8th Gemini Awards

Best Dramatic Series

• Street Legal – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Nicholas Rose, Duncan Lamb, Brenda Greenberg

Best Short Dramatic Program

• Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House – More Stately Mansions – Atlantis Films, South Pacific Pictures. Producers: Michael MacMillan, Chris Bailey, Jonathan Goodwill
• Scales of Justice: "Regina v Coffin" – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: George Jonas
• The Hidden Room – While She Was Out – Hidden Room Productions. Producers: David Perlmutter, Lewis Chesler, Tab Baird, Adam Haight
• The Bellringer – Firehorse Film Productions. Producer: Brenda Sherwood

Best TV Movie

• The Diviners – Atlantis Films, Credo Group. Producers: Kim Todd, Derek Mazur, Bill Gray, Peter Sussman
• I'll Never Get to Heaven – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Flora Macdonald
• Liar, Liar – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer Phil Savath
• Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Alan Burke
• Adrift – Atlantis Films. Producers: Jonathan Goodwill, Peter Sussman

Best Music Program or Series

• The Holly Cole Trio – My Foolish Heart – Cambium Film & Video Productions. Producers: Bruce Glawson, Arnie Zipursky
• Juno Awards of 1993 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Brunton, Joan Tosoni
• Michael Burgess at Massey Hall – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Lynn Harvey

Best Comedy Program or Series

• Maniac Mansion – Atlantis Films. Producers: Jamie Paul Rock, Eugene Levy, Barry Jossen, Peter Sussman, Seaton McLean, Michael Short
• The Red Green Show – S&S Productions. Producers: Steve Smith, William Johnston, Ronald Lillie

[Donald Brittain] Award for Best Documentary Program

• Adrienne Clarkson Presents – Artemisia – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Adrienne Clarkson
• The Nature of Things – Trading Futures – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Michael Poole
• Man Alive – Held Hostage – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Halya Kuchmij
• the fifth estate – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Susan Teskey

Best Documentary Series

• Acts of War – Screenlife. Producers: Michael Maclear, David Kirk
• The Nature of Things with David Suzuki – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: James Murray
• Man Alive – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Louise Lore

Best Dramatic Mini-Series

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

• My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg – Rhombus Media. Producers: Larry Weinstein, Niv Fichman
• Adrienne Clarkson Presents – Ronnie Burkett: Hands On – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Patricia Smith-Strom
• Adrienne Clarkson Presents – Famous People Players – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Robert SherrinThe Tin Soldier – Sound Venture Productions. Producer: Neil Bregman

Best Variety Program or Series

• The Trial of Red Riding Hood – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Bernard Rothman Productions. Producer: Bernard Rothman
• Royal Canadian Air Farce – 1992 Year of the Farce – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Brian Robertson, Ralph Mellanby, Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson
• Anne Murray in Nova Scotia – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Balmur Entertainment. Producers: Sandra Faire, Leonard T. Rambeau
• True North Concert '93 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Keith MacNeill

Best Information Program or Series

• the fifth estate – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Kelly Crichton, David StuderVenture – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Duncan McEwan
• W5 With Eric Malling – CTV Television Network. Producer: Peter Rehak

Best Information Segment

• CBC Prime Time News – The Somalia Affair – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Robin Benger, Brian Stewart
• W5 With Eric Malling – Welfare – CTV Television Network. Producers: Andrea Dinnick, Michael Lavoie
• CBC Prime Time News – Every Move You Make – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Daniel Gelfant, Leslie MacKinnon
• CBC News Manitoba – A Tale of Two Towns – CBC Manitoba. Producers: Ross Rutherford, Cecil Rosner
• The Spirit of the Game – CBC Manitoba. Producers: Mark Lee, Andy Blicq

Best Lifestyle Series

• MediaTelevision – Citytv. Producers: Moses Znaimer, Marcia Martin, Reid Willis
• Imprint – TVOntario. Producers: Stanford Lipsey, Leanna Crouch
• Life Lines – TVOntario. Producers: David Way, Mary Pattenden, Wally Longul
• Prisoners of Gravity – TVOntario. Producer: Gregg Thurlbeck
• On the Road Again – CBC. Producer: Paul Harrington
• LIFE: The Program – CBC. Producer: Duncan McEwan

Best Animated Program or Series

• Dog City – Nelvana, Jim Henson Productions. Producers: Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
• A Bunch of Munsch – Cinar. Producers: Ronald A. Weinberg, Micheline Charest

Best Youth Program or Series

• Street Cents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Nowlan, Jonathan Finkelstein, Barbara Kennedy
• Minoru: Memory of Exile – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Bill Pettigrew
• The Odyssey – Water Street Pictures. Producer: Michael Chechik
• Are You Afraid of the Dark? – Cinar, YTV. Producer: Ronald A. Weinberg
• Spirit Rider – OWL/TV, Credo Group. Producers: Wayne Arron, Derek Mazur

Best Children's Program or Series

• Lamb Chop's Play-Along – Paragon Entertainment. Producers: Jon Slan, Richard Borchiver, Bernard Rothman
• Join In! – Play Ball – TVOntario. Producer: Jed MacKay
• The Big Comfy Couch – Radical Sheep Productions. Producers: Cheryl Wagner, Robert Mills
• Under the Umbrella Tree Special: Baseball Fever – Noreen Young Productions. Producer: Noreen Young

Best Sports Program or Series

• The Spirit of the Game – CBC Manitoba. Producers: Andy Blicq, Noah Erenberg
• The Hat Trick – J.T.D. Video Productions. Producer: Bob Cole
• Pumped! – Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Dale Burshtein
• Coach's Corner – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ron G. Harrison, Larry Isaac, Mark Askin
• Molson Hockey Night in Canada – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ron G. Harrison, Mark Askin, Larry Isaac, Ed Milliken

Best Special Event Coverage

• The Canadian Open – Canadian Television Network. Producers: Doug Beeforth, John Shannon
• 1993 NHL Entry Draft – TSN. Producer: Gord Cutler
• CTV News – Leadership '93 – Canadian Television Network. Producers: Eric Morrison, Fiona Conway
• 1993 Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Arnold Amber, Tom Kavanagh, Elly Alboim, Fred Parker

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

• John N. Smith – The Boys of St. Vincent
• Sturla Gunnarsson – Scales of Justice: "Regina v Truscott"
• Jorge Montesi – Liar, Liar
• Paul Cowan – Double or Nothing: The Rise and Fall of Robert Campeau
• Eric Till – ''Lifeline to Victory''

Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series

• George Bloomfield – North of 60 – Sisters of Mercy
• Jorge Montesi – Catwalk – Sex, Lies and Rock N' Roll
• Stacey Curtis – North of 60 – Freeze-Out
• Allan King – By Way of the Stars – Arrival at Niagara Falls
• Don McBrearty – ''The Odyssey – A Place Called Nowhere''

Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

• Ron Meraska – Michael Burgess at Massey Hall
• Michael McNamara – The Holly Cole Trio – My Foolish Heart
• Larry Weinstein – My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg
• David Langer – The Tin Soldier
• Eric Till – ''The Trial of Red Riding Hood''

Best Direction in an Information or Documentary Program or Series

• John Zaritsky – Frontline: An Appointment With Death
• Kent Martin – Donald Brittain Filmmaker
• Julian Sher – the fifth estate – Crimes Against Humanity
• Vladimir Bondarenko – Speaking of Courage
• Denis Blaquière, Gisèle Benoit – ''In the Company of Moose''

Best Writing in a Dramatic Mini-Series

• Des Walsh, John N. Smith, Sam Grana – The Boys of St. Vincent
• Kathleen M. Turner – I'll Never Get to Heaven
• Nancy Isaak – Liar, Liar
• Paul Gross – Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
• Anna Sandor, William Gough – ''Family of Strangers''

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Rebecca Schechter – North of 60 – Sisters of Mercy
• Dave Cole – E.N.G. – Another Pretty Face
• Paul Vitols, Warren Easton – The Odyssey – A Place Called Nowhere
• Marlene Matthews – Road to Avonlea – Home Movie
• Hart Hanson – ''Ready or Not – Origins of Man''

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

• Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones, Tommy Sexton, Greg Malone – Codco – Lil and Buster
• Michael Short – Maniac Mansion – Freddie Had a Little Lamb
• Steve Smith, Rick Green – The Red Green Show – Car Pool
• John Morgan, Gord Holtam, Rick Olsen – Royal Canadian Air Farce – 1992 Year of the Farce
• Thomas Wallner, Larry Weinstein – ''My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg''

Best Writing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

• Michael Maclear – Acts of War – A Very Personal War
• Amanda McConnell – The Nature of Things – Trading Futures – CBC)
• Linden MacIntyre – the fifth estate – Odd Man Out
• Joe Schlesinger – CBC Prime Time News – The Mulroney Years
• Ted Remerowski – ''God's Dominion – In the Name of the Father''

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

• Henry Czerny – The Boys of St. Vincent
• Tom Jackson – The Diviners
• Art Hindle – Liar, Liar
• Daniel Kash – Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
• Ron White – ''Manic''

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

• Kelly Rowan – Adrift
• Julie Stewart – Letter from Francis –
• Sonja Smits – The Diviners
• Wendy Crewson – I'll Never Get to Heaven
• Vanessa King – ''Liar, Liar''

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• C. David Johnson – Street Legal – The Rules of the Game
• John Oliver – North of 60 – Southern Comfort
• Eric Peterson – Street Legal – It's a Wise Child
• Winston Rekert – ''Neon Rider – The Good, The Bad & Eleanor''

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Sophie Michaud – Counterstrike – Behind Bars
• Catherine Disher – Forever Knight
• Tina Keeper – North of 60 – Sisters of Mercy
• Sarah Polley, ''Road to Avonlea – Moving On''

Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress

• Diana Leblanc – North of 60 – Sisters of Mercy
• Barbara Tyson – North of 60 – The Reunion
• Graham Greene – North of 60 – The Art of the Deal
• Gordon Clapp – Street Legal – The Rules of the Game
• Robert Haley – ''Street Legal – Thicker Than Water''

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Wayne Robson – The Diviners
• Peter MacNeill – Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
• Brian Dooley – The Boys of St. Vincent
• Alex McArthur – Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
• R. H. Thomson – ''Road to Avonlea – Home Movie''

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Lise Roy – The Boys of St. Vincent
• Julie Khaner – Street Legal – It's a Wise Child
• Susan Wright – I'll Never Get to Heaven
• Peggy McCay – Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
• Jackie Richardson – Catwalk – Here Today
• Ashleigh Aston Moore – ''Family of Strangers''

Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

• Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones, Tommy Sexton, Greg Malone – Codco – Lil and Buster
• Steve Smith – The Red Green Show
• Roger Abbott, Luba Goy, John Morgan, Don Ferguson – Royal Canadian Air Farce – 1992 Year of the Farce
• Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Dave Foley, ''The Kids in the Hall''

Best Performance in a Variety Program or Series

• Jinny Jacinto, Laurence Racine Choiniere, Nadine Louis-Binette, Isabelle Chasse – The 4th Annual YTV Achievement Awards
• Celine Dion – Juno Awards of 1993
• Rita MacNeil – 1993 Canadian Country Music Awards
• Alan Thicke – The Trial of Red Riding Hood
• Michel Courtemanche – ''Just for Laughs Comedy Festival – Rita Rudner/Michel Courtemanche/Al Lubel''

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

• Holly Cole – The Holly Cole Trio – My Foolish Heart
• Evelyn Hart – 1993 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards – Tribute Performance to Lois Marshall
• Warren 'Slim' Williams – ''1993 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards – Tribute Performance to Lois Marshall''

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

• Graham Greene – The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon – Mr. Crabby Tree
• Fred Penner – Fred Penner's Place – Swinging
• Alyson Court – The Big Comfy Couch – Funny Faces
• Jackie Burroughs – The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon – High Flying Dragon
• Ernie Coombs – Mr. Dressup's 25th Anniversary Special: A Blast From the Past
• Michelle Beaudoin – ''Madison – The Fire Fighter''

[Gordon Sinclair] Award for Broadcast Journalism

• Craig Oliver – CTV News – Question Period/Leader '93
• Trish Wood – the fifth estate – Crimes Against Humanity
• Pamela Wallin – CBC Prime Time News
• Ross Rutherford – ''CBC News – Dirty Tricks''

Best Reportage

• Craig Oliver – CTV News – Mulroney Resignation Scoop
• Mark Sikstrom – CTV News – Yellowknife Grieves
• Joy Malbon – CTV News – Racist Rally
• Jim Munson – ''CTV News – Davis Inlet''

Best Anchor or Interviewer

• Lloyd Robertson – CTV News – Mulroney Resignation/Leadership '93
• June Callwood – June Callwood's National Treasures
• Hana Gartner – Contact with Hana Gartner
• Peter Mansbridge – CBC Prime Time News
• Pamela Wallin – ''CBC Prime Time News''

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

• Rob Buckman – Magic or Medicine? - Encounters of a Healing Kind
• Adrienne Clarkson – Adrienne Clarkson Presents
• David Suzuki – The Nature of Things – CBC)
• Wayne Rostad – On the Road Again
• Shirley Solomon – ''The Shirley Show – The Unknown Side of Donny Osmond''

Best Sportscaster

• Ron Maclean – Hockey Night in Canada
• Brian Williams – Molson Indy Vancouver
• Jim Hughson –
• Jack Donohue – ''Donohue's Legends''

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Rene Ohashi – The Diviners
• Maris Jansons – Beyond Reality
• Albert J. Dunk – Forever Knight
• Peter Woeste – Neon Rider – The Good, The Bad and Eleanor
• Miklós Lente – ''Ordeal in the Arctic''

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

• Gil Densham – Juno Awards of 1993
• Dennis Jones – 1993 Canadian Country Music Awards
• Horst Zeidler – My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg
• Stan Plecity – ''True North Concert '93''

Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

• Mike Nolan – W5 With Eric Malling – Railraiders
• Danny Cook – Marketplace
• Robin Russell – For the Love of the Game – Bump and Grind
• Raynald Benoit – In the Company of Moose
• Milan Podsedly – ''Without Fear''

Best News Photography

• Gord Danielson – CTV News – Davis Inlet
• Louis deGuise – CBC Prime Time News – Somalia, April/93
• Tom Michalak – ''CTV News – David Milgaard's Legal Limbo''

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Werner Nold, André Corriveau – The Boys of St. Vincent
• Dave Goard – Beyond Reality
• Patrick Lussier – Adrift
• T.C. Martin – Lifeline to Victory
• Dean Balser – ''Top Cops – Challice/Williams''

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

• Greg White – True North Concert '93
• James Ho Lim – Adrienne Clarkson Presents
• David New – My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg
• Gregg Antworth – ''Codco''

Best Picture Editing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

• Deborah Palloway, Mike Feheley – Acts of War – A Famous Victory
• Geoff Matheson – CBC Prime Time News – Algonquin Summer
• Mike Earls, Christine Alevizakis – For the Love of the Game – Bump and Grind
• Daniel Arié – In the Company of Moose
• Angela Baker – ''Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia''

Best Production Design or Art Direction

• Perri Gorrara, Ane Christensen – I'll Never Get to Heaven
• John Blackie – The Diviners
• David Owen, Roy Kellar – Adrienne Clarkson Presents – Artemesia
• Graeme Murray – The Odyssey – A Place Called Nowhere
• Arthur Herriott – Friday Night! with Ralph Benmergui – Kurt Swinghammer/Karen Magnussen/Cathy Jones/Shuffle Demons

Best Costume Design

• Charlotte Penner – The Diviners
• Frances Dafoe – I'll Never Get to Heaven
• Denis Sperdouklis – The Boys of St. Vincent
• Mary Kerr – The Tin Soldier
• Frances Dafoe – ''The Trial of Red Riding Hood''

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Marcel Pothier, Serge Beauchemin, Hans Peter Strobl, Jerome Decarie, Antoine Morin – The Boys of St. Vincent
• Michael Beard, Tom Hidderley, Michael Baskerville, Dan Sexton, Jamie Sulek – The Hidden Room – While She Was Out
• Rick Ellis, Orest Sushko, Gary Daprato, Jim Rillie, Anthony Lancett – Lifeline to Victory
• Lindsay Bucknell – Neon Rider – The Good, The Bad & Eleanor
• Terry Gordica, James Porteous, Kevin Howard, Steve Foster – ''Split Images''

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

• Peter Mann, Simon Bowers, Mas Kikuta, Dave Ripka, Mike Nazarec – Juno Awards of 1993
• Peter Mann, Mas Kikuta, Simon Bowers, Peter Campbell, Tom Wood – Michael Burgess at Massey Hall
• Onno Scholtze – My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg
• Ray St. Sauveur – ''Romeo and Juliet''

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

• Sebastian Salm – Visions of Carmanah
• Sergio Penhas-Roll, James Ho Lim, Scott Chisholm – Man Alive – Held Hostage
• David Picoski – CBC Prime Time News – Profile of An Artist: James Ehnes CBC)
• Chris Davies – ''CBC Prime Time News – Haiti''

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series

• John Welsman – The Bellringer
• Randolph Peters – The Diviners
• Fred Mollin – Liar, Liar
• Eric Lemoyne – Double or Nothing: The Rise and Fall of Robert Campeau
• Ernie Tollar – ''The Passion of Rita Camilleri''

Best Original Music Score for a Series

• Fred Mollin – Beyond Reality – The Passion
• John Welsman – By Way of the Stars – Arrival at Niagara Falls
• Don Gillis – Road to Avonlea – Moving On
• Henri Lorieau – Bordertown – Demon Rum
• Domenic Troiano – ''Secret Service – The Banker and the Belle/Imposters''

Special Awards

• Canada Award: Marilyn A. Belec, Sylvia Hamilton, Mike Mahoney. Honored for Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia
• Margaret Collier Award: Alex Barris
• John Drainie Award: Max Ferguson
• Earle Grey Award: Ernie Coombs
• Outstanding Technical Achievement Award: Kodak Canada's Eastman EXR200T Film Stock