19th Gemini Awards
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 19th Gemini Awards were held on December 13, 2004, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was co-hosted by several celebrities, took place at the John Bassett Theatre and was broadcast on CBC Television.[1]
Awards
Best Dramatic Series
- Da Vinci’s Inquest - Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laszlo Barna, Arvi Liimatainen
- Bliss - Galafilm, Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Janis Lundman, Ian Whitehead, Adrienne Mitchell
- The Eleventh Hour - Alliance Atlantis Communications. Producers: Ilana Frank, Semi Chellas, Ray Sager, David Wellington, Seaton McLean
- Slings & Arrows - Rhombus Media. Producers: Sari Friedland, Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron
- Snakes and Ladders - Big Motion Pictures. Producers: Wayne Grigsby, David MacLeod
- The Shields Stories - Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Kim Todd, Laura Harbin, Lori Spring
Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie
- Human Cargo - Force Four Entertainment. Producers: Hugh Beard, Debra Beard, Brian Mckeown, Linda Svendsen
- Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story - High Definition Pictures, The Film Works, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Eric Jordan, Jeremy Torrie
- Elizabeth Rex - Rhombus Media. Producers: Jennifer Jonas, Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron
- Open Heart - Barna-Alper/Dreamsmith Entertainment, Movie Central, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Phyllis Platt, Tim Hogan, Brian Dennis
- The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie - Showtime Networks, Nomadic Pictures. Producers: Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev
Best Comedy Program or Series
- Trailer Park Boys - Showcase, Topsail Entertainment. Producers: Mike Clattenburg, Michael A. Volpe, Barrie Dunn
- Puppets Who Kill - Eggplant Picture & Sound. Producers: John Pattison, Marianne Culbert, John Leitch, Shawn Thompson
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D’Eon, Mark Farrell, Jack Kellum, Susan MacDonald, Jenipher Ritchie
- The Newsroom - 100% Film and Television, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Showcase, Telefilm Canada. Producers: Ken Finkleman, Jan Peter Meyboom
- Corner Gas - CTV Television Network, Prairie Pants Productions. Producers: Brent Butt, Mark Farrell, David Storey, Virginia Thompson
- The Red Green Show - Red Green Productions. Producers: David C. Smith, Steve Smith
Best Music, Variety Program or Series
- Juno Awards of 2004 - Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, CTV Television Network. Producers: John Brunton, Melanie Berry, Barbara Bowlby, Lindsay Cox, Stephen Stohn, Louise Wood
- Live at the Rehearsal Hall - Bravo!. Producers: Robert Benson, John Gunn
- 2003 Much Music Video Music Awards - MuchMusic. Producers: John Kampilis, Sheila Sullivan
- ZeD - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: McLean Mashingaidze-Greaves, Sudha Krishna, Jennifer Ouano
- Painting Daisies - The Dream Team - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Peter Mann, Steve Glassman, Jack Bond
- Men of the Deeps - CTV Television Network, John Walker Productions, Picture Plant, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: John Walker, Terry Greenlaw, Kent Martin
- Amelia - Amérimage-Spectra, Media Principia, Echo Media. Producers: Pierre Touchette, Luc Châtelain, Bob Krupinski, Daniel Langlois, Alain Simard
- Singing in the Shadow: The Children of Rock Royalty - Handel Productions. Producer: Alan Handel
- Naked in the House - Fashion Television. Producers: Marcia Martin, Jay Levine, Adrienne Reid
- The Planets - Amérimage-Spectra, Echo Media. Producers: Pierre Touchette, Luc Châtelain, Alain Simard
Best Talk Series
Best Reality Program or Series
- CBC News: Disclosure - The Making of a Political Animal - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Catherine Legge, Jane Mingay, Cecil Rosner, Jim Williamson
- Venture - Back to the Floor - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Patsy Pehleman, Chad Paulin, Tracie Tighe
- Hooked Up - Lone Eagle Entertainment. Producers: Michael Geddes, Michael Frislev, Chad Oakes, Maria Pimentel, Tom Powers
- Kenny vs. Spenny - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Cinefornia, Blueprint Entertainment, Eggplant Picture & Sound, KVS Productions. Producers: Abby Finer, Noreen Halpern, Kenny Hotz, Ira Levy, John Morayniss, Spencer Rice, Kirsten Scollie, Peter Williamson
- Zoo Diaries - DocuTainment Productions, Microtainment Plus International, Infinite Monkeys Productions, Atlantic 16 Productions. Producers: Garry Blue, Howard Bernstein, Mark Shekter
- Buy Me - Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Nikila Cole, Hans Rosenstein
Best Documentary Series
Best History Documentary Program
- Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8 - Markham Street Films. Producers: Judy Holm, Michael McNamara
- City of Ruins: The Halifax Explosion - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Starowicz, Alan Mendelsohn, Sally Reardon
- Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Karen King, Silva Basmajian
- From a Place Called War 1939-1945: Dawn of Deliverance - Northern Sky Entertainment. Producer: Wayne Abbott
- Notman's Canada - TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Murray Battle, Andrea Nemtin
Best Biography Documentary Program
Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program
Best News Magazine Segment
- The National/CBC News - Hana's Suitcase - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joe Schlesinger, Jet Belgraver, Avi Lev
- CBC News: Sunday - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Eric Foss, Evan Solomon, Katie MacGuire, Aaron Williams
- CBC News: Disclosure - Dead Silence - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Harvey Cashore, Scott Anderson, Vera-Lynn Kubinec
- W5 - 419 Fraud - CTV Television Network. Producers: Tom Clark, Elizabeth Cook, Robert Osborne, Denis Langlois
- The National/CBC News - Uganda's Forgotten War - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Melanie Verhaeghe, Jamie Hopkins, Tania White
Best Newscast
Best News Special Event Coverage
- CBC News: The 2010 Olympic Decision - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker, Tom Dinsmore
- Global National - Kelowna Fires - Global News. Producers: George Browne, Doriana Temolo, Kevin Newman, Elaine McKay, Erin Lawrence
- CBC News: The Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker
- CTV News - Power Blackout - CTV Television Network. Producers: Kenton Boston, Tom Haberstroh, Brian LeBold
- Toronto Tonight: The Cecilia Tragedy - Producers: Mike Karapita, Zev Shalev
Best Lifestyle or General Interest Series
- SexTV - CHUM Television, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Pedro Orrego, Marcia Martin
- Debbie Travis' Facelift - Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Nikila Cole, Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein
- Recreating Eden - Merit Motion Pictures. Producer: Merit Jensen-Carr
- Saturday Night at the Movies - The Interviews - TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Risa Shuman, Murray Battle
- English Teachers, Part 2 - WestWind Pictures. Producers: David C. Hansen, Clark Donnelly, Michael Snook, Maria Spinarski
- FashionTelevision - Citytv. Producers: Marcia Martin, Jay Levine, Howard Brull
- ZeD - More Than Skin Deep - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Grant Greschuk, Scott Winlaw, David Ozier
- Marketplace - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Krista Erickson, Andreas Wesley, Don Chung, Aileen McBride, Blair Clark
- POV Sports - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Andrea Griffith
- Planet Parent - Telefactory. Producers: Derek Miller, Vanessa Huang, Jessy Tse, Jerry Vienneau, Denis Langlois
Best Animated Program or Series
- Doodlez - Cellar Door Productions. Producer: Gretha Rose
- Fair Phyllis - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Jennifer Torrance, Jerry Krepakevich
- King - Decode Entertainment, Funbag Animation Studios. Producers: Steve Denure, Gordon Coulthart, Beth Stevenson, Frank Taylor
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids - Nelvana. Producers: Scott Dyer, Nicholas Callaway, Michael Hirsh, David Kirk, Paul W. Robertson, Nadine van der Velde
- Noël Noël - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Marc Bertrand, Marcy Page, Jean-Jacques Leduc
Best Pre-School Program or Series
- Poko - Halifax Film Company. Producers: Michael Donovan, Charles Bishop, Jeff Rosen
- The Save-Ums! - C.O.R.E., Decode Entertainment. Producers: Kym Hyde, Neil Court, Steve Denure, Beth Stevenson, John Mariella
- Nanalan' - The Grogs, Lenz Entertainment. Producers: Jason Hopley, Jack Lenz, Jamie Shannon
- The Hoobs - The Jim Henson Company, Decode Entertainment. Producers: Mellie Buse, Angus Fletcher, Steve Denure, Beth Stevenson, Peter Coogan, Sue Taylor
- The Berenstain Bears - Nelvana, AGOGO Entertainment. Producers: Scott Dyer, Stan and Jan Berenstain, Michael Hirsh, Steven Ching
- The Big Comfy Couch - Radical Sheep Productions. Producers: Cheryl Wagner, John Leitch, Rob Mills
Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series
- Degrassi: The Next Generation - Bell Media, Epitome Pictures. Producers: Stephen Stohn, Linda Schuyler
- Edgemont - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Omnifilm Entertainment. Producers: Michael Chechik, Ian Weir
- Strange Days at Blake Holsey High - Fireworks Entertainment. Producers: Tony Thatcher, Adam Haight, Jeff F. King, Kevin May
- Jacob Two-Two - Nelvana, Salter Street Films. Producers: Scott Dyer, Peter Moss, Michael Hirsh
- Radio Free Roscoe - Decode Entertainment. Producers: Steve Denure, Neil Court, John Delmage, Doug McRobb, Will McRobb, Brent Piaskoski, Beth Stevenson
Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series
Best Sports Program or Series
Best Live Sporting Event
Best Interactive
- Time Trackers Interactive Website - TVOntario. Producers: Pat Ellingson, Marney Malabar, Phil McCordic, Jeremy Rodgers, Andrew Ebert, Mike Fitzgerald, Catherine Thomson, Angela Lee
- Degrassi: The Next Generation - Bell Media, Epitome Pictures). Producers: Stephen Stohn, Linda Schuyler, Roma Khanna, Raja Khanna
- Chilly Beach: www.chillybeach.com featuring Polar Magnate - March Entertainment. Producers: Daniel Hawes, Don Hutchison, Craig McKee, Ronald Ruslim
- Canadian Idol: idol.ctv.ca - Insight Productions, 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia North America. Producers: Aaron Bernardo, Noelle Paredes, Wendy Smith
- Deafplanet: deafplanet.com - Marblemedia, Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf. Producers: Mark J.W. Bishop, Matthew Hornburg
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
Best Direction in a Documentary Program
Best Direction in a Documentary Series
- Caroline Underwood - The Nature of Things - Arctic Mission (CBC)
- Tim Wolochatiuk - Betrayal! (American World Pictures/Gryphon Films)
- Chris Triffo - ExtraOrdinary Lives (Wavelength Entertainment)
- Gary Lang - Forensic Factor - Future Crime (Exploration Production)
- Leslie Côté - Stories of Mothers and Daughters (Breakthrough Entertainment)
Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series
Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series
Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event
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
- Rick Mercer - Made in Canada - The Last Show (Salter Street Films/Island Edge)
- Jackie Torrens, Mike Clattenburg, Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay - Trailer Park Boys - If I Can't Smoke and Swear I'm Fucked (Showcase/Topsail Entertainment)
- Mark Farrell, Brent Butt - Corner Gas - Tax Man (CTV/Prairie Pants Productions)
- John Pattison - Puppets Who Kill - Dan and the Necrophiliac (Eggplant Picture & Sound)
- Kevin White, Mark Critch, Mark Farrell, Cathy Jones, Shaun Majumder, Peter McBain, Jennifer Robertson, Irwin Barker, Mary Walsh, Greg Thomey - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1 (Salter Street Films/CBC)
Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series
- John Haslett Cuff - Crimes of the Heart (John Haslett Cuff)
- Mary Lynk - From the Heart: The Life & Times of Janet Conners (NFB)
- Michael McNamara - Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8 (Markham Street Films)
- Don Murray - The Man Who Could Be King (Nomad Films)
- Michael Maclear - Vietnam: Ghosts of War (Memory Films)
Best Writing in a Children's or Youth's Program or Series
- Rick Mercer, Dan Lett, Leah Pinsent, Jackie Torrens, Peter Keleghan - Made in Canada - The Last Show (Salter Street Films/Island Edge)
- Brent Butt, Janet Wright, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Nancy Robertson, Eric Peterson, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Lorne Cardinal - Corner Gas - Face Off (CTV/Prairie Pants Productions)
- Rebecca Northan, Paul O’Sullivan, Debra McGrath, Lisa Merchant, Peter Oldring - The Joe Blow Show (The Comedy Network)
- Shaun Majumder, Greg Thomey, Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh, Mark Critch - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1 (Salter Street Films/CBC)
- Jackie Torrens, Cory Bowles, Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Jonathan Torrens, Lucy Decoutere, Barrie Dunn, John Dunsworth, Jeanna Harrison, Sarah Dunsworth-Nickerson, Tyrone Parsons, Patrick Roach, Mike Smith, Shelley Thompson, Michael Jackson - Trailer Park Boys - If I Can't Smoke and Swear I'm Fucked (Showcase/Topsail Entertainment)
- Peter Chin - Streetcar (Mercury Films)
- Nancy Crowley, Mistaya Hemingway, Keir Knight, Chun Hong Li, Bernard Martin, Jason Shipley-Holmes, Zofia Tujaka, Naomi Stikeman, Billy Smith, Andrea Boardman - Amelia (Amérimage-Spectra/Media Principia/Echo Media)
- Emma Lu Romerein - From Time to Time
- Andy Jones - Andy Jones: To the Wall
- Russell Braun - Opening Night (CBC)
- Ewa Uziel, Eugene Nakamura, Michele Dumoulin, John Morris Russell, Konstantin Popovic, Dawn Hrycak-Popovic, Kevin Filewych, Henryk Uziel, Valerie Selander Voisey, Andrew McIntosh, Pola Luboniecka, Jonathan Tortolano, Darrett Zusko, Besnik Yzeiri, Gregory Sheldon, Margaret Kapasi, Peter Wiebe - Cross-Canada Candlelight Christmas - Windsor Symphony Orchestra Concert (CBC)
Best News Anchor
Best Reportage
Best Host or Interviewer in a Lifestyle/General Interest or Talk Program or Series
Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast
Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst
Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
- Kim Derko - Youkali Hotel (Enigmatico Films/Westwind Pictures)
- André Turpin - Amelia (Amérimage-Spectra/Media Principia/Echo Media)
- Paul Tolton - Shadow Pleasures (Eccentrics Things)
- Rudolf Blahacek - Death and the Maiden (Rhombus Media)
Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series
- John Walker - Men of the Deeps (CTV/John Walker Productions/Picture Plant/NFB)
- Michael Grippo - Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story (NFB)
- Claudine Sauvé - Short Infinity (NFB)
- Susan Fleming, Keith Brust - Garden Mimics (Bullfrog Films)
- Wayne Vallevand, Mike Rudyk - The Lone Trail: The Dogs and Drivers of the Yukon Quest (CBC)
Best Visual Effects
- Don Urquhart, Claude Theriault, Colin Cunningham, Thomas Turnbull - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion - Part 1 (CBC Television)
- Brad Turner, Peter Hunt, Simon Lacey, Grant Lindsay - Andromeda - A Symmetry of Imperfection (Fireworks Entertainment/Tribune Entertainment/BLT Productions/Global/MBR Productions)
- James Tichenor, Simon Ager, Michelle Comens, Adam de Bosch Kemper, Deborah Dunphy, Shannon Gurney, Krista McLean, Matthew Talbot-Kelly, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate SG-1 - Redemption, Part 2 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
- James Tichenor, Simon Ager, Nicholas Boughen, Michelle Comens, Bruce Woloshyn, Tom Brydon, Matt Martell, Marc Roth, Wes Sargent - Stargate SG-1 - Descent (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
- Clem Hobbs, Miles Horst, Donnie Anderson, Andy Russell - The Blobheads - Bringing Up Baby (Decode Entertainment)
- Tony Coleman - National Geographic Channel Specials - Asteroid! The Doomsday Rock (CBC/Raincoast Storylines)
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series
- Édouard Lock - Amelia (Amérimage-Spectra/Media Principia/Echo Media)
- Darel Fortin - The Planets (Amérimage-Spectra, Echo Media)
- Jeff Bessner - From Time to Time
- Andy Attalai - Shadow Pleasures (Eccentrics Things)
- Daryl K. Davis, Mike Munn - Youkali Hotel (Enigmatico Films/Westwind Pictures)
Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series
- Nick Hector - Dying at Grace (TVOntario)
- Wayne Abbott - From a Place Called War: 1939-1945 (Northern Sky Entertainment)
- Richard Comeau - Short Infinity (NFB)
- Marc Robichaud, Tony Coleman - The Canadian Experience: Expo '67: Back to the Future (CBC)
- Marke Slipp - Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (NFB)
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 Make-Up
Best Sound in a Dramatic Program
- Martin Lee, Steve Hammond, Tom Bjelic, Allan Fung, Doug Johnston, Ian Rankin, John Douglas Smith - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (CBC Television)
- John Hazen, Mark Gingras, Steve Hammond, Leon Johnson, John Laing, Tim O’Connell - Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (High Definition Pictures/The Film Works/APTN/CBC)
- Tony Gronick, Hennie Britton, Michael P. Keeping, Conrad Kuhne, Brent Marchenski, Vince Renaud, Clive Turner, Joseph Rossi - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
- Tom Bjelic, Georges Hannan, Don Dickson, Allan Fung, John Sievert, Mark Wright, John Douglas Smith - Open Heart (Barna-Alper/Dreamsmith Entertainment/Movie Central/CBC)
Best Sound in a Dramatic Series
- Louis Hone, Paul Hubert, Gabor Vadnay, Stan Sakellaropoulos, Peter Lopata - Bliss - Steph’s Life (Galafilm/Back Alley Film Productions)
- Eric Fitz, Grant Bone, Erik Culp, Steve Hammond, Jack Heeren, John Douglas Smith, Adam Roberts - Blue Murder - Eyewitness (Barna-Alper Productions/Canwest/North Bend Films)
- Dino Pigat, Eric Apps, Paul Germann, Alastair Gray, Steve Kostick, Brian Newby, Donna G. Powell - The Eleventh Hour - Wonderland (Alliance Atlantis)
- Rob Bryanton, Jeff Hamon, Evan Rust, Warren St. Onge - renegadepress.com - Out in the Open (Vérité Films)
- Janice Ierulli, Susan Fairbairn, Leon Johnson, Sid Lieberman, Brent MacLean, Ian Rankin, Lou Solakofski - The Shields Stories - The Harp (Shaftesbury Films)
- David Hillier, Martin Lee, Alex Salter, Lou Solakofski - Men of the Deeps (CTV/John Walker Productions/Picture Plant/NFB)
- Daniel Pellerin, Elma Bello, Stefan Fraticelli, Daniel Hamood, Goro Koyama, Stephen Marian, Scott Shepherd - Puppets Who Kill - The Twilight Place (Eggplant Picture & Sound)
- Neal Gaudet, Kenny MacDonald, Bob Melanson, Brian Power, Lil Thomas, P.J. MacNeil - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1 (Salter Street Films/CBC)
- Norm Lussier - Paul Brandt Presents
- Damian Kearns, Danny Greenspoon, Doug Doctor, Doug McClement, Howard Baggley, Jeremy Darby - 2003 Canada Day Evening Show (National Capital Commission/Canadian Heritage/CBC)
- Marie-Claude Gagné, Hubert Macé de Gastines - The Nature of Things - Arctic Mission (CBC)
- Damian Kearns, Joe Passaretti - the fifth estate - Dead in the Water (CBC)
- Steve Cupani - City of Ruins: The Halifax Explosion (CBC)
- Loïc Thériault, Sylvain Brassard, Vivian Savoy, Dany Ouellet, Benoît Dame - Deadly Arts (Nintendo)
- Emil Jany - Frontiers of Construction - Road Warriors (Ragged Earth Productions/Barna-Alper Productions)
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
- Robert Carli - Galileo's Sons (Bullfrog Films)
- Jean-Louis Valéro - Korea: The Unfinished War - Burnt Ground (TVOntario)
- Chris Crilly - Short Infinity (NFB)
- Ben Johannesen, Geoff Bennett - Garden Mimics (Bullfrog Films)
- Clode Hamelin - Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (NFB)
Special Awards
References
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