14th Gemini Awards

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14th Gemini Awards
DateNovember 7, 1999
VenueMetro Toronto Convention Centre
Hosted byRick Mercer
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television
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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 14th Gemini Awards were held on November 7, 1999, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Rick Mercer, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.[1]

Awards

Best Dramatic Series

Best TV Movie or Miniseries

Best Comedy Program or Series

Best Music, Variety Program or Series

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

  • The Genius of Lenny Breau - Sleeping Giant Productions, Buffalo Gal Pictures. Producers: Jim Hanley, Phyllis Laing, Paul McConvey

Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary Program

Best Documentary Series

Best History, Biography Documentary Program

Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program

Best News Information Series

Best Newscast/News Special

  • The National/CBC News - Swissair Disaster. Producers: Kelly Crichton, Hedy Korbee, Fred Parker (CBC)
  • CTV National News - Crisis in Kosovo. Producer: Henry Kowalski (CTV)
  • CTV National News - Shooting at Columbine High. Producer: Henry Kowalski, Robert Hurst (CTV)
  • CTV National News - Swissair Flight 111. Producer: Henry Kowalski (CTV)
  • 'The National/CBC News - Town Hall: Canada At War. Producers: Fred Parker, Mark Bulgutch, Chris Waddell (CBC)

Best Talk, Information Program or Series

Best Lifestyle Information Series

Best Animated Program or Series or Short Animated Program

Best Preschool Program or Series

Best Children's or Youth Program or Series

Best Sports Program or Series

Best Live Sporting Event

Best Live Special Event Coverage

  • CBC Newsworld - Crash of Swissair 111 - CBC Newsworld. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Brian Dubreuil, Dan Leger
  • CBC Newsworld - Mandela and the Children - CBC Newsworld. Producers: Fred Parker, Mark Bulgutch, Chris Waddell
  • CTV News 1: Tragedy in Taber - CTV News Channel. Producer: Tom Haberstroh
  • CTV News Special Report: 1998 SCOC Ruling on Quebec Succession - CTV News. Producer: Tom Haberstroh, Robert Hurst
  • @discovery.ca - John Glenn: Mission of Discovery: Live Special - Discovery Channel. Producers: Alex Bystram, Paul Lewis, Deanna Kraus

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

Best Direction in a Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Direction in an Information Program or Series

  • Neil Docherty - the fifth estate - Bad Blood (CBC)
  • David Storey - Pet Project (Life Network)
  • Ramelle Mair, Serge Marcil, Sid Goldberg, Jean Louis Côté -
    Popular Mechanics For Kids
    (SDA Productions)
  • Michael Prini – Savoir Faire (Primevista Television)
  • Linda McEwan - The Health Show (CBC)

Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Paul Cowan, Irene Angelico, Howard Goldberg - The Cola Conquest - The Big Sell (DLI Productions)
  • Chris Mullington - Man Alive - Beyond Belief (CBC)
  • Monty Bassett - Life on the Vertical (Out Yonder Films)
  • Joseph Viszmeg - My Healing Journey: Seven Years with Cancer (NFB)
  • Nadine Pequeneza -
    The History Channel
    )
  • Alan Mendelsohn -
    The History Channel
    )

Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program

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

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

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Performance in a Preschool Program or Series

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

Best News Anchor

Best Reportage

Best Information Segment

Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Talk/General Information Program or Series

Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Sportscaster

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Visual Effects

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

  • Ralph Brunjes - Milgaard (Barna-Alper Productions/Bar Harbour Films/Marble Island Pictures)
  • Allan Lee - Da Vinci's Inquest (Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, CBC)
  • Dean Evans -
    Mind's Eye Entertainment
    )
  • Daria Ellerman - Stargate SG-1 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • André Corriveau - The Tale of Teeka (Galafilm/Triptych Media)

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Manfred Becker - Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (NFB, High Road Productions)
  • Giorgio Saturnino - The Bunny Years (Upfront Entertainment)
  • TVOntario
    )
  • Shelly Hamer - Baboon Tales (Tamarin Productions)
  • Dominique Champagne - Killer Cults
  • Hélène Girard - Chile, Obstinate Memory (NFB)

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

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Dramatic Program or Series

Best Costume Design

Best Achievement in Makeup

Best Overall Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Steven Gurman, Richard Betanzos, Cory Rizos - The War of 1812 - Or Leave Our Bones Upon Them (Galafilm)
  • James Ho Lim, Damian Kearns, Ian Challis - Life and Times - Lorne Greene (CBC)
  • George Brook, Andrew Huggett, Colin Savage Schlachta - North-West Mounted Police - The Great March (GAPC Entertainment)
  • Christopher T. Welch, Elma Bello, Alison Clark - The Nature of Things – Dead Heat (CBC)
  • Daniel Pellerin, Sue Conley, Keith Elliott, Gary Bruckner, Stephen Barden,
    TVOntario
    )

Best Sound Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Miniseries

  • Gaetan Gravel, Serge Laforest - Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft (Cine Qua Non Films)
  • Clode Hamelin - Big Bear (Telefilm Canada/Productions Télé-Action/Kanata Productions)
  • Jonathan Goldsmith - The Girl Next Door (FTM Productions/Shostak-Rossner Productions, World International Network)
  • Lou Pomanti - The Inventors' Specials - The Inventors' Specials: Edison: The Wizard of Light (Devine Entertainment)
  • John Welsman - Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye (Devine Entertainment)
  • Mark Korven - Win, Again! (CBC)

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

Special Awards

Citations

  1. ^ "Gemini winners, Nov 1999". playbackonline.ca. Playback. Retrieved 25 May 2022.