Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Direction - Family

The Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Direction in a Family Series is a television award that honors direction in programs aimed towards children and family produced in Canada. The award has undergone various name changes since its inception in 2002.^[1][2]

Winners and nominees[]

Winners in bold.

2002[]

Outstanding Achievement in a Television Movie/ Mini-Series – Children’s

• Shawn Levy – Jett Jackson: The Movie (Disney Channel)
  • Laurie Lynd – I Was a Rat (BBC)
  • Martin Wood – The Impossible Elephant (Global)
  • Philip Spink – Voyage of the Unicorn (Odyssey)

Outstanding Achievement in a Television Series – Children’s

• Bruce McDonald – Degrassi: The Next Generation ("Mother and Child Reunion") (CTV)
  • Patrick Williams – The Famous Jett Jackson ("Holly") (Disney Channel)
  • Alan Goluboff – Screech Owls ("Instant Replay") (YTV)
  • Craig Pryce – The Zack Files ("Photo Double") (YTV)

2003[]

Outstanding Achievement in a Television Series – Children’s

• Bruce McDonald – Degrassi: The Next Generation ("When Doves Cry") (CTV)
  • Don McCutcheon – Ace Lightning ("Face The Music") (BBC)
  • Grant Harvey – Mentors ("Remembrance Day") (Family Channel)
  • Patrick Williams – Strange Days at Blake Holsey High ("Wormhole") (Global)

2004[]

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Family Feature Film

• Blizzard
  • The Blue Butterfly
  • Goose on the Loose

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Television Series – Family

• Degrassi: The Next Generation ("Holiday") (CTV)
  • The Blobheads ("Reality Bites") (CBC)
  • Radio Free Roscoe ("Count On Me") (Family)
  • Strange Days at Blake Holsey High ("Shrink") (Global)

2005[]

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Family Feature Film

• Saint Ralph
  • Bailey's Billion$
  • Some Things That Stay

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Family Television Movie/Mini-Series

• A Bear Named Winnie (CBC)
  • A Beachcomber's Christmas (CBC)
  • Eve's Christmas (Hallmark Channel)
  • Plain Truth (Lifetime)

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Television Series – Family

• Degrassi: The Next Generation ("Time Stands Still" Part 2) (CTV)
  • Dark Oracle ("Dark Oracle") (YTV)
  • Instant Star ("Kiss Me Deadly") (CTV)
  • Radio Free Roscoe ("Truth Or Consequence") (Family)

2006[]

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Family Television Movie/Mini-Series

• Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story (CTV)
  • Booky Makes Her Mark (CBC)
  • Christmas in Boston (ABC Family)
  • Crazy for Christmas (Movie Central)

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Television Series – Family

• renegadepress.com ("The Rez") (APTN)
  • Instant Star ("All Apologies") (CTV)
  • Life With Derek ("Babe Raider") (Family)
  • Naturally, Sadie ("Double Jeopardy") (Family)

2007[]

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Family Television Movie/Mini-Series

• Me and Luke aka A Dad for Christmas (Movie Central)
  • Family in Hiding (Lifetime)

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Television Series – Family

• Instant Star ("Date With The Night") (CTV)
  • Degrassi: The Next Generation ("Can't Hardly Wait") (CTV)
  • Life With Derek ("Fright Night") (Family)
  • renegadepress.com ("Blackout" aka Getting it Right) (APTN)

2008[]

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Feature Film – Family

• Breakfast with Scot
  • How She Move

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Family Television Movie/Mini-Series

• Booky & the Secret Santa (CBC)
  • The Good Witch (Hallmark)
  • Charlie & Me (Hallmark)
  • Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost (Nickelodeon)

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Television Series – Family

• Degrassi: The Next Generation ("Pass the Dutchie") (CTV)
  • Heartland ("Come What May") (CBC)
  • Instant Star ("Your Time is Gonna Come") (CTV)
  • Instant Star ("Us and Them") (CTV)

2009[]

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Family Television Movie/Mini-Series

• Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (CTV)
  • An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (Hallmark)
  • Booky's Crush (CBC)
  • Every Second Counts (Hallmark)

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Television Series – Family

• Heartland ("Dancing in the Dark") (CBC)
  • Degrassi: The Next Generation ("Fight the Power") (CTV)
  • Life With Derek ("How I Met Your Stepbrother") (Family)
  • Soul ("My Way") (VisionTV)

2010[]

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Television Series – Family

• Heartland ("The Haunting of Hanley Barn") (CBC)
  • Degrassi: The Next Generation ("Innocent When You Dream") (CTV)
  • How to Be Indie ("How To Party Like Chandra") (YTV)
  • Overruled! ("Two Boys and a Baby") (Family)

2011[]

Outstanding Team Achievement In A Television Series – Family

• Heartland ("Jackpot!") (CBC)
  • Degrassi ("My Body Is a Cage" Part 2) (MuchMusic)
  • Tower Prep ("Dreams") (Cartoon Network)
  • Wingin' It ("Bully Elliot") (Family)

2012[]

Best Television Series – Family

• Heartland ("What's in a Name?") (CBC)
  • Degrassi ("Dead and Gone" Part 2) (MuchMusic)
  • How to Be Indie ("How to Get Plugged In") (YTV)
  • R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour ("Brush with Madness") (The Hub)

2013[]

Best Television Series – Family

• Heartland ("Running Against the Wind") (CBC)
  • Degrassi ("Scream" Part 2) (MuchMusic)
  • Degrassi ("Bitter Sweet Symphony" Part 2) (MuchMusic)
  • Heartland ("The Road Ahead") (CBC)

2014[]

Best Television Series – Family

• Heartland ("Darkness and Light") (CBC)
  • Degrassi ("Better Man") (MuchMusic)
  • Degrassi ("Hypnotize") (MuchMusic)
  • Heartland ("The Penny Drops") (CBC)

2015[]

Best Television Series – Family

• Open Heart ("Last Things First") (YTV)
  • Degrassi ("There's Your Trouble") (MuchMusic)
  • Degrassi ("Firestarter" Part 1) (MuchMusic)
  • Degrassi ("Give Me One Reason") (MuchMusic)

2016[]

Best Television Series – Family

• Heartland ("Before the Darkness") (CBC)
  • Degrassi: Next Class ("#BootyCall") (Family)
  • Degrassi: Next Class ("#SorryNotSorry") (Family)
  • Degrassi: Next Class ("#ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin") (Family)

See also[]

• Canadian television awards

References[]