The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 15th Gemini Awards were held on October 30, 2000, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Steve Smith, took place at the John Bassett Theatre 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, Tom Braidwood Drop the Beat – Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Adrienne Mitchell, Christine Shipton, Janis Lundman Stargate SG-1 – Stargate SG-1 Productions. Producers: John Smith, Robert C. Cooper, Michael Greenburg, Richard Dean Anderson, Brad Wright The Outer Limits – Alliance Atlantis, Atlantis Films, Showtime Networks, Trilogy Entertainment. Producers: John Watson, Brent Karl Clackson, Pen Densham, Sam Egan, Richard Barton Lewis Twice in a Lifetime – Pebblehut Productions, Paxson Entertainment, CTV Television Network. Producers – Michael Prupas, Stephen Brackley, Barney Rosenzweig, Marilyn Stonehouse, Michael J. Maschio
Best TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-series Dr. Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story – TVA International/Motion International, Ballistic Pictures. Producers: Francine Allaire, Claude Bonin, Andre Picard Restless Spirits – Accent Entertainment, Temple Street Productions. Producers: Sheila Hockin, Patrick Whitley, Susan Cavan Murder Most Likely – Alliance Atlantis, CTV Television Network, Judas Kiss Productions, Two Bridges Entertainment, Telefilm Canada. Producers: Frank Siracusa, Anne Marie La Traverse, Paul Gross, R.B.Carney, Robert Forsyth One Heart Broken Into Song – Picture Plant, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: William D. MacGillivray, Terry Greenlaw The Sheldon Kennedy Story – Alberta Filmworks, Sarrazin Couture Entertainment. Producers: Pierre Sarrazin, Doug MacLeod
Best Short Dramatic Program A Feeling Called Glory – Cracked Pot Films. Producer: Coreen Mayrs My Father’s Hands – Hungry Eyes Media. Producer: Jennifer Holness The Daily Blade – Jigsaw Productions. Producer: David Coole
Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D’Eon, Mark Farrell, Ginny Jones-Duzak, Jack Kellum Dave Broadfoot: Old Dog, New Tricks – Abbott-Ferguson Productions. Producers: Dave Broadfoot, Don Ferguson Double Exposure – CBC Radio One. Producers: Bob Robertson, Linda Cullen, Nick Orchard Made in Canada – Salter Street Films, Island Edge. Producers: Gerald Lunz, Michael Donovan Air Farce Live – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson Bob and Margaret – Nelvana. Producers: David Fine, Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Alison Snowden, Clive A. Smith
Best Music, Variety Program or Series East Coast Music Awards 2000 – (East Coast Music Association, CBC Halifax). Producers: Geoff D’Eon, Jac Gautreau, Michael Lewis A George Fox Christmas – Alberta Filmworks. Producers: Tinti Moffat, Randy Bradshaw, Tony Baylis Double Exposure – Another Swift Kick in the Year End – CBC Radio One. Producers: Bob Robertson, Linda Cullen, Nick Orchard Intimate and Interactive – MuchMusic. Producer: Sheila Sullivan YAA! The YTV Achievement Awards – The 10th Anniversary – YTV. Producer: Joanne P. Jackson
Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Life and Times – Tall Tales From The Long Corner: The Life and Times of Ronnie Hawkins – 90th Parallel Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Gordon Henderson
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Deep Inside Clint Star – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Silva Basmajian Asylum: Falling Through the Cracks – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Christopher Sumpton Kikkik – Women's Television Network. Producer: Ole Gjerstad Legacy of Terror: The Bombing of Air India – Bishari Films, TVOntario. Producers: Shelley Saywell, Rudy Buttignol The View from Here – The Holier It Gets – Mercury Films, Requisite Films, TVOntario. Producers: Nicholas de Pencier, Jennifer Baichwal, Rudy Buttignol
Best Documentary Series The View from Here – TVOntario. Producer: Rudy Buttignol Urban Angels of Medicine – Infinite Monkeys Productions, Microtainment Plus International. Producers: Lon Appleby, Garry Blye, Howard Berstein, Mark Shekter SexTV – Citytv. Producers: Brad Brough, Moses Znaimer, Marcia Martin The Sexual Century – Barna-Alper Productions. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Sally Doganis Witness – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Charlotte Odele, Marie Natanson, Hilary Armstrong
Best History/Biography Documentary Program Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Donald McWilliams, Barrie Angus McLean Life and Times – Ambition: The Life & Times of Ted Rogers – 90th Parallel Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Gordon Henderson The Man Who Might Have Been – An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Gerry Flahive The Viking Saga: The Era of the Long Ships – Galafilm, Agaton Film & TV. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Bo G. Ericson, Lars Rengfelt Unwanted Soldiers – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Karen King
Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program After Darwin – Galafilm, PTV Productions. Producer: Arnie Gelbart Edge of Extinction: Saving the Leatherback Sea Turtle – Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Stuart Goodman, Andrea Boyd, Peter Williamson, Ira Levy Tatshenshini-Alsek Park: Heart of the Wilderness – Good Earth Productions, Bonterra Productions. Producers: Ihor Macijiwsky, Mitchell Azaria The Nature of Things – Parkinson's: Lynda's Story – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: David Tucker The Secret World of Gardens – Bullfrog Films. Producer: Susan Fleming
Best News Information Series the fifth estate – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: David Studer, Susan Teskey CounterSpin – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Tom Jokinen, Paul Jay, Ron Haggart Marketplace – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Leslie Peck, Julie Bristow Undercurrents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Pam Bertrand, F.N. Morrison Venture – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sophia Hadzipetros, Marie Clarke
Best Newscast/News Special The National/CBC News – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Kelly Crichton, Nigel Gibson, Fred Parker 24 Hours: Pan Am Games Producer: Cecil Rosner CTV National News – Egyptair Flight 9–90 CTV Television Network. Producers: Henry Kowalski, Robert Hurst Newswatch – Live from La Place du 6 decembre – Producer: Tony Ross Sunday Report – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Hedy Korbee
Best Talk/General Information Series Skylight – VisionTV. Producer: Rita Deverell Bynon – PrimeTV. Producer: Arlene Bynon Hot Type – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Evan Solomon, Andrew Johnson Imprint – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Linda Dunlop, Richard Ouzounian Men on Women – Producer: Heather Ryall
Best Lifestyle Series Foodessence – Salter Street Films. Producer: Charles Bishop Loving Spoonfuls – Indivisual Productions. Producer: Allan Novak Moving On – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, TVOntario. Producer: Doug Caldwell Savoir Faire Specials – Primevista Television. Producer: Michael Prini shiftTV – Shift Magazine. Producer: Andrew Heintzman, Cathie James
Best Animated Program or Series or Short Animated Program Angela Anaconda – Decode Entertainment/C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures. Producers: Steven DeNure, Neil Court, Joanna Ferrone, John Mariella, Sue Rose, Beth Stevenson Beast Machines: Transformers – Mark Ralston, Ian Pearson, Asaph Fipke Franklin – Nelvana. Producers: Clive A. Smith, Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert Rolie Polie Olie- Nelvana, Métal Hurlant Productions. Producers: Clive A. Smith, Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, William Joyce, Fabrice Giger Something From Nothing – Portfolio Entertainment, Funbag Animation Studios, Noreen Young Productions. Producers: Lisa Olfman, Rick Morrison, Curtis Crawford
Best Preschool Program or Series Polka Dot Shorts – TVOntario. Producer: Jed MacKay Panda Bear Daycare – YTV, Radical Sheep Productions. Producers: John Leitch, Rob Mills Polkaroo's Number Wonders – TVOntario. Producer: Marie McCann Ruffus the Dog – YTV, Radical Sheep Productions. Producers: John Leitch, Rob Mills Scoop and Doozie – Queen Bee Productions. Producer: Romney Grant
Best Children’s or Youth Program or Series Incredible Story Studios – Mind's Eye Entertainment, Vérité Films. Producers: Kevin DeWalt, Robert de Lint, Rob King, Virginia Thompson Popular Mechanics For Kids – SDA Productions. Producers: Michael C. Lavoie, Jonathan Finkelstein, André A. Bélanger Street Cents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Barbara Kennedy The Worst Witch – United Productions. Producers: Angela Beeching, Michael Haggiag, Dan Maddicott, Arnie Gelbart Yaa! To the M@X – YTV. Producers: Michel C. Lavoie, Jonathan Finkelstein, André A. Bélanger
Best Sports Program or Series Legends of Hockey – Network Entertainment. Producers: Derik Murray, John Hamilton Crossing the White Line – Producers: Jack Rabinovitch, Simcha Jacobovici, Elliott Halpern Dying to Win – Paradigm Pictures. Producers: Marrin Canell, Ted Remerowski Lady of the Lake – Producers: Frank Savoie, Alan Mendelsohn, Laszlo Barna Sports Journal – CBC Sports. Terry Walker, Claude Panet-Raymond, Tom Harrington, Ken Dodd
Best Live Sporting Event Pan Am Games – CBC Sports. Producers: Joel Darling, Mike Brannagan Air Canada Championship Producers: Greg Breakell, Deb Sanderson, Jeffrey Mather TSN Blue Jays Baseball – TSN. Producers: Bruce Perrin, Rick Briggs-Jude
Best Live Special Event Coverage 2000 Today – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Pam McNair, Chris Waddell Canada AM – CTV Television Network. Producers: Michael Serapio, Zev Shalev @discovery.ca – Live From Mars – Discovery Channel. Producers: Alex Bystram, Deanna Kraus, Craig Colby, Penny Park, Jane Mingay Manitoba Votes 1999 – CBC Manitoba. Producer: Cecil Rosner Much@Woodstock '99 – Much Television. Producers: David Kines, Denise Donlon
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series David Wellington – Restless Spirits (Accent Entertainment/Temple Street Productions) Coreen Mayrs – A Feeling Called Glory (Cracked Pot Films) George Mihalka – Dr. Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story (TVA International/Motion International/Ballistic Pictures) Brad Turner – Must Be Santa (CBC) Norma Bailey – The Sheldon Kennedy Story (Alberta Filmworks/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Ken Finkleman – Foolish Heart – The Critic (CBC) Giles Walker – Cold Squad (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Atlantis Films) Fred Frame – Mentors (Mind's Eye Entertainment/Anaid Productions) Albert Kish – Power Play (CTV Originals/NDG Productions/Serendipity Point Films/Alliance Atlantis) Jerry Ciccoritti – The City Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)
Best Direction in an Information Program or Series Neil Docherty – the fifth estate – Legacy of Pain (CBC) Douglas Spencer – Off the Map (DBS-Gorica Productions) Marian MacNair, Serge Marcil, Sid Goldberg, Jean Louis Côté – Popular Mechanics For Kids (SDA Productions) Oleh Rumak, Claude Vickery, Jennifer Campbell – the fifth estate (CBC) Randy Werle – Undercurrents (CBC)
Best Direction in a Documentary Program Lesley Ann Patten – The Voice Set Free (Tightwire Productions) Beverly Shaffer – Just a Wedding (NFB) Shelley Saywell – Legacy of Terror: The Bombing of Air India (Bishari Films/TVOntario) Lewis Cohen – Road Stories for the Flesh Eating Future (Galafilm) Shui-Bo Wang – Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square (NFB)
Best Direction in a Documentary Series Jennifer Baichwal – The View from Here – The Holier It Gets (Mercury Films/Requisite Films/TVOntario)