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's 13th Gemini Awards were held on October 4, 1998, to honour achievements in
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. (This year's awards were split into two segments; the first 1998 ceremony was held on March 1 and was named the
12th Gemini Awards The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 12th Gemini Awards were held on March 1, 1998, to honour achievements in Canadian television. There were two awards ceremonies in 1998; the 13th was held on October 4, 1998. The 12th awards ceremony ...
). The awards show, which was hosted by Ronnie Edwards and Kenny Robinson, took place at the
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and was broadcast on CBC Television.


Best Dramatic Series

* '' Traders'' Season III - Atlantis Films. Producers: Alyson Feltes,
Hart Hanson Hart Hanson (born July 26, 1957) is an American-born television writer and producer, as well as an author. His family moved to Canada when he was a child. He received a B.A. from the University of Toronto and a MFA from the University of Britis ...
, Sandie Pereira * ''
Cold Squad ''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick ( Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Pol ...
'' - Keatley MacLeod Productions, Atlantis Films. Producers: Julia Keatley, Philip Keatley, Anne Marie LaTraverse, Matt MacLeod,
Seaton McLean Seaton McLean is a Canadian film and television producer. He co-founded Atlantis Films. He oversaw all production activity for the Atlantis Films Limited, producing television series like ''White Fang'', ''Traders'', '' Earth: Final Conflict'' ...
* '' Due South'' -
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
. Producers:
Paul Gross Paul Michael Gross OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer, and musician born in Calgary, Alberta. Gross is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the popular Canadian television series ''Due So ...
, Robert B. Carney, Frank Siracusa * ''
Emily of New Moon ''Emily of New Moon'' is the first in a series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery about an orphan girl growing up on Prince Edward Island. Montgomery is also the author of ''Anne of Green Gables'' series. It was first published in 1923. Plot sum ...
'' -
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
,
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
. Producers:
Micheline Charest Micheline Charest (16 March 1953 – 14 April 2004) was a British-born Canadian television producer and founder and former co-chairman of CINAR (later Cookie Jar Entertainment). In 1997, Charest was ranked 19th in ''The Hollywood Reporters lis ...
,
Michael Donovan Michael Donovan is a Canadian voice actor and director known for his roles as Suikotsu in ''Inuyasha'' and Zoken Mato in ''Fate/stay night''. He has also directed many animated series and feature films. Roles Animation * ''3-2-1 Penguins!''K ...
, Marlene Matthews,
Ronald A. Weinberg Ronald Andrew Weinberg (born 1952) is an American-born Canadian fraudster and former television producer and businessman best known as the co-founder of the CINAR animation studio (later to be known as Cookie Jar Group, now renamed as WildBrain) ...
* '' Once A Thief'' -
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
. Producers: William Laurin,
Terence Chang Terence Chang Chia-Chen () is a Hong Kong and American film producer. Career Chang is one of John Woo's long time friends and favoured producers. Chang produced the 1997 action hit ''Face/Off'' and '' Mission: Impossible 2''. Following the box- ...
, Glenn Davis, Wendy Grean,
John Woo John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (; born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly-influential figure in the action film genre. He was a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films (a crime action film genre involving Chinese triads) and the gun ...


Best Short Dramatic Program

* ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- Suite 4: Sarabande'' -
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
. Producers:
Niv Fichman Niv Fichman ( he, ניב פיכמן; born 1958) is an Israeli-Canadian film producer, actor and director. Some of the films he has produced include '' Passchendaele'', ''Blindness'', ''Silk'', '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', '' The Red Viol ...
, Rudy Buttignol * ''Eb & Flo'' -
Creative Atlantic Communications Creative Atlantic Communications is a Canadian television production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History Creative Atlantic was established in 1989 by Greg Jones and Janice Evans, initially creating advertising and corporate communicati ...
. Producers: Carolynne Bell,
Sheri Elwood Sheri Elwood is a Canadian screenwriter/director working in film and television, best known as creator of the series ''Call Me Fitz'' starring Jason Priestley Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian actor and television ...
, Janice Evans, Greg Jones * ''Eyes of a Cowboy'' - Eyes of A Cowboy Productions. Producers: Peter Graham, Jana Veverka


Best TV Movie or Mini-Series

* ''
The Sleep Room ''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
'' -
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
, Bernard Zukerman Productions,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers: Bernard Zukerman,
Micheline Charest Micheline Charest (16 March 1953 – 14 April 2004) was a British-born Canadian television producer and founder and former co-chairman of CINAR (later Cookie Jar Entertainment). In 1997, Charest was ranked 19th in ''The Hollywood Reporters lis ...
,
Ronald A. Weinberg Ronald Andrew Weinberg (born 1952) is an American-born Canadian fraudster and former television producer and businessman best known as the co-founder of the CINAR animation studio (later to be known as Cookie Jar Group, now renamed as WildBrain) ...
* '' Borrowed Hearts'' - Atlantis Films. Producers: Peter Sussman, Gary Delfiner,
Roma Downey Roma Burnett (née Downey) is an actress, producer, and author from Derry, Northern Ireland. She produced the mini-series ''The Bible'' for the History Channel and also appeared in it as Mary, mother of Jesus. For nine seasons she played Moni ...
, Ed Gernon, Mary Kahn * ''
Pit Pony A pit pony, otherwise known as a mining horse, was a horse, pony or mule commonly used underground in mines from the mid-18th until the mid-20th century. The term "pony" was sometimes broadly applied to any equine working underground.English ...
'' - Cochran Entertainment. Producer: Andrew Cochran * ''Platinum'' - Prisma Productions. Producers: Claude Godbout, Joanne Forgues, Madeleine Henrie * ''White Lies'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producer:
Phil Savath Phil Savath (December 28, 1946 - November 3, 2004) was an American-born Canadian film and television writer and producer. He was most noted as a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Screenplay, with nominations for Original Screenplay at the 4th ...


Best Music, Variety Program or Series

* ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- Six Gestures'' -
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
. Producers:
Niv Fichman Niv Fichman ( he, ניב פיכמן; born 1958) is an Israeli-Canadian film producer, actor and director. Some of the films he has produced include '' Passchendaele'', ''Blindness'', ''Silk'', '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', '' The Red Viol ...
, Rudy Buttignol * ''Rita MacNeil, Rita MacNeil's Celtic Celebration'' - CTV Television Network, Lupins Productions. Producers: Sandra Faire, Trisa Dayot * ''The Canadian Brass: A Christmas Experiment'' -
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
, The Canadian Brass. Producers: Daniel Iron, Barbara Willis Sweete * ''Terri Clark, Terri Clark: Coming Home'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers: Steve Glassman, Michael Watt * ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes New Years Eve'' -
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers:
Michael Donovan Michael Donovan is a Canadian voice actor and director known for his roles as Suikotsu in ''Inuyasha'' and Zoken Mato in ''Fate/stay night''. He has also directed many animated series and feature films. Roles Animation * ''3-2-1 Penguins!''K ...
, Geoff D’Eon, Andrew McInnes, Jack Kellum, Gerald Lunz


Best Comedy Program or Series

* ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' -
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers:
Michael Donovan Michael Donovan is a Canadian voice actor and director known for his roles as Suikotsu in ''Inuyasha'' and Zoken Mato in ''Fate/stay night''. He has also directed many animated series and feature films. Roles Animation * ''3-2-1 Penguins!''K ...
, Geoff D’Eon, Jack Kellum, Gerald Lunz, Andrew McInnes * ''The Dish Show'' - Raybert Productions, BBS Productions. Producer: Martha Kehoe * ''More Tears'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers: Ken Finkleman, Jan Peter Meyboom * ''The Red Green Show VII'' - Red Green Productions. Producer: Steve Smith (comedian), Steve Smith * ''Twitch City'' - Shadow Shows, Accent Entertainment,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers: Susan Cavan, Bruce McDonald (director), Bruce McDonald


Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary Program

* ''Gerrie & Louise'' - Blackstock Pictures, Eurasia Motion Pictures,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers: Sturla Gunnarsson, Phyllis Brown, David York * ''Confessions of a Rabid Dog'' - Sienna Films, National Film Board of Canada, TVOntario. Producers: Julia Sereny, Rudy Buttignol, Gerry Flahive * ''Dad'' - Partners in Motion, VisionTV, Citytv Saskatchewan, SCN. Producer: Chris Triffo * ''Some Kind of Arrangement'' - Sondhi Productions, National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Geeta Sondhi * ''Witness (TV series), Witness - Between Here and Heaven'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers: Wayne Abbott, Andrew Gregg


Best Documentary Series

* ''The Nature of Things With David Suzuki'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers: Michael Allder, Michael Bennett * ''It Seems Like Yesterday'' - Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Ira Levy, Peter Williamson * ''Life and Times (TV series), Life and Times'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers: Susan Dando, Mark Starowicz * ''Rainmakers'' - Adobe Productions. Producers: Robbie Hart, Luc Côté * ''The View from Here (TV series), The View from Here'' - TVOntario. Producer: Rudy Buttignol * ''VisionVoices'' - VisionTV. Producer: Peter Flemington


Best Science, Technology, Nature and Environment Documentary Program

* ''Before Their Time'' - TVOntario, Discovery Channel. Producers: David Way, Rudy Buttignol, Steven Manuel * ''Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve'' - Good Earth Productions, Discovery Channel. Producer: Mitch Azaria * ''The Monarch - A Butterfly Beyond Borders'' - Asterisk Productions. Producers: David Springbett, Heather MacAndrew * ''Superbugs'' - 90th Parallel Film & Television Productions. Producer: Gordon Henderson (filmmaker), Gordon Henderson * ''Witness (TV series), Witness - Quake Hunters'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producer: Terence McKeown


Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program

* ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- Falling Down Stairs'' -
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
. Producers:
Niv Fichman Niv Fichman ( he, ניב פיכמן; born 1958) is an Israeli-Canadian film producer, actor and director. Some of the films he has produced include '' Passchendaele'', ''Blindness'', ''Silk'', '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', '' The Red Viol ...
, Rudy Buttignol * ''Adrienne Clarkson Presents'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producer: Adrienne Clarkson * ''Asahi: The Toronto Tabla Ensemble'' - Paulus Productions. Producers: Daniel Hill, Robert Jeffrey, Paul Russell * ''Life and Times (TV series), Life and Times - Glenn Gould Shadow Genius'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producer: David Langer * ''Toller Cranston: A Tribute'' - Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby * ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- The Sound of the Carceri'' -
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
. Producers:
Niv Fichman Niv Fichman ( he, ניב פיכמן; born 1958) is an Israeli-Canadian film producer, actor and director. Some of the films he has produced include '' Passchendaele'', ''Blindness'', ''Silk'', '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', '' The Red Viol ...
, Rudy Buttignol


Best Information Program or Series

* ''Undercurrents (TV series), Undercurrents'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers: F.M. Morrison, Pam Bertrand * ''@discovery.ca, Daily Planet (TV series)'' - Discovery Channel. Producer: Paul Lewis * ''The Health Show'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producer: Sophia Hadzipetros * ''The Lead'' - CBC News Network, CBC Newsworld. Producers: Jay Mowat, David Nayman * ''Marketplace (Canadian TV program), Marketplace'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producer: Paul Harrington * ''Pacific Rim Report'' - CBC News Network, CBC Newsworld. Producers: Eric Rankin, Jay Mowat


Best Lifestyle Information Series

* ''Future World'' - CBC News Network, CBC Newsworld. Producers: Alice Hopton, Andrew Johnson, Maria Mironowicz * ''Big Life With Daniel Richler'' - CBC News Network, CBC Newsworld. Producers: Maria Mironowicz, Daniel Richler, Cindy Witten * ''Fashion File'' - CBC News Network, CBC Newsworld, Toronto Life Fashion Magazine. Producers: Debbie Gibson, Maria Mironowicz * ''Flightpath II'' - Screenlife Productions. Producers: Michael Maclear, Mike Feheley * ''Moving On'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producer: Shafik Obrai


Best Animated Program or Series

* ''Sam & Max'' - Nelvana. Producers: Patrick Loubert, Gwenn Saunders Eckel, Michael Hirsh (producer), Michael Hirsh, Stephen Hodgins, Robert Ross, Clive A. Smith, J.D. Smith * ''Arthur (TV series), Arthur'' -
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
. Producers:
Micheline Charest Micheline Charest (16 March 1953 – 14 April 2004) was a British-born Canadian television producer and founder and former co-chairman of CINAR (later Cookie Jar Entertainment). In 1997, Charest was ranked 19th in ''The Hollywood Reporters lis ...
, Cassandra Schafhausen,
Ronald A. Weinberg Ronald Andrew Weinberg (born 1952) is an American-born Canadian fraudster and former television producer and businessman best known as the co-founder of the CINAR animation studio (later to be known as Cookie Jar Group, now renamed as WildBrain) ...
* ''Ned's Newt'' - Producers: Patrick Loubert, Patricia Burns, Vince Commisso, Michael Hirsh (producer), Michael Hirsh, Stephen Hodgins, Andy Knight, Clive A. Smith, Peter Völkle (Nelvana, TV-Loonland AG, TMO Film GmbH) * ''ReBoot'' - Mainframe Entertainment, Mainframe Studios,
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
, YTV (Canadian TV channel), YTV. Producers: Christopher Brough, Ian Pearson * ''Stickin' Around'' - Nelvana. Producers: Patrick Loubert, Patricia Burns, Vince Commisso, Michael Hirsh (producer), Michael Hirsh, Stephen Hodgins, Clive A. Smith


Best Preschool Program or Series

* ''Theodore Tugboat'' - Cochran Entertainment. Producer: Andrew Cochran * ''Franklin (TV series), Franklin'' - Nelvana, Neurones. Producers: Patrick Loubert, Patricia Burns, Paul Hannequart, Michael Hirsh (producer), Michael Hirsh, Stephen Hodgins, Marc Minjauw, Clive A. Smith * ''Guess What?'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producer: Susan Sheehan * ''Once Upon A Hamster'' - Hammytime III Productions, YTV (Canadian TV channel), YTV. Producer: Paul Sutherland (TV producer), Paul Sutherland * ''Wimzie's House'' -
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
. Producers:
Micheline Charest Micheline Charest (16 March 1953 – 14 April 2004) was a British-born Canadian television producer and founder and former co-chairman of CINAR (later Cookie Jar Entertainment). In 1997, Charest was ranked 19th in ''The Hollywood Reporters lis ...
, Patricia Lavoie,
Ronald A. Weinberg Ronald Andrew Weinberg (born 1952) is an American-born Canadian fraudster and former television producer and businessman best known as the co-founder of the CINAR animation studio (later to be known as Cookie Jar Group, now renamed as WildBrain) ...


Best Children's or Youth Program or Series

* ''Ready or Not (Canadian TV series), Ready or Not'' - Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Moira Holmes * ''The Adventures of Shirley Holmes'' - Credo Entertainment, Forefront Entertainment. Producers: Kim Todd, Helena Cynamon, Derek Mazur * ''Incredible Story Studios'' - Mind's Eye Entertainment. Producers: Kevin DeWalt, Virginia Thompson * ''Popular Mechanics For Kids'' - SDA Productions. Producers: Jonathan Finkelstein, Michel C. Lavoie, Andre Picard * ''Straight Up'' -
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
, Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Eric Norlen, Christine Shipton * ''Street Cents'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producer: Barbara Kennedy


Best Sports Program or Series

* ''Sports Journal'' - CBC News Network, CBC Newsworld. Producers: Ken Dodd, Jay Mowat, Terry Walker * ''The Boys Who Loved Hockey'' - Independent Moving Pictures,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
(Saskatchewan, Manitoba). Producers: Lori Kuffner, Gail Tilson * ''Life and Times (TV series), Life and Times - The Crazy Canucks'' - Summerhill Entertainment. Producers: John LaRose, Bill Johnston, Ron Lillie * ''September 1972'' - TV Eye Entertainment. Producers: Ian Davey, Robert MacAskill * ''Life and Times (TV series), Life and Times - Villeneuve: A Legend, A Champion'' - M.D.F. Productions. Producer: Peter Gentile


Best Live Sporting Event

* ''The 18th Olympic Winter Games'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
. Producers: Doug Sellars, Joel Darling, Terry Ludwick * ''NBA on CTV - Chicago Bulls at Toronto Raptors'' - CTV Television Network. Producers: Scott Moore (television executive), Scott Moore, Michael Lansbury, Jeffrey Mather, John McLarty, Laura Mellanby


Best Special Event Coverage

* ''CBC Newsworld - Diana, Princess Of Wales'' - CBC News Network, CBC Newsworld. Producers: Chris Waddell, Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker * ''CBC News Network, CBC Newsworld'' - CBC News Network, CBC Newsworld - ''The Storm Of ’98''. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker, Bob Weiers * ''Newswatch''/CBC News Montreal - Ice Storm '98'' -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
Montreal. Producer: Tony Ross


Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

* Anne Wheeler - ''
The Sleep Room ''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
'' (
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
/Bernard Zukerman Productions) * Atom Egoyan - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- Sarabande'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
) * Ted Kotcheff - '' Borrowed Hearts'' (Atlantis Films) * Bruce McDonald (director), Bruce McDonald - ''Platinum'' (Prisma Productions) * Eric Till - ''
Pit Pony A pit pony, otherwise known as a mining horse, was a horse, pony or mule commonly used underground in mines from the mid-18th until the mid-20th century. The term "pony" was sometimes broadly applied to any equine working underground.English ...
'' (Cochran Entertainment) * Brad Turner (director), Brad Turner - ''Major Crime'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
)


Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

* Jerry Ciccoritti - ''Straight Up - Raw'' (Alliance Films/Back Alley Film Productions) * George Bloomfield - '' Due South - Dead Guy Running'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
) * Alan Simmonds - ''Black Harbour - The Legacy'' (Fogbound Films/Topsail Entertainment) * Stacey Stewart Curtis - ''Black Harbour - Devil and the Deep Blue Sea'' (Fogbound Films/Topsail Entertainment) * Anne Wheeler - ''
Cold Squad ''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick ( Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Pol ...
- Rita Brice'' (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Atlantis Films)


Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

* Henry Sarwer-Foner - ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * François Girard - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- The Sound of the Carceri'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
) * Robert Sherrin - ''Adrienne Clarkson Presents: 2 Pianos, 4 Hands'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Barbara Willis Sweete - ''The Canadian Brass: A Christmas Experiment'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
/The Canadian Brass) * Barbara Willis Sweete - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- Falling Down Stairs'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
)


Best Direction in an Information Program or Series

* Morris Karp - ''The Fifth Estate (TV program), the fifth estate - John/Joan'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Jean-Louis Cote, Sydney Goldberg, Serge Marcil - ''Popular Mechanics For Kids - Food Production'' (SDA Productions) * Rachel Low - ''Flightpath II - Hurricane Hunters'' (Screenlife Productions) * Roxana Spicer - ''Marketplace (Canadian TV program), Marketplace - Fake Cigars'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Don Young - ''Travels With Mom - The Maine Show'' (Almadon Productions)


Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series

* Chris Triffo - ''Dad'' (Partners in Motion) * Sturla Gunnarsson - ''Gerrie & Louise'' (Blackstock Pictures/Eurasia Motion Pictures/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * David Langer - ''Life and Times (TV series), Life and Times - Glenn Gould Shadow Genius'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Kevin McMahon - ''Intelligence'' (Primitive Features/National Film Board of Canada, NFB/TVOntario) * Larry Weinstein - ''Hong Kong Symphony: Heaven-Earth-Mankind'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
)


Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

* Bruce McDonald (director), Bruce McDonald - ''Twitch City - Killed By Cat Food'' (Shadow Shows/Accent Entertainment/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Ken Finkleman - ''More Tears - Symbols'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Ken Hegan - ''William Shatner Lent Me His Hairpiece (an untrue story)'' (Voice of Treason Productions) * Alan Resnick - ''Jest In Time For Halloween'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Perry Rosemond - ''1997 Year Of The Farce, Royal Canadian Air Farce, Air Farce Live'' (Air Farce Productions/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

* Heather Conkie - ''
Pit Pony A pit pony, otherwise known as a mining horse, was a horse, pony or mule commonly used underground in mines from the mid-18th until the mid-20th century. The term "pony" was sometimes broadly applied to any equine working underground.English ...
'' (Cochran Entertainment) * Clement Virgo, Cameron Bailey - ''The Planet of Junior Brown'' (The Film Works) * Peter David Lauterman - ''This Matter of Marriage'' (Alliance Films/Atlantic Mediaworks) * Steve Lucas - ''Major Crime'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Bruce M. Smith - ''
The Sleep Room ''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
'' (
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
/Bernard Zukerman Productions/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

*
Paul Gross Paul Michael Gross OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer, and musician born in Calgary, Alberta. Gross is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the popular Canadian television series ''Due So ...
, Robert B. Carney, John Krizanc - '' Due South - Mountie on the Bounty - Part 2'' (Alliance Films) *
Paul Gross Paul Michael Gross OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer, and musician born in Calgary, Alberta. Gross is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the popular Canadian television series ''Due So ...
- '' Due South - Burning Down the House'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
) * Julie Lacey - '' Due South - Dead Guy Running'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
) *
Paul Gross Paul Michael Gross OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer, and musician born in Calgary, Alberta. Gross is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the popular Canadian television series ''Due So ...
, Robert B. Carney, John Krizanc - '' Due South - Mountie on the Bounty - Part 1'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
) * Marlene Matthews - ''Emily of New Moon (TV series), Emily of New Moon - The Eye of Heaven'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
)


Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

* Cathy Jones, Mark Farrell (comedian), Mark Farrell, Chris Finn, Edward Kay (writer), Edward Kay , Rick Mercer, Tim Steeves, Greg Thomey, Mary Walsh (actress), Mary Walsh - ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 22'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Steve Smith (comedian), Steve Smith, Bob Bainborough, Rick Green (comedian), Rick Green, Mark Farrell (comedian), Mark Farrell, Peter Wildman - ''The Red Green Show, The New Red Green Show - The Movie'' (Red Green Productions) * Ken Finkleman - ''More Tears - Symbols'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Kenny Robinson, Joe Bodolai, Ronnie Edwards, Lou Eisen, Clifton Joseph, Jean Paul, Satori Shakoor - ''Thick and Thin'' (Catalyst Entertainment/Quality Shows/McCartney International)) * Don McKellar - ''Twitch City - My Pet, My Hero'' (Shadow Shows/Accent Entertainment/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

* Clifton Joseph - ''Undercurrents (TV series), Undercurrents - Dead Celebrities'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Carol Off - ''The National/CBC News ‘’Suharto’s Year of Living Dangerously'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Francine Pelletier (journalist), Francine Pelletier - ''The Fifth Estate (TV program), the fifth estate - Moral Authority'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Joe Schlesinger - ''The National/CBC News - Refugees From Democracy'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Joe Schlesinger - ''Schlesinger - Population Implosion'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Brian Stewart (journalist), Brian Stewart - ''The National/CBC News - Lost Frontier'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

* Steven Silver (film director) , Steven Silver, Barry Stevens (filmmaker) , Barry Stevens - ''Gerrie & Louise'' (Blackstock Pictures/Eurasia Motion Pictures/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Martha Butterfield - ''Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer'' (Butterfield/Bernard Zukerman Productions) * Andrew Gregg, Bill Cameron (journalist), Bill Cameron - ''Witness (TV series), Witness - Between Here and Heaven'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Simcha Jacobovici - ''Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream'' (Associated Producers) * John L'Ecuyer - ''Confessions of a Rabid Dog'' (Sienna Films/National Film Board of Canada, NFB/TVOntario)


Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program

* Raymond Storey - ''The Inventors’ Specials - Leonardo: A Dream of Flight'' (Devine Entertainment/Merlin Films Group) * Marty Chan - ''The Orange Seed Myth and Other Lies Mothers Tell'' (Great North Productions) * Heather Conkie - ''The Inventors’ Specials - Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants'' (Devine Entertainment/Merlin Films Group) * Edwina Follows - ''Ready or Not - Your Own Money'' (Insight Productions) * Karen Walton - ''Straight Up - Gravity'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
/Back Alley Film Productions)


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

* Nicholas Campbell - ''Major Crime'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
) * David Cubitt - ''Major Crime'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
) * Donald Moffat - ''
The Sleep Room ''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
'' (
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
/Bernard Zukerman Productions) * Michael Moriarty - ''Major Crime'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
) * Leon Pownall - ''
The Sleep Room ''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
'' (
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
/Bernard Zukerman Productions)


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

* Liisa Repo-Martell - ''Nights Below Station Street'' (Credo Entertainment) * Tanya Allen - ''Platinum'' (Prisma Productions) * Laura Bertram - ''Platinum'' (Prisma Productions) * Nicola Cavendish - ''
The Sleep Room ''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
'' (
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
/Bernard Zukerman Productions/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Sarah Polley - ''White Lies'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

* Patrick McKenna, '' Traders - In Vacuo'' (Atlantis Films) * Ryan Rajendra Black, Ryan Black - ''The Rez - Lust'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC/Back Alley Film Productions) * Geraint Wyn Davies - ''Black Harbour - Another Country'' (Fogbound/Topsail) *
Paul Gross Paul Michael Gross OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer, and musician born in Calgary, Alberta. Gross is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the popular Canadian television series ''Due So ...
, '' Due South - Burning Down the House'' (Alliance Films) * Stephen McHattie, ''Emily of New Moon (TV series), Emily of New Moon - The Book of Yesterday'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

* Sheila McCarthy - ''Emily of New Moon (TV series), Emily of New Moon - The Enchanted Doll'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
) * Christina Cox - ''F/X: The Series - Red Storm'' (Fireworks Entertainment) * Shirley Douglas - ''Wind at My Back - Smiling Through'' (Sullivan Entertainment) * Rebecca Jenkins - ''Black Harbour - The Legacy'' (Fogbound/Topsail) * Julie Stewart - ''
Cold Squad ''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick ( Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Pol ...
- Amanda Millerd'' (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Atlantis Films)


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

* Brent Carver - '' Due South - I Coulda Been a Defendant'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
) * Christopher Bolton - ''
Cold Squad ''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick ( Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Pol ...
- Christopher Williams'' (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Atlantis Films) * Jay Brazeau - ''Stargate SG-1 - Tin Man'' (Stargate SG-1 Productions) * Maury Chaykin - ''Emily of New Moon (TV series), Emily of New Moon - Paradise Lost'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
) * Kim Coates - ''Poltergeist: The Legacy - Transference'' (PMP Legacy Productions/Trilogy Entertainment North) * Tom McBeath - ''
Cold Squad ''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick ( Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Pol ...
- Jane Klosky'' (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Atlantis Films)


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

* Wendy Crewson - '' Due South - Bounty Hunter'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
) * Lynda Boyd - ''
Cold Squad ''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick ( Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Pol ...
- Janine Elston'' (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Atlantis Films) * Shelley Duvall - ''The Adventures of Shirley Holmes - The Case of the Wannabe Witch'' (Credo Entertainment/Forefront Entertainment) * Patricia Harras - ''
Cold Squad ''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick ( Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Pol ...
- Rita Brice'' (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Atlantis Films) * Gabrielle Rose (actress), Gabrielle Rose - ''
Cold Squad ''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick ( Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Pol ...
- Tess'' (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Atlantis Films)


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

* Diego Matamoros (actor), Diego Matamoros - ''
The Sleep Room ''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
'' (
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
/Bernard Zukerman Productions/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Denny Doherty - ''
Pit Pony A pit pony, otherwise known as a mining horse, was a horse, pony or mule commonly used underground in mines from the mid-18th until the mid-20th century. The term "pony" was sometimes broadly applied to any equine working underground.English ...
'' (Cochran Entertainment) * Vincent Gale - ''Major Crime'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Jonathan Scarfe - ''White Lies'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


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

* Nicky Guadagni - ''Major Crime'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Macha Grenon - ''
The Sleep Room ''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
'' (
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
/Bernard Zukerman Productions/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Sarah Polley - ''The Planet of Junior Brown'' (Film Works) * Lynn Redgrave - ''White Lies'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Gabrielle Rose (actress), Gabrielle Rose - ''
The Sleep Room ''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
'' (
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
/Bernard Zukerman Productions/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


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

* Kris Lemche - ''Emily of New Moon (TV series), Emily of New Moon - Falling Angels'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
) * David Hewlett - '' Traders - Hope Chasers'' (Atlantis Films) * Michael Moriarty - ''Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal - The Grey Men'' (Atlantis Films) * Gordon Pinsent - '' Due South - Burning Down the House'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
) * Rick Roberts (actor), Rick Roberts - '' Traders - The Whites Of Their Eyes'' (Atlantis Films)


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

* Kim Huffman - '' Traders - Hope Chasers'' (Atlantis Films) * Mary-Colin Chisholm - ''Black Harbour - The Legacy'' (Fogbound Films/Topsail Entertainment) * Patricia Collins - ''The Rez - No Way To Treat A Lady'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC/Back Alley Film Productions) * Jessica Pellerin - ''Emily of New Moon (TV series), Emily of New Moon - The Enchanted Doll'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
) * Alberta Watson - ''La Femme Nikita (TV series), La Femme Nikita - New Regime'' (Fireworks Entertainment)


Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

* Steve Smith (comedian), Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna - ''The Red Green Show, The New Red Green Show - The Movie'' (Red Green Productions) * Ronnie Edwards, Kedar Brown, Kenny Robinson, Satori Shakoor - ''Thick and Thin'' (Catalyst Entertainment/Quality Shows/McCartney International)) * Brent Butt - ''Comedy Now! - Brent Butt: Funny Pants'' (Year End Productions/CTV Comedy Channel , The Comedy Network) * Ellie Harvie - ''Improv Comedy Olympics'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * John Morgan (comedian), John Morgan, Luba Goy, Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson (actor), Don Ferguson - ''Royal Canadian Air Farce, Air Farce Live'' (Air Farce/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Greg Thomey, Mary Walsh (actress), Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer -''This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Series V, Episode 22'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

* Brent Carver - ''Young At Heart'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * George Bowser, Rick Elger (Blue) - ''A Bowser and Blue Comedy Christmas: Two Nuts Roasting On An Open Fire'' (Year End Productions/Baton Broadcasting) *Julie Leahy, Siobheann Donohue, Agnes Enright, Angus Leahy, Donnell Leahy, Doug Leahy, Erin Leahy, Frank Leahy, Maria Leahy - ''Leahy In Concert'' (Roadhouse Productions) *Justin Hines, Brianne Bland - ''Yaa! The 9th Annual YTV (Canadian TV channel), YTV Achievement Awards'' (YTV (Canadian TV channel), YTV) *Steve Smith (comedian), Steve Smith, Cathy Jones - ''
12th Gemini Awards The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 12th Gemini Awards were held on March 1, 1998, to honour achievements in Canadian television. There were two awards ceremonies in 1998; the 13th was held on October 4, 1998. The 12th awards ceremony ...
'' (Birch River Productions/ACCTV Productions)


Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

*
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
- ''Yo-Yo Ma:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- Falling Down Stairs'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
) * Isabelle Chasse, Mathieu Lavoie, Murielle La Ferrière - ''Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards'' (Mellanby Robertson Productions/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC/National Film Board of Canada, NFB) * Alain Trudel - ''The Mission of Alain Trudel'' (Greenpeace Productions)


Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series

* Rick Mercer - ''The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon - The Last Dudley'' (Breakthrough Entertainment) * Daniel Kash - ''The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon - The Pumpkin King'' (Breakthrough Entertainment) * Shari Lewis - ''The Charlie Horse Music Pizza - My Dog Has Fleas'' (Charlie Horse Music Pizza Productions/SLE Productions) * Sheila McCarthy - ''The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon - Mr. Crabby Tree Falls in Love'' (Breakthrough Entertainment) * Mary Walsh (actress), Mary Walsh - ''The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon - The Boy Who Cried Witch'' (Breakthrough Entertainment)


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

* Sarah Polley - ''Straight Up - Mortifying'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
/Back Alley Film Productions) * Kevin Brauch - ''Stuff - Triathlon'' (TVOntario) * Merwin Mondesir - ''Straight Up - Facade'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
/Back Alley Film Productions) * Michael Moriarty - ''The Inventors’ Specials - Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants'' (Devine Entertainment/Merlin Films Group) * Jonathan Torrens - ''Jonovision - Obnoxious Couples'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Chris Wiggins - ''The Rink'' (Cinepost Films)


Best Overall Broadcast Journalist (Gordon Sinclair Award)

* Peter Mansbridge - ''The National/CBC News - Death of Diana/Ice Storm/Bill Clinton & Monica Lewinsky'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Linden MacIntyre - ''The Fifth Estate (TV program), the fifth estate - Last of their Breed?/Whale of a Business/The Philanthropist'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Wendy Mesley - ''Undercurrents (TV series), Undercurrents - Media Seduction/2000 Hype'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Francine Pelletier (journalist), Francine Pelletier - ''The Fifth Estate (TV program), the fifth estate - Moral Authority/All Pumped Up'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Brian Stewart (journalist), Brian Stewart - ''The National/CBC News - National Image/Remote Canada/Nuclear Industry/Canada’s Hospitals'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Reportage

* Anna Maria Tremonti - ''The National/CBC News - Candles and Mourners'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Tom Kennedy (journalist), Tom Kennedy - ''The National/CBC News - A City Without Power'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Elizabeth Palmer - ''The National/CBC News - Russia’s Collapse'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Reg Sherren - ''The National/CBC News - Flight Into Danger'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Tom Walters - ''CTV News - Matthew Schovanek'' (CTV Television Network, CTV)


Best Information Segment

* Carmen Merrifield, Terry Milewski - ''The National/CBC News - Charter Free Zone'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Lynn Burgess, Michael McAuliffe - ''The National/CBC News - The Ambassador’s Secret'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Catherine Legge, Chris Gargus - ''Undercurrents (TV series), Undercurrents - Movie Junkets'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Robert Osborne, Susan Ormiston - ''W5 (TV program), W5 - Neighbour Nightmare'' (CTV Television Network, CTV) * Rosemary Thompson - ''W5 (TV program), W5 - Million Dollar Babies'' (CTV Television Network, CTV) * Sadia Zaman - ''Skylight - Not A Fairy Tale'' (VisionTV)


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

* Linden MacIntyre - ''The Fifth Estate (TV program), the fifth estate - Last of their Breed?/Whale of a Business/The Philanthropist'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Hana Gartner - ''The National/CBC News - Robert Latimer/Dolly/Anorexia Clinic'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Victor Malarek - ''The Fifth Estate (TV program), the fifth estate - The Smoke Ring/A Loss Of Faith'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Wendy Mesley - ''Undercurrents (TV series), Undercurrents - Media Seduction/2000 Hype'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Steve Paikin - ''Studio 2 - Hugh Segal/Rosie Rowbotham/Jann Arden'' (TVOntario) * Valerie Pringle - ''Canada AM - David Starkey/Leonard Cohen/Ice Storm Shelter'' (CTV Television Network, CTV)


Best Host in a Lifestyle or Performing Arts Program or Series

* Peter Jordan (presenter), Peter Jordan - ''It’s A Living'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC Winnipeg) * Vicki Gabereau - ''Gabereau Live! - Robert Duvall/Peter Neville-Hadley/Dal Dil Vog'' (CTV Television Network, CTV) * Mary Jo Eustace, Ken Kostick - ''What's for Dinner? - Christmas'' (Breakthrough Entertainment) * Dini Petty - ''Dini - Anne Murray/Bonnie Poitras Tucker/Sheldon Kennedy'' (Raybert Productions, BBS Productions) * Evan Solomon - ''Future World - Ian Angell'' (CBC News Network, CBC Newsworld)


Best Sports Broadcaster

* Brian Williams (sportscaster), Brian Williams - ''The 18th Olympic Winter Games'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Steve Armitage - ''The 18th Olympic Winter Games'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Bob Cole (sportscaster), Bob Cole - ''The 18th Olympic Winter Games'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Ron MacLean - ''The 18th Olympic Winter Games'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

* Robert Saad - ''Wind at My Back - A Ghost of a Chance'' (Sullivan Entertainment) * John Dyer - ''F/X: The Series - Red Storm'' (Fireworks Entertainment) * Nikos Evdemon - ''La Femme Nikita (TV series), La Femme Nikita - Spec Ops'' (Fireworks Entertainment) * Nikos Evdemon - ''
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'' (Cochran Entertainment) * Danny Nowak - ''Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
, Milestone Productions)


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

* Andre Pienaar - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- Six Gestures'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
) * Harald Bachmann - ''The Canadian Brass: A Christmas Experiment'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
/The Canadian Brass) * Rick Boston - ''Celine Dion - Let’s Talk About Love'' (Feeling Pictures/Baton Broadcasting) * David Greene - ''Healey Willan: Faces and Moments'' (Paulus Productions) * Milan Podsedly - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- Falling Down Stairs'' (
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)


Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

* Mark Willis - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- The Music Garden'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
) * Colin Allison - ''The Fifth Estate (TV program), the fifth estate - On The Map'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * John Foster, Janet Foster - ''Journey to the Sea of Ice'' (John and Janet Foster Productions/Discovery Channel/TVOntario) * Doug Munro - ''The Long River: The Life of J.B. Tyrrell'' (Great North Productions) * Richard Stringer - ''Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science - Bad Blood'' (Kensington Communications) * Hans Van Der Zande - ''Life and Times (TV series), Life and Times - Robert Bateman'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Visual Effects

* Pedro Pires (director), Pedro Peres, Dominic Daigle, Mario Fraser, Stephane Landry - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- The Sound of the Carceri'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
) * Jonathan Gibson, Brian Anderson, Alex Boothby, Raymond Gieringer - ''The Planet of Junior Brown'' (Film Works) * John Gajdecki, Michelle Comens, Simon Lacey, Mark Savela - ''Stargate SG-1 - Within the Serpent’s Grasp'' (Stargate SG-1 Productions) * Stephen Roloff, John Kerns, Anthony Paterson, Neil Williamson - ''Earth: Final Conflict - Destruction'' (Atlantis Films) * Lucy Hofert, Robert Habros, Brenda Levert, Brian Moylan - ''Poltergeist: The Legacy - Mind’s Eye'' (PMP Legacy Productions/Trilogy Entertainment North)


Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

* Albert Kish - '' Once A Thief - Rave On'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
) * Alison Grace - ''White Lies'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Susan Maggi - ''The Planet of Junior Brown'' (Film Works) * Lara Mazur - ''Nights Below Station Street'' (Credo Entertainment) * David Wu - '' Once A Thief - True Blue'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
)


Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

* Roger Lefebvre - ''On the Road Again (TV series), On the Road Again - Mobile Bike Repair'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Tony Coleman - ''Undercurrents (TV series), Undercurrents - Animation Liberation'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Fred Gauthier - ''The Fifth Estate (TV program), the fifth estate - On The Map'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Denis Langlois (director), Denis Langlois - ''W5 (TV program), W5'' - Welcome To My Nightmare (CTV Television Network, CTV) * Cathy McIsaac - ''The National/CBC News - Refugees From Democracy'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

* Dean Evans - ''Dad'' (Partners in Motion/VisionTV/Citytv Saskatchewan, SCN) * Rick Clarke - ''Life and Times (TV series), Life and Times - Villeneuve: A Legend, A Champion'' (M.D.F. Productions) * Craig Webster - ''Confessions of a Rabid Dog'' (Sienna/National Film Board of Canada, NFB/TVOntario) * Steve Weslak - ''The Game Of Her Life'' (National Film Board of Canada, NFB) * David Wharnsby - ''Hong Kong Symphony: Heaven-Earth-Mankind'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
)


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

* Michelle Czukar - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- Six Gestures'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
) * Robert Crossman - ''Asahi: The Toronto Tabla Ensemble'' (Paulus Productions) * Robert Crossman - ''Medusa Among The Moochers'' (Paulus Productions) * James Ho Lim - ''Adrienne Clarkson Presents: Dangerous & Glorious - The Life and Art of Paterson Ewen'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * David New - ''The Canadian Brass: A Christmas Experiment'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
/The Canadian Brass)


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

* Marian Wihak - ''
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'' (Cochran Entertainment) * Perri Gorrara, Andree Brodeur - ''Emily of New Moon (TV series), Emily of New Moon - The Disappointed House'' (
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/
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) * Arthur Herriot - ''White Lies'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Maureen Sless, Jeremy Hindle - ''Twitch City - My Pet, My Hero'' (Shadow Shows/Accent Entertainment/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Stephen Roloff - ''Earth: Final Conflict - Destruction'' (Atlantis Films)


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

* Paul Denham Austerberry - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- Six Gestures'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
) * Paul Ames - ''More Tears - Victims'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Graeme Morphy - ''The Canadian Brass: A Christmas Experiment'' (
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/The Canadian Brass) * Stephen Osler - ''Celtic Electric'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
) * Douglas Payne - ''The 18th Olympic Winter Games'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC)


Best Costume Design

* Laurie Drew - ''La Femme Nikita (TV series), La Femme Nikita - New Regime'' (Fireworks Entertainment) * Lea Carlson - ''Twitch City'' - I’m Fat and I’m Proud (Shadow Shows/Accent Entertainment/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Jeanie Kimber - ''
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'' (Cochran Entertainment) * Ann Tree Newson - ''Straight Up - Raw'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
/Back Alley Film Productions) * Kate Rose - ''Emily of New Moon (TV series), Emily of New Moon - The Enchanted Doll'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
)


Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

* Yvon Benoit, Jean-Pierre Pinard, Mario Rodrigue, Alain Roy, Raymond Vermette - ''
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'' (
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
/Bernard Zukerman Productions/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Alastair Gray, Eric Apps, Dino Pigat, Clive Turner, David Yonson - '' Traders - Dark Sanctuary'' (Atlantis Films) * Michael Baskerville, Greg Chapman, John Gare, Steven Hammond, Doug Hubert, Jonas Kuhnemann, Scott Thiessen - ''The Planet of Junior Brown'' (Film Works) * Jane Tattersall, Erv Copestake, Keith Elliott, John Laing, Daniel Pellerin - ''Straight Up - Raw'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
/Back Alley Film Productions) * John Douglas Smith, Eric Apps, Tom Bjelic, Orest Sushko, David Yonson - ''Earth: Final Conflict - Truth'' (Atlantis Films)


Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

* Robert Fletcher, David McCallum (sound editor), David McCallum, Lou Solakofski, John J. Thomson - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- The Music Garden'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
) * Bruce Cameron, Simon Bowers, Peter Campbell, Brad Nelson - ''September 1972'' (TV Eye) * Igal Petel, Michael Edgarton - ''If Dinosaurs Could Fly'' (Exploration Production/Discovery Channel) * Peter Sawade, Steve Munro - ''It Takes A Child'' (Judy Films) * Adrian Tucker, Alan Geldart, Peter Kelly, Daniel Pellerin - ''Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream'' (Associated Producers)


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

* Bruce Fleming - ''Leahy In Concert'' (Roadhouse Productions) * Howard Baggley, Ian Dunbar, Ron Searles - ''The Nine O’Clock Show - Tanya Allen'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Simon Bowers, Peter Campbell, Doug McClement - ''An Intimate Evening With Anne Murray'' (Balmur Entertainment) * Hans Peter Strobl, Steven Epstein (music producer), Steven Epstein, Charles Harbutt, Bobby O’Mally, Bruno Pupparo - ''
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
:
Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...
- The Sound of the Carceri'' (
Rhombus Media Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media ...
) * Peter Mann, Simon Bowers, Peter Campbell, Duncan Roach - ''Bruce Guthro: Solo'' (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Norm Lussier, Kenny MacDonald, Allan Scarth - ''Celtic Electric'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
)


Best Original Music for a Program or Miniseries

* Jonathan Goldsmith (musician), Jonathan Goldsmith - ''
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'' (Cochran Entertainment) * Richard Grégoire - ''
The Sleep Room ''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
'' (
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
/Bernard Zukerman Productions/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * John Welsman - '' Borrowed Hearts'' (Atlantis Films) * Fiachra Trench - ''The Inventors’ Specials Galileo - On the Shoulders of Giants'' (Devine Entertainment/Merlin Films Group) * Fiachra Trench - ''The Inventors’ Specials Leonardo - A Dream of Flight'' (Devine Entertainment/Merlin Films Group)


Best Original Music for a Dramatic Series

* Micky Erbe, Maribeth Solomon - ''Earth: Final Conflict - The Secret of Strandhill'' (Atlantis Films) * Christophe Beck - ''F/X: The Series - Requiem For A Cop'' (Fireworks Entertainment) * Amin Bhatia - '' Once A Thief - Jaded Love'' (
Alliance Communications Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd, Motion Picture Distribution LP and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec and also known simply as Alliance) was a Canadian motion pictur ...
) * Christopher Dedrick - ''Emily of New Moon (TV series), Emily of New Moon - The Eye of Heaven'' (
Salter Street Films Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film Sch ...
/
Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...
) * Terry Frewer - ''Dead Man's Gun - Buryin’ Sam'' (Peace Arch Entertainment, Vidatron Entertainment Group)


Best Original Music for a Documentary Program or Series

* Glenn Morley - ''Life and Times (TV series), Life and Times'' - W.O. Mitchell, Who Has Seen W.O. (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) * Michael Alonzo - ''Great Canadian Parks - Forillon National Park'' (Good Earth Productions/Discovery Channel) * Mark Korven - ''A Scattering of Seeds: The Creation of Canada - The Force of Hope: The Legacy of Father McGauran'' (White Pine Pictures) * Mark Korven - ''Before Their Time'' (TVOntario/Discovery Channel) * John Sereda - ''The Rat Among Us'' (Great North Productions)


Special Awards

*Canada Award: Brian Dennis - ''The Rez - They Call Her Tanya'' *Earle Grey Award: Al Waxman *Academy Achievement Award: Jim Burt *John Drainie Award: Bernie Lucht (CBC) *Margaret Collier Award: Johnny Wayne, Frank Shuster *Gemini Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement: Puppet Works, Beevision Productions (For the development of their Motion Capture system.) *Chrysler's Canada's Choice Award: Jay Firestone, Jamie Paul Rock - ''La Femme Nikita (TV series), La Femme Nikita''


References

{{Gemini Awards Gemini Awards 1998 in Canadian television, Gemini Awards, 1998 1998 television awards, Gemini Awards