I’m Jeffrey Rex Awards – Filmmaking Winners

Best Achievement in Directing a Film (2013-)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee in Jane Campion’s THE POWER OF THE DOG — Photo: Netflix.
  • Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog – 2021
  • Thomas Vinterberg – Druk (Another Round) – 2020
  • Bong Joon-ho – Parasite – 2019
  • Alfonso Cuarón – Roma – 2018
  • Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk – 2017
  • Damien Chazelle – La La Land – 2016
  • Denis Villeneuve – Sicario – 2015
  • Richard Linklater – Boyhood – 2014
  • Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity – 2013

Best Achievement in Writing a Film – Adapted (2014-)

Sir Anthony Hopkins in Florian Zeller’s THE FATHER — Photo: Sean Gleason / Sony Pictures Classics.
  • Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton – The Father – 2021
  • Charlie Kaufman – I’m Thinking of Ending Things – 2020
  • Steven Zaillian – The Irishman – 2019
  • Oh Jung-mi & Lee Chang-dong – Burning – 2018
  • Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl – 2014

In 2018, the Best Achievement in Writing a Film award was split into two to honor both adapted and original screenplays.

Best Achievement in Writing a Film – Original (2014-)

Nicolas Cage as Robin Feld with his titular companion in PIG — Photo: David Reamer / NEON.
  • Michael Sarnoski (Story and Screenplay) and Vanessa Block (Story) – Pig – 2021
  • Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm – Druk (Another Round) – 2020
  • Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite – 2019
  • Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite – 2018
  • Jordan Peele – Get Out – 2017
  • Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea – 2016
  • Alex Garland – EX_MACHINA – 2015

In 2018, the Best Achievement in Writing a Film award was split into two to honor both adapted and original screenplays.

Best Film Editing (2019-)

Josh Brolin, left, as Gurney Halleck and Timothée Chalamet, right, as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE — Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures.
  • Dune – Joe Walker – 2021
  • Sound of Metal – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – 2020
  • Parasite – Yang Jin-mo – 2019

Best Film Score (2016-)

Josh Brolin, left, as Gurney Halleck and Timothée Chalamet, right, as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE — Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures.
  • Dune – Hans Zimmer – 2021
  • Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste – 2020
  • 1917 – Thomas Newman – 2019
  • First Man – Justin Hurwitz – 2018
  • Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood – 2017
  • La La Land – Justin Hurwitz – 2016

Best Achievement in Cinematography (2017-)

Josh Brolin, left, as Gurney Halleck and Timothée Chalamet, right, as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE — Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures.
  • Greig Fraser – Dune – 2021
  • Hoyte van Hoytema – Tenet – 2020
  • Roger Deakins – 1917 – 2019
  • Łukasz Żal – Cold War – 2018
  • Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049 – 2017

Best Achievement in Production Design (2019-)

Josh Brolin, left, as Gurney Halleck and Timothée Chalamet, right, as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE — Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures.
  • Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos – Dune – 2021
  • Kave Quinn and Stella Fox – Emma. – 2020
  • Lee Ha-jun – Parasite – 2019

Best Achievement in Costume Design (2018-)

Emma Stone as ‘Cruella’ in Disney’s live-action ‘CRUELLA’ — Photo: Disney / Disney+.
  •  Jenny Beavan – Cruella – 2021
  • Alexandra Byrne – Emma. – 2020
  • Ruth E. Carter – Dolemite Is My Name – 2019
  • Sandy Powell – The Favourite – 2018

Best Achievement in Visual Effects in a Film (2016-)

Josh Brolin, left, as Gurney Halleck and Timothée Chalamet, right, as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE — Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures.
  • Dune – Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer – 2021
  • Tenet – Andrew Jackson; David Lee; Andrew Lockley; Scott Fisher – 2020
  • Avengers: Endgame – Dan DeLeeuw; Matt Aitken; Russell Earl; Dan Sudick – 2019
  • First Man – Paul Lambert; Ian Hunter; Tristan Myles; J. D. Schwalm – 2018
  • Blade Runner 2049 – John Nelson; Gerd Nefzer; Paul Lambert; Richard R. Hoover – 2017
  • The Jungle Book – Robert Legato; Dan Lemmon; Andrew R. Jones; Adam Valdez – 2016

Best Achievement by a Rising Star: Filmmaking (2016-)

Sir Anthony Hopkins in Florian Zeller’s THE FATHER — Photo: Sean Gleason / Sony Pictures Classics.
  • Florian Zeller – The Father – 2021
  • Darius Marder – Sound of Metal – 2020
  • May el-Toukhy – Queen of Hearts (Original Title: ‘Dronningen’) – 2019
  • Ari Aster – Hereditary – 2018
  • Jordan Peele – Get Out – 2017
  • Robert Eggers – The Witch – 2016

Best Movie Poster (2016-)

  • The Matrix Resurrections – Red Pill or Blue Pill – Teaser Poster (LINK) – 2021
  • I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Sitting in the Snow (LINK) – 2020
  • Parasite – The Scholar’s Rock and the Reflection (LINK) – 2019
  • Burning – Dancing in the Blue-Orange Night (LINK) – 2018
  • Good Time – Lost in the Bottle (LINK) – 2017
  • O. J.: Made in America – American Glove (LINK) – 2016

Best Movie Trailer (2016-)

  • The Matrix Resurrections – Official Trailer 1 (LINK) – 2021
  • The Batman – DC FanDome Teaser (LINK) – 2020
  • Knives Out – Official Trailer #1 (LINK) – 2019
  • A Star is Born – Official Trailer #1 (LINK) – 2018
  • Baby Driver – TeKillYah / Critics Trailer (LINK) – 2017
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane – Announcement Trailer (LINK) – 2016

Unforgettable Movie Quote of the Year (2016-)

  • “You have all the time in the world,” – No Time to Die – 2021
  • “Skal vi nu ikke bare få det her overstået som team, så vi kan komme hjem og få banankage? / Let’s just get this over with as a team, so we can go home and eat banana cake.” – Retfærdighedens Ryttere (Riders of Justice) – 2020
  • “I love you 3,000.” – Avengers: Endgame – 2019
  • “Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped from the ships, ‘cause they knew death was better than bondage.” – Black Panther – 2018
  • “Luke, we are what they grow beyond, that is the true burden of all masters.” – Star Wars: The Last Jedi – 2017
  • “Would that it were so simple.” – Hail, Caesar! – 2016

Unforgettable Movie Scene or Sequence of the Year (2018-)

  • Anthony wakes up in a nursing home – The Father – 2021
  • The Dance – Druk (Another Round) – 2020
  • Avengers Assemble – Avengers: Endgame – 2019
  • The Snap – Avengers: Infinity War – 2018