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, and included live musical performances by Jim Cuddy, Deborah Cox and City and Colour.[1]

Nominations were announced on August 3.[2][3][4] As with most Gemini Awards ceremonies, awards in less prominent categories were presented in a series of advance events over the week leading up to September 7, with only the most prominent categories presented at the televised ceremony.

These were the last Gemini Awards given before the establishment of the Canadian Screen Awards, replacing the Geminis.

Awards

Special awards

Programs
Drama series Comedy series
Animated program or series Documentary program
  • Africa on the Move[5]
  • 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
Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie History Documentary Program or Series
  • 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
Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series Pre-School Program or Series
Reality/Competition Program or Series Talk program or series
Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award)
  • The Nature of Things: "Code Breakers" — Niobe Thompson, Tom Radford[9]
  • Acquainted With the Night — Judy Holm, Michael McNamara
  • For the Love of Elephants — Rod Ruel, Lynn Booth
  • Last Day of the Dinosaurs — Alan Handel, Tim Goodchild, Richard Dale
  • X-Cars — Kelly McClughan, Sue Ridout
Performing arts program or series
  • National Parks Project — Ryan J. Noth, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison[7]
  • 12 Takes — John Bolton, Murray Battle
  • The Instrument Bank — Ari A. Cohen
  • Listen to This — Howard Fraiberg
  • Star Portraits — Andrea Nemtin, Ian Dunbar

Actors
Lead actor, drama Lead actress, drama
Lead actor, comedy Lead actress, comedy
Lead actor, television film or miniseries Lead actress, television film or miniseries
Supporting actor, drama Supporting actress, drama
Supporting or guest actor, comedy Supporting or guest actress, comedy
Supporting actor, television film or miniseries Supporting actress, television film or miniseries
Guest actor, drama Guest actress, drama
Performance in a children's or youth program or series Performance in an animated program or series
Performance in a Stand-Up/Sketch Comedy Program or Series Ensemble performance in a comedy program or series
Performance or host in a variety program or series Host in a children's, preschool or youth program or series
Performance in a performing arts program or series

News and information
News special News reportage, local
News reportage, national News anchor
Newscast, major market and national Local newscast, small market
Host or interviewer, news or information program or series Host or interviewer, human interest or talk program
Direction in a news or information program or series News or information segment
  • Oleh J. Rumak, The Fifth Estate: "Above Suspicion"[5]
  • Mike Beley, Oil Change: "Team"
  • Kathleen Coughlin, Marketplace: "Clean Water, Dirty Tricks"
  • Shelley Saywell, The Nanny Business
  • Litsa Sourtzis, Marketplace: "Superbugs in the Supermarket"
News information series Lifestyle/practical information segment
  • Laurie Few, Brennan Leffler, Mary Garofalo and Ron Waksman, 16×9: "Electronic Pickpocket"
  • Chris Mullington, Creative Block: "Tick Tock Tom"
  • Leonardo Palleja and Farhan Ahmad, Connect with Mark Kelley: "Search for a Huntington's Cure"

Sports
Live sporting event coverage Sports reporting
Sports host Sports analyst
Sports play by play Sports anchor
Direction in a live sporting event

Craft awards
Editorial research Visual research
  • Jane Burgess, Andrew Easterbrook and Jonathan Woodward, The Pig Farm[7]
  • Jackie Carlos, Karine Guillemette and David Wells, Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse
  • Rebecca Snow, Museum Secrets
  • Richard Longley, Save My Lake
  • Gil Shochat and Michael Drapack, The Fifth Estate
  • Sonja Carr and Benoît Michaud, Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse - The Men Who Crashed the World
  • Lynette Fortune and Leslie Morrison, The Fifth Estate: "You Should Have Stayed at Home"
  • Maureen Grant, Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories
  • Kathleen McKenna and Elspeth Domville, Storming Juno
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 an information program or series
Photography in a variety or performing arts program or series Visual effects
  • Bret Culp, Bob Munroe, Maria Gordon, Luke Groves, Bill Halliday, Ian MacLeod, Martin Tori, Paul Waggoner and Patrik Witzmann, The Tudors
  • Luke Groves, Bill Halliday, Bob Munroe, Doug Campbell and Seth Martiniuk, The Borgias
  • Catherine Hébert, Jonathan Laborde, Benoît Brière, Philippe Sylvain, Raphaël Hubert, Marie-Eve Bedard-Tremblay, Carl Gagnon, Jean-Francois Lafleur, Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput and Mario Rachiele, Being Human
  • Les Quinn, Lionel Lim, Sébastien Bergeron, Stephen Kelloway, Lee Wilson, Matt Belbin, Brian Burritt, Lisa Sepp-Wilson, Andrew Bain and Mark Lasoff, Sanctuary
  • Luke Vallee, Mark Savela, James Rorick, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Krista McLean, Adam de Bosch Kemper, Kodie Mackenzie, Jamie Kawano, Michael Lowes and Wes Sargent, Stargate Universe
Editing in a comedy program or series Editing in a dramatic program or series
  • Sylvain Lebel, Faker$
  • Christopher Donaldson, Flashpoint: "Acceptable Risk"
  • Lisa Grootenboer, The Borgias: "The Art of War"
  • Lara Mazur, Flashpoint: "Jumping at Shadows"
  • Simon Webb, Being Human: "The End of the World as We Knew It"
Editing in an information program or series Editing in a documentary program or series
  • Clark Masters and Richard Rotter, Best. Trip. Ever.
  • Michael Ellis, Robert Lawrenson and Franco Pante, Village on a Diet: "Small Town, Big Problem"
  • Jesse James Miller, Mantracker: "Dylan & Travis"
  • Paul Smart and Wes Belair, Oil Change: "Changes"
  • Jonathan Wong, 16×9: "Eye on the Prize"
  • Sally Blake and Avril Jacobson, Peep Culture[5]
  • David Kazala, Dish: Women, Waitressing & The Art of Service
  • David Kazala, The Real M*A*S*H
  • Deborah Palloway, Mom's Home
  • Roland Schlimme and Roderick Deogrades, Acquainted With the Night
Production design/art direction in a fiction program or series Production design/art direction in a non-fiction program or series
Sound in a drama series Sound in a drama program
  • Glen Gauthier, Tom Bjelic, Christian T. Cooke, Steve Moore and John Douglas Smith, Being Erica: "Bear Breast"
  • Peter Clements, Lori Clarke, Harvey Hyslop, Mark Shnuriwsky, Paul Steffler, Andrew Tay and Scott Yates, Republic of Doyle: "Something Old, Something New"
  • Kevin Howard, Rob Hegedus, Richard Calistan, Kevin Banks, Steve Foster, Paul Shubat, Ron Osiowy and Sid Lieberman, Heartland: "Jackpot"
  • Janice Ierulli, Michael Baskerville, Sue Conley, John Dykstra, Steve Hammond, Joe Mancuso, Mark Shnuriwsky and Zenon Waschuk, Flashpoint: "Jumping at Shadows"
  • Steve Moore, Alex Bullick, Yann Cleary, Christian T. Cooke, Andrea Higgins, Jill Purdy and Marilee Yorston, Durham County: "Family Day"
  • Jane Tattersall, Daniel Birch, Yuri Gorbachow, Jack Heeren, Martin Lee, Kirk Lynds, Dale Sheldrake and Don White, The Tudors: "Death of a Monarchy"
  • Marcel Pothier, Christian Rivest, Dominik Pagacz, Guy Pelletier, Antoine Morin, Tom Trafalski and Guy Francoeur, The Pillars of the Earth: "The Work of Angels"
  • Sylvain Arseneault, Kevin Banks, Kathy Choi, Steve Hammond, Martin Lee, Ian Rankin and Jane Tattersall, The Nativity
  • Robert Fletcher, Michael Baskerville, John Dykstra, Danielle McBride, Dan Sexton and Virginia Storey, Degrassi Takes Manhattan
  • Frank Morrone, Stephen Traub, Mark Gingras, Henry Embry, Jill Purdy, Marilee Yorston, Katie Halliday and John Laing, The Kennedys
Sound in a non-fiction program or series Sound in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series
  • Fred Brennan, Rob Bertola, Stefan Fraticelli, Matthew Harrold, Allen Ormerod and Jane Porter, Call Me Fitz: "Pilot"
  • Roberto Capretta, Kevin Bonnici, Melissa Glidden, Edwin Janzen and Tim O'Connell, Bolts and Blip: "Robots Don't Dream, Part 1"
  • Peter Lopata, Dominique Chartrand, David Gertsman, Paul Hubert, Éric Ladouceur and Francois Maurice, 18 to Life: "Family Portait"
  • Johnny Ludgate, Ewan Deane, Steffan Andrews, Patrick Haskill and Gordon Sproule, The League of Super Evil: "Ant-archy"
  • Anthony Montano, Steven Budd and Phil Hay, At the Concert Hall: Broken Social Scene
Casting Main title design

Directing
Children's or youth Comedy
  • Pat Williams, Degrassi: "All Falls Down, Part 2"[6]
  • Phil Earnshaw, Degrassi: "My Body Is a Cage, Part 2"
  • William Gordon, Pirates, Adventures in Art: "Yo Ho Shadow"
  • J. J. Johnson, Dino Dan: "Where the Dinosaurs Are"
  • Mitchell Ness, Wingin' It: "Hold the Dressing"
Documentary or factual series Documentary program
  • P.J. Naworynski, Nazi Hunters: "Erich Priebke"
  • Michel Philibert, Africa on the Move: "The Power of Song"
  • Michael Allder, Geologic Journey: "The Pacific Rim: Americas"
  • Abhish S. Birla, Maamuitaau (Let's Get Together): "Song of the River"
  • Joe Wiecha, Trashopolis: "Rome"
  • Michael McNamara, Acquainted With the Night[5]
  • 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
Lifestyle program or mini–series Performing arts program or series
  • 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: "Episode 5"
  • Nadine Schwartz, Enraged
  • Ihor Macijiwsky, Mantracker: "Jason & Clayton"
  • D'Arcy Butler, Revamped: "Episode 10"
Animated program or series

Music
Fiction program or series Miniseries or television film
Documentary program or series Lifestyle or information program or series
Animated program or series

Writing
Children's or youth Comedy
Documentary Dramatic program or miniseries
Drama series Information program or series

Digital media
Original Program or Series, Non-Fiction Cross-Platform Project, Children's
Cross-Platform Project, Fiction Cross-Platform Project, Non-Fiction
  • James Milward, Noora Abu Eitah, Steve Miller, Ryan Andal and Pietro Gagliano, Storming Juno Interactive
  • Gary Graves, Chris Carter, Andrew Davidson, Kim Fox and Robert Sheppard, CBC News Canada Votes 2011
  • Gordon Henderson, Shawn Bailey, Bob Culbert, Andrew Gregg and Kate Viner, We Will Remember Them - Digital
  • Robert Lang and David Oppenheim, Museum Secrets - Digital
  • Paul McGrath and Lisa Fender, Live Right Now
  • Ryan J. Noth, Luke Canning, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison and Matthew Quinn, National Parks Project Interactive

References
  1. "Jim Cuddy, City and Colour, Deborah Cox to perform at Gemini Awards: Jim Cuddy, City and Colour to sing at Geminis". Canadian Press, September 1, 2011.
  2. "New series scoop Gemini nominations". CBC News, August 3, 2011.
  3. "Nominee List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  4. "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.
  5. "CBC wins geminis for News, Documentary and Sports programming". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, August 31, 2011.
  6. Bill Brioux, "Blades, Degrassi, Pillars take Geminis: The Kennedys, Borgias Tudors, Flashpoint and Call Me Fitz fared well". Toronto Star, September 1, 2011.
  7. "Cinema academy dishes out 52 Gemini awards". Windsor Star, September 1, 2011.
  8. "Stroumboulopoulos, Friesen among early Gemini winners". Prince George Citizen, September 1, 2011.
  9. Fish Griwkowsky, "Locally produced doc wins two Geminis". Edmonton Journal, September 1, 2011.
  10. Cassandra Szklarski, "'Call Me Fitz' racks up leading six wins in advance of Gemini Awards". Sherbrooke Record, September 2, 2011.
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