Sturla Gunnarsson - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	01-January-1951
Place of Birth	Reykjavik (Iceland, Europe, Capital Region)
Nationality	Canada
Also know as	Sturla Gunnarson, S
Profession	Film director, Film Producer, Television Director
Sturla Gunnarsson is a Canadian film director. Gunnarsson was born in Iceland in 1951. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, with his parents when he was seven years old. As he grew up he became interested in filmmaking and went to the University of British Columbia where he completed undergraduate studies in English literature and graduate work in film studies. Part of the graduate program requires the production of a film. His, A Day Much Like the Others, went on to win top honours at the Canadian Student Film Festival and the European Student Film Festival. It was also screened at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. With his formal education behind him, Gunnarsson moved to Toronto and worked initially at the National Film Board. His first NFB project, After the Axe, received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. He has since won a number of awards including Emmy Award, Genie Award and Gemini Awards, a Prix Italia, and the Prix Villes de Cannes. His documentary about David Suzuki, Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie, won the Peopleâ€™s Choice Documentary Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

Awards by Sturla Gunnarsson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sturla Gunnarsson.

2009

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program	Air India 182

2004

Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

Honored for : Da Vinci's Inquest

(Bury My Own Bones)

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series	Da Vinci's Inquest Bury My Own Bones

2003

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction	Rare Birds
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	100 Days in the Jungle

2001

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Scorn

1999

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction	Such a Long Journey

1998

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

Honored for : Gerrie & Louise

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program	Gerrie & Louise
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series	Gerrie & Louise

1997

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story

1994

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Scales of Justice

1989

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series	9B
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series	The Beachcombers

1986

Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary

Honored for : Final Offer

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary	Final Offer

1982

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature	After the Axe

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