Sri Lanka: First Prize Action: The October Crisis of 1970 (1974) Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland: Grand Prize for Best Documentary, Youth Jury 1975 Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Silver Plaque, Feature Film, Documentary, 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON: Gemini Award for Best Direction, 1975 One Man (1977) International Festival of Red Cross and Health Films, Varna, Bulgaria: Best Direction, 1979 ACTRA Awards, Montreal: Film of the Year, 1978 ACTRA Awards, Montreal: Best Writing in the Visual Medium, 1978 Film Festival Antwerpen, Antwerp: Second Best Film of the Festival, 1978 Film Festival Antwerpen, Antwerp: Honorable Mention by the Press Jury, 1978 28th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Best Original Screenplay, 1977 Drying Up the Streets (1978) 9th ACTRA Awards, Toronto: Best Television Program of the Year, 1980 Obsessed (1987) Montreal World Film Festival, Montreal: Best Canadian Film, 1988 Straight for the Heart (1988) Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Namur, Belgium: Première Magazine First Prize, 1989 FIN Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia: Award of Excellence, 1989 An Imaginary Tale (1990) Montreal World Film Festival, Montreal: Most Popular Film, 1990 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, Greater Sudbury, ON: Best Canadian Film, 1990 Hiroshima (1995) 12th Gemini Awards, Toronto: Best Dramatic TV Movie or Mini-Series, 1998 48th Primetime Emmy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee: Outstanding Miniseries, 1996 References External links CTV.ca Filmmaker Robin Spry dies in Mtl. car accident Robin Spry - The Canadian Encyclopedia Robin Spry - Northern Stars Watch films by Robin Spry at NFB.ca 1939 births 2005 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Accidental deaths in Quebec Alumni of the London School of Economics Canadian film editors Canadian film producers Canadian male film actors Film directors from Montreal Film directors from Toronto Male actors from Montreal Male actors from Toronto Road incident deaths in Canada National Film Board of Canada people Writers from Montreal Writers from Toronto 20th-century Canadian screenwriters