26th Gemini Awards




The 26th Gemini Awards was held on September 7, 2011 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The ceremony was broadcast live from the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, and aired on CBC Television. The show was hosted by Russell Peters. Nominations were announced on August 3.[1][2][3] These were the last Gemini Awards given before the establishment of the Canadian Screen Awards, replacing the Geminis.




Contents






  • 1 Awards


    • 1.1 Special awards


    • 1.2 Programs


    • 1.3 Actors


    • 1.4 News and information


    • 1.5 Sports


    • 1.6 Craft awards


    • 1.7 Directing


    • 1.8 Music


    • 1.9 Writing


    • 1.10 Digital media




  • 2 References


  • 3 External links





Awards



Special awards




  • Academy Achievement Award: Christina Jennings

  • Board of Directors Tribute: Paul Bronfman


  • Canada Award: John Paskievich, John Whiteway for The Storytelling Class


  • Earle Grey Award: Cedric Smith

  • Humanitarian Award: Mark Terry


  • Gordon Sinclair Award: Lloyd Robertson


  • Margaret Collier Award: Bob Carney

  • Outstanding Technical Achievement Award: David F. E. Corley

  • Outstanding Technical Achievement Award in Digital Media: National Film Board of Canada Digital Distribution Initiative

  • Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Television: Actor's Fund of Canada



Programs



































































Drama series
Comedy series



  • Blue ribbonThe Borgias

  • Endgame

  • Flashpoint

  • Skins

  • The Tudors





  • Blue ribbonRick Mercer Report

  • Call Me Fitz

  • Good Dog

  • Halifax Comedy Fest 2010

  • Living in Your Car

  • This Hour Has 22 Minutes


Animated program or series
Documentary program



  • Blue ribbonHot Wheels Battle Force 5

  • Glenn Martin, DDS

  • Jimmy Two Shoes

  • Kid vs. Kat

  • March of the Dinosaurs





  • Blue ribbonAfrica on the Move

  • Geologic Journey

  • Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse

  • Rodeo: Life on the Circuit

  • The Uluit: Champions of the North


Children's or youth fiction
Children's or youth non-fiction



  • Blue ribbonDegrassi

  • Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock

  • How to be Indie

  • That's So Weird!

  • Vacation with Derek





  • Blue ribbonMark's Moments

  • Artzooka!

  • In Real Life

  • Spelling Night in Canada: Canspell 2011

  • Survive This


Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie
History Documentary Program or Series


  • The Pillars of the Earth

  • Faker$

  • The Kennedys

  • My Babysitter's a Vampire

  • Sleepyhead





  • Blue ribbonNazi Hunters: "Hubert Cukurs"

  • Chasing the Royals: The Media and the Monarchy

  • Earth: The Making of a Planet

  • Finding Atlantis

  • Queen Elizabeth in 3D


Lifestyle Program or Series
Music or variety Program or Series



  • Blue ribbonTil Debt Do Us Part

  • Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag

  • Chuck's Day Off

  • Design DNA

  • Pitchin' In





  • Blue ribbonBattle of the Blades

  • 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards

  • Juno Awards of 2011

  • So You Think You Can Dance Canada

  • The 18th Annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards


Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Pre-School Program or Series



  • Blue ribbonMordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews

  • Gordon Pinsent: Still Rowdy After All These Years

  • When the Devil Knocks





  • Blue ribbonThe Mighty Jungle

  • Dino Dan

  • Kids' Canada: Wowie Woah Woah

  • Stella and Sam

  • Gisèle's Big Backyard


Reality/Competition Program or Series
Talk program or series



  • Blue ribbonDragons' Den

  • All for Nothing?

  • Best. Trip. Ever.

  • CheF*OFF

  • Conviction Kitchen





  • Blue ribbonGeorge Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

  • JR Digs Man with a Van

  • Mansbridge One on One



Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series

Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award)



  • Blue ribbonCode Breakers

  • Acquainted With the Night

  • For the Love of Elephants

  • Last Day of the Dinosaurs

  • X-Cars




  • John Kastner, Silva Basmajian, Life with Murder


  • Michelle Latimer, Jackpot


  • Maureen Judge, Mom's Home


  • Niobe Thompson, Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands

  • Mark Johnston, Amanda Handy, Sarah Goodman, When We Were Boys




Actors











































































Lead actor, drama
Lead actress, drama



  • Blue ribbonCallum Keith Rennie, Shattered


  • Enrico Colantoni, Flashpoint


  • Hugh Dillon, Durham County


  • Michael Riley, Being Erica


  • Samuel Witwer, Being Human





  • Blue ribbonMichelle Thrush, Blackstone


  • Erin Karpluk, Being Erica


  • Carmen Moore, Blackstone


  • Krystin Pellerin, Republic of Doyle


  • Lauren Lee Smith, The Listener


  • Camille Sullivan, Shattered


Lead actor, comedy
Lead actress, comedy



  • Blue ribbonPeter Keleghan, 18 to Life


  • Chris Leavins, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil


  • Jason Priestley, Call Me Fitz


  • John Ralston, Living in Your Car





  • Blue ribbonTracy Dawson, Call Me Fitz


  • Angela Asher, 18 to Life


  • Grace Lynn Kung, InSecurity


  • Brooke Nevin, Call Me Fitz


Lead actor, television film or miniseries
Lead actress, television film or miniseries



  • Blue ribbonBarry Pepper, The Kennedys


  • Andrew Buchan, The Nativity


  • Andrew Francis, Faker$


  • Ian McShane, The Pillars of the Earth





  • Blue ribbonJackie Richardson, The Gospel According to the Blues


  • Hayley Atwell, The Pillars of the Earth


  • Romina D'Ugo, Turn the Beat Around


  • Tatiana Maslany, The Nativity


  • Rebecca Williams, Reviving Ophelia


Supporting actor, drama
Supporting actress, drama



  • Blue ribbonSergio Di Zio, Flashpoint


  • Jesse Carere, Skins


  • John Dunsworth, Haven


  • Colm Feore, The Borgias


  • Matt Gordon, Rookie Blue


  • Noam Jenkins, Rookie Blue





  • Blue ribbonKsenia Solo, Lost Girl


  • Bénédicte Décary, Durham County


  • Katharine Isabelle, Endgame


  • Melanie Nicholls-King, Rookie Blue


  • Enuka Okuma, Rookie Blue


Supporting or guest actor, comedy
Supporting or guest actress, comedy



  • Blue ribbonErnie Grunwald, Call Me Fitz


  • Joe Cobden, Living in Your Car


  • Colin Cunningham, Living in Your Car


  • Peter Donaldson, Living in Your Car


  • Peter MacNeill, Call Me Fitz





  • Blue ribbonRachel Blanchard, Call Me Fitz


  • Joanna Cassidy, Call Me Fitz


  • Ingrid Kavelaars, Living in Your Car


  • Ieva Lucs, Good Dog


  • Kathryn Winslow, Living in Your Car


Supporting actor, television film or miniseries
Supporting actress, television film or miniseries



  • Blue ribbonJoshua Close, Sleepyhead


  • Nicholas Campbell, A Heartland Christmas


  • Atticus Mitchell, My Babysitter's a Vampire


  • Rufus Sewell, The Pillars of the Earth





  • Blue ribbonDiana Hardcastle, The Kennedys


  • Alison Pill, The Pillars of the Earth


  • Karen Robinson, The Gospel According to the Blues


Guest actor, drama
Guest actress, drama



  • Blue ribbonTim Rozon, Flashpoint


  • Colin Cunningham, Flashpoint


  • Michael Nardone, Durham County


  • David Richmond-Peck, Endgame


  • Jonathan Scarfe, Flashpoint





  • Blue ribbonAlberta Watson, Heartland


  • Tatiana Maslany, Being Erica


  • Michelle Nolden, Rookie Blue


  • Liisa Repo-Martell, Flashpoint


  • Kristen Thomson, Flashpoint


Performance in a children's or youth program or series
Performance in an animated program or series



  • Blue ribbonJordan Todosey, Degrassi


  • Ali Eisner, Kids' Canada - Wowie Woah Woah


  • Munro Chambers, The Latest Buzz


  • Ashley Leggat, Vacation with Derek


  • Kate Trotter, Vacation with Derek





  • Blue ribbonGordon Pinsent, Babar and the Adventures of Badou


  • Sean Cullen, Jimmy Two Shoes


  • Miles Johnson, Stella and Sam

  • Colin Murdock, League of Super Evil


  • Rachel Marcus, Stella and Sam


Performance in a Stand-Up/Sketch Comedy Program or Series
Ensemble performance in a comedy program or series



  • Blue ribbonHannibal Buress, Funny As Hell


  • Dave Brennan, Tony Lombardo, Eric Toth, Jon Smith, Canadian Comedy Awards 10th Anniversary Variety Special


  • Nikki Payne, Ha!ifax Comedy Fest 2010


  • Pete Zedlacher, Ha!ifax Comedy Fest 2010


  • Steve Patterson, Just For Laughs 2010


  • Jonathan Torrens, TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens





  • Blue ribbonAlex House, Maggie Castle, Angela Jill Guingcango, Chris Leavins, Melanie Leishman, Jason Mewes, Bill Turnbull, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil


  • Gavin Crawford, Mark Critch, Geri Hall, Cathy Jones, This Hour Has 22 Minutes


  • Peter Keleghan, Erin Agostino, Carl Alacchi, Angela Asher, Ellen David, Stacey Farber, Al Goulem, Tiio Horn, Jesse Rath, Michael Seater, Arielle Shiri, 18 to Life


  • Jason Priestley, Joanna Cassidy, Tracy Dawson, Phyllis Ellis, Ernie Grunwald, Peter MacNeill, Husein Madhavji, Kathleen Munroe, Brooke Nevin, Shaun Shetty, Donavon Stinson, Call Me Fitz




News and information



























































News special
News reportage, local


News reportage, national
News anchor, national




  • Blue ribbonDawna Friesen

  • Chris Gailus

  • Heather Hiscox

  • Peter Mansbridge

  • Leslie Roberts


National newscast
News information series




  • Blue ribbonMarketplace

  • The Agenda

  • Connect with Mark Kelley

  • The Fifth Estate

  • Focus: Decision Canada


Local newscast, major market
Local newscast, small market


Host or interviewer, news or information program or series
News or information program


Host in a children's, preschool or youth program or series
Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, or Talk Program or Series


News or information segment
Direction in a news or information program or series




Sports



































Live sporting event coverage
Sports analysis or commentary



  • Blue ribbonHNIC on CBC - Heritage Classic

  • 2010 Queen's Plate

  • 2011 IIHF World Junior Hockey Gold Medal Game

  • Scotties Tournament of Hearts



Sports host
Sports play-by-play


Sports feature segment
Sports opening


Sports program or series
Direction in a live sporting event




  • Blue ribbonChris Elias, 2010 Queen's Plate


  • Paul Jemming, 2011 IIHF World Junior Hockey Gold Medal Game


  • Ron Forsythe, HNIC Heritage Classic




Craft awards







































































































Editorial research
Visual research



  • Blue ribbonJane Burgess, Andrew Easterbrook, Jonathan Woodward, The Pig Farm

  • Jackie Carlos, Karine Guillemette, David Wells, Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse

  • Rebecca Snow, Museum Secrets

  • Richard Longley, Save My Lake

  • Gil Shochat, Michael Drapack, The Fifth Estate



Make-Up
Costume Design


Photography in a comedy series
Photography in a documentary program or factual series


Photography in a drama program or series
Photography in a lifestyle or reality program or series


Photography in a news or information program, series or segment
Photography in a variety or sketch comedy program or series


Editing in a comedy program or series
Editing in a dramatic program or series


Editing in a variety or sketch comedy program or series
Editing in a documentary program or series


Editing in a factual program or series
Editing in a reality or competition program or series


Production design/art direction in a fiction program or series
Production design/art direction in a non-fiction program or series


Sound in a fiction program or series
Sound in a non-fiction program or series


  • Blue ribbonMarcel Pothier, Christian Rivest, Dominik Pagacz, Guy Pelletier, Antoine Morin, Tom Trafalski, Guy Francoeur, "The Work of Angels"



  • Blue ribbonMark Gingras, Sanjay Mehta, Adrian Tucker Toronto Rock & Roll Stories



Sound in a variety or animated program or series
Visual effects


Casting
Main title design



  • Blue ribbonAndrea Kenyon, Libby Goldstein, Marissa Richmond, Suzanne Smith, Randi Wells, Durham County

  • Marissa Richmond, Flashpoint

  • Marsha Chesley, Living in Your Car

  • Jon Comerford, Lisa Parasyn, Lost Girl

  • Sara Kay, Jenny Lewis, Jim Heber, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil





  • Blue ribbonRobb Thompson, Steve Seeley, Darren Bierman, Shelley Cornies, Blackstone

  • Peter Moller, 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards

  • Caleb Bouchard, Ian Kirby, Mark Stuckert, Aaron Hildebrandt, Endgame

  • Frédéric Simard, Anne-Marie Lacharité, Funny As Hell

  • Boyan Stergulc, The 18th Annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards

  • Étienne Deslières, Waterfront Cities of the World




Directing













































Children's or youth
Comedy



  • Blue ribbonPat Williams, Degrassi


  • Phil Earnshaw, Degrassi


  • William Gordon, Pirates, Adventures in Art


  • J. J. Johnson, Dino Dan


  • Mitchell Ness, Wingin' It





  • Blue ribbonScott Smith, Call Me Fitz


  • Dana Andersen, Bruce Pirrie, CAUTION: May Contain Nuts


  • James Dunnison, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil


  • James Genn, Call Me Fitz


  • Craig David Wallace, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil


Documentary or factual series
Documentary program



  • Blue ribbonP.J. Naworynski, Nazi Hunters


  • Michel Philibert, Africa on the Move


  • Michael Allder, Geologic Journey


  • Abhish S. Birla, Maamuitaau (Let's Get Together)


  • Joe Wiecha, Trashopolis





  • Blue ribbonMichael McNamara, Acquainted With the Night


  • Nadine Pequeneza, Inside Disaster Haiti


  • Alan Black, Jackpot


  • John Kastner, Life With Murder


  • Tom Radford, Niobe Thompson, Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands


Dramatic program or mini–series
Dramatic series



  • Blue ribbonStephen Hopkins, Sleepyhead


  • Dean Bennett, A Heartland Christmas


  • Jon Cassar, The Kennedys


  • Pierre Gill, Faker$





  • Blue ribbonJeremy Podeswa, The Borgias


  • Paolo Barzman, Being Human


  • Charles Binamé, Durham County


  • David Frazee, Flashpoint


  • Kari Skogland, Shattered


  • Clement Virgo, The Listener


Lifestyle program or mini–series
Performing arts program or series



  • Blue ribbonGrant Greschuk, Village on a Diet


  • Jordan Kawchuk, Erin Redden, Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag


  • Stacey S. Curtis, Michael Allcock, Forensic Factor


  • Todd Serotiuk, Brad Quenville, Ice Pilots NWT


  • Scott Clark McNeil, The Heat with Mark McEwan





  • Blue ribbonGail Gallant, Star Portraits


  • Ari A. Cohen, The Instrument Book


  • Eunice Lee, Corrie Crazy: Canada Loves Coronation Street


Reality or competition program or series
Variety or sketch comedy program or series


  • Karen Duthie, Dwayne Beaver, Conviction Kitchen


  • Nadine Schwartz, Enraged


  • Ihor Macijiwsky, Mantracker


  • D'Arcy Butler, Revamped





  • Blue ribbonJoan Tosoni, Juno Awards of 2010


  • Mathieu Baer, Funny As Hell


  • John Keffer, 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards


Animated program or series



  • Blue ribbonKen Cunningham, Glenn Martin, DDS


  • Mike Dowding, Johnny Darrell, Andrew Duncan, Hot Wheels Battle Force 5


  • Rob Boutilier, Josh Mepham, Kid vs. Kat


  • Sebastian Brodin, Steve Sacks, League of Super Evil

  • Matthew Thompson, March of the Dinosaurs


  • Phillip Stamp, Rob the Robot




Music
























Fiction program or series
Miniseries or television film



  • Blue ribbonTrevor Morris, The Tudors


  • Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner, Flashpoint


  • Andrew Lockington, Sanctuary


  • Trevor Morris, The Borgias


  • Keith Power, Heartland





  • Blue ribbonJonathan Goldsmith, The Nativity


  • Sean Callery, The Kennedys


  • Trevor Morris, The Pillars of the Earth


Documentary program or series
Lifestyle or information program or series



  • Blue ribbonClaudio Vena, T.O. in 24


  • Nick Dyer, Eric Cadesky, Museum Secrets


  • Ken Myhr, Geologic Journey


  • Ken Myhr, Love at the Twilight Motel


  • Phil Strong, Peep Culture





  • Blue ribbonGraeme Coleman, Ice Pilots NWT


  • Ryan Kondrat, John La Magna, Make the Politician Work


  • David Krain, Mantracker


  • David Krain, Survive This


  • Adam White, Jamie Shields, David Wall, Village on a Diet


Animated program or series




  • Blue ribbonHal Beckett, League of Super Evil


  • Hal Beckett, Kid vs. Kat


  • Don Breithaupt, Anthony Vanderburgh, Sidekick


  • Serge Côté, Rob the Robot




Writing



























Children's or youth
Comedy



  • Blue ribbonSimon Racioppa, Richard Elliott, Spliced


  • Sean Cullen, Almost Naked Animals


  • Michael Grassi, Degrassi


  • Philippe Ivanusic-Vallée, Davila LeBlanc, League of Super Evil


  • Anita Kapila, How to Be Indie





  • Blue ribbonPat Bullard, Call Me Fitz


  • Garry Campbell, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil


  • Sheri Elwood, Call Me Fitz


  • Ken Finkleman, Good Dog


  • Charles Picco, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil


Documentary
Dramatic program or miniseries



  • Blue ribbonTerence McKenna, Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse


  • Jon Cooksey, How to Boil a Frog


  • Christopher Gagosz, Storming Juno


  • Kelly McClughan, X-Cars


  • Brian McKenna, Famine & Shipwreck: An Irish Odyssey


  • Francine Pelletier, Charles Foran, Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews





  • Blue ribbonSteven Westren, Jesse McKeown, Faker$


  • Teena Booth, Reviving Ophelia


  • Peter Hume, Jack of Diamonds


  • Tony Jordan, The Nativity


  • John Pielmeier, The Pillars of the Earth


Drama series
Information program or series



  • Blue ribbonStephanie Morgenstern, Mark Ellis, Flashpoint


  • Michelle Lovretta, Lost Girl


  • Morwyn Brebner, Adam Pettle, Rookie Blue


  • Michael Hirst, The Tudors





  • Blue ribbonLinden MacIntyre, The Fifth Estate: "The Betrayal"


  • Gillian Findlay, The Fifth Estate


  • Douglas Hudema, Hell on Hooves


  • Bob McKeown, The Fifth Estate


  • Elizabeth Trojian, Buffy Childerhose, Tom Adams, Peter St. Laurent, William Shatner's Weird or What?




Digital media



















Original Program or Series
Cross-Platform Project, Children's


Cross-Platform Project, Fiction
Cross-Platform Project, Non-Fiction




References





  1. ^ New series scoop Gemini nominations


  2. ^ "Nominee List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-08-06..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "26th Annual Gemini Awards Culminate with Star-Studded Broadcast Gala" (PDF). Press release. Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 7 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2012.




External links




  • "26th Annual Gemini Awards Culminate with Star-Studded Broadcast Gala" (PDF). Press release. Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.

  • Tandem Communications Awards Official Website









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