17th Gemini Awards


The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 17th Gemini Awards were held on November 4, 2002, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Seán Cullen, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.

Program awards

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, Arvi Liimatainen

Best Dramatic Mini-series or 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

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

Best Documentary Series

Witness - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Charlotte Odele, Marie Natanson, Hilary ArmstrongFamily Dance: Tales From the Sandwich Generation - Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Ira Levy, Kirsten Scollie, Peter Williamson

Best History Documentary Program

Best Biography Documentary Program

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

  • The Secret World of Gardens: Frogs - Bullfrog Films. Producer: Susan FlemingBushmeat: The Slaughter of the Apes - Exploration Production. Producers: John Panikkar, Dawna Treibicz
  • The Cold Embrace - 90th Parallel Film and Television Productions. Producers: Gordon Henderson, Andrew Gregg
  • The Parkinson’s Enigma - Terra Nova Films. Producers: Terence McKeown, Bette Thompson
  • Touch: The Forgotten Sense - Max Films Télévision. Producers: Jean Lemire, Roger Frappier

Best News Information Series

Best News Magazine Segment

Best Newscast

Best News Special Event Coverage

Best Lifestyle or General Interest Series

  • Opening Soon - Red Apple Entertainment. Producers: Rachel Low, Tim O’Brien
  • Great Canadian Rivers - Good Earth Productions. Producers: Mitchell Azaria, Janice Dawe, Ihor Macijiwsky, Kristen Colle
  • My Messy Bedroom - Copy Zero. Producers: Matt Zimbel, Campbell Webster
  • SexTV - CHUM Television, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Marcia Martin, Pedro Orrego, Moses Znaimer
  • The Surgeons - Frantic Films. Producers: Stan Lipsey, Tim O’Brien, Daniela Battistella

Best Practical Information Series

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

Best Live Sporting Event

Direction awards

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

  • Susan Fleming - The Secret World of Gardens
  • Barri Cohen, Karen Shopsowitz - Family Dance: Tales From the Sandwich Generation
  • Terence McKenna - Life and Times
  • Daniel Zuckerbrot - Circus
  • Dennis Heaton, Audrey Mehler - ''KinK''

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

Writing awards

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

  • Steven Silver, Barry Stevens - The Last Just Man
  • Bill Cameron - My Father's Camera
  • Helen Slinger - On Wings and Dreams
  • Gilbert Reid - For King and Empire
  • Josh Freed, Miro Cernetig - Juggling Dreams
  • Karen Shopsowitz - ''My Father's Camera''

Performance awards

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

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

Best Performance in a Preschool Program or Series

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

Journalism awards

Best News Anchor

Best Reportage

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

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

Best Sportscaster/Anchor

Craft awards

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

  • Roger Vernon - Trio
  • David Greene - Fire Dance
  • Steve Baird - The Guess Who: The Concert
  • Robert Aschmann - The Overcoat
  • Michael Powers - ''Music Works''

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

  • John Westheuser, Walter Corbett - Graveyard Shift - Night Crossings
  • Paul Nolan - Life and Times - The Donald Marshall Story
  • Sylvaine Dufaux - Touch: The Forgotten Sense
  • Michael Grippo - Shinny: The Hockey in All of Us
  • Marlon Paul - ''The Surgeons''

Best Visual Effects

  • Tom Archer, Lee Wilson, Stephen Pepper, Simon van de Lagemaat, Winston Helgason, Lisa K. Sepp - Voyage of the Unicorn, Ep 1
  • Tom Tennisco, Robert Biagi, Geoff Anderson, Jim Finn - Andromeda
  • Steve D’Onofrio, Jeff Krebs, Stephen Roloff, Brian Lui, Ian Britton, Graham Cunningham, Ariel Joson, Derek Lang - Earth: Final Conflict
  • Doug Campbell, Shannon Gurney, Brian Harder, James Tichenor, Tom Bryden, Michelle Comens, Kyle Yoneda, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate SG-1 - Enemies
  • Benoit Brière, Patrick Faille, Nathalie Girard, Balin Hewitt - ''Tales from the Neverending Story -The Resurrection''

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

  • David New- Ravel’s Brain
  • Alan MacLean - Made in Canada - Damacles, Time Traveler
  • Michael John Bateman - The Overcoat
  • Michael Lloyd - The Guess Who: The Concert
  • Rik Morden - ''Trio''

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Tharanga Ramanayake - Naked in the House: A Photographic Competition
  • Bonnie Devlin - Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture
  • Sarah Bachinski - The Last Just Man
  • John Gurdebeke - The Notorious Mrs. Armstrong
  • Manfred Becker - ''Thin Ice''

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

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

  • Jill Purdy, Steve Baine, Scott Shepherd, Mark Gingras, Allen Ormerod, Rose Gregoris, Mark Vogelsang, Dan Daniels - Mutant X - The Shock of the New
  • Cam Wagner, Rick Bal, Bill Mellow, Mike Olekshy, Kevin Townshend, Jacqueline Cristianini, Kelly Cole - Cold Squad
  • Janice Ierulli, Mark Shnuriwsky, Brian Whitty, Mark Wright, Goro Koyama, Michele Crook, Don Dickson - Foreign Objects - Chaos and Order
  • Ian Rankin, John Douglas Smith, Steve Baine, Orest Sushko, Ian Hendry, Tom Bjelic - Earth: Final Conflict
  • John Laing, Steve Baine, Joe Lafontaine, Elius Caruso, Brad Zoern, Robert Sherer, Kevin Banks, Stephen Barden - ''Tracker - Episode 101''

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

  • Lou Solakofski, Goro Koyama, Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Peter Cook - Ravel’s Brain
  • Kent Ford, Ian Dunbar, Bob Paley, Simon Bowers, Doug McClement, Marc Laliberté - Juno Awards of 2002
  • Kirk Furniss, Jason Frederickson, Todd Araki, Marcel Dupperreault - ReBoot: My Two Bobs
  • David Horner, Ian Emberton, Gael MacLean - ''The Overcoat''

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Dwayne Newman, Geoff Raffan - Canadian Geographic Presents: Immortals of the Arctic
  • Harvey Hyslop - White Thunder
  • Michael Nunan - After the Fall
  • Brent Marchenski, Mario Loubert, Ewan Deane, Marc Benoit - ''Love and Duty: Canadian Red Cross Women in WWII''

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

Special Awards