9th Gemini Awards

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 9th Gemini Awards were held on March 5, 1995 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Paul Gross and Tina Keeper, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.

Winners and nominees

The following are the winners and nominees of the 9th annual Gemini Awards. Winners appear first and highlighted in bold.
Best Dramatic Series

Due South - Alliance Communications. Producers: Jeff King, Paul Haggis, Kathy Slevin
Road to Avonlea - Sullivan Entertainment. Producers: Trudy Grant, Kevin Sullivan
Street Legal- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Nadia Harcourt, Duncan Lamb, Helen Kafka, Chris Paton
Neon Rider - Virtue/Rekert Productions, Atlantis Films. Producers: Winston Rekert, Danny Virtue, Michael MacMillan
E.N.G. - Atlantis Communications. Producers: Jennifer Black, David Barlow
Destiny Ridge - Great North Productions. Producers: Mary Kahn, Larry Raskin, Andy Thomson

Best Short Dramatic Program

Something to Cry About - Swirling Storm Productions. Producer: Terry Steyn
The Hidden Room - Dreams About Water - Hidden Room Productions. Producers: David Perlmutter, Lewis Chesler, Tab Baird, Adam Haight
Sunday Arts Entertainment - The Perfect Pie - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Robert Sherrin
Survivors - Inner City Films. Producers: Alfons Adetuyi, Douglas Stewart, Stephen Turnbull, Claire Prieto

Best TV Movie

Due South - Alliance Communications. Producers: Jeff King, Paul Haggis, Jean Desormeaux
Life with Billy - Salter Street Films, The Film Works. Producers: Michael Donovan, Eric Jordan
Heads - Credo Group, Sojourn Pictures, Atlantis Films. Producers: Jonathan Goodwill, Derek Mazur, Peter Sussman, Martin Tudor, Bill Gray
For the Love of Aaron - Patterdale Productions. Producer: Anne Hopkins
Coming of Age - Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Ira Levy, Peter Williamson, Barri Cohen

Best Music Variety Program or Series

Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Brunton, Joan Tosoni, Sandra Bezic
1994 Canadian Country Music Awards - CTV Television Network. Producers: Gordon James, Ken Gibson
Celine Dion: The Colour of My Love - Paragon Entertainment. Producers: Carol Reynolds, René Angélil, Richard Borchiver, Donald K. Donald
Sing Out Freedom Train - Jim McKenna Teleshows, Global Television Network. Producer: Jim McKenna
Ear to the Ground - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sandra Faire, Faith Feingold

Best Comedy Program or Series

This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Geoff D’Eon, Michael Donovan, Jack Kellum, Gerald Lunz, Jenipher Ritchie
The Kids in the Hall - Broadway Video, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Blanchard, Lorne Michaels, Jeffrey Berman, Cindy Park, Jeff Ross
Royal Canadian Air Farce - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Brian Robertson, Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson

Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary Program

Shadows and Light: Joaquin Rodrigo at 90 - Rhombus Media. Producers: Larry Weinstein, Niv Fichman
Hidden Children - TVOntario. Producer: Julia Sereny
No Man’s Land - Bishari Film Productions. Producer: Shelley Saywell
Dream Tower - Sphinx Productions. Producer: Ron Mann
Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo - National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Virginia Storring

Best Documentary Series

Witness - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Mark Starowicz
Rough Cuts - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Jerry McIntosh
The Nature of Things - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: James Murray
Canadian Wilderness Journal - K.E.G. Productions. Producer: Ralph C. Ellis

Best Dramatic Mini-Series

Dieppe - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Bernard Zukerman

Best Performing Arts Program

Sunday Arts Entertainment - Walls - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Jeremy Podeswa
The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Chris Paton, John Kim Bell, Fred Nicolaidis
Adrienne Clarkson Presents - Skin, Flesh and Bone - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Adrienne Clarkson
Concierto de Aranjuez - Rhombus Media. Producers: Larry Weinstein, Niv Fichman

Best Information Series

the fifth estate - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: David Studer, Kelly Crichton
W5 With Eric Malling - CTV. Producers: Peter Rehak, Mike Lavoie
Venture - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joy Crysdale, Linda Sims
CBC Prime Time News - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joan Anderson, Tony Burman

Best Information Segment

The Health Show - Scatology - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Mullington, Edmund Egan
For the Love of the Game - Perfect Body?, Laura Binetti Segment - Television Renaissance. Producers: Morgan Elliott, Aiken Scherberger
the fifth estate - No Safe Place - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sarah Spinks, Christina Campbell
the fifth estate - Missing: Presumed Safe - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Margaret Slaght, Dan Burke
CBC Prime Time News - The Lakoubovski File - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Robin Benger, Patricia Chew

Best Lifestyle Series

On the Road Again - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Paul Harrington
50/UP - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Shafik Obrai
It’s About Time - VisionTV. Producers: Sadia Zaman, Rita Deverell
FashionTelevision - Chumcity. Producers: Moses Znaimer, Marcia Martin, Jay Levine
Inquiring Minds - TVOntario. Producers: Chris Robinson, Michael Kinney

Best Animated Program or Series

ReBoot - Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications, BLT Productions. Producers: Christopher Brough, Ian Pearson, Jay Firestone
Dog City - Nelvana, Jim Henson Productions. Producers: Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
Christopher the Christmas Tree - Delaney & Friends Cartoon Productions. Producer: Chris Delaney

Best Youth Program or Series

Street Cents- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Nowlan, Jonathan Finkelstein, Barbara Kennedy
Brainstorm - TVOntario. Producer: Janet Thomson
For Angela - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Nancy Trites Botkin, Joe MacDonald
aidScare, aidsCare - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Lynn Harvey
Ready or Not - Insight Productions. Producers: Alyse Rosenberg, John Brunton, Moira Holmes, Barbara Bowlby

Best Children’s Program or Series

The Big Comfy Couch - Radical Sheep Productions. Producers: Cheryl Wagner, Robert Mills
Wild Side Show - Atlantis Films. Producers: Martin Katz, Ken Walz, Dale Burshtein
Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Lynn Harvey
Fred Penner's Place - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Lesley Oswald
The Biggest Little Ticket - Lyric Film & Video. Producers: Robert Lang, Peter Weyman

Best Sports Program or Series

Elvis: Airborne - Silent J Entertainment, Baton Broadcast System. Producers: Morgan Earl, Cathryn McCartney, Edward Futerman
The XVII Olympic Winter Games: Olympic Prime Time - Canadian Television Network. Producers: Doug Beeforth, John Shannon, Jim Marshall, John McLarty, Laura Mellanby
Chasing the Dream - Ballpark Pictures. Producers: Peter Raymont, David Barlow, William Thomas
Molson Hockey Night in Canada - Stanley Cup Final - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ron G. Harrison, Larry Isaac
Pumped! - Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Dale Burshtein

Best Special Event Coverage

Election Night ’93 - MuchMusic. Producer: Denise Donlon
South African Election - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Slawko Klymkiw, Lynn Raineault, Edith Champagne
Election ’93 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Arnold Amber, Tom Kavanagh, Elly Alboim, Michael Smith
XV Commonwealth Games - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Bob Moir, Joan Mead

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Paul Donovan - Life with Billy
John N. Smith - Dieppe
John Kent Harrison - For the Love of Aaron
Michael Anderson - Scales of Justice
Paul Lynch - RoboCop - The Future of Law Enforcement

Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series

George Bloomfield - Due South - Free Willie
Don McBrearty - Road to Avonlea - Memento Mori
Jerry Ciccoritti - North of 60 - Hostage
D.J. MacHale - Are You Afraid of the Dark? - The Tale of the Dangerous Soup
Mario Azzopardi - RoboCop - The Human Factor

Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

Joan Tosoni - Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This
Barbara Willis Sweete - The Sorceress: Kiri Te Kanawa
Joan Tosoni - Juno Awards of 1994
Gilles Maheu - Adrienne Clarkson Presents - Skin, Flesh and Bone
Larry Weinstein - Concierto de Aranjuez

Best Direction in an Information or Documentary Program or Series

Larry Weinstein - Shadows and Light: Joaquin Rodrigo at 90
Mark Starowicz - Red Capitalism
David Paperny - Witness - Dr Peter
Neil Docherty - the fifth estate - The Trouble With Evan
John Zaritsky - Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo
Danièle Lacourse, Yvan Patry - Denial

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Barry Stevens - The Diary of Evelyn Lau
Thomas King, Ann McNaughton - Medicine River
John Frizzell, Judith Thompson - Life with Billy
John Krizanc - Dieppe
Paul Haggis - Due South

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

Paul Haggis, Kathy Slevin - Due South - Free Willie
Yan Moore - Road to Avonlea - Strictly Melodrama
Jordan Wheeler - North of 60 - Raven
Hart Hanson - North of 60 - All Fall Down
William Gray - RoboCop - Inside Crime

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Alan Resnick, Greg Thomey, Mary Walsh - This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Mike MacDonald - Mike MacDonald: Happy As I Can Be
Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson, Diane Flacks, Norm Hiscock, Andy Jones, Garry Campbell, Paul Bellini, Brian Hartt - The Kids in the Hall
Nick McKinney, Vito Viscomi, Paul Greenberg, Rob Gfroerer - The Vacant Lot - Episode #5
Jeremy Hotz, Bob Sorger - Comics! - What Ever Happened to Jeremy Hotz?

Best Writing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

Michael Ignatieff - Blood and Belonging: Yugoslavia - The Road To Nowhere
Jack Bond, Morgan Earl - Elvis: Airborne
Mark Starowicz - Red Capitalism
Shelley Saywell - No Man’s Land
Terence McKenna - CBC Prime Time News - The Inheritance

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

Roger Fredericks, Louise Moon - Street Cents - Hype
Richard Mortimer - aidScare, aidsCare
David Preston - Are You Afraid of the Dark? - The Tale of the Dream Girl
Morton Ritts, Don Arioli, S.M. Molitor - The Busy World of Richard Scarry
Leila Basen - Ready or Not - Am I Perverted or What?

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

Stephen McHattie - Life with Billy
Maurice Godin - Just For Fun
Victor Garber - Dieppe
Gary Reineke - Dieppe
Bret Pearson - Something to Cry About

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

Nancy Beatty - Life with Billy
Sandra Oh - The Diary of Evelyn Lau
Jennifer Tilly - Heads
Rebecca Jenkins - Harvest
Janet Bailey - Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad )

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Paul Gross - Due South - Free Willie
Cedric Smith - Road to Avonlea - Fathers and Sons
Eric Peterson - Street Legal - No Holds Barred
Tom Jackson - North of 60 - Ciao Baby
David Marciano - Due South - Free Willie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Lally Cadeau - Road to Avonlea - Strictly Melodrama
Jackie Burroughs - Road to Avonlea - Memento Mori
Cynthia Dale - Street Legal - Truth or Dare
Tina Keeper - North of 60 - Hostage
Tracey Cook - North of 60 - Crossing the River

Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Series

Bruce Greenwood - Road to Avonlea - Stranger in the Night
Robin Gammell - Street Legal - Fit Punishment
Clark Johnson - E.N.G. - The Cutting Edge
Gordon Tootoosis - North of 60 - Crossing the River
James Kidnie - RoboCop - Inside Crime
Christopher Babers - Due South - Free Willie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Series

Sarah Strange - Neon Rider - Moving On, Part Two
Linda Sorenson - Road to Avonlea - Strictly Melodrama
Joyce Campion - Street Legal - No Holds Barred
Brenda Bazinet - Street Legal - The Cost of Love
Natalie Radford - E.N.G. - The Cutting Edge

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Bernard Behrens - Coming of Age
Ron Lea - Street Legal - Truth, Lies and Consequences
Graham Harley - Dieppe
Aidan Devine - Dieppe
John Hemphill - Sodbusters

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Jennifer Phipps - Coming of Age
Gema Zamprogna - Road to Avonlea - Thursday’s Child
Larissa Lapchinski - Dieppe
Tina Louise Bomberry - North of 60 - Harvest
Cynthia Belliveau - E.N.G. - Judgement of Solomon

Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey, Mary Walsh - This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Dan Redican - The Dan Redican Comedy Hour
Tim Steeves - Comics!
Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson, Luba Goy, John Morgan - Royal Canadian Air Farce - April 15, 1994

Best Performance in a Variety Program or Series

Sarah McLachlan - Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Rita MacNeil - Rita MacNeil’s Once Upon a Christmas
Celine Dion - Celine Dion: The Colour of My Love
Malcolm Hardee, Stephen Dowridge, Martin Soan - Just For Laughs - Episode 7

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

Holly Cole Trio - Intimate and Interactive With Holly Cole Trio
Ben Heppner - 1994 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards - Tribute Performance to Lois Marshall
Johanne Madore, Rodrigue Proteau - Adrienne Clarkson Presents - Skin, Flesh and Bone

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

Laura Bertram - Ready or Not
Denny Doherty - Theodore Tugboat - George’s Ghost
Tina Keeper - For Angela
Enuka Okuma - Madison - The Girl Most Likely
Shawn Ashmore - Guitarman

Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism

Linden MacIntyre - the fifth estate
Hana Gartner - the fifth estate
Peter Mansbridge - CBC Prime Time News
Joe Schlesinger - CBC Prime Time News - The Inheritance

Best Reportage

Anna Maria Tremonti - CBC Prime Time News - War in Bosnia
Avis Favaro - CTV News - Tobacco Taxes vs. Lung Cancer
Robert Hurst - CTV News - Russian Election
Paul Workman - CBC Prime Time News - Hebron Killings
Don Murray - CBC Prime Time News - Russian Revolt
Diana Bishop - CTV News - Acid Victim

Best Anchor or Interviewer

Linden MacIntyre - the fifth estate
Michael Ignatieff - Blood and Belonging: Yugoslavia - The Road To Nowhere
Lloyd Robertson - CTV News - Decision ‘94
Hana Gartner - the fifth estate
Pamela Wallin - CBC Prime Time News

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

Albert Schultz - 1994 Gemini Awards
Wayne Rostad - On the Road Again
Bob Izumi - Bob Izumi’s Real Fishing Show ’94 - 24 Manitoba Monsters
Tarzan Dan Freeman - Yaa! The 5th Annual YTV Achievement Awards
Hana Gartner - Contact With Hana Gartner - Preston & Sandra Manning/Dr. Benjamin Spock/Tattoo Expo

Best Sportscaster

Dave Hodge - TSN Inside Sports
Rod Black - World Basketball Championship: Canada vs. Greece
Ron Maclean - 1994 Commonwealth Games
Brian Williams - 1994 Commonwealth Games

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

Rene Ohashi - Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad )
Alar Kivilo - Heads
Mitchell Ness - Something to Cry About
Rodney Charters - TekWar
Ron Stannett, Ron Orieux - Due South

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

Maris Jansons - Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This
Dennis Jones - 1994 Canadian Country Music Awards - CTV Television Network.
Joost Dankelman - The Sorceress: Kiri Te Kanawa
David Franco, Yves Aucoin - Celine Dion: The Colour of My Love
Horst Zeidler - Concierto de Aranjuez

Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

Janet Foster, John Foster - The Global Family - Clayoquot: The Sound of Wonder
Mitchell Ness - Lawn and Order
Paul Belanger - Wayne Rostad’s Canada Day Special - Voices of the Wilderness
Michael Sweeney - CBC Prime Time News - One Last Chance for Belfast
Chris Gargus - CBC Evening News - Tall Ships

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Jeff Warren - The Diary of Evelyn Lau
Patrick Lussier - Heads
Robert Jackson - Something to Cry About
Eric Goddard - Due South - Free Willie
David B. Thompson - Due South - Diefenbaker’s Day Off

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

Lisa Regnier - Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This
Paul Spencer - Imprint - Dub Poetry
Steve Jones - Sun and Moon: The Making of Miss Saigon and the Princess of Wales Theatre
Al Manson - Bryan Adams: Waking Up The Nation
David New - Concierto de Aranjuez

Best Picture Editing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

Mark Hajek - Elvis: Airborne
Steve Tonon - Venture - Bank Battle
Steve Weslak - Lawn and Order
Mike Churchill, Mike Earles - The Magnificent One
Richard Wells - Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo

Best Production Design or Art Direction

Russell Chick - Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This
Roel Schneemann - The Sorceress: Kiri Te Kanawa
Michael Joy - Heads
Alicia Keywan, Armando Sgrignuoli - Scales of Justice
Stefan Roloff, Adam Kolodziej - TekWar

Best Costume Design

Dinorah Iorio - The Sorceress: Kiri Te Kanawa
Madeleine Stewart - Road to Avonlea
Tulla Nixon - Dieppe
Frances Dafoe - Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This
Suzette Daigle - Due South - Free Willie

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

Leon Johnson, Jacqueline Cristiani, Paul A. Sharpe, Dean Giammarco, Bill Sheppard - Heads
Gerry King, Eric Fitz, Jim Hopkins, Penny Hozy, Joe Grimaldi - Dieppe
George Tarrant, Michael Macdonald, Randy Kiss, Kevin Townshend, Alan Perkins - North of 60
Tom Mather, Barry Gilmore, Dale Sheldrake, Allen Ormerod, Lou Solakofski - Sodbusters
Allen Ormerod, Todd Warren, Nelson Ferreira, Urmas Rosin, Michael Werth - Due South - Free Willie

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

Onno Scholtze - Concierto de Aranjuez
Simon Bowers, Tom Bilenkey, Myroslav Bodnaruk, Peter Campbell - Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This
Jacques Comtois, Gary Oppenheimer, Myroslav Bodnaruk, Ray St. Sauveur, Eric Lemoyne - Adrienne Clarkson Presents - Skin, Flesh and Bone
Kevin Doyle, Doug McClement, Jon Ericson, Michael Kriz, Peter Hamilton - Prairie Oyster: Group Portrait

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

Onno Scholtze - Shadows and Light: Joaquin Rodrigo at 90
Brian Newby, Sergio Penhas-Roll - Man Alive - The Way of the Drum
Allison Clark, Andy Koyama, Hans Oomes, Barbara Free, Roger Van Wensveen - The Lucky Ones: Allied Airmen and Buchenwald
Daniel Pellerin, Sean Kelly, Keith Elliott - Dream Tower
Claude Beaugrand, Rene Lussier, Philippe Scultety - Denial

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series

Neil Smolar - Dieppe
Mark Korven - The Lucky Ones: Allied Airmen and Buchenwald
Jonathan Goldsmith - Heads
Lou Natale - Sodbusters
Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis, Sally Gillis - RoboCop - The Future of Law Enforcement

Best Original Music Score for a Series

John Welsman - Road to Avonlea - Thursday’s Child
Glenn Morley - Inside the Vatican with Sir Peter Ustinov - Renaissance: 1500 A.D.-1600 A.D.
Don Gillis - Road to Avonlea - Memento Mori
Micky Erbe, Maribeth Solomon - E.N.G. - The Cutting Edge
Jay Semko, John McCarthy, Jack Lenz - ''Due South - Free Willie''

Special Awards

Canada Award: Nancy Trites Botkin, Joe MacDonald, Honoured for For Angela
Margaret Collier Award: Timothy Findley
John Drainie Award: Knowlton Nash
Earle Grey Award: Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, John Candy, Dave Thomas, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Flaherty, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Honoured for ''Second City Television''