19th Gemini Awards


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.

Best Dramatic Series

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

  • 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

Best Reality Program or Series

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

Best Documentary Series

Best History Documentary Program

Best Biography Documentary Program

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

Best News Information Series

Best News Magazine Segment

Best Newscast

Best News Special Event Coverage

Best Lifestyle or General Interest Series

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment

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

Best Interactive

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series

Best Direction in a Documentary Program

Best Direction in a Documentary Series

  • Caroline Underwood - The Nature of Things - Arctic Mission
  • Tim Wolochatiuk - Betrayal!
  • Chris Triffo - ExtraOrdinary Lives
  • Gary Lang - Forensic Factor - Future Crime
  • Leslie Côté - ''Stories of Mothers and Daughters''

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

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series

  • Gwynne Basen - Recreating Eden
  • Romano D'Andrea - Arresting Design
  • Edward Mowbray - Chef At Large
  • Donna Leon - Island Vets
  • Edward Mowbray - ''The Food Hunter''

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 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

  • John Haslett Cuff - Crimes of the Heart
  • Mary Lynk - From the Heart: The Life & Times of Janet Conners
  • Michael McNamara - Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8
  • Don Murray - The Man Who Could Be King
  • Michael Maclear - ''Vietnam: Ghosts of War''

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 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

  • Peter Chin - Streetcar
  • Nancy Crowley, Mistaya Hemingway, Keir Knight, Chun Hong Li, Bernard Martin, Jason Shipley-Holmes, Zofia Tujaka, Naomi Stikeman, Billy Smith, Andrea Boardman - Amelia
  • Emma Lu Romerein - From Time to Time
  • Andy Jones - Andy Jones: To the Wall
  • Russell Braun - Opening Night
  • 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

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 Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

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

Best Host or Interviewer in a 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 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

  • John Walker - Men of the Deeps
  • Michael Grippo - Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story
  • Claudine Sauvé - Short Infinity
  • Susan Fleming, Keith Brust - Garden Mimics
  • Wayne Vallevand, Mike Rudyk - ''The Lone Trail: The Dogs and Drivers of the Yukon Quest''

Best Visual Effects

  • Don Urquhart, Claude Theriault, Colin Cunningham, Thomas Turnbull - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion - Part 1
  • Brad Turner, Peter Hunt, Simon Lacey, Grant Lindsay - Andromeda - A Symmetry of Imperfection
  • 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
  • James Tichenor, Simon Ager, Nicholas Boughen, Michelle Comens, Bruce Woloshyn, Tom Brydon, Matt Martell, Marc Roth, Wes Sargent - Stargate SG-1 - Descent
  • Clem Hobbs, Miles Horst, Donnie Anderson, Andy Russell - The Blobheads - Bringing Up Baby
  • Tony Coleman - ''National Geographic Channel Specials - Asteroid! The Doomsday Rock''

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

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 Make-Up

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program

  • Martin Lee, Steve Hammond, Tom Bjelic, Allan Fung, Doug Johnston, Ian Rankin, John Douglas Smith - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion
  • John Hazen, Mark Gingras, Steve Hammond, Leon Johnson, John Laing, Tim O’Connell - Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story
  • Tony Gronick, Hennie Britton, Michael P. Keeping, Conrad Kuhne, Brent Marchenski, Vince Renaud, Clive Turner, Joseph Rossi - Human Cargo
  • Tom Bjelic, Georges Hannan, Don Dickson, Allan Fung, John Sievert, Mark Wright, John Douglas Smith - ''Open Heart''

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

  • Louis Hone, Paul Hubert, Gabor Vadnay, Stan Sakellaropoulos, Peter Lopata - Bliss - Steph’s Life
  • Eric Fitz, Grant Bone, Erik Culp, Steve Hammond, Jack Heeren, John Douglas Smith, Adam Roberts - Blue Murder - Eyewitness
  • Dino Pigat, Eric Apps, Paul Germann, Alastair Gray, Steve Kostick, Brian Newby, Donna G. Powell - The Eleventh Hour - Wonderland
  • Rob Bryanton, Jeff Hamon, Evan Rust, Warren St. Onge - renegadepress.com - Out in the Open
  • Janice Ierulli, Susan Fairbairn, Leon Johnson, Sid Lieberman, Brent MacLean, Ian Rankin, Lou Solakofski - ''The Shields Stories - The Harp''

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

  • David Hillier, Martin Lee, Alex Salter, Lou Solakofski - Men of the Deeps
  • Daniel Pellerin, Elma Bello, Stefan Fraticelli, Daniel Hamood, Goro Koyama, Stephen Marian, Scott Shepherd - Puppets Who Kill - The Twilight Place
  • Neal Gaudet, Kenny MacDonald, Bob Melanson, Brian Power, Lil Thomas, P.J. MacNeil - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1
  • Norm Lussier - Paul Brandt Presents
  • Damian Kearns, Danny Greenspoon, Doug Doctor, Doug McClement, Howard Baggley, Jeremy Darby - ''2003 Canada Day Evening Show''

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Marie-Claude Gagné, Hubert Macé de Gastines - The Nature of Things - Arctic Mission
  • Damian Kearns, Joe Passaretti - the fifth estate - Dead in the Water
  • Steve Cupani - City of Ruins: The Halifax Explosion
  • Loïc Thériault, Sylvain Brassard, Vivian Savoy, Dany Ouellet, Benoît Dame - Deadly Arts
  • Emil Jany - ''Frontiers of Construction - Road Warriors''

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

  • Robert Carli - Galileo's Sons
  • Jean-Louis Valéro - Korea: The Unfinished War - Burnt Ground
  • Chris Crilly - Short Infinity
  • Ben Johannesen, Geoff Bennett - Garden Mimics
  • Clode Hamelin - ''Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole''

Special Awards