2016
WINNERS & NOMINEES 2016
THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA HONOURS THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS AT THE 15th ANNUAL DGC AWARDS
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 Quebec filmmaker 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
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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
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Jerry Ciccoritti – Schitt’s Creek – Moira’s Nudes
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FAMILY SERIES
Presented by William F. White
- Bruce McDonald – Heartland – Before the Darkness
ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY
Presented by Rogers Group of Funds
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Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr – Patrick Reed & Michelle Shephard and
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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
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Rob Gray – Sons of Liberty
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TELEVISION SERIES
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John Dondertman – Orphan Black, Certain Agony Of The Battlefield
BEST PICTURE EDITING – FEATURE FILM
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Matthew Hannam – Into the Forest
BEST PICTURE EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES
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Ron Wisman Sr. & Ron Wisman Jr. – The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
BEST PICTURE EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES
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D. Gillian Truster – Orphan Black – Scarred By Many Past Frustrations
BEST SOUND EDITING – FEATURE FILM
- Hyena Road
- Jane Tattersall
- Kevin Banks
- Ed Douglas
- David Evans
- Barry Gilmore
- Martin Gwynn Jones
- David McCallum
- Brennan Mercer
- Dave Rose
- Claire Dobson
- Krystin Hunter
BEST SOUND EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES
- The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
- Steve Medeiros
- Jane Tattersall
- Krystin Hunter
- David McCallum
- Susan Conley
- Joe Mancuso
- Claire Dobson
BEST SOUND EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES
- The Expanse ; The Big Empty
- Nelson Ferreira
- Nathan Robitaille
- Tyler Whitham
- Dustin Harris
- Dashen Naidoo
