15th Gemini Awards


The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 15th Gemini Awards were held on October 30, 2000, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Steve Smith, took place at the John Bassett Theatre and was broadcast on CBC Television.

Best Dramatic Series

Da Vinci’s Inquest - Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laszlo Barna, Lynn Barr, Tom Braidwood

Best TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-series

Best Short Dramatic Program

  • A Feeling Called Glory - Cracked Pot Films. Producer: Coreen Mayrs
  • My Father’s Hands - Hungry Eyes Media. Producer: Jennifer Holness
  • The Daily Blade - Jigsaw Productions. Producer: David Coole

Best Comedy Program or Series

Best Music, Variety Program or Series

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

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

Best Documentary Series

Best History/Biography Documentary Program

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

Best News Information Series

Best Newscast/News Special

Best Talk/General Information Series

Best Lifestyle Series

Best Animated Program or Series or Short Animated Program

Best Preschool Program or Series

Best Children’s or Youth Program or Series

Best Sports Program or Series

Best Live Sporting Event

Best Live Special Event Coverage

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

Best Direction in an Information Program or Series

Best Direction in a Documentary Program

Best Direction in a Documentary Series

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Direction in a Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series

  • Rob Forsyth - Dr. Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story
  • Coreen Mayrs - A Feeling Called Glory
  • Semi Chellas, Gail Collins - Restless Spirits
  • Jeremy Hole - External Affairs
  • George Elliott Clarke - ''One Heart Broken Into Song''

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 Program

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 Program or Mini-series

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

  • Juan Chioran - Dracula
  • Ginette Reno - Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
  • Ron Hynes - ''Ron Hynes: The Irish Tour''

Best Performance in a Preschool Program or Series

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

Best News Anchor

Best Reportage

Best Information Segment

Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Talk/General Information Program or Series

Best Host in a Lifestyle, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Sportscaster/Anchor

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

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Richard Stringer - Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science - Double Jeopardy
  • Michael Nolan - Frontiers of Construction - Dream Factories
  • Frank Vilaca - Forbidden Places
  • Keith Brust, Rick Boston - The Secret World of Gardens
  • Jim Scott - ''Warriors of the Night''

Best Visual Effects

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

  • Ralph Brunjes - Murder Most Likely
  • Jane Morrison - Da Vinci's Inquest
  • Susan Maggi - One Heart Broken Into Song
  • Rik Morden - The Artists' Specials - Rembrandt: Fathers & Sons
  • Jeff Warren - ''The Sheldon Kennedy Story''

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

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

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 Makeup

  • Pip Ayotte, Marlene Aarons, Jocelyn MacDonald - Amazon - War
  • Lynda McCormack, Jenny Arbour - Murder Most Likely
  • Christopher Mark Pinhey, Ryan Nicholson, Holland Miller, Fay von Schroeder, Jan Newman - Stargate SG-1
  • Michelle Pedersen, Devyn Griffith – The New Addams Family
  • Fay von Schroeder, Tibor Farkas, David Dupuis, Steve Johnson, Joe Colwell - ''The Outer Limits''

Best Overall Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Sound Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

  • Mike Baskerville, Colin Baxter, Dan Daniels, Tim Roberts, David Drainie Taylor - Twitch City - Shinto Death Cults
  • René Beaudry, Neal Gaudet, Bob Melanson, Kenny MacDonald, P.J. MacNeil - This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  • Alan deGraaf, Eric Mattar-Hurlbut, Glenn Barna, Michael Werth, Mike Northcott -Rolie Polie Olie -
  • Marcel Duperreault, Todd Araki - ''Weird-Ohs''

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Peter Sawade, Eric Apps, Elma Belo, Alison Clark, Steve Hammond, Dino Pigat - Legacy of Terror: The Bombing of Air India
  • Hennie Britton, Gael MacLean, Eric Harwood Davies - Jeni LeGon: Living in a Great Big Way
  • Dwayne Newman, Dante Winkler - Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun - The Gun Comes Home Then Goes to War Again
  • Rusty Dunn, Ewan Deane, Chris Ove, Hans Fousek - Murder in Normandy
  • Paul Durand, Elma Bello, Eric Apps, Peter Sawade, Dino Pigat, Marina Adam - Out of the Fire
  • Lewis Cohen, Edouard Dumoulin, Jean-Charles Deshaies, Luc Bourgeois - ''Road Stories for the Flesh Eating Future''

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-series

  • Michel Cusson - Dr. Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story
  • Robert Carli - External Affairs
  • Denis Larochelle - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Mark Korven - The Sheldon Kennedy Story
  • Tim McCauley - ''Trial By Fire''

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

  • Terry Frewer - Over Canada
  • Lance Neveu - Fire and Ice: The Rocket Richard Riot
  • Glenn Morley - Life and Times - Stephen Leacock- 90th Parallel Productions/CBC)
  • Brian Wall - Out of the Fire
  • Longo Hai, Ben Johannesen, Geoff Bennett - ''The Secret World of Gardens''

Special Awards