7th Gemini Awards
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 7th Gemini Awards were held in March 1993 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.
Best Dramatic Series
- E.N.G. - Atlantis Communications. Producers: Jennifer Black, Jeff King, Robert Lantos, R.B. Carney
- Neon Rider - (Virtue/Rekert Productions, Atlantis Films. Producers: Justis Greene, Danny Virtue, Winston Rekert, Michael MacMillan
- Road to Avonlea - Sullivan Entertainment. Producers: Trudy Grant, Kevin Sullivan
- Street Legal - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Nicholas Rose, Duncan Lamb, Brenda Greenberg
Best Short Dramatic Program
- Scales of Justice: "Regina v. Stewart" - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: George Jonas
- Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House - Atlantis Films, South Pacific Pictures. Producers: Michael MacMillan, Chris Bailey, Jonathan Goodwill
- The Ray Bradbury Theater - Alberta Filmworks, Atlantis Films, Ellipsanime, ITV Granada. Producers: Peter Sussman, Chris Bailey, Mary Kahn
Best TV Movie
- Scales of Justice: "Regina v. Nelles" - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: George Jonas
- Christmas On Division Street - Columbia Pictures Television, Higher Ground Productions, Morrow-Heus Productions, Procter & Gamble Productions, The Guber-Peters Company, Western International Communications. Producers: Colleen Nystedt, Tony Allard
- Black Death - CTV Television Network, Libra Pictures, Saban Entertainment, Sunrise Films, Telefilm Canada. Producers: Steven Levitan, Lynn Raynor, Paul Saltzman, Edgar Scherick
- Rapture - Paragon Entertainment, Tristar Pictures. Producers: Richard Borchiver, Jon Slan
- School’s Out - Playing With Time, Inc. Producers: Kit Hood, Linda Schuyler
Best Comedy Program or Series
- The Kids in the Hall - Broadway Video, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Lorne Michaels, Jeffrey Berman, Cindy Park, Joe Forristal
- Maniac Mansion - Atlantis Films. Producers: Jamie Paul Rock, Eugene Levy, Barry Jossen, Peter Sussman, Michael Short
- The Red Green Show - S&S Productions. Producer: Steve Smith
[Donald Brittain] Award for Best Documentary Program
- Timothy Findley: Anatomy of a Writer - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Don Haig, Terence Macartney-Filgate
- Man Alive - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Halya Kuchmij
- On the Eighth Day: Perfecting Mother Nature - Cinéfort. Producer: Mary Armstrong
- Threads of Hope - Canamedia Productions. Producers: Jane Harris, Les Harris
- Women in the Shadows - National Film Board of Canada, Direction Films. Producers: Christine Welsh, Signe Johansson
Best Documentary Series
- The Valour and the Horror - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Film Board of Canada, Galafilm. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, André Lamy
- Brain Sex - Discovery Channel. Producers: Richard Price, Anne Moir, Pat Ferns
- Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World - Biniman Productions, KCET, BBC, Global Television Network. Producers: Adrian Malone, Richard Meech, Nancy Button, Michael Grant
- My Partners My People - Canadian Television Network. Producers: Maria Campbell, Tom Radford, Andy Thompson
- The Price of Power - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Noah Erenberg
Best Dramatic Mini-Series
- Conspiracy of Silence - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Bernard Zukerman
- Bethune: The Making of a Hero - Filmline International. Producers: Pieter Kroonenburg, Nicolas Clermont
- The Sound and the Silence - Atlantis Films, South Pacific Pictures. Producers: Luciano Lisi, Jon Glascoe, Kim Todd, Michael MacMillan
Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series
- Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience - Cirque du Soleil. Producer: Hélène Dufresne
- Adrienne Clarkson Presents - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Adrienne Clarkson, Gordon Stewart
- Canadian Brass: Home Movies - Rhombus Media. Producer: Niv Fichman
- Standards - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Jeremy Podeswa, Ingrid Veninger
Best Variety Series
- The Best of Just for Laughs - Les Films Rozon. Producers: Andy Nulman, Gilbert Rozon
- Country Beat - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Steve Glassman
- The Tommy Hunter Show - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Lynn Harvey
Best Variety Program
- Brian Orser: Night Moves - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sandra Bezic, Morgan Earl
- 6th Gemini Awards|1992 Gemini Awards - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Maria Topalovich, Joe Bodolai, Jon Nicholls, Peter Hayman, Sean Kiely
- Friday Night! with Ralph Benmergui - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ralph Benmergui, Joe Bodolai, Jon Nicholls, Peter Hayman
- Happy Birthday Canada! - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Darlene Harber, Annette Antoniak, Ken Gibson, Gordon James
- Howie - CBS, 3 Arts Entertainment. Producers: Peter Sussman, Morris Abraham, Michael Rotenberg, Sean Ryerson, Howie Mandel
Best Information Series
- the fifth estate - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Kelly Crichton, David Nayman
- For the Love of the Game - TSN. Producer: Aiken Scherberger
- Venture - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Duncan McEwan
- W5 With Eric Malling - CTV Television Network. Producer: Peter Rehak
- Contact with Hana Gartner - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Alan Burke, Robin Taylor, Anne Bayin, Larry Zolf
Best Light Information Series
- LIFE: The Program - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Duncan McEwan
- Street Cents - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Jonathan Finkelstein, Janet Thompson, John Nowlan
- Sunday Arts Entertainment - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Carol Moore-Ede
- On the Road Again - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Karl Nerenberg
- Prisoners of Gravity - TVOntario. Producer: Gregg Thurlbeck
Best Information Segment
- For the Love of the Game - TSN. Producer: Aiken Scherberger
- Venture - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ben Matilainen, Nora Pratt, R. Gamble, Steve Thomson
- Contact with Hana Gartner - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Bruce Griffen, Larry Zolf, Hana Gartner, Wes Blanchard, Michael Savoie
- LIFE: The Program - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Stephen Bourne, Lon Appleby, Danny Cook, Sheldon Beldick
- the fifth estate - Black and Blue - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Julian Sher, Jennifer Campbell, Dan Burke, Gerry Wagschal, Roger Leclerc
Best Animated Program or Series
- The Adventures of Tintin |The Adventures of Tintin - Nelvana, Ellipsanime. Producers: Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
- Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas - Cambium Film & Video Productions, Delaney & Friends Cartoon Productions. Producers: Chris Delaney, Arnie Zipursky, Bruce Glawson
Best Youth Program or Series
- The Odyssey - Water Street Pictures. Producer: Michael Chechik
- Degrassi Talks - Playing With Time, Inc. Producers: Kit Hood, Linda Schuyler
- Road Movies - Why Not Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Barbara Barde
- Wonderstruck - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Bob McDonald, Debra Mathews, Helga Haberfellner, Lasley Williams, Paul Goodman
Best Children’s Program or Series
- Shining Time Station - Catalyst Entertainment, YTV. Producers: Rick Siggelkow, Britt Allcroft, Nancy Chapelle
- Alligator Pie - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Cindy Hamon-Hill
- Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave - Atlantis Films. Producers: Michael J. F. Scott, Derek Mazur, Daphne Ballon, Seaton McLean, Michael MacMillan
- OWL/TV - Canadian Television Network. Producers: Annabel Slaight, Christopher Howard
Best Sports Program or Series
- Sports Weekend - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joan Mead, Doug Sellars
- Bob Izumi’s Real Fishing Show - Izumi’s Outdoor. Producers: Douglas Volpel, Wayne Izumi
- CBC at Six - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Bill Kendrick, Bruce Dowbiggin
- CTV Sports Presents Year in Review - Canadian Television Network. Producers: Dean Bender, Jeffrey Mather, Doug Beeforth, John McLarty, Laura Mellanby
- SportsCentre - TSN. Producer: Michael Day
Best Special Event Coverage
- 1992 Olympic Winter Games - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Robert Moir, Doug Sellars
- Canada In Question - Canadian Television Network. Producers: Tobias Fisher, Robert Conroy, Louis Cooper, Eric Morrison, Fiona Conway
- CBC News National Town Hall - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Slawko Klymkiw, Elly Alboim, Christopher Waddell
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
- Francis Mankiewicz - Conspiracy of Silence
- John Kent Harrison - The Sound and the Silence
- Allan Kroeker - Forever Knight
- Eric Till - To Catch a Killer
- George Bloomfield - ''Wojeck: Out of the Fire''
Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
- Allan King - Road to Avonlea
- Bruce Pittman - Beyond Reality
- René Bonnière - E.N.G. - Public Enemy
- George Bloomfield - Neon Rider
- Paul Lynch - ''Top Cops - John Kosek/Richard Voorhees/Doug Edgington/David Miles''
Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
- Jacques Payette - Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience
- Jeremy Podeswa - Standards
- Joan Tosoni - 6th Gemini Awards|1992 Gemini Awards
- Don Marks - Indian Time 2: Fly with Eagles
- Barbara Willis Sweete, Bernar Hébert - ''Pictures on the Edge''
Best Direction in an Information or Documentary Program or Series
- Brian McKenna - The Valour and the Horror
- Susan Teskey - the fifth estate
- Alan Gough - A Promise Kept
- John Paskievich - Sedna: The Making of a Myth
- Larry Weinstein - Life and Death of Manuel de Falla (Rhombus Media
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
- Suzette Couture - Conspiracy of Silence
- Ted Allan - Bethune: The Making of a Hero
- Stan Daniels - Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
- Heather Conkie - Beethoven Lives Upstairs
- Douglas Bowie - ''Grand Larceny''
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
- David Barlow - Max Glick
- Heather Conkie - Road to Avonlea
- Charles Lazer - Road to Avonlea - Another Point of View
- Peter Lauterman, Angelo Stea - E.N.G.
- Wayne Grigsby, Barbara Samuels - ''E.N.G. - The Best Defence''
Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
- Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones, Tommy Sexton, Greg Malone - Codco
- Louise Moon, Roger Fredericks - Street Cents
- Bernard Rothman, Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along
- Mike MacDonald - My House, My Rules
- Martha Kehoe - ''Country Gold''
Best Writing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
- Brian McKenna, Terence McKenna - The Valour and the Horror
- Linden MacIntyre - the fifth estate
- Susan Teskey - the fifth estate
- Susan A'Court, Barry Ewart Stone - All Ways Welcome
- Terence McKenna, Jerry Thompson - ''The Journal''
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
- Michael Mahonen - Conspiracy of Silence
- Stephen Ouimette - Conspiracy of Silence
- Michael Riley - To Catch a Killer
- Neil Munro - ''Beethoven Lives Upstairs''
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
- Kate Nelligan - The Diamond Fleece
- Vanessa Vaughan - The Sound and the Silence
- Jennifer Phipps - Ann & Maddy
- Jennifer Dale - ''Grand Larceny''
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
- Cedric Smith - Road to Avonlea
- C. David Johnson - Street Legal
- Zachary Bennett - Road to Avonlea
- Eric Peterson - Street Legal
- Art Hindle - E.N.G.
- Geraint Wyn Davies - ''Forever Knight''
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
- Sara Botsford - E.N.G.
- Sarah Polley - Road to Avonlea
- Sonja Smits - Street Legal
- Cynthia Dale - ''Street Legal''
Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress
- Kate Nelligan - Road to Avonlea - After the Honeymoon
- Robin Gammell - E.N.G.
- Martin Short - Maniac Mansion
- Ocean Hellman - Neon Rider - Labour Day
- Barry Flatman - ''Secret Service''
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Jonathan Welsh - E.N.G.
- Nigel Bennett - Forever Knight
- Robert Joy - Grand Larceny
- Kenneth Welsh - Grand Larceny
- Michael Mahonen - ''Road to Avonlea''
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Brooke Johnson - Conspiracy of Silence
- Catherine Disher - Grand Larceny
- Theresa Tova - E.N.G.
- Lally Cadeau - Road to Avonlea
- Patricia Hamilton - ''Road to Avonlea''
Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
- Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Dave Foley - The Kids in the Hall
- Michel Courtemanche, The Vestibules - The Best of Just for Laughs
- Mike MacDonald - ''My House, My Rules''
Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series
- Anne Murray, k.d. lang - Country Gold
- Katarina Witt, Brian Orser - Brian Orser: Night Moves
- Howie Mandel - Howie
- Ofra Harnoy, Loreena McKennitt - Juno Awards of 1992
- Michelle Wright - ''Michelle''
Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series
- Barenaked Ladies - Ear to the Ground - Barenaked Ladies
- Meryn Cadell - Ear to the Ground - Barenaked Ladies
- Shirley Douglas - ''Passage of the Heart''
[Gordon Sinclair] Award for Broadcast Journalism
- Linden MacIntyre - the fifth estate
- Victor Malarek - the fifth estate
- Peter Mansbridge - ''The National - CBC News''
Best Reportage
- Patrick Brown - The National - CBC News
- Joe Schlesinger - The National - CBC News
- Ross Rutherford - CBC News - Strangers at the Door
- Ross Rutherford - ''CBC News - Trouble in the Air''
Best Anchor or Interviewer
- Peter Mansbridge - CBC News National Town Hall
- Hana Gartner - Contact with Hana Gartner
- Hana Gartner - the fifth estate
- Linden MacIntyre - the fifth estate
- Lloyd Robertson - ''CTV News''
Best Host in a Light Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
- Adrienne Clarkson - Adrienne Clarkson Presents
- Tommy Hunter - The Tommy Hunter Show
- Bob Izumi - Bob Izumi’s Real Fishing Show
- Leslie Nielsen - 12th Genie Awards
- Shirley Solomon - ''The Shirley Show - The New Rape Law''
Best Sportscaster
- Bruce Dowbiggin - CBC at Six
- Ron MacLean - Albertville 1992: XVI Olympic Winter Games
- Brian Williams - Albertville 1992: XVI Olympic Winter Games
- Jim Hughson -
- Buck Martinez -
Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
- Rene Ohashi - The Sound and the Silence
- Raoul Coutard, Mike Molloy - Bethune: The Making of a Hero
- Paul Sarossy - Grand Larceny
- Albert J. Dunk - Forever Knight
- Malcolm Cross - ''Street Legal''
Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
- Sylvain Brault - Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience
- Donald Spence, James Cassidy, Richard Fox - Adrienne Clarkson Presents
- Peter Bower, Adam Swica - Canadian Brass
- Gilray Densham - Brian Orser: Night Moves
- Gilray Densham - ''Juno Awards of 1992''
Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
- Vic Sarin, Michael Boland - Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World
- John Grierson - A Promise Kept
- Bob Gibson - Flight of the Sky Hawks
- Steve Adamcryck - Man Alive
- Damir I. Chytil - ''The Nahanni and Rebekah Dawn''
Best News Photography
- Steve Rendall - The National - CBC News
- Danny Ross - The National - CBC News
- Dave Hall - ''The National - CBC News''
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series
- Ralph Brunjes - Conspiracy of Silence
- Rik Morden - Beethoven Lives Upstairs
- Bill Goddard - Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Yves Langlois - Golden Fiddles
- Gordon McClellan - ''Road to Avonlea''
Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
- Bill Goddard - Country Gold
- Christopher Cooper, Tom Joerin - The Kids in the Hall
- Vidal Béïque - Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience
- Dave Grein - Veronique: Wish You Were Here
- Peter Henderson - ''The Tragically Hip - Full Fledged Vanity''
Best Picture Editing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
- Ron Trotter - Street Noise
- Daniel Sekulich - A Promise Kept
- David New - Life and Death of Manuel de Falla
- Ron Piggott - ''Man Alive''
Best Production Design or Art Direction
- Susan Longmire - The Sound and the Silence
- Ronald Fauteux, Michel Proulx, Enrique Alarcón, Ren Huixing - Bethune: The Making of a Hero
- Paul Ames, Armando Sgrignuoli - Grand Larceny
- Sheila Haley - Bordertown
- George Liddle - ''Golden Fiddles''
Best Costume Design
- Martha Mann - The Sound and the Silence
- Olga Dimitrov - Bethune: The Making of a Hero
- Dominique Lemieux - Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience
- Michael Harris - Grand Larceny
- Glenne Campbell - ''Bordertown''
Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series
- Dino Pigat, Gerry King, Brian Newby, Penny Hozy, Jim Hopkins - Conspiracy of Silence
- Susan Hammond, Greg Chapman, Steve Gorman, David Appleby, Andy Malcolm - Beethoven Lives Upstairs
- Jacqueline Cristianini, Eric Batut, Paul A. Sharpe - Christmas On Division Street - Columbia Pictures Television/Higher Ground Productions/Morrow-Heus Productions/Procter & Gamble Productions/The Guber-Peters Company/Western International Communications)
- Terry Gordica, Kevin Howard, Steve Foster, Chaim Gilad, James Porteous - Forever Knight - Dark Night
- Daniel Pellerin, Brian Newby, Jeremy Maclaverty - ''Grand Larceny''
Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
- Simon Bowers - Friday Night! with Ralph Benmergui -
- John Thomson, Rob Sim - Country Gold
- Mas Kikuta, Ian Dunbar, Dave Ripka, Simon Bowers, Peter Mann - Juno Awards of 1992
- Peter Cracknell, Floyd Burrell, Peter J. Moore, Brian Radford - ''Paul Janz''
Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
- Alison Clark, Terence McKeown, Dino Pigat - Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World
- Keith Henderson - The Journal
- Debra Rurak, David Husby, Paul A. Sharpe - Women in the Shadows
- William L. Campbell, Gael MacLean - ''Everest - Climb for Hope''
Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series
- Oscar Peterson, Warren "Slim" Williams - In the Key of Oscar
- Mark Korven - Grand Larceny
- William Ross, David Foster - Golden Fiddles
- Rob Bryanton, Jim Folk - Eli’s Lesson
- Braun Farnon, Robert Smart - ''Heartland''
Best Original Music Score for a Series
- Micky Erbe, Maribeth Solomon - Street Legal
- Graeme Coleman - Max Glick
- Fred Mollin - Beyond Reality
- John Welsman - Road to Avonlea
- Milan Kymlicka - ''The Legend of White Fang''
Special Awards
- Canada Award: Peter Flemington, Rita Deverell - It's About Time
- The John Labatt Entertainment Award for Most Popular Program - Trudy Grant, Kevin Sullivan - Road to Avonlea
- Margaret Collier Award: George R. Robertson
- John Drainie Award: Barbara Frum
- Earle Grey Award: Barbara Hamilton