Magritte Award for Best Director

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]

Magritte Award for Best Director
Presented byAcadémie André Delvaux
First awarded2011
Currently held byLaura Wandel, Playground (2021)
Websitelesmagritteducinema.com

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 2022 ceremony, Laura Wandel is the most recent winner in this category for her work in Playground.

Winners and nominees

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In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

2010s

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Year Director(s) English title Original title
2010
(1st)
Jaco Van Dormael Mr. Nobody
Joachim Lafosse Private Lessons Élève libre
Olivier Masset-Depasse Illegal Illégal
Nabil Ben Yadir The Barons Les Barons
2011
(2nd)
Bouli Lanners The Giants Les Géants
Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon The Fairy La Fée
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Sam Garbarski A Distant Neighborhood Quartier lointain
2012
(3rd)
Joachim Lafosse Our Children À perdre la raison
Lucas Belvaux One Night 38 témoins
François Pirot [fr; ru; uk] Mobile Home
Patrick Ridremont Dead Man Talking
2013
(4th)
Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar Ernest & Celestine Ernest et Célestine
Frédéric Fonteyne Tango libre
Sam Garbarski Vijay and I
Vincent Lannoo In the Name of the Son Au nom du fils
2014
(5th)
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit
Lucas Belvaux Not My Type Pas son genre
Nabil Ben Yadir The Marchers La Marche
Yolande Moreau Henri
2015
(6th)
Jaco Van Dormael The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament
Bernard Bellefroid Melody
Savina Dellicour All Cats Are Grey Tous les chats sont gris
Fabrice Du Welz Alleluia
2016
(7th)
Bouli Lanners The First, the Last Les Premiers, les Derniers
Joachim Lafosse After Love L'Économie du couple
Valéry Rosier [fr] Parasol
Xavier Seron [fr] Death by Death Je me tue à le dire
2017
(8th)
Philippe Van Leeuw Insyriated
Lucas Belvaux This Is Our Land Chez nous
Nabil Ben Yadir Blind Spot Dode Hoek
Stephan Streker A Wedding Noces
2018
(9th)
Guillaume Senez Our Struggles Nos batailles
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani Let the Corpses Tan Laissez bronzer les cadavres
Olivier Meys Bitter Flowers
François Troukens [fa; fr; nl] and Jean-François Hensgens [fa; fr] Above the Law Tueurs
2019
(10th)
Olivier Masset-Depasse Mothers' Instinct Duelles
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Young Ahmed Le Jeune Ahmed
César Díaz Our Mothers Nuestras madres
Laurent Micheli Lola Lola vers la mer

2020s

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Year Director(s) English title Original title
2020/21
(11th)
Laura Wandel Playground Un monde
Fabrice Du Welz Adoration
Joachim Lafosse The Restless Les Intranquilles
Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni Madly in Life Une vie démente

References

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  1. ^ Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l'œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "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.
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