20th Gemini Awards

20th Gemini Awards
DateNovember 19, 2005
VenueJohn Bassett Theatre, Toronto
Television/radio coverage
NetworkGlobal Television Network
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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 20th Gemini Awards were held on November 19, 2005, 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 Global.

Best Dramatic Series

  • The Eleventh Hour - Alliance Atlantis Communications. Producers: Ilana Frank, Semi Chellas, Ray Sager, David Wellington, Daphne Park, Peter R. Simpson
  • Da Vinci’s Inquest - Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laszlo Barna, Arvi Liimatainen, Laura Lightbown
  • Degrassi: The Next Generation - Bell Media, Epitome Pictures. Producers: Stephen Stohn, Linda Schuyler, Aaron Martin
  • This Is Wonderland - Muse Entertainment, Indian Grove Productions. Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Michael Prupas, Dani Romain, George F. Walker
  • Godiva's - Keatley Entertainment, CHUM. Producers: Julia Keatley, Gigi Boyd, Michael MacLennan
  • ReGenesis - The Movie Network, Movie Central, Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Tom Chehak, Scott Garvie, Laura Harbin, Shane Kinnear, Virginia Rankin

Best Dramatic Mini-Series

  • Sex Traffic - Big Motion Pictures. Producers: Wayne Grigsby, Michele Buck, David MacLeod, Derek Wax
  • H2O - Whizbang Films. Producers: Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa
  • Lives of the Saints - Capri Films, PowerCorp, RTI. Producers: Gabriella Martinelli, Giovanna Arata

Best TV Movie

Best Comedy Program or Series

Best Music, Variety Program or Series

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

Best Talk Series

Best Reality Program or Series

  • Venture - The Town Doctor - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Patsy Pehleman, Tracie Tighe
  • Buy Me - Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein, Jean-Francois Monette
  • Made to Order - Mercer Street Films. Producers: Michael Rubino, Henry Less

Best General/Human Interest Series

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

Best Documentary Series

Best History Documentary Program

  • Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii - Primitive Entertainment. Producers: Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin
  • Turning Points of History - D-Day on Juno Beach - Barna-Alper Productions, Connections Productions. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn
  • Escape from Iran: The Hollywood Option - Partners in Motion. Producers: Nova Herman, Ron Goetz
  • To Build a Nation: Vimy Carved in Stone - Nation Building Productions. Producers: Janice Tufford, Laszlo Barna
  • Zero Hour - Massacre at Columbine High - Cineflix. Producers: Andre Barro, Simon Berthon, David Hickman, Dan Korn

Best Biography Documentary Program

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

  • The Origins of AIDS - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Galafilm, Channel Four Television Corporation, Frame 2, Les Films de la Passerelle, Multimédia France Productions, Produce+, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Pathé Archives. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Michel Crepon, Christine Le Goff, Christine Pereaux
  • The Nature of Things - Sex Lies and Secrecy: Dissecting Hysterectomy - CBC. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Michael Allder
  • The Nature of Things - Clot Busters - CBC. Producers: David Tucker, Michael Allder
  • A Day Inside: Calgary Stampede. Producers: Lance Mueller, Jean Merriman
  • Diet of Souls - Triad Film Productions. Producer: Peter d'Entremont

Best News Information Series

Best News Magazine Segment

Best Newscast

Best News Special Event Coverage

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment

  • Canada Now - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Conway Fraser, Ray Bourrier, Catherine McIsaac, David Donnelly, Lani Selick, Allison Crawford, Ron Sloan, Terry Stapleton, Barbara Brunzell, Neil Clarkson, Dale Foster
  • Daily Planet - Discovery Channel. Producers: Kevin Mills, Mark Miller
  • SexTV - Pink or Blue: The Science of Sex Selection - CHUM Television/Corus Entertainment. Producer: Cynthia Loyst
  • ZeD - Pumpkin Boats - CBC. Producers: Ted McInnes, Alison Bruce, Scott MacEachern

Best Animated Program or Series

Best Pre-School Program or Series

Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series

Best Sports Program or Series

  • Ben Johnson: Drugs and the Quest for Gold - Infinity Films. Producers: Shel Piercy, Ken Craw
  • Life and Times - The Life and Times of Northern Dancer - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Halya Kuchmij, Linda Laughlin, Marie Natanson
  • Making the Cut - Network Entertainment. Producers: Derik Murray, John Hamilton, Scott Moore
  • Football First: The Roy Shivers Story - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Costa Maragos, Lori Kuffner
  • Dave Bidini: The Hockey Nomad - Mercury Films. Producers: Mike Downie, Dave Bidini, Gordon Henderson

Best Live Sporting Event

Best Interactive

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series

  • Oleh Rumak - the fifth estate - Do You Believe in Miracles? (CBC)
  • Claude Vickery - the fifth estate - The Girl in the Suitcase (CBC)
  • Kit Melamed - the fifth estate - Mister Nobody (CBC)
  • Morris Karp - the fifth estate - Sticks and Stones (CBC)
  • Marie Caloz - the fifth estate - First, Do No Harm (CBC)

Best Direction in a Documentary Program

  • Kevin McMahon - Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii (Primitive Entertainment)
  • John Kastner - Rage Against the Darkness: Bunny and Leona (J.S. Kastner Productions)
  • Craig Chivers - No Place Called Home (NFB)
  • Avi Lewis - The Take (Barna-Alper Productions/CBC/NFB/Klein Lewis Productions)
  • David Vaisbord - Drawing Out The Demons: A Film about the Artist Attila Richard Lukacs (Screen Siren Pictures)
  • Peter Raymont - Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (White Pine Pictures/CBC)

Best Direction in a Documentary Series

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series

  • Henry Less - Made to Order (Mercer St. Films)
  • David Hansen - English Teachers III (WestWind Pictures)
  • Tracie Tighe - Venture - The Big Switcheroo - FedEx, Part 1 (CBC)
  • Mary Lynk - Body of Knowledge (CBC)
  • Linda McEwan - Real Renos (Smashing Pictures)
  • Romano D'Andrea - Style By Jury (Planetworks)

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

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Writing in a Children's or Youth's Program or Series

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 by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

  • Maria Popistasu - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
  • Martha Henry - H2O - Night 1 (Whizbang Films)
  • Miranda Handford - Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (Galafilm)
  • Layla Alizada - Chasing Freedom (Alberta Filmworks/Blueprint Entertainment)
  • Alberta Watson - Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story (Choice Films)

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Ensemble 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

  • Robert Sokolowski, Josianne Levasseur, Karin Delzors, Pierre-Alexandre Dion, Ewelina Fijolek, Yamoussa Bangoura, Lena Reis, Langis Turcotte, Suzanne Soler, Bartlomiej Soroczynski, Andrzej Sokolowski, Josianne Laporte, Stefan Johannes Wepfer, Sonia Painchaud, Éric Saintonge, Guillaume Saladin - Nomade: At Night, the Sky is Endless (Cirque Éloize)
  • George Gao, Sarah Slean - 2004 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (CBC)
  • Evelyn Hart, Rex Harrington - A Pairing of Swans (Marblemedia/CBC)
  • Byron Chief-Moon - Quest (Soaring Heart Pictures)

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

Best News Anchor

Best Reportage

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

Best Host or Interviewer in a Lifestyle/General Interest or Talk Program or Series

Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts 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

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

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

  • Ian Hannah - Past Life Investigation (CBC)
  • Paul Seeler - the fifth estate - First, Do No Harm (CBC)
  • Jim Nilson - CBC News: Country Canada - Legacy (CBC)
  • Richard Agecoutay - No Glory (CBC)
  • Aldo Columpsi, Ted Hilbig - Football First: The Roy Shivers Story (CBC)

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Derek Rogers - The Nature of Things - Shipbreakers (CBC)
  • Douglas Pike, John Westheuser - Rage Against the Darkness: Bunny and Leona (J.S. Kastner Productions)
  • Christopher Ball, Robert MacDonald - Diet of Souls (Triad Film Productions)
  • Jay Ferguson - Animals
  • John Westheuser - Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (White Pine Pictures/CBC)

Best Visual Effects

  • Michelle Comens, Tom Brydon, Jose Burgos, John Gajdecki, Dan Mayer, Jinnie Pak, Wes Sargent, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate Atlantis - Rising (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • Paul Furminger, Abel Milanes - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)
  • Michelle Comens, Simon Ager, Jose Burgos, Geoff Anderson, Dan Mayer, Mark Breakspear, Tara Conley, Bruce Woloshyn, Tristam Gieni, Todd Liddiard - Stargate Atlantis - The Eye (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • Michelle Comens, James Halverson, Brett Keyes, Krista McLean, Bradley Mullennix, James Rorick, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Karen Watson - Stargate SG-1 - New Order, Part 2 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • James Tichenor, Chris Doll, Shannon Gurney, James Halverson, Krista McLean, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Karen Watson, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate SG-1 - Lost City, Part 2 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • Steven Hodgson, Rosemary Conte - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

  • Stéphanie Grégoire, Gareth C. Scales - The Tournament (Adjacent 2 Entertainment/CBC)
  • Cathy Gulkin, Jeff Bessner - Opening Night - The Four Seasons Mosaic (CBC)
  • Peter Steel, Jessica McKee - ZeD - Art and Soul (CBC)
  • David New - Beethoven's Hair (BBC/CBC/Dor Film/Rhombus Media/Telefilm Canada/Xenophile Media)
  • Ken Gray, Tharanga Ramanayake - Freedom - Rubberbandance (Sound Venture International)

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

  • Loretta Hicks - the fifth estate - Sticks and Stones (CBC)
  • Leslie Steven Onody - the fifth estate - War Without Borders (CBC)
  • Claude Panet-Raymond - the fifth estate - Do You Believe in Miracles? (CBC)
  • Gil Tétreault - CBC News: Country Canada - Shoot, Shovel & Shut Up (CBC)
  • Michael Hannan - Past Life Investigation (CBC)

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Michèle Hozer - Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (White Pine Pictures/CBC)
  • Ricardo Acosta - The Take (Barna-Alper Productions/CBC/NFB/Klein Lewis Productions)
  • Jim Goertzen - The Greatest Canadian - The Great Tommy Douglas (CBC)
  • Lawrence Jackman - Animals
  • Deborah Palloway - The Nature of Things - Shipbreakers (CBC)

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

  • John Laing, Todd Beckett, Robert Bertola, Keith Elliott, Mark Gingras, Tim O’Connell, Jill Purdy, John J. Thomson, Mark Zsifkovits - Lives of the Saints (Capri Films/PowerCorp/RTI)
  • Leon Johnson, Jean-Raphaël Dedieu, Don Dickson, Peter Hodges, Virginia Storey, Mark Wright - A Bear Named Winnie (Original Pictures, Powercorp)
  • Sylvain Arseneault, Kathy Choi, Sue Conley, Barry Gilmore, Steve Hammond, Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, Martin Lee, David McCallum, Ian Rankin, Mark Shnuriwsky, Jane Tattersall, Robert Warchol - H2O (Whizbang Films)
  • Kathy Choi, Barry Gilmore, Steve Hammond, Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, Stephan Carrier, David McCallum, Lou Solakofski, Mark Shnuriwsky, Jane Tattersall, Robert Warchol, Rod Deogrades, Simon Okin, Jane Porter - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
  • Patrick Haskill, Brad Hillman, Andre Iwanchuk, Nicole Thompson, James Kusan, Miguel Nunes, John R.S. Taylor - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

  • Kelly Cole, Rick Bal, Jacqueline Cristianini, Mike Olekshy, Joe Spivak - Cold Squad - And the Fury (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Alliance Atlantis)
  • Brad Hillman, Patrick Haskill, Miguel Nunes, John R.S. Taylor, Nicole Thompson, William Skinner - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Before They Twist The Knife (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
  • Justin Drury, Ric Jurgens - Radio Free Roscoe - There Will Be No Encore Tonight (Decode Entertainment)
  • Warren St. Onge, Rob Bryanton, Jeff Hamon, Larry McCormick, Evan Rust - renegadepress.com - Dying to Connect (Vérité Films)
  • Mark Hensley, Stephen Cheung, Ian Emberton, Craig Stauffer, Greg Stewart - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)

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

  • Joe Knauer, Jane Tattersall, David Rose, David McCallum, Sanjay Mehta, Martin Lee, Steve Hammond, Lou Solakofski, Brent Pickett, Ronayne Higginson, Jiri Slanina - Beethoven's Hair (BBC/CBC/Dor Film/Rhombus Media/Telefilm Canada/Xenophile Media)
  • Joe Petrella, Jeff Wolpert - The Language of Love
  • Ron Searles, Danny Greenspoon - The Magical Gathering (CBC)
  • Philippe Scultéty, Peter Lopata, Roger Guérin, Stan Sakellaropoulos, Tony Jackson - Fungus the Bogeyman - Episode 2 (BBC/Galafilm/Indie Kids/Powercorp)
  • Ian Dunbar, Doug McClement, Howard Baggley, Marc Laliberté, Simon Bowers, Michael Molineux, Peter Campbell - Juno Awards of 2005 (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/CTV)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Chris McIntosh, Brent Marchenski, Alexander Hall - Making the Cut, Episode 12 (Network Entertainment)
  • Jeremy Short, Chris Cobain, John Clarke - Life and Times - Ashley MacIssac: Me, Myself and The Devil (CBC)
  • Jakob Thiesen, Daniel Pellerin, Russell Walker, Alan Geldart, Ao Loo - Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (White Pine Pictures/CBC)
  • Brian Schwarz, Dwayne Newman, Daniel Pellerin, Jason Milligan, Geoff Raffan - The Take (Barna-Alper Productions/CBC/NFB/Klein Lewis Productions)
  • Kevin Tokar, Philip Strong - Continuous Journey (Peripheral Visions)
  • France Leduc, Nicholas Gagnon, Fredéric Cloutier, Bernard Gariépy Strobl - Be the Creature - Expedition Orangutan Decode Entertainment/Kratt Brothers Company)

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

Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series

Special Awards

References

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