TORONTO – OCTOBER 22, 2016 – The Directors Guild of Canada handed out 17 awards tonight honouring the best work created by Members this past year in a star-studded, elegant event. Three special career acknowledgments were also handed out during the evening, including the Lifetime Achievement Award to filmmaker Anne Wheeler. The inaugural DGC Discovery Award was presented to newcomer Chloé Leriche for her film Avant Les Rues.

Arisa Cox hosted the Awards Gala which was held at The Carlu in Toronto.  Presenters included this country’s hardest working filmmakers and actors; Meredith MacNeill, Tracey Deer, Megan Follows, Director X, Benz Antoine, and Nicholas Campbell, to name just a few.

Below is a full list of the awards presented at the 2016 DGC Awards Gala:

DGC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Presented by Shaftesbury 

Anne Wheeler

 

2016 DON HALDANE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Manny Danelon

 

2016 DGC HONOURARY LIFE MEMBER AWARD
Presented by BellMedia

Trina McQueen

 

DGC DISCOVERY AWARD
Presented by Entertainment One

Chloé Leriche – Avant les Rues 

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM
Presented by Technicolor

Paul Gross – Hyena Road

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES
Presented by deluxe

Kari Skogland – Sons of Liberty

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES
Presented by Panavision

Helen Shaver – Vikings – Born Again

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES
Presented by SIM Group

Jerry Ciccoritti – Schitt’s Creek – Moira’s Nudes 

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FAMILY SERIES
Presented by William F. White

Bruce McDonald – Heartland – Darkness Before Dawn 

 

ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY
Presented by Rogers Group of Funds

Guantanamo’s Child:  Omar Khadr – Patrick Reed & Michelle Shephard

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Haida Gwaii:  On the Edge Of The World – Charles Wilkinson 

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – DOCUMENTARY 

Cathy Gulkin – Guantanamo’s Child:  Omar Khadr 

 

BEST SHORT FILM

Portal to Hell!!!

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM
Presented by Pinewood Toronto Studios 

Aidan Leroux – Born to Be Blue

 

 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES
Presented by Vanguarde Artists Management

Rob Gray – Sons of Liberty

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TELEVISION SERIES

John Dondertman – Orphan Black – Certain Agony Of The Battlefield 

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – FEATURE FILM

Matthew Hannam – Into the Forest 

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES

Ron Wisman Sr. & Ron Wisman Jr. – The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe 

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES

D. Gillian Truster – Orphan Black – Scarred By Many Past Frustrations

 

BEST SOUND EDITING – FEATURE FILM

Hyena Road  - Jane Tattersall, Supervising Sound Editor; Kevin Banks, Sound Editor; Ed Douglas, Sound Editor; David Evans, Sound Editor; Barry Gilmore, Sound Editor; Martin Gwynn Jones, Sound Editor, David Mccallum, Sound Editor;  Brennan Mercer, Sound Editor; Dave Rose, Sound Editor;  Claire Dobson, 1^st Assistant Sound Editor; Krystin Hunter, 1^st Assistant Sound Editor 

 

BEST SOUND EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe – Steve Medeiros, SFX Editor; Jane Tattersall, SFX Editor; Krystin Hunter, Dialogue Editor; David McCallum, Dialogue Editor; Susan Conley, ADR Editor; Joe Mancuso, Music Editor;  Claire Dobson, 1^st Assistant Sound Editor 

 

BEST SOUND EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES

The Expanse – The Big Empty – Nelson Ferreira, Supervising Sound Editor and ADR Editor; Nathan Robitaille, Sound Designer; Tyler Whitham, SFX Editor; Dustin Harris, Dialogue Editor; Dashen Naidoo, 1^st Assistant Sound Editor

 

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