The Margaret Collier Award is a lifetime achievement award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, to a Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television. Formerly presented as part of the

Gemini Awards The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...

, since 2013 it has been part of the

Canadian Screen Awards The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) p ...

. It can be presented to an individual writer or writing team. The award is named in honour of Margaret Collier, the longtime executive director of

ACTRA The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is a Canadian trade union representing performers in English-language media. It has 25,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media. The orga ...

's chapter for television writers. The recipient of this award is selected upon the recommendation of the Academy's television division writer's branch with ratification from the Academy's board of directors.

Past recipients

*1986 - Charles E. Israel *1987 -

Grahame Woods Grahame Woods (January 31, 1934 – November 25, 2022) was a Canadian cinematographer and writer.Blaik Kirby, "Grahame Woods: too many talents to just stay put behind the camera". '' The Globe and Mail'', October 7, 1972. He is most noted as a cine ...

*1988 - M. Charles Cohen *1989 -

Donald Brittain Donald Code Brittain, (June 10, 1928 – July 21, 1989) was a film director and producer with the National Film Board of Canada. Career ''Fields of Sacrifice'' (1964) is considered Brittain's first major film as director. His other notable ...

*1990 -

Ted Allan Alan Herman (January 26, 1916 – June 29, 1995), known professionally as Ted Allan, was a Canadian screenwriter, author, and poet, several of whose books were made into motion pictures. In 1975, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for ...

*1992 -

Harry Rasky Harry Rasky, CM, O.Ont (9 May 1928 – 9 April 2007) was a Canadian documentary film director. Life and career Rasky was born in Toronto, Ontario into a Jewish family, where he completed studies at Oakwood Collegiate Institute and then Univ ...

*1993 - George R. Robertson *1994 -

Alex Barris Alex Paul Barris, (September 16, 1922 – January 15, 2004) was an American-born Canadian television actor and writer. Member of ACTRA, he was a writer and panelist for the game show ''Front Page Challenge''.

*1995 - Timothy Findley *1996 -

Anna Sandor Anna Sandor is a Hungarian-born Canadian/American film and television screenwriter.Tom McMahon, "A marriage made for TV". '' Windsor Star'', December 20, 1986. Sandor began her career as an actress, becoming a writer in her mid-twenties. Her films ...

*1998 - Douglas Bowie *1998 - Frank Shuster,

Johnny Wayne Johnny Wayne (born Louis Weingarten; May 28, 1918 – July 18, 1990) was a Canadian comedian and comedy writer best known for his work as part of the comedy duo Wayne and Shuster alongside Frank Shuster. The son of a successful clothing manuf ...

for their collaborations as Wayne & Shuster. Frank Shuster accepted the award as Wayne had died in 1989. *1999 -

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*2000 - Rob Forsyth *2001 - David Barlow *2002 - Patrick Watson *2003 - Charles Lazer *2004 - Wayne Grigsby *2005 - ''not presented'' *2006 - Pete White *2007 - Susan Marcus, Chris Clark, Lilly Barnes, Joy Simons-Newall *2008 - David Cole *2009 - Barbara Samuels *2010 -

Donald Martin Don Martin may refer to: * Don Martin (cartoonist) (1931–2000), cartoonist for ''Mad Magazine'' * Don Martin (footballer) (1944–2009), English professional footballer for Northampton Town and Blackburn Rovers * Don Martin (basketball) (1920– ...

*2011 -

Bob Carney Robert Lee Carney (August 3, 1932 – November 9, 2011) was an American basketball player. He played in West Aurora High School and collegiately for Bradley University. He was selected by the Milwaukee Hawks in the 6th round (47th pick overall ...

*2013 - Heather Conkie *2014 -

Semi Chellas Semi Chellas is a director, writer, producer who has written for film, television and magazines. She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up in Calgary, Alberta. She is known for her work on the television series ''Mad Men'' and her film ...

*2015 - Tassie Cameron *2016 -

Karen Walton Karen Walton is a Canadian screenwriter best known for writing the film, '' Ginger Snaps'', for which she won the Best Film Writing Canadian Comedy Award in 2002. Her writing for the film received both critical scrutiny and academic analysis. Wa ...

*2017 - Denis McGrath *2018 -

Brad Wright Brad Wright (born May 2, 1961) is a Canadian television producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' (with Jonathan Glassner), '' Stargate Atlantis'' (with Robert C. Cooper) and '' Sta ...

*2019 - David ShoreCorey Atad
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'', December 4, 2019.

References

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