The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 16th Gemini Awards were held on October 29, 2001, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Mike Bullard, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.
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 Blue Murder – Barna-Alper Productions, Canwest, North Bend Films. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Norman Denver, Steve Lucas Drop the Beat – Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Adrienne Mitchell, Susan Alexander, Janis Lundman, Suzanne Chapman The Associates – Alliance Atlantis. Producers: Brian Dennis, Anne Marie La Traverse, Steve Blackman, Greg Ball, Alyson Feltes, Maureen McKeon The Outer Limits – Alliance Atlantis, Atlantis Films, Showtime Networks, Trilogy Entertainment. Producers: John Watson, Richard Barton Lewis, Mark Stern, Brent Karl Clackson, Pen Densham, Sam Egan
Best Dramatic Miniseries Nuremberg – Alliance Atlantis Communications, CTV Television Network, British American Entertainment, Cypress Films, Les Productions La Fête. Producers: Peter Sussman, Gerald W. Abrams, Alec Baldwin, Mychele Boudrais, Jon Cornick, Suzanne Girard, Ian McDougall Haven – Alliance Atlantis Communications, Paulette Breen Productions. Producers: Peter Sussman, Dan Paulson, Mark Winemaker, Paulette Breen Revenge of the Land – Bernard Zukerman Productions, Cinar. Producer: Bernard Zukerman
Best TV Movie Scorn – Alliance Atlantis Communications, Barna-Alper Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Eurasia Motion Pictures, Face to Face Media Society, Kinetic Productions. Producers: Christian Bruyere, Laszlo Barna, Maryke McEwen Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 – Big Motion Pictures, CTV Television Network, Salter Street Films. Producers: Wayne Grigsby, David MacLeod Chasing Cain – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Salter Street Films. Producers: Michael Donovan, Bernard Zukerman, Jerry Ciccoritti Lucky Girl – Alliance Atlantis Communications, Triptych Media. Producers: Anne Marie La Traverse, Louise Garfield The Secret Life of Algernon – Marano Productions, Productions Phare Est. Producer: Nancy Marano
Best Comedy Program or Series Made in Canada – Salter Street Films, Island Edge. Producers: Gerald Lunz, Michael Donovan John Callahan's Quads! – Nelvana, SBS independent, Animation Works, Media World Features, Film Victoria, ScreenWest, Lotteries Commission of Western Australia. Producers: Judy Malmgren, Michael Hirsh, Clive A. Smith, Marianne Culbert, Patricia R. Burns, Stephen Hodgins, John Tatoulis, John Callahan, Deborah Levin, Patrick Loubert Jonovision – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Richard Mortimer, Lynn Harvey The Red Green Show – Red Green Productions. Producer: Steve Smith This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D’Eon, Jack Kellum, Mark Farrell, Ginny Jones-Duzak
Best Music, Variety Program or Series East Coast Music Awards – (East Coast Music Association, CBC Halifax). Producers: Geoff D’Eon, Jac Gautreau, Michael Lewis History Bites – The History Channel. Producers: David C. Smith, Rick Green Open Mike with Mike Bullard – The Comedy Network. Producers: Sean Tweedley, Sue Brophey, Barbara Bowlby, John Brunton, Al Magee YAA! The 11th Annual YTV Achievement Awards – YTV. Producer: Joanne P. Jackson
An additional nomination, for the television special Talking to Americans, was withdrawn at the request of host and producer Rick Mercer due to his belief that humour at the expense of Americans was no longer appropriate in the wake of the September 11 attacks."Rick Mercer refuses Gemini nods for Talking to Americans". Timmins Daily Press, September 20, 2001.
Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series Great Performances: Don Giovanni Unmasked – Rhombus Media, Thirteen/WNET. Producers: Daniel Iron, Niv Fichman A Very Dangerous Pastime: A Devastatingly Simple Dance Guide – National Arts Centre. Producers: Cathy Levy, Allison Lewis, Laura Taler Dinner at the Edge – Sienna Films. Producers: Anita Lee, Jennifer Kawaja, Sean Carley, Julia Sereny Four Seasons – Rhombus Media, Veronica Tennant Productions. Producers: Daniel Iron, Veronica Tennant Life and Times – Studio: The Life & Times of Alex Colville – 90th Parallel Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Andrew Gregg, Gordon Henderson
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Breakaway – A Tale of Two Survivors – Alchemy Notion Pictures. Producers: Mathew Welsh, Johanna Eliot, Johanna Lunn Montgomery A Moment in Time: The United Colours of Bronstein – Judy Films. Producer: Judy Jackson Witness – Chickens Are People Too – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Charlotte Odele, Marie Natanson, John Kastner, Hilary Armstrong In the Shadow of a Saint: The Ken Wiwa Story – Nomad Films. Producers: Stephen Milton, Mark Johnston Kim Campbell: Through the Looking Glass – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Silva Basmajian
Best Documentary Series Canada: A People's History – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Starowicz, Hubert Gendron, Gordon Henderson (CBC) Witness – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Marie Natanson, Charlotte Odele, Hilary Armstrong Life's Little Miracles – Breakthrough Entertainment, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Slice. Producers: Kirsten Scollie, Ira Levy, Peter Williamson, Ron Singer Rainmakers – Adobe Productions. Producers: Robbie Hart, Luc Côté The View from Here – TVOntario). Producer: Rudy Buttignol Turning Points of History – History Television. Producers: Frank Savoie, Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn
Best History/Biography Documentary Program My Left Breast – Pope Productions. Producer: Paul Pope Canada: A People's History – Battle for a Continent – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Starowicz, Sally Reardon Life and Times – Todd McFarlane: The Devil You Know – 90th Parallel Productions, CBC Producer: Silva Basmajian Life and Times – The Life & Times of Veronica Tennant, Renaissance Woman – 90th Parallel Productions, CBC Producer: Peter Gentile Unlucky Lady: The Life and Death of HMCS Athabaskan – History Television. Producer: Wayne Abbott W5 – A Life Forgotten – (CTV). Producers: Tom Clark, Anton Koschany, Peter Findlay, Malcolm Fox
Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program Nuclear Dynamite – National Film Board of Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada, Face to Face Media. Producers: Gary Marcuse, Betsy Carson, Selwyn Jacob Investigative Reports – Criminal Evidence – Kurtis Productions. Producers: Pauline Duffy, Simcha Jacobovici, Roger Pyke, Elliott Halpern, Jack Rabinovitch Echoes of the North – Ellis Entertainment. Producers: Ralph C. Ellis, Stephen Ellis Insectia – Outlaws – Cinétévé, Pixcom, La Cinquième. Producers: Fabienne Servan-Schreiber, Jacquelin Bouchard, Andre Barro, Mary Armstrong Frontiers of Construction – Movers Not Shakers – Ragged Earth Productions, Barna-Alper Productions. Producers: David Langer, Laszlo Barna, Sam Grana, W. James Hogan The Nature of Things – The Salmon Forest – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Caroline Underwood
Best News Information Series W5 – CTV Television Network. Producers: Malcolm Fox, Anton Koschany Venture – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Alan Habbick, Sophia Hadzipetros Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science – Kensington Communications. Producers: Robert Sandler, Robert Lang Marketplace – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sharon Hanson, Leslie Peck, Julie Bristow Undercurrents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Pam Bertrand, F.N. Morrison
Best Newscast/News Special The National/CBC News – October 2 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Cynthia Kinch, Mark Harrison, Lynn Kelly, Fred Parker, Jonathan Whitten Canada Now – Air India – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Liz Hughes, Wayne Williams The National/CBC News – Inside Canada's Prisons – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Stuart Coxe, Cynthia Kinch, Jonathan Whitten, Mark Bulgutch CTV National News – Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919–2000 – CTV News. Producers: Mark Borchiver, Jim Peters CTV National News – Summit of the Americas – CTV News. Producers: Margaret Spina, Wendy Freeman
Best Talk/General Information Series The NewMusic – MuchMusic. Producer: Tania Natscheff That's Hockey – TSN. Producer: Geoff Macht Pamela Wallin's Talk TV – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Pamela Wallin QT: QueerTelevision – CHUM. Irshad Manji, Moses Znaimer, Marcia Martin Vicki Gabereau – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Cynthia Ott, Karen Rapp, Jordan Schwartz
Best Lifestyle Series Skin Deep – Inner City Films, Circle Blue Films. Producers: Amos Adetuyi, Alfons Adetuyi Debbie Travis’ Painted House – Whalley-Abbey Media Holdings. Producers: Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein FashionTelevision – CHUM. Producers: Jay Levine, Moses Znaimer, Marcia Martin shiftTV – Shift Magazine. Producers: Ian Hannah, Cathie James The Great Canadian Food Show – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Chris Knight
Best Animated Program or Series Ollie's Under the Bed Adventures – Decode Entertainment, Collideascope Digital Production. Producers: Steven J.P. Comeau, Jessica Andrews, Michael-Andreas Kuttner 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 Caillou – Cookie Jar Group, Clockwork Zoo. Producers: Cassandra Schafhausen, Peter Moss, Natalie Dumoulin Children of Chelm – Breakthrough Entertainment, Pitchi Poy Animation. Producers: Peter Williamson, Ira Levy Franklin – Nelvana. Producers: Clive A. Smith, Michael Hirsh, Patricia R. Burns, Cynthia Taylor, Stephen Hodgins, Marc Minjauw, Paul Hannequart, Patrick Loubert Yvon of the Yukon – Studio B Productions, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Bobby Hsieh, Blair Peters, Chris Bartleman, Tom Pong
Best Pre-School Program or Series Sesame Park – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Duncan Lamb, Susan Sheehan, Wendy Smith Land O’ Hands – Radical Sheep Productions, Treehouse TV. John Leitch, Rob Mills The Nook Counting Network – TVOntario. Producer: Karen Young
Best Children's or Youth Program or Series Street Cents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Barbara Kennedy, Robin Johnston, Susan Rogers Caitlin's Way – Riverwood Productions, Fireworks Entertainment, Lynch Entertainment, Nickelodeon. Producers: Jana Veverka, Adam Haight, Helen White, Jay Firestone I Was a Sixth Grade Alien – Winklemania Productions, AAC Kids. Producers: Tracey Dodokin, Daphne Ballon, Julie Lacey, Gary Delfiner, Bruce Coville, Maribeth Daley, Ellis Iddon, Philip Meagher Incredible Story Studios – Mind's Eye Entertainment, Vérité Films. Producers: Robert de Lint, Virginia Thompson, Kieran Corrigan, Mark Reid, Kevin DeWalt Screech Owls – Oasis Pictures, Shaftesbury Films, YTV, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Christina Jennings, Moira Holmes, John May, Suzanne Bolch
Best Sports Program or Series Life and Times – Jean Beliveau – 90th Parallel Productions, CBC. Producers: Linda Laughlin, Michael Claydon, Susan Dando Sports Journal – CBC Sports. Producers: Brenda Irving, Ken Dodd, Tom Harrington, Claude Panet-Raymond, Terry Walker Hockey Day in Canada – Celebrating the Game – CBC Sports. Producers: Chris Irwin, Joel Darling Open Ice: Coming of Age – Sportsnet. Producers: Robert MacAskill, Ian Davey Too Colourful for the League – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Diversus Productions. Producers: Max Wallace, Paul Harrington, Evan Beloff, Ari A. Cohen