17th Gemini Awards

Summary

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 17th Gemini Awards were held on November 4, 2002, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Seán Cullen, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.[1][2]

17th Gemini Awards
DateNovember 4, 2002
VenueMetro Toronto Convention Centre
Hosted bySeán Cullen
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television
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Program awards edit

Best Dramatic Series edit

Best Dramatic Mini-series or TV Movie edit

Best Comedy Program or Series edit

Best Music, Variety Program or Series edit

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

Best Talk Series edit

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program edit

Best Documentary Series edit

Best History Documentary Program edit

Best Biography Documentary Program edit

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

  • The Secret World of Gardens: Frogs - Bullfrog Films. Producer: Susan Fleming
  • Bushmeat: The Slaughter of the Apes - Exploration Production. Producers: John Panikkar, Dawna Treibicz
  • The Cold Embrace - 90th Parallel Film and Television Productions. Producers: Gordon Henderson, Andrew Gregg
  • The Parkinson’s Enigma - Terra Nova Films. Producers: Terence McKeown, Bette Thompson
  • Touch: The Forgotten Sense - Max Films Télévision. Producers: Jean Lemire, Roger Frappier

Best News Information Series edit

Best News Magazine Segment edit

Best Newscast edit

Best News Special Event Coverage edit

Best Lifestyle or General Interest Series edit

  • Opening Soon - Red Apple Entertainment. Producers: Rachel Low, Tim O’Brien
  • Great Canadian Rivers - Good Earth Productions. Producers: Mitchell Azaria, Janice Dawe, Ihor Macijiwsky, Kristen Colle
  • My Messy Bedroom - Copy Zero. Producers: Matt Zimbel, Campbell Webster
  • SexTV - CHUM Television, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Marcia Martin, Pedro Orrego, Moses Znaimer
  • The Surgeons - Frantic Films. Producers: Stan Lipsey, Tim O’Brien, Daniela Battistella

Best Practical Information Series edit

Best Animated Program or Series edit

Best Pre-School Program or Series edit

Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series edit

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series edit

Best Sports Program or Series edit

Best Live Sporting Event edit

Direction awards edit

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series edit

Best Direction in an Information Program or Series edit

Best Direction in a Documentary Program edit

Best Direction in a Documentary Series edit

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series edit

Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series edit

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series edit

Writing awards edit

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series edit

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series edit

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series edit

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series edit

Performance awards edit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role edit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role edit

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

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

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

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

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series edit

Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series edit

Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series edit

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series edit

Best Performance in a Preschool Program or Series edit

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

Journalism awards edit

Best News Anchor edit

Best Reportage edit

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information, Talk, or Lifestyle/General Interest Program or Series edit

Best Host or Interviewer in a Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series edit

Best Sportscaster/Anchor edit

Craft awards edit

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series edit

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

  • Roger Vernon - Trio (Opera Films)
  • David Greene - Fire Dance
  • Steve Baird - The Guess Who: The Concert (CBC, Midcan Production Services, Saifer Entertainment, ViK. Recordings, YaYo Productions)
  • Robert Aschmann - The Overcoat (Principia Productions/Rhobus International)
  • Michael Powers - Music Works (CBC Television)

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series edit

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series edit

  • John Westheuser, Walter Corbett - Graveyard Shift - Night Crossings (White Pine Pictures)
  • Paul Nolan - Life and Times - The Donald Marshall Story (90th Parallel Productions/CBC)
  • Sylvaine Dufaux - Touch: The Forgotten Sense (Max Films Télévision)
  • Michael Grippo - Shinny: The Hockey in All of Us (NFB)
  • Marlon Paul - The Surgeons (Frantic Films)

Best Visual Effects edit

  • Tom Archer, Lee Wilson, Stephen Pepper, Simon van de Lagemaat, Winston Helgason, Lisa K. Sepp - Voyage of the Unicorn, Ep 1 (Bassett Productions/RHI Entertainment/RTL Group/Sextant Entertainment/UFA GmbH)
  • Tom Tennisco, Robert Biagi, Geoff Anderson, Jim Finn - Andromeda (Fireworks Entertainment/Tribune Entertainment/BLT Productions/Global/MBR Productions)
  • Steve D’Onofrio, Jeff Krebs, Stephen Roloff, Brian Lui, Ian Britton, Graham Cunningham, Ariel Joson, Derek Lang - Earth: Final Conflict (Atlantis Films)
  • Doug Campbell, Shannon Gurney, Brian Harder, James Tichenor, Tom Bryden, Michelle Comens, Kyle Yoneda, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate SG-1 - Enemies (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • Benoit Brière, Patrick Faille, Nathalie Girard, Balin Hewitt - Tales from the Neverending Story -The Resurrection (Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion, MGI Films, Medien Capital Treuhand, Muse Entertainment, Movie Factory Film)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series edit

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

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series edit

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series edit

  • Tharanga Ramanayake - Naked in the House: A Photographic Competition (Fashion Television)
  • Bonnie Devlin - Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture (Reel Myth Productions)
  • Sarah Bachinski - The Last Just Man (Barna-Alper Productions/Connections Productions/History Television)
  • John Gurdebeke - The Notorious Mrs. Armstrong (Buffalo Gal Pictures)
  • Manfred Becker - Thin Ice (NFB)

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

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

Best Costume Design edit

Best Achievement in Make-Up edit

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program edit

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series edit

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

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series edit

  • Dwayne Newman, Geoff Raffan - Canadian Geographic Presents: Immortals of the Arctic (Royal Canadian Geographical Society)
  • Harvey Hyslop - White Thunder (National Film Board of Canada/Factory Lane Productions)
  • Michael Nunan - After the Fall (Bell Media)
  • Brent Marchenski, Mario Loubert, Ewan Deane, Marc Benoit - Love and Duty: Canadian Red Cross Women in WWII (Infinity Films)

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series edit

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series edit

Special Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ Tillson, Tamsen (24 September 2002). "Canada Sweeps Geminis". variety.com. Variety. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ^ "And the Gemini winners are…Nov 2002". playbackonline.ca. Playback. Retrieved 12 June 2022.