15th Gemini Awards

15th Gemini Awards
DateOctober 30, 2000
VenueJohn Bassett Theatre, Toronto
Hosted bySteve Smith
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television
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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 15th Gemini Awards were held on October 30, 2000, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Steve Smith, took place at the John Bassett Theatre and was broadcast on CBC Television.[1][2]

Awards

Best Dramatic Series

Best TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-series

Best Short Dramatic Program

  • A Feeling Called Glory - Cracked Pot Films. Producer: Coreen Mayrs
  • My Father’s Hands - Hungry Eyes Media. Producer: Jennifer Holness
  • The Daily Blade - Jigsaw Productions. Producer: David Coole

Best Comedy Program or Series

Best Music, Variety Program or Series

Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

Best Documentary Series

Best History/Biography Documentary Program

Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program

  • After Darwin - Galafilm, PTV Productions. Producer: Arnie Gelbart
  • Edge of Extinction: Saving the Leatherback Sea Turtle - Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Stuart Goodman, Andrea Boyd, Peter Williamson, Ira Levy
  • Tatshenshini-Alsek Park: Heart of the Wilderness - Good Earth Productions, Bonterra Productions. Producers: Ihor Macijiwsky, Mitchell Azaria
  • The Nature of Things - Parkinson's: Lynda's Story - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: David Tucker
  • The Secret World of Gardens - Bullfrog Films. Producer: Susan Fleming

Best News Information Series

Best Newscast/News Special

Best Talk/General Information Series

Best Lifestyle Series

Best Animated Program or Series or Short Animated Program

Best Preschool Program or Series

Best Children’s or Youth Program or Series

Best Sports Program or Series

Best Live Sporting Event

Best Live Special Event Coverage

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

Best Direction in an Information Program or Series

Best Direction in a Documentary Program

Best Direction in a Documentary Series

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Direction in a Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Performance in a Preschool Program or Series

Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series

Best News Anchor

Best Reportage

Best Information Segment

Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Talk/General Information Program or Series

Best Host in a Lifestyle, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Sportscaster/Anchor

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Richard Stringer - Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science - Double Jeopardy (Kensington Communications)
  • Michael Nolan - Frontiers of Construction - Dream Factories (Ragged Earth Productions/Barna-Alper Productions)
  • Frank Vilaca - Forbidden Places (MapleRock Entertainment)
  • Keith Brust, Rick Boston - The Secret World of Gardens (Bullfrog Films)
  • Jim Scott - Warriors of the Night (Nightfighter Productions)

Best Visual Effects

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Dramatic Program or Series

Best Costume Design

Best Achievement in Makeup

Best Overall Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Sound Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Peter Sawade, Eric Apps, Elma Belo, Alison Clark, Steve Hammond, Dino Pigat - Legacy of Terror: The Bombing of Air India (Bishari Films, TVOntario)
  • Hennie Britton, Gael MacLean, Eric Harwood Davies - Jeni LeGon: Living in a Great Big Way (NFB)
  • Dwayne Newman, Dante Winkler - Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun - The Gun Comes Home Then Goes to War Again (Discovery Channel/High Road Productions)
  • Rusty Dunn, Ewan Deane, Chris Ove, Hans Fousek - Murder in Normandy (Paperny Entertainment)
  • Paul Durand, Elma Bello, Eric Apps, Peter Sawade, Dino Pigat, Marina Adam - Out of the Fire (Bishari Films)
  • Lewis Cohen, Edouard Dumoulin, Jean-Charles Deshaies, Luc Bourgeois - Road Stories for the Flesh Eating Future (Galafilm)

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-series

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

  • Terry Frewer - Over Canada (Gary McCartie Productions)
  • Lance Neveu - Fire and Ice: The Rocket Richard Riot (Barna-Alper Productions/Galafilm)
  • Glenn Morley - Life and Times - Stephen Leacock- 90th Parallel Productions/CBC)
  • Brian Wall - Out of the Fire (Bishari Films)
  • Longo Hai, Ben Johannesen, Geoff Bennett - The Secret World of Gardens (Bullfrog Films)

Special Awards

References

  1. ^ Honey, Kim (20 September 2000). "Cable upstarts muscle in on Gemini nominations, Sept 2000". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Canceled series score numerous Gemini wins, Nov 2000". playbackonline.ca. Playback. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ McKay, John (20 September 2000). "CBC's DaVinci's Inquest tops Gemini nominations". Waterloo Region Record. p. E8.