11th Gemini Awards

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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 11th Gemini Awards was held on June 6, 1997, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Albert Schultz, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.[1]

11th Gemini Awards
DateJune 6, 1997.
VenueMetro Toronto Convention Centre
Hosted byAlbert Schultz
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television
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Awards

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Best Dramatic Series

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Best Short Dramatic Program

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Best TV Movie

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Best Music Variety Program or Series

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Best Comedy Series

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Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary Program

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Best Documentary Series

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Best Science, Technology, Nature and Environment Documentary Program

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Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program

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  • Behind & Above: The Wings of Fire - Les Productions de L’Encrier. Producers: René Chénier, Serge Ladouceur
  • The Band - Hallway Productions. Producer: Gregory Hall
  • Dido and Aeneas - Rhombus Media. Producers: Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron
  • Frankie and Walter: One More Time - CBC Saskatchewan, Camera West Film Associates. Producers: Don Copeman, Joan Speirs
  • The Lost Garden - National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Josee Beaudet

Best Information Series

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Best Information Segment

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Best Lifestyle Information Series

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Best Animated Program or Series

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Best Youth Program or Series

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Best Children’s Program or Series

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Best Sports Program or Series

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  • Athens to Atlanta: The Olympic Spirit - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Carl Karp, Terry Ludwick, Doug Sellars
  • CBC Toronto Evening News - Hoop Dream Duo - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Debbie Lightle-Quan, Jamie Purdon, Jill Troyer
  • Elvis and Friends on Tour - CTV Television Network. Producers: Douglas Beeforth, Laura Mellanby
  • Fresh Paint: Birth of a Team - Northern Sky Entertainment. Producers: Wayne Abbott, Chris McCracken, Dave Toms
  • The National, Sports - The Death of Sergei Grinkov - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ken Dodd, Chris Irwin, Jay Mowat
  • NewsWorld Game Night - Sports and the Referendum - CBC Newsworld. Producers: Ken Dodd, Jay Mowat, Vac Verikaitis

Best Live Sporting Event

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  • Centennial Olympic Games - Day 1 to 16 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joel Darling, Lee Herberman, Terry Ludwick, Doug Sellars
  • Molson NHL Tonight on TSN - Last Game at the Montreal Forum - TSN. Producer: Gord Cutler
  • NBA on CTV: Bulls at Raptors - Rod Black - CTV Television Network. Producers: Douglas Beeforth, W. Jeffrey Mather, Laura Mellanby

Best Special Event Coverage

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  • The Quebec Referendum - CBC Newsworld. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker, Chris Waddell
  • The Atlanta Olympic Bombing - CBC Newsworld. Producers: Arnold Amber, Mark Bulgutch, Edith Champagne, Dave Matthews
  • Canada in Space - Discovery Channel. Producer: Paul Lewis

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program

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Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series

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Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Direction in an Information Program or Series

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  • Neil Docherty - the fifth estate - Butting In (CBC)
  • Wayne Abbott - Fresh Paint: Birth of a Team (Northern Sky Entertainment)
  • Lynn Burgess - The National/CBC News - French Revolution: The Sequel (CBC)
  • Janet Thomson - The National/CBC News - Harvesting the City: The Wonder of Garbage (CBC)
  • Claude Vickery - the fifth estate - Still Standing (CBC)

Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series

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Best Writing in a Dramatic Program

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Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

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Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

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Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

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Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

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Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program

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

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

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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

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

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Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble)

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Best Performance in a Variety Program or Series

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Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

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

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Best Overall Broadcast Journalist (Gordon Sinclair Award)

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Best Reportage

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Best Host, Anchor or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series

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

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Best Sports Broadcaster

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Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

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  • Horst Zeidler - September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill (Rhombus Media)
  • Gilray Densham - George Fox: Time of My Life (CBC)
  • Gilray Densham - Kraft Dreams on Ice (Baton Broadcasting)
  • David A. Greene - Goodnight (Paulus Productions)
  • Mark Punga - Performance Impact! - Beverley Johnston, Solo Percussionist (CBC)

Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

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  • Rodney Charters - Flightpath – Bandage-One (Screenlife Productions)
  • Wayne Abbott - Fresh Paint: Birth of a Team (Northern Sky Entertainment)
  • Robert Brooks - Helen Lucas: Her Journey – Our Journey (Davey Productions)
  • Ihor Macijiwsky - Great Canadian Parks (Good Earth Productions)
  • Don Purser - Ebola: Inside an Outbreak (Associated Producers)
  • Karl Roeder - Forbidden Places: "Transgenesis" (Television Renaissance)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

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Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

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  • Reid Dennison - Jesus in Russia: An American Holy War (Associated Producers)
  • Wayne Anderson - The Sterilization of Leilani Muir (NFB)
  • Paul Hartley - Prisoner 88 (ARK Films)
  • Bruce Lange - Frontline - Murder on Abortion Row (PBS)
  • Ion Webster, Steve Weslak - Ebola: Inside an Outbreak (Associated Producers)

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

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  • Greg West - Lloyd Robertson in China (CTV)
  • Gary Akenhead - the fifth estate - Ratline to Canada (CBC)
  • Tony Cottrell, Dean Evans - Utopia Cafe (Season Two) - Passion (Utopia Cafe Productions/Heartland Motion Pictures/Platypus Productions/CBC Saskatoon)
  • Ross Lewchuk, Warren Young - Undercurrents - Dial Scanner for Murder/Not Watching tv/@jessica.com (CBC)
  • Ken MacNeil, George Saturnino - Fresh Paint: Birth of a Team (Northern Sky Entertainment)

Best Visual Effects

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Best Production Design or Art Direction

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Best Costume Design

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  • Ruth Secord - Under the Piano (Sullivan Entertainment)
  • Tulla Nixon - Net Worth (Morningstar Entertainment)
  • Ruth Secord - Road to Avonlea: The Final Season - Woman of Importance (Sullivan Entertainment)
  • Delphine White - Lives of Girls & Women (Paragon Entertainment)
  • Beverley Wowchuk - The War Between Us (Atlantis Films/Troika Productions)

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

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  • Barry Gilmore, Jeremy MacLaverty, Daniel Pellerin, Chaim Gilad, Keith Elliott - Under the Piano (Sullivan Entertainment)
  • Tom Bjelic, Ao Loo, Dale Sheldrake, Lou Solakofski, Orest Sushko - Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (J.M. Story)
  • David Evans, Mark Gingras, Leon Richard Johnson, John Sievert, John Douglas Smith, Lou Solakofski, Orest Sushko - Heck’s Way Home (Atlantis Films/Credo Entertainment)
  • Anke Bakker, Jacqueline Cristianini, Hans Fousek, Dean Giammarco, Bill Moore, Paul Sharpe - Little Criminals (CBC)
  • Louis Collin, Jérôme Décarie, Katherine Fitzgerald, Alain Roy, Raymond Vermette - The Whole of the Moon (Cinar Films)

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

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  • Keith Bonnell, Simon Bowers, Ron Searles - Music: A Family Tradition (CBC)
  • Rene Beaudry, Mike Farrington, Neal Gaudet, Allan Scarth - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Public Service Strike/Airbus Affair (Salter Street Films/CBC)
  • Simon Bowers, Ian Dunbar, Bruce Graham, Rance Nakamura, Dave Ripka - Juno Awards of 1996 (CBC/Insight Productions
  • Jim Longo, Kevan Staples - Buck Staghorn’s Animal Bites - Rainforest Bites (Keg Productions)
  • Simon Bowers, Peter Campbell, Jack Lenz - Buffy Sainte-Marie: Up Where We Belong (CBC)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

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  • Paul Durand, Eckardt Hellmich, David McCallum, Lou Solakofski, Jane Tattersall - Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story (Rhombus Media)
  • Alan Edwards - The National/CBC News - Harvesting the City: The Wonder of Garbage (CBC)
  • Keith Bonnell, Terence McKeown, Robert Salter - Pandora’s Double Helix: The Promise and Perils of DNA Research (Raincoast Storylines)
  • Brian Campbell, Gael MacLean, Terence McKeown - Whisky Man: Inside the Dynasty of Samuel Bronfman (Paperny Entertainment Films)
  • David Taylor - Witness - Wired for Sex (CBC)

Best Original Music Score for a Program

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Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

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Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

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  • Aaron Davis, John Lang - Ebola: Inside an Outbreak (Associated Producers)
  • Graeme Coleman - Whisky Man: Inside the Dynasty of Samuel Bronfman (Paperny Entertainment)
  • Robert Hart - Forbidden Places: "Unauthorized Access" (Television Renaissance)
  • Mark Korven - Summer in the Cherry Orchard (Orchard Productions)
  • Peter Mundinger - Fresh Paint: Birth of a Team (Northern Sky Entertainment)

Special Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Due South wins best drama Gemini". playbackonline.ca. Playback. Retrieved 18 May 2022.