Prix Iris for Best Art Direction

The Prix Iris for Best Art Direction (French: Prix Iris de la meilleure direction artistique) is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of the Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best art direction in the Cinema of Quebec.

Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Art Direction in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra.[1] Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma.[1] The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016.[2]

André-Line Beauparlant received the most nominations, ten, while François Séguin won four awards from four nominations, a rare perfect score. Normand Sarazin has won two awards in consecutive years, first in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) and then in 2005 for Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope).

Eight art directors received two nominations in the same year: Stéphane Roy in 1999, Jean Morin in 2001, André-Line Beauparlant in 2002, Normand Sarazin in 2004, Patrice Vermette in 2015, Éric Barbeau in 2016, David Pelletier in 2021 and Jean Babin in 2022.

  1. ^ a b "Quebec Cinema will rename Jutra awards; cities renaming streets". CTV Montreal. 17 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Quebec film awards renamed Prix Iris after Claude Jutra sex scandal". CBC News. 14 October 2016.