22nd Gemini Awards

22nd Gemini Awards
DateOctober 28, 2007
VenueConexus Arts Centre, Regina
Hosted byGeorge Stroumboulopoulos
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television
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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 22nd Gemini Awards were held on October 28, 2007, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos, took place at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan and was broadcast on CBC.

Awards

Best Dramatic Series

  • Slings & Arrows - Rhombus Media. Producers: Sari Friedland, Niv Fichman
  • ReGenesis - The Movie Network, Movie Central, Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Tom Chehak, Scott Garvie, Laura Harbin, Shane Kinnear, Manny Danelon, Avrum Jacobson
  • Intelligence - Haddock Entertainment. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laura Lightbown, Arvi Liimatainen
  • Whistler - Blueprint Entertainment, Boardwatch Productions, Uphill Productions, CTV Television Network. Producers: Danny Virtue, John Barbisan, Kelly Senecal, Noreen Halpern, Janet York, John Morayniss, Sam Feldman, Ian McDougall
  • Jozi-H - Morula Pictures, Inner City Films. Producers: Alfons Adetuyi, Adeelah Carrim, Tony Dennis, Alyson Feltes, Marva Ollivierre, Stephen J. Turnbull, Mfundi Vundla

Best Dramatic Mini-Series

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

  • Cirque du Soleil: Lovesick - Galafilm, Créations Musca. Producers: Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne, Arnie Gelbart, Vincent Gagné, Martin Bolduc
  • Landscape as Muse - 291 Film Company. Producer: Ian Toews
  • Ode to a Requiem - Cinepro Productions. Producer: Craig Graham
  • Prisoners of Beckett - Arte, Qu4tre par Quatre, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: J. Bergeron, Jacques Debs, Joanne Carrière, Éric Michel, Joseph Hillel, D. Morel
  • Roxana - Mossanen Productions. Producers: Stephen Traynor, Moze Mossanen

Best Talk Series

Best Reality Program or Series

Best General/Human Interest Series

  • Bathroom Divas - Kaleidoscope Entertainment. Producers: Mary Lou Fallis, Mike Ward, Paul McConvey, Marshall Kesten, Randy Zalken
  • On Screen! - Pippin Productions, Soapbox Productions. Producer: Nick Orchard
  • On the Run - Exploration Production. Producers: Edwina Follows, Kathryn Oughtred
  • Road Hockey Rumble - Paperny Entertainment. Producers: Cal Shumiatcher, Jonathan Goodwill, David Paperny
  • Situation Critical - Darlow Smithson Productions, Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Ira Levy, Ron Singer, Peter Williamson, Kirsten Scollie, Barri Cohen, Catherine May, Paul Kilback

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

Best Documentary Series

Best History Documentary Program

Best Biography Documentary Program

  • Life and Times - Dangerous When Provoked: The Life and Times of Terry Mosher - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: John Curtin
  • As Seen on TV: The K-Tel Story - MidCanada Entertainment, Tenor 20 Productions. Producers: Wayne Shelton, Danielle Audette, Kevin Dunn
  • Life and Times - Leading Man: The Life and Times of William Hutt - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joel Gordon, Richard Nielsen
  • Born to Be Nelly Furtado - MuchMusic. Producers: Morgan Rozender, Jason Ford, John Kampilis
  • John Turner: In His Own Words - Stornoway Productions. Producers: Paul Kemp, Kitson Vincent, Gavin Adamson
  • The Cult of Walt: Canada's Polka King - Joe Media Group. Producers: Joe Novak, Brent Kawchuk

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

  • Gamer Revolution - Frantic Films. Producers: Marc de Guerre, Rachel Low
  • The Nature of Things - Tsepong: A Clinic Called Hope - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Peter Raymont
  • Spam: The Documentary - Chocolate Box Entertainment. Producers: Scott Dobson, Jeannette Loakman, Andrew Gregg, Sally Blake
  • Light at the Edge of the World - The Wayfinders - 90th Parallel Productions. Producers: Wade Davis, Gordon Henderson, Andrew Gregg
  • There's Something Out There - A Bigfoot Encounter - Farpoint Films. Producer: Kyle Bornais

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

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

  • NHL on TSN - TSN. Producer: Mark Milliere
  • CFL on CBC - Pregame Show - CBC Sports. Producers: Trevor Pilling, Joe Scarcelli
  • Hockey Night in Canada - Coach's Corner - CBC Sports. Producers: Joel Darling, Kathy Broderick, Sherali Najak, Brian Spear
  • Bell Spirit of the Game - Own the Podium - Bradford Productions. Producers: Brad Diamond, Isabel Diamond

Best Sports Feature Segment

Best Live Sporting Event

Best Cross-Platform Project

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

  • Chris Haddock - Intelligence - Down But Not Out (Haddock Entertainment)
  • Stephen Surjik - Intelligence - Not a Nice Boy! (Haddock Entertainment)
  • George Mihalka - Jozi-H - Love in the Time of AIDS (Morula Pictures/Inner City Films)
  • Kelly Makin - Jozi-H - Fathers (Morula Pictures/Inner City Films)
  • John Fawcett - Bon Voyage, Part 3 (Box TV/Cité-Amérique)

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series

  • Harvey Cashore - the fifth estate - Luck of the Draw (CBC)
  • Tamar Weinstein - the fifth estate - Lost in the Struggle (CBC)
  • Catherine Annau - the fifth estate - The Good Father (CBC)
  • Litsa Sourtzis - Marketplace (CBC)
  • Sylvène Gilchrist - CBC News: Correspondent (CBC)

Best Direction in a Documentary Program

Best Direction in a Documentary Series

  • Laine Drewery - Hockey: A People's History - A Simple Game (CBC)
  • Ian Toews - Landscape as Muse (291 Film Company)
  • Michael Claydon - Hockey: A People's History - Reclaiming the Game (CBC)
  • Peter John Ingles - Hockey: A People's History - The People’s Game (CBC)
  • Don Young - Devil’s Brigade, Episode 4 (Frantic Films)

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

  • Seth-Adrian Harris - When Moses Woke (Seth-Adrian Harris)
  • Lewis Cohen - Cirque du Soleil: Lovesick (Galafilm/Créations Musca)
  • Donald Winkler - Ode to a Requiem (Cinepro Productions)
  • Yosif Feyginberg - Moving To His Music: The Two Muses of Guillaume Côté
  • Larry Weinstein - Mozartballs (Rhombus Media)

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information 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 Miniseries

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 Miniseries

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

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 Miniseries

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

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

  • Guillaume Côté - Moving To His Music: The Two Muses of Guillaume Côté
  • Jeff Healey - Opening Night - Jeff Healey and Friends - CBC
  • Chanti Wadge - Canticum Canticorum (Films Piché Ferrari)

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

Best Achievement in Casting

Best News Anchor

Best Reportage

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human 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 Studio Sports Analyst

Best Game Analyst

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

  • Michael Spicer - Roxana (Mossanen Productions)
  • Don Spence, Stan Barua - The TO Variety Show - Toronto Dances (Insight Productions)
  • Henry Less - The Wilkinsons - Granddaddy Steve (Henry Less Productions)
  • Marc Gadoury - Canticum Canticorum (Films Piché Ferrari)
  • Luc Montpellier - Northern Town - Ivison (Tagish Lake Films)

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

  • Henry Less - Made to Order - Dim Sum (Mercer Street Films)
  • Colin Allison - the fifth estate (CBC)
  • Jeff Cole - the fifth estate - Crime Pays (CBC)
  • Blair Locke - The Heat with Mark McEwan - Inniskillin (General Purpose Pictures)
  • Bert Savard - CBC News: Country Canada - The Town on Top of the World (CBC)
  • Russell Gienapp - Pretty Dangerous (Summerhill Entertainment)

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Visual Effects

  • Mark Savela, Tom Brydon, Brenda Campbell, Debora Dunphy, Shannon Gurney, Andrew Karr, Todd Liddiard, Alec McClymont - Stargate Atlantis - No Man’s Land (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • Peter Evans, Darryl Couch, Chris Darlington, Mike Mombourquette, Michael Skiffington, John Vatcher, David Woodrow - Above and Beyond (Shaftesbury Films)
  • Mohammad Ghorbankarimi, Laurence Cymet, Mark Driver, David Hedley, Sam Javanrouh, Filip Kicev, Paul Moyer, Leonardo Silva, Mahvash Tehrani - The Great Polar Bear Adventure (Optix Digital Pictures/Media Headquarters)

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

  • Tania White - the fifth estate - The Good Father (CBC)
  • Loretta Hicks - the fifth estate - Lost in the Struggle (CBC)
  • Tania White - Marketplace - How Not to Get Nailed (CBC)
  • Pete Watson - War of the Wheels (Breakthrough Entertainment)
  • David Hoffert - Party Mamas (Barna-Alper Productions)

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Alison Ethier - Backspace
  • Dan Caldwell - Music Rising (Frantic Films)
  • Ted Wallace - UpRooted
  • Dave Kazala - Worlds Collide: The Saga of Herschel Island (White Pine Pictures)
  • Gil Tétreault - Tainted Evidence - Forensics on Trial (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

  • Debra Hanson - Roxana (Mossanen Productions)
  • Ginette Magny - Bon Voyage, Part 2 (Box TV/Cité-Amérique)
  • Lea Carlson - Slings & Arrows - That Way Madness Lies (Rhombus Media)
  • Brandi Milbradt - The Festival (Philms Pictures)

Best Achievement in Make-Up

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program

  • Mike Woroniuk, Christian T. Cooke, Robert Fletcher, Paul Germann, Barry Gilmore - Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story (Screen Door)
  • Harry Embry, Stephan Carrier, Ronayne Higginson, Dino Pigat, Jane Tattersall - Above and Beyond (Shaftesbury Films)
  • Herwig Gayer, Mark Beck, Alan deGraaf, John Gare, Steve Hammond, Jonas Kuhnemann - In God's Country (Shaftesbury Films)

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

  • Miguel Nunes, Gina Mueller, Harley Paul, Jeff Shannon, Craig Stauffer - Intelligence - Down But Not Out (Haddock Entertainment)
  • Steve Munro, Michael Baskerville, Danielle McBride, Bill McMillan, Virginia Storey, Paul Williamson - Degrassi: The Next Generation - Here Comes Your Man (Bell Media/Epitome Pictures)
  • Dan Sexton, Richard Calistan, Steve Foster, Doug Johnston, Sid Lieberman, Paul Shubat - Falcon Beach - Turn Card (Insight Productions/Original Pictures)
  • John Gare, Dan Daniels, Alan DeGraaf, Steve Hammond, Joe Mancuso, Dan Sexton - ReGenesis - A Spontaneous Moment (The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftesbury Films)
  • Lou Solakofski, Sue Conley, Susan Fairbairn, Robert Fletcher, Ronayne Higginson, Sid Lieberman - Slings & Arrows - The Promised End (Rhombus Media)

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

  • Peter Hamilton, Richard Spence-Thomas, Danny Greenspoon, Jamie Sulek, Gary Vaughan - Gospel Challenge (Riddle Films)
  • Ian Dunbar, Peter Campbell, Doug Doctor, Ric Jurgens, Jeff Wolpert - Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2007 (Cansong Productions)
  • Roberta Capretta, Bill Baker, Brian Newby, Tim O’Connell - Jeff Ltd. - Auto Fish 9000 (CTV/S&S Productions/Dufferin Gate Productions/Seymour & From Productions 2/The Comedy Network)
  • Lou Solakofski, David Rose, Kirk Lynds, Steve Hammond, Sanjay Mehta - Mozartballs (Rhombus Media)
  • Marc Parizeau - Gospel Christmas Celebration (CBC)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Ric Jurgens, Amir Boverman - The Lost Tomb of Jesus (Eggplant Picture & Sound)
  • Ao Loo, Jakob Thiesen, Ian Rodness, Russ Walker - The Nature of Things - Tsepong: A Clinic Called Hope (CBC)
  • Damian Kearns, Larry Kent, Joe Passaretti - the fifth estate - Road Warriors (CBC)
  • Brian Eimer, J.R. Fountain - Digging up the Trenches (History Channel)
  • Russ Walker, Larry MacDonald, Jakob Thiesen, Ian Rodness - Worlds Collide: The Saga of Herschel Island (White Pine Pictures)

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Miniseries

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

  • Aaron Davis, John Lang - The Nature of Things - Everyday Einstein (CBC)
  • Jorane - Cirque du Soleil: Lovesick (Galafilm/Créations Musca)
  • Jamie Alcorn - Cottonland (NFB)
  • David Wall - Martyr Street (Bishari Films)
  • Lance Neveu - The Great War: The Complete History of WWI (Galafilm)
  • Eric Robertson, Claude Desjardins - Hockey: A People's History - A Simple Game (CBC)

Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series

Special Awards

References

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