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.

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
The Borgias Endgame Flashpoint Skins The Tudors	Rick 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
Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 Glenn Martin, DDS Jimmy Two Shoes Kid vs. Kat March of the Dinosaurs	Africa 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
Degrassi Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock How to be Indie That's So Weird! Vacation with Derek	Mark'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	Nazi 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
Til Debt Do Us Part Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag Chuck's Day Off Design DNA Pitchin' In	Battle 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
Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews Gordon Pinsent: Still Rowdy After All These Years When the Devil Knocks	The 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
Dragons' Den All for Nothing? Best. Trip. Ever. CheFOFF* Conviction Kitchen	George 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)
Code 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
Callum Keith Rennie, Shattered Enrico Colantoni, Flashpoint Hugh Dillon, Durham County Michael Riley, Being Erica Samuel Witwer, Being Human	Michelle 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
Peter Keleghan, 18 to Life Chris Leavins, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil Jason Priestley, Call Me Fitz John Ralston, Living in Your Car	Tracy 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
Barry Pepper, The Kennedys Andrew Buchan, The Nativity Andrew Francis, Faker$ Ian McShane, The Pillars of the Earth	Jackie 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
Sergio Di Zio, Flashpoint Jesse Carere, Skins John Dunsworth, Haven Colm Feore, The Borgias Matt Gordon, Rookie Blue Noam Jenkins, Rookie Blue	Ksenia 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
Ernie 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	Rachel 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
Joshua Close, Sleepyhead Nicholas Campbell, A Heartland Christmas Atticus Mitchell, My Babysitter's a Vampire Rufus Sewell, The Pillars of the Earth	Diana Hardcastle, The Kennedys Alison Pill, The Pillars of the Earth Karen Robinson, The Gospel According to the Blues
Guest actor, drama	Guest actress, drama
Tim Rozon, Flashpoint Colin Cunningham, Flashpoint Michael Nardone, Durham County David Richmond-Peck, Endgame Jonathan Scarfe, Flashpoint	Alberta 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
Jordan Todosey, Degrassi Ali Eisner, Kids' Canada - Wowie Woah Woah Munro Chambers, The Latest Buzz Ashley Leggat, Vacation with Derek Kate Trotter, Vacation with Derek	Gordon 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
Hannibal 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	Alex 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
	Dawna Friesen Chris Gailus Heather Hiscox Peter Mansbridge Leslie Roberts
National newscast	News information series
	Marketplace 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
HNIC 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
	Chris 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
Jane 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
Marcel Pothier, Christian Rivest, Dominik Pagacz, Guy Pelletier, Antoine Morin, Tom Trafalski, Guy Francoeur, "The Work of Angels"	Mark Gingras, Sanjay Mehta, Adrian Tucker Toronto Rock & Roll Stories

Sound in a variety or animated program or series	Visual effects

Casting	Main title design
Andrea 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	Robb 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
Pat Williams, Degrassi Phil Earnshaw, Degrassi William Gordon, Pirates, Adventures in Art J. J. Johnson, Dino Dan Mitchell Ness, Wingin' It	Scott 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
P.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	Michael 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
Stephen Hopkins, Sleepyhead Dean Bennett, A Heartland Christmas Jon Cassar, The Kennedys Pierre Gill, Faker$	Jeremy 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
Grant 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	Gail 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	Joan Tosoni, Juno Awards of 2010 Mathieu Baer, Funny As Hell John Keffer, 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards
Animated program or series
Ken 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
Trevor Morris, The Tudors Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner, Flashpoint Andrew Lockington, Sanctuary Trevor Morris, The Borgias Keith Power, Heartland	Jonathan Goldsmith, The Nativity Sean Callery, The Kennedys Trevor Morris, The Pillars of the Earth
Documentary program or series	Lifestyle or information program or series
Claudio 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	Graeme 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
Hal 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
Simon 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	Pat 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
Terence 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	Steven 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
Stephanie Morgenstern, Mark Ellis, Flashpoint Michelle Lovretta, Lost Girl Morwyn Brebner, Adam Pettle, Rookie Blue Michael Hirst, The Tudors	*Linden 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

↑ New series scoop Gemini nominations
↑ "Nominee List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
↑ "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.
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[1] New series scoop Gemini nominations

[2] "Nominee List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-08-06.

[prwinners-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.

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