The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best Visual Presentation was first awarded in 2016. Previously film and television works had been under the Best Related Work category, and several TV show episodes had won that award. The French-language equivalent is given in the Best Audio, Visual and Artistic Creation category, which doesn't have a direct English-language equivalent.
Like the other categories in the Aurora Awards, only Canadians are credited, and so only the Canadian directors or production companies that work on the films and television series are recognized.
Winners and nominees
[edit] * Winners and joint winners
Year | Creators/Directors | Work | Production Company | Ref. |
2016 | John Fawcett* & Graeme Manson* | Orphan Black (Season 3) | Temple Street Productions & Bell Media | [1] |
Daegan Fryklind | Bitten (Season 2) | Hoodwink Entertainment, No Equal Entertainment, Entertainment One, Bell Media | [1] |
Simon Barry | Continuum (Season 4) | Reunion Pictures, Shaw Media & Boy Meets Girl Film Company | [1] |
Joseph Mallozzi | Dark Matter (Season 1) | Prodigy Pictures Inc. | [1] |
Michelle Lovretta | Killjoys (Season 1) | Mendacity Pictures, Bell Media & Temple Street Productions | [1] |
2017 | Denis Villeneuve* | Arrival | N/A | [2] |
Joseph Mallozzi | Dark Matter (Season 2) | Prodigy Pictures Inc. | [2] |
Michelle Lovretta | Killjoys (Season 2) | Mendacity Pictures, Bell Media & Temple Street Productions | [2] |
R. B. Carney, Cal Coons & Alexandra Zarowny | Murdoch Mysteries (Season 9) | Shaftesbury Films | [2] |
John Fawcett & Graeme Manson | Orphan Black (Season 4) | Temple Street Productions & Bell Media | [2] |
2018 | Denis Villeneuve* | Blade Runner 2049 | N/A | [3] |
Joseph Mallozzi | Dark Matter (Season 3) | Prodigy Pictures Inc. | [3] |
Michelle Lovretta | Killjoys (Season 3) | Mendacity Pictures, Bell Media & Temple Street Productions | [3] |
John Fawcett & Graeme Manson | Orphan Black (Season 5) | Temple Street Productions & Bell Media | [3] |
Brad Wright (creator) | Travelers (Season 2) | Showcase | [3] |
Emily Andras (creator) | Wynonna Earp (Season 2) | SEVEN24 Films | [3] |
2019 | Ryan Reynolds* (producer) | Deadpool 2 | 20th Century Fox | [4] |
Domee Shi (director) | Bao | Walt Disney; Pixar Animation Studios | [4] |
Christina Jennings (executive producer) & Peter Mitchell (showrunner) | Murdoch Mysteries (Season 11-12) | Shaftesbury Films | [4] |
Brad Wright (creator), with Carrie Mudd, John G. Lenic, and Eric McCormack | Travelers (Season 3) | Netflix | [4] |
Emily Andras (creator) | Wynonna Earp (Season 3) | SEVEN24 Films | [4] |
2020 | Steve Blackman* (creator) | The Umbrella Academy | Dark Horse Entertainment, Borderline Entertainment, Universal Cable Productions | [5][6] |
Adam Barken & Michelle Lovretta (showrunner) | Killjoys (Season 5) | Temple Street Productions | [5][6] |
Christina Jennings (executive producer) & Peter Mitchell (showrunner) | Murdoch Mysteries (Season 12-13) | Shaftesbury Films | [5][6] |
Glenn Davis & William Laurin | V Wars | Netflix | [5][6] |
Jonathan Lloyd Walker | Van Helsing (Season 4) | Echo Lake Entertainment, Dynamic Television, Nomadic Pictures | [5][6] |
2021 | Steve Blackman* (creator) | The Umbrella Academy | Dark Horse Entertainment, Borderline Entertainment, Universal Cable Productions | [7] |
Tony Elliott (creator) & Michelle Latimer (creator) | Don't Text Back | | [7] |
Christina Jennings (executive producer) & Peter Mitchell (showrunner), with Scott Garvie, Yannick Bisson, Hélène Joy | Murdoch Mysteries (Season 13) | Shaftesbury Films | [7] |
Kaye Adelaide & Mariel Sharp | Trickster (Ep. 1-6) | | [7] |
Emily Andras (creator) | Wynonna Earp (Season 4, Ep. 1-6) | SEVEN24 Films | [7] |
2022 | Denis Villeneuve* (director) | Dune | Legendary Entertainment | [8][9] |
Zacharias Kunuk | Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice | Kingulliit Productions; Taqqut Productions | [8][9] |
Shawn Levy (director) | Free Guy | 20th Century Studios | [8][9] |
Jason Reitman (director) | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Columbia Pictures | [8][9] |
Emily Andras (showrunner) | Wynonna Earp (Season 4, Ep. 7-12) | Seven24 Films | [8][9] |