| 2025 | Melissa Llewelyn-Davies |
| 2023 | Alanis Obomsawin |
| 2021 | André Singer |
| 2019 | Kim Longinotto |
| 2017 | Hugh Brody |
| 2015 | Jean Lydall |
| 2013 | David MacDougall |
| 2011 | Dai Vaughan |
| 2009 | Asen Balikci |
| 2007 | Colin Young |
| 2004 | John Marshall |
| 1992 | Brian Moser |
| 1992 | Timothy Ash |
| 1990 | Ian Dunlop |
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