Magritte Award for Best Director
Magritte Award for Best Director | |
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Presented by | Académie André Delvaux |
First awarded | 2011 |
Currently held by | Jaco Van Dormael, The Brand New Testament (2015) |
Website | lesmagritteducinema.com |
The Magritte Award for Best Director (French: Magritte du meilleur réalisateur) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working within the film industry. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.[1]
The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Jaco Van Dormael receiving the award for his work in Mr. Nobody.[2] As of the 2016 ceremony, Jaco Van Dormael is the most recent winner in this category for his work in The Brand New Testament.[3]
Winners and nominees
In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.
2010s
References
- ^ Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l'œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ "Le cinéma belge était à l'honneur lors de la Première édition des Magritte du cinéma belge francophone". Moniteur du film (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ Moury, Gaëlle; Bradfer, Fabienne (February 7, 2016). "Jaco Van Dormael et la Flandre se distinguent aux Magritte du cinéma". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved February 7, 2016.