]''''' | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1710960/gala-quebec-cinema-prix-iris-antigone-gagnant |title=Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] |date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |language=fr }}</ref> |- | [[Monia Chokri]] | ''[[A Brother's Love]] (La femme de mon frère)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1696771/nominations-finalistes-gala-quebec-cinema-femmes-realisatrices "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], April 23, 2020.</ref> |- | [[Guillaume de Fontenay]] | ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (2019 film)|Sympathy for the Devil]] (Sympathie pour le diable)'' |- | [[Matthew Rankin]] | ''[[The Twentieth Century (film)|The Twentieth Century]]'' |- | [[Myriam Verreault]] | ''[[Kuessipan]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2021 [[23rd Quebec Cinema Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette]]''' | '''''[[Goddess of the Fireflies]] (La déesse des mouches à feu)''''' | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1799311/gala-quebec-cinema-gagnants-deesse-mouches-feu-favori |title=La déesse des mouches à feu triomphe au Gala Québec Cinéma |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] |date=6 June 2021 |accessdate=6 June 2021 |language=French}}</ref> |- | [[Sophie Dupuis]] | ''[[Underground (2020 film)|Underground]] (Souterrain)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/la-deesse-des-mouches-a-feu-en-tete-des-nominations/ "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 26, 2021.</ref> |- | [[Philippe Falardeau]] | ''[[My Salinger Year]]'' |- | [[Benoît Pilon]] | ''[[The Vinland Club]] (Le club Vinland)'' |- | [[Daniel Roby]] | ''[[Target Number One]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2022 [[24th Quebec Cinema Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Ivan Grbovic]]''' | '''''[[Drunken Birds]] (Les oiseaux ivres)''''' | <ref>François Lévesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/719394/gala-quebec-cinema-helene-florent-aux-oiseaux "Hélène Florent aux oiseaux au Gala Québec Cinéma"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', June 5, 2022.</ref> |- | [[Tracey Deer]] | ''[[Beans (2020 film)|Beans]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/finalistes-aux-prix-iris-2022/ "Finalistes aux Prix Iris 2022"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 14, 2022.</ref> |- | [[Maxime Giroux]] | ''[[Norbourg (film)|Norbourg]]'' |- | [[Kaveh Nabatian]] | ''[[Without Havana]] (Sin la Habana)'' |- | [[Sébastien Pilote]] | ''[[Maria Chapdelaine (2021 film)|Maria Chapdelaine]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2023 [[25th Quebec Cinema Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Stéphane Lafleur]]''' | '''''[[Viking (2022 film)|Viking]]''''' | <ref>Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/12/10/le-film-viking-de-stephane-lafleur-grand-gagnant-du-25e-gala-quebec-cinema "Le film «Viking», de Stéphane Lafleur, grand gagnant du 25e Gala Québec Cinéma"]. ''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]'', December 10, 2023.</ref> |- | [[Monia Chokri]] | ''[[Babysitter (2022 film)|Babysitter]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/11/14/gala-quebec-cinema-le-film-viking-en-tete-des-nominations "Gala Québec Cinéma: le film «Viking» en tête des nominations"]. ''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]'', November 14, 2023.</ref> |- | [[Francis Leclerc]] | ''[[The Dishwasher (film)|The Dishwasher]] (Le plongeur)'' |- | [[Rafaël Ouellet]] | ''[[Family Game (2022 film)|Family Game]] (Arseneault et fils)'' |- | [[Pascal Plante]] | ''[[Red Rooms]] (Les chambres rouges)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2024 [[26th Quebec Cinema Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Monia Chokri]]''' | '''''[[The Nature of Love]] (Simple comme Sylvain)''''' | <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/en-direct/1012183/couverture-en-direct-26e-gala-quebec-cinema "Suivez notre couverture en direct du 26e Gala Québec Cinéma"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], December 8, 2024.</ref> |- | [[Pier-Philippe Chevigny]] | ''[[Richelieu (2023 film)|Richelieu]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2110775/vampire-humaniste-gala-quebec-cinema-nominations "Vampire humaniste domine le Gala Québec Cinéma avec 22 nominations"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], October 8, 2024.</ref> |- | [[Sophie Dupuis]] | ''[[Solo (2023 film)|Solo]]'' |- | [[Ariane Louis-Seize]] | ''[[Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person]] (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)'' |- | [[Ricardo Trogi]] | ''[[1995 (film)|1995]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2025 [[27th Quebec Cinema Awards]] |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Matthew Rankin]]''' | '''''[[Universal Language (2024 film)|Universal Language]] (Une langue universelle)''''' | <ref>[https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/12/07/voici-la-liste-des-gagnants-du-gala-quebec-cinema "Voici la liste des gagnants du Gala Québec Cinéma"]. [[TVA Nouvelles]], December 7, 2025.</ref> |- | [[Sophie Deraspe]] | ''[[Shepherds (film)|Shepherds]] (Bergers)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://ctvm.info/quebec-cinema-devoile-les-finalistes-aux-prix-iris-2025/ "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux Prix IRIS 2025"]. ''CTVM'', October 8, 2025.</ref> |- | [[Anne Émond]] | ''[[Peak Everything]] (Amour apocalypse)'' |- | [[Philippe Lesage]] | ''[[Who by Fire (film)|Who by Fire]] (Comme le feu)'' |- | [[Chloé Robichaud]] | ''[[Two Women (2025 film)|Two Women]] (Deux femmes en or)'' |}

==Multiple wins and nominations== {{col-begin}}

=== Multiple wins === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" width="10" | Wins ! scope="col" align="center" | Director |- |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | 3 | [[Denis Villeneuve]] |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 2 | [[Xavier Dolan]] |- | [[Philippe Falardeau]] |- | [[Stéphane Lafleur]] |- | [[Ricardo Trogi]] |- |}

===Three or more nominations=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" width="10" | Nominations ! scope="col" align="center" | Director |- |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | 6 | [[Xavier Dolan]] |- |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 5 | [[Ricardo Trogi]] |- | [[Denis Villeneuve]] |- |rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 4 | [[Philippe Falardeau]] |- | [[Robert Morin]] |- | [[Kim Nguyen]] |- |rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;" | 3 | [[Louis Bélanger]] |- | [[Monia Chokri]] |- | [[Denis Côté]] |- | [[Sophie Dupuis]] |- | [[Anne Émond]] |- | [[Bernard Émond]] |- | [[Maxime Giroux]] |- | [[Stéphane Lafleur]] |- |} {{col-end}}

==See also== *[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Director]]

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Awards established in 1999]] [[Category:Awards for best director]] [[Category:Quebec Cinema Awards|Director]] [[Category:Quebec-related lists]] [[Category:1999 establishments in Canada]] [[Category:Best Director Jutra and Iris Award winners|*]]