The Magritte Award for Best Director ( French: Magritte du meilleur réalisateur) is an award presented annually by the

Académie André Delvaux The Académie André Delvaux is a Belgium, Belgian professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of Cinema of Belgium, Belgian cinema. Founded in 2010, it is responsible for the annual Magritte Awards, Belgium's principal film ...

. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working within the

film industry The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, p ...

. 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 Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Van Dormael spent his childho ...

receiving the award for his work in '' Mr. Nobody''. As of the 2022 ceremony,

Laura Wandel Laura Wandel is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. She made her feature-length debut in 2021 with ''Playground'', a drama film following the life of a seven-year-old girl dealing with the children's and adult's worlds. ''Playground'' pre ...

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

2020s

References

External links

Magritte Awards official website

Magritte Award for Best Director
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