Company 3 Clyde Gilmour Award

For 50 years, Clyde Gilmour, CM (1912-1997) was heard on CBC Radio, and as a writer at The Toronto Evening Telegram, he became the first full-time film critic at a Toronto newspaper. In his honour, the Clyde Gilmour Award is given annually to a Canadian who has significantly enriched the understanding and appreciation of Canadian cinema. This includes—but is not limited to—critics, programmers, writers, directors, producers, distributors, actors, academics, cinematographers, technicians, etc. Anyone who can viably be seen as forwarding Canadian cinema / cinema culture through their work is eligible.
The 2021 Company 3 Clyde Gilmour Award recipient, and winner upon the 25th anniversary of the TFCA, is David Cronenberg. An emerging filmmaker of Cronenberg’s choosing will receive $50,000 in services courtesy of Company 3.
Previous winners
2020 – Jason Ryle
2019 – Michèle Maheux
2018 – Tantoo Cardinal
2017 – Zacharias Kunuk
2016 – Alanis Obomsawin
2015 – Deepa Mehta
2014 – Piers Handling
2013 – Norman Jewison
2012 – not awarded
2011 – John Dunning
2009 – Mark Peranson
2008 – not awarded
2007 – not awarded
2006 – Allan King
2005 – Robin Wood
2004 – Kay Armitage
2003 – not awarded
2002 – Wayne Clarkson
2001 – James Quandt
2000 – not awarded
1999 – Elwy Yost
1998 – Gerald Pratley
1997 – Wayne Clarkson