22nd Gemini Awards


The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 22nd Gemini Awards were held on October 28, 2007, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos, took place at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan and was broadcast on CBC.

Best Dramatic Series

Best Dramatic Mini-Series

Best 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

  • Cirque du Soleil: Lovesick - Galafilm, Créations Musca. Producers: Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne, Arnie Gelbart, Vincent Gagné, Martin Bolduc
  • Landscape as Muse - 291 Film Company. Producer: Ian Toews
  • Ode to a Requiem - Cinepro Productions. Producer: Craig Graham
  • Prisoners of Beckett - Arte, Qu4tre par Quatre, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: J. Bergeron, Jacques Debs, Joanne Carrière, Éric Michel, Joseph Hillel, D. Morel
  • Roxana - Mossanen Productions. Producers: Stephen Traynor, Moze Mossanen

Best Talk Series

Best Reality Program or Series

Best General/Human Interest 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/Practical Information Series

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment

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

  • NHL on TSN - TSN. Producer: Mark Milliere
  • CFL on CBC - Pregame Show - CBC Sports. Producers: Trevor Pilling, Joe Scarcelli
  • Hockey Night in Canada - Coach's Corner - CBC Sports. Producers: Joel Darling, Kathy Broderick, Sherali Najak, Brian Spear
  • Bell Spirit of the Game - Own the Podium - Bradford Productions. Producers: Brad Diamond, Isabel Diamond

Best Sports Feature Segment

Best Live Sporting Event

Best Cross-Platform Project

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

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

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

  • Eric Geringas - Opening Soon - Salt House
  • Jim Ripley - The Thirsty Traveler - Mississippi/Louisiana: A River of Whiskey
  • Elise Swerhone - Recreating Eden - The Lost Pears
  • Henry Less - Made to Order - Dim Sum
  • Phyllis Ellis - ''Made to Order - World Gourmet Summit''

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 Miniseries

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's Program or Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

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 Miniseries

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

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 Children’s or Youth Program or Series

Best Achievement in Casting

Best News Anchor

Best Reportage

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

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

Best Host in a Lifestyle/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 Studio Sports Analyst

Best Game Analyst

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

  • Michael Spicer - Roxana
  • Don Spence, Stan Barua - The TO Variety Show - Toronto Dances
  • Henry Less - The Wilkinsons - Granddaddy Steve
  • Marc Gadoury - Canticum Canticorum
  • Luc Montpellier - ''Northern Town - Ivison''

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Visual Effects

  • Mark Savela, Tom Brydon, Brenda Campbell, Debora Dunphy, Shannon Gurney, Andrew Karr, Todd Liddiard, Alec McClymont - Stargate Atlantis - No Man’s Land
  • Peter Evans, Darryl Couch, Chris Darlington, Mike Mombourquette, Michael Skiffington, John Vatcher, David Woodrow - Above and Beyond
  • Mohammad Ghorbankarimi, Laurence Cymet, Mark Driver, David Hedley, Sam Javanrouh, Filip Kicev, Paul Moyer, Leonardo Silva, Mahvash Tehrani - ''The Great Polar Bear Adventure''

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

  • Tania White - the fifth estate - The Good Father
  • Loretta Hicks - the fifth estate - Lost in the Struggle
  • Tania White - Marketplace - How Not to Get Nailed
  • Pete Watson - War of the Wheels
  • David Hoffert - ''Party Mamas''

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Alison Ethier - Backspace
  • Dan Caldwell - Music Rising
  • Ted Wallace - UpRooted
  • Dave Kazala - Worlds Collide: The Saga of Herschel Island
  • Gil Tétreault - ''Tainted Evidence - Forensics on Trial''

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

  • Debra Hanson - Roxana
  • Ginette Magny - Bon Voyage, Part 2
  • Lea Carlson - Slings & Arrows - That Way Madness Lies
  • Brandi Milbradt - ''The Festival''

Best Achievement in Make-Up

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

  • Miguel Nunes, Gina Mueller, Harley Paul, Jeff Shannon, Craig Stauffer - Intelligence - Down But Not Out
  • Steve Munro, Michael Baskerville, Danielle McBride, Bill McMillan, Virginia Storey, Paul Williamson - Degrassi: The Next Generation - Here Comes Your Man
  • Dan Sexton, Richard Calistan, Steve Foster, Doug Johnston, Sid Lieberman, Paul Shubat - Falcon Beach - Turn Card
  • John Gare, Dan Daniels, Alan DeGraaf, Steve Hammond, Joe Mancuso, Dan Sexton - ReGenesis - A Spontaneous Moment
  • Lou Solakofski, Sue Conley, Susan Fairbairn, Robert Fletcher, Ronayne Higginson, Sid Lieberman - ''Slings & Arrows - The Promised End''

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

  • Peter Hamilton, Richard Spence-Thomas, Danny Greenspoon, Jamie Sulek, Gary Vaughan - Gospel Challenge
  • Ian Dunbar, Peter Campbell, Doug Doctor, Ric Jurgens, Jeff Wolpert - Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2007
  • Roberta Capretta, Bill Baker, Brian Newby, Tim O’Connell - Jeff Ltd. - Auto Fish 9000
  • Lou Solakofski, David Rose, Kirk Lynds, Steve Hammond, Sanjay Mehta - Mozartballs
  • Marc Parizeau - ''Gospel Christmas Celebration''

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Ric Jurgens, Amir Boverman - The Lost Tomb of Jesus
  • Ao Loo, Jakob Thiesen, Ian Rodness, Russ Walker - The Nature of Things - Tsepong: A Clinic Called Hope
  • Damian Kearns, Larry Kent, Joe Passaretti - the fifth estate - Road Warriors
  • Brian Eimer, J.R. Fountain - Digging up the Trenches
  • Russ Walker, Larry MacDonald, Jakob Thiesen, Ian Rodness - ''Worlds Collide: The Saga of Herschel Island''

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Miniseries

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series

Special Awards