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.

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