19th Gemini Awards

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19th Gemini Awards
DateDecember 13, 2004
VenueJohn Bassett Theatre, Toronto
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television
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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[edit]

Best Dramatic Series[edit]

Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie[edit]

Best Comedy Program or Series[edit]

Best Music, Variety Program or Series[edit]

Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Best Reality Program or Series[edit]

  • 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

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program[edit]

Best Documentary Series[edit]

Best History Documentary Program[edit]

  • Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8 - Markham Street Films. Producer: Judy Holm
  • 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[edit]

Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program[edit]

Best News Information Series[edit]

Best News Magazine Segment[edit]

Best Newscast[edit]

Best News Special Event Coverage[edit]

Best Lifestyle or General Interest Series[edit]

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment[edit]

Best Practical Information Series[edit]

Best Animated Program or Series[edit]

Best Pre-School Program or Series[edit]

Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series[edit]

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series[edit]

Best Sports Program or Series[edit]

Best Live Sporting Event[edit]

Best Interactive[edit]

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series[edit]

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series[edit]

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series[edit]

Best Direction in a Documentary Program[edit]

Best Direction in a Documentary Series[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series[edit]

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series[edit]

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series[edit]

Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series[edit]

Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event[edit]

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series[edit]

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series[edit]

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series[edit]

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series[edit]

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series[edit]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series[edit]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role[edit]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role[edit]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series[edit]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series[edit]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series[edit]

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

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

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

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series[edit]

Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series[edit]

Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series[edit]

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series[edit]

  • 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 Performance in a Preschool Program or Series[edit]

Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series[edit]

Best News Anchor[edit]

Best Reportage[edit]

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series[edit]

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

Best Host or Interviewer in a Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series[edit]

Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast[edit]

Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst[edit]

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series[edit]

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

  • 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 an Information Program or Series[edit]

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

  • 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 an Information Program or Series[edit]

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

Best Costume Design[edit]

Best Achievement in Make-Up[edit]

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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)

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

  • 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)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series[edit]

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series[edit]

  • 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ho, Julia. "Gemini Special Awards winners announced". playbackonline.ca. Playback. Retrieved 23 June 2022.