The Academy Achievement Award is an award presented by the Canadian
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 English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in th ...
to an individual for their "exceptional, outstanding or ongoing contribution or service to the Canadian television industry." It is presented at the discretion of the
Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize the achievements of the over 4,000 Canadian cinema of Canada, film industry and television in Canada, television industry professionals ...
(not necessarily every year).
List of past recipients
*1996: W.K. Donovan
*1997: Arthur Weinthal
*1998: Jim Burt
*1999: A. Gordon Craig
*2000: W. Paterson Ferns
*2001: Dorothy Gardner
*2002:
Trina McQueen
*2003:
Michael Maclear Michael Maclear, OC (1929 – December 25, 2018) was an award-winning Anglo-Canadian journalist, documentary filmmaker,
and former correspondent for various CBC programs and for CTV's '' W5''.
He is the great-great-grand- nephew of South African ...
*2007:
John Kastner
*2010:
Linda Schuyler
Linda Schuyler (; née Bawcutt; born February 12, 1948) is a Canadian television producer. She is best known for being the co-creator and producer of the ''Degrassi'' franchise, which has spanned five series over four decades. She is a co-found ...
*2011:
Christina Jennings
Shaftesbury Films is a film, Television program, television and Web series, digital media production company founded by Christina Jennings in 1987. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Background
Shaftesbury is a creator and producer of ori ...
See also
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Canadian television awards
References
External links
Gemini Awards: Special Awards
Gemini Awards
Lifetime achievement awards
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