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.
The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Jaco Van Dormael receiving the award for his work in Mr. Nobody. As of the 2022 ceremony, Laura Wandel is the most recent winner in this category for her work in Playground.
Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.
2010s YearDirector(s)English titleOriginal 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 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 Parasol 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 and 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 YearDirector(s)English titleOriginal 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 2022(12th) Bouli Lanners Nobody Has to Know L'Ombre d'un mensonge Nabil Ben Yadir Animals Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre Zero Fucks Given Rien à foutre Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Tori and Lokita Tori et Lokita 2023(13th) Emmanuelle Nicot Love According to Dalva Dalva Baloji Omen Augure Zeno Graton The Lost Boys Le Paradis Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni The Experience of Love Le Syndrome des amours passées 2024(14th) Michiel Blanchart Night Call La nuit se traîne Delphine Girard Through the Night Quitter la nuit Jawad Rhalib Amal Paloma Sermon-Daï It's Raining in the House Il pleut dans la maison
References
External links Magritte Awards official website Magritte Award for Best Director at AlloCiné