The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 17th Gemini Awards were held on November 4, 2002, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Seán Cullen, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.
Program awards
Best Dramatic Series Da Vinci’s Inquest – Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laszlo Barna, Lynn Barr, Arvi Liimatainen Bliss – Galafilm, Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Ian Whitehead Cold Squad – Keatley MacLeod Productions, Atlantis Films. Producers: Peter Mitchell, Suzanne Chapman, Gigi Boyd, Steve Ord, Matt MacLeod, Julia Keatley, Gary Harvey Dice – Cité-Amérique, Showcase. Producers: Lorraine Richard, Greg Dummett, Gub Neal Foreign Objects – Rhombus Media. Producers: Ken Finkleman, Niv Fichman
Best Dramatic Mini-series or TV Movie Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story – Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Stephen Alix, Scott Garvie, Paul Stephens Further Tales of the City – Productions Bleu Blanc Rouge. Producers: Suzanne Girard, Luc Châtelain, Alan Poul, Tim Bevan Jinnah – On Crime: Pizza 911 – Force Four Entertainment. Producers: Hugh Beard, Debra Beard Society’s Child – Sienna Films, Buffalo Gal Pictures. Producers: Julia Sereny, Phyllis Laing, Jennifer Kawaja, Sharon McGowan Stolen Miracle – Portfolio Entertainment, CTV Television Network. Producers: Joy Rosen, Lisa Olfman
Best Comedy Program or Series An American in Canada – S&S Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Howard Busgang, Sari Friedland Buzz – MTR Entertainment. Producers: Daryn Jones, Michael MacKinnon, Morgan Smith, Merilyn Read Made in Canada – Salter Street Films, Island Edge. Producers: Michael Donovan, Gerald Lunz This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jenipher Ritchie, Mark Farrell, Susan MacDonald, Jack Kellum Comedy Now! – Women of the Night – CTV, Hi Guys Ten Productions. Producers: Milan Curry-Sharples, Sandra Faire, Bronwyn Warren, Trisa Dayot
Best Music, Variety Program or Series Live at the Rehearsal Hall – Bravo!. Producers: John Gunn, Robert Benson The Thrill on the Hill: Canada Day 2001 – Producers: Matt Zimbel, Peter Hayman History Bites – The History Channel. Producer: Rick Green Juno Awards of 2002 – Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, CTV Television Network. Producers: Stephen Stohn, Louise Wood, John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby The Guess Who: The Concert – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Midcan Production Services, Saifer Entertainment, ViK. Recordings, YaYo Productions. Producers: Norm Lussier, Lorne Saifer, Linda Nelson
Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary – Vonnie Von Helmut Film, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Producers: Vonnie Von Helmut, Robert Sherrin Nuliajuk: Mother of the Sea Beasts – Triad Film Productions. Producer: Peter d'Entremont Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 4 Film. Producers: Pauline Duffy, Elliott Halpern, Ric Esther Bienstock, Simcha Jacobovici, Jack Rabinovitch Heroines – Peace Arch Entertainment. Producer: Stan Feingold Ravel’s Brain – Rhombus Media, Idéale Audience, Yle TV1. Producers: Pierre Olivier Bardet, Larry Weinstein, Niv Fichman
Best Talk Series Health on the Line – HOTL Productions. Producers: Jennifer Fraser, Janice Felsky, Indra Seja, Susan Sutherland, Wendy Bryan Hot Type – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Alice Hopton, Andrew Johnston Mansbridge One on One – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Harry Schachter, Graeme McCreesh, Cynthia Kinch So Gay TV – Producers: Fiorella Grossi, Lili Shalev, Zev Shalev, Jason Ford Vicki Gabereau – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Karen Rapp, Cynthia Ott, Jordan Schwartz
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Offspring – Barna-Alper Productions. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Barry Stevens Aftermath: The Remnants of War – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Michael Kot, Ed Barreveld, Peter Starr Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture – Reel Myth Productions. Producers: Lynn Booth, Jill Sharpe In the Line of Fire – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Patricia Naylor Waging Peace: A Year in the Life of Caledonia Junior High – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Peter d'Entremont, Sally Bochner, Kent Martin
Best Documentary Series Witness – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Charlotte Odele, Marie Natanson, Hilary Armstrong Family Dance: Tales From the Sandwich Generation – Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Ira Levy, Kirsten Scollie, Peter Williamson The Nature of Things – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Allder, Susan Fleming Turning Points of History – History Television. Producers: Frank Savoie, Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn
Best History Documentary Program The Last Just Man – Barna-Alper Productions, Connections Productions, History Television. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn, Frank Savoie Women of Courage – Eye Witness to War: The Gladys Arnold Story – Cooper Rock Pictures. Producers: Barb Campbell, Lori Kuffner Journey to Justice – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Karen King The Notorious Mrs. Dick – Real to Reel Productions. Producer: Anne Pick White Thunder – National Film Board of Canada, Factory Lane Productions. Producers: Kent Martin, Annette Clarke
Best Biography Documentary Program Tommy...a Family Portrait – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Kent Martin Life and Times – The Donald Marshall Story – 90th Parallel Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Donna Leon, Michael Claydon Mama June: A Different Perspective on AIDS – May Street Productions. Producers: Hilary Pryor, Arthur Holbrook Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century – Galafilm, National Film Board of Canada, History Television), Bravo!/CHUM. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Adam Symansky, Sally Bochner, Elizabeth Klinck The Canadians: Biographies of a Nation: Aw Gee, Forgetting Me: Nell Shipman – Great North Productions. Producer: Patricia Phillips
Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program The Secret World of Gardens: Frogs – Bullfrog Films. Producer: Susan Fleming Bushmeat: The Slaughter of the Apes – Exploration Production. Producers: John Panikkar, Dawna Treibicz The Cold Embrace – 90th Parallel Film and Television Productions. Producers: Gordon Henderson, Andrew Gregg The Parkinson’s Enigma – Terra Nova Films. Producers: Terence McKeown, Bette Thompson Touch: The Forgotten Sense – Max Films Télévision. Producers: Jean Lemire, Roger Frappier
Best News Information Series the fifth estate – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jim Williamson, David Studer Foreign Assignment – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Jennifer McGuire Frontline/CBC News: Trail of a Terrorist – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Alex Shprintsen, Stephen Phizicky Marketplace – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Tassie Notar, Leslie Peck W5 – CTV Television Network. Producers: Malcolm Fox, Anton Koschany
Best News Magazine Segment The National – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Heather Abbott, Carol Off CBC News: Disclosure – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Andreas Wesley, Anne Wright-Howard CBC News: Sunday – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Evan Solomon, Sarah Kapoor The National – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Dan Bjarnason, Brian Kelly W5 – CTV Television Network. Producers: Wei Chen, Marleen Trotter
Best Newscast The National – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Cynthia Kinch, Mark Harrison, Lynn Kelly, Fred Parker, Jonathan Whitten CTV National News – CTV News. Producers: Wendy Freeman, Margaret Spina CTV News at Six – CTV News. Producers: Charles Wright, Margo Harper, Joan Marshall
Best News Special Event Coverage CBC News Special: Attack On The U.S.A. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker @discovery.ca – September 11 – Discovery Channel. Producers: Alex Bystram, Penny Park, Jane Mingay, John Morrison Canada AM: September 11, 2001: Target Terrorism – CTV. Producers: Shelley Ayres, Rae Upton, Jordan Schwartz Canada Now: "B.C. Votes" – CBC. Producers: Wendy Williams, Dennis Matheson, Liz Hughes Global National: "September 11, 2001" – Global News. Producer: George Browne
Best Lifestyle or General Interest Series Opening Soon – Red Apple Entertainment. Producers: Rachel Low, Tim O’Brien Great Canadian Rivers – Good Earth Productions. Producers: Mitchell Azaria, Janice Dawe, Ihor Macijiwsky, Kristen Colle My Messy Bedroom – Copy Zero. Producers: Matt Zimbel, Campbell Webster SexTV – CHUM Television, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Marcia Martin, Pedro Orrego, Moses Znaimer The Surgeons – Frantic Films. Producers: Stan Lipsey, Tim O’Brien, Daniela Battistella
Best Practical Information Series Broken House Chronicles – Mountain Road Productions. Producer: Tim Alp Anything I Can Do – W Network. Producers: David C. Smith, Heather Ryall, Mag Ruffman Debbie Travis' Painted House – Whalley-Abbey Media Holdings. Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein Designer Guys – WestWind Pictures. Producers: Clark Donnelly, Al Magee, Mary Darling The Shopping Bags – Force Four Entertainment, Worldwide Bag Media. Producers: Kristina Matisic, Nikila Cole, Hugh Beard, Anna Wallner
Best Animated Program or Series Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! – Sextant Entertainment Group, Peafur Productions. Producers: J. Falconer, Christopher J. Brough Angela Anaconda – Decode Entertainment/C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures. Producers: Steven DeNure, Neil Court, Joanna Ferrone, John Mariella, Sue Rose, Beth Stevenson, Kym Hyde Eckhart – Phoenix Animation Studios, Catalyst Entertainment, Animation Services, Cellar Door Productions, Crumbfest Productions. Producers: Lawrie Rotenberg, David Beatty, Gretha Rose, Kevin Gillis, Nancy Chapelle, Steven Ching The Santa Claus Brothers – Nelvana, Film Roman, Sitting Ducks Productions, YTV. Producers: Michael Bedard, Elizabeth Daro, Patrick Loubert, Pam Lehn, Michael Hirsh, Scott Dyer, Clive A. Smith, Mark Lieber Yvon of the Yukon – Studio B Productions, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Kathy Antonsen Rocchio, Blair Peters, Chris Bartleman
Best Pre-School Program or Series Maggie and the Ferocious Beast – Nelvana. Producers: Betty Paraskevas, Stephen Hodgins, Marianne Culbert, Patrick Loubert, Cynthia Taylor, Patricia R. Burns, Clive A. Smith, Michael Hirsh, Michael Paraskevas Caillou – Cookie Jar Group, Clockwork Zoo. Producers: Peter Moss, Cassandra Schafhausen Scoop and Doozie – Queen Bee Productions. Producer: Romney Grant The Nook Counting Network – TVOntario. Producers: Karen Young, Marney Berube, Laura James, Gisèle Corinthios, Marie McCann Wumpa's World – Cité-Amérique, CCTV. Producers: Greg Dummett, Luc Martineau
Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series The Famous Jett Jackson – Alliance Atlantis, Everyone is JP Kids. Producers: Shawn Levy, Kevin May, Bruce Kalish Incredible Story Studios – (Mind's Eye Entertainment, Vérité Films. Producers: Robert de Lint, Virginia Thompson, Kieran Corrigan, Mark Reid, Kevin DeWalt Mentors – Mind's Eye Entertainment, Anaid Productions). Producers: Margaret Mardirossian, Josh Miller Our Hero – Heroic Television, Decode Entertainment. Producers: John May, Suzanne Bolch, Karen Lee Hall Big Wolf on Campus – CinéGroupe, Saban Entertainment. Producers: Jacques Pettigrew, Robin Spry, Marie-Claude Beauchamp
Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series Street Cents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Barbara Kennedy, Susan Rogers