The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 13th Gemini Awards were held on October 4, 1998, to honour achievements in Canadian television. (This year's awards were split into two segments; the first 1998 ceremony was held on March 1 and was named the 12th Gemini Awards). The awards show, which was hosted by Ronnie Edwards and Kenny Robinson, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.
Best Dramatic Series Traders Season III – Atlantis Films. Producers: Alyson Feltes, Hart Hanson, Sandie Pereira Cold Squad – Keatley MacLeod Productions, Atlantis Films. Producers: Julia Keatley, Philip Keatley, Anne Marie LaTraverse, Matt MacLeod, Seaton McLean Due South – Alliance Communications. Producers: Paul Gross, Robert B. Carney, Frank Siracusa Emily of New Moon – Salter Street Films, Cinar. Producers: Micheline Charest, Michael Donovan, Marlene Matthews, Ronald A. Weinberg Once A Thief – Alliance Communications. Producers: William Laurin, Terence Chang, Glenn Davis, Wendy Grean, John Woo
Best Short Dramatic Program Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach – Suite 4: Sarabande – Rhombus Media. Producers: Niv Fichman, Rudy Buttignol Eb & Flo – Creative Atlantic Communications. Producers: Carolynne Bell, Sheri Elwood, Janice Evans, Greg Jones Eyes of a Cowboy – Eyes of A Cowboy Productions. Producers: Peter Graham, Jana Veverka
Best TV Movie or Mini-Series The Sleep Room – Cinar, Bernard Zukerman Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Micheline Charest, Ronald A. Weinberg Borrowed Hearts – Atlantis Films. Producers: Peter Sussman, Gary Delfiner, Roma Downey, Ed Gernon, Mary Kahn Pit Pony – Cochran Entertainment. Producer: Andrew Cochran Platinum – Prisma Productions. Producers: Claude Godbout, Joanne Forgues, Madeleine Henrie White Lies – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Phil Savath
Best Music, Variety Program or Series Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach – Six Gestures – Rhombus Media. Producers: Niv Fichman, Rudy Buttignol Rita MacNeil's Celtic Celebration – CTV Television Network, Lupins Productions. Producers: Sandra Faire, Trisa Dayot The Canadian Brass: A Christmas Experiment – Rhombus Media, The Canadian Brass. Producers: Daniel Iron, Barbara Willis Sweete Terri Clark: Coming Home – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Steve Glassman, Michael Watt This Hour Has 22 Minutes New Years Eve – Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D'Eon, Andrew McInnes, Jack Kellum, Gerald Lunz
Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D'Eon, Jack Kellum, Gerald Lunz, Andrew McInnes The Dish Show – BBS Productions. Producer: Martha Kehoe More Tears – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ken Finkleman, Jan Peter Meyboom The Red Green Show VII – Red Green Productions. Producer: Steve Smith Twitch City – Shadow Shows, Accent Entertainment, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Susan Cavan, Bruce McDonald
Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary Program Gerrie & Louise – Blackstock Pictures, Eurasia Motion Pictures, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sturla Gunnarsson, Phyllis Brown, David York Confessions of a Rabid Dog – Sienna Films, National Film Board of Canada, TVOntario. Producers: Julia Sereny, Rudy Buttignol, Gerry Flahive Dad – Partners in Motion, VisionTV, SCN. Producer: Chris Triffo Some Kind of Arrangement – Sondhi Productions, National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Geeta Sondhi Witness – Between Here and Heaven – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Wayne Abbott, Andrew Gregg
Best Documentary Series The Nature of Things With David Suzuki – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Allder, Michael Bennett It Seems Like Yesterday – Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Ira Levy, Peter Williamson Life and Times – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Susan Dando, Mark Starowicz Rainmakers – Adobe Productions. Producers: Robbie Hart, Luc Côté The View from Here – TVOntario. Producer: Rudy Buttignol VisionVoices – VisionTV. Producer: Peter Flemington
Best Science, Technology, Nature and Environment Documentary Program Before Their Time – TVOntario, Discovery Channel. Producers: David Way, Rudy Buttignol, Steven Manuel Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve – Good Earth Productions, Discovery Channel. Producer: Mitch Azaria The Monarch – A Butterfly Beyond Borders – Asterisk Productions. Producers: David Springbett, Heather MacAndrew Superbugs – 90th Parallel Film & Television Productions. Producer: Gordon Henderson Witness – Quake Hunters – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Terence McKeown
Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach – Falling Down Stairs – Rhombus Media. Producers: Niv Fichman, Rudy Buttignol Adrienne Clarkson Presents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Adrienne Clarkson Asahi: The Toronto Tabla Ensemble – Paulus Productions. Producers: Daniel Hill, Robert Jeffrey, Paul Russell Life and Times – Glenn Gould Shadow Genius – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: David Langer Toller Cranston: A Tribute – Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach – The Sound of the Carceri – Rhombus Media. Producers: Niv Fichman, Rudy Buttignol
Best Information Program or Series Undercurrents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: F.M. Morrison, Pam Bertrand Daily Planet (TV series) – Discovery Channel. Producer: Paul Lewis The Health Show – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Sophia Hadzipetros The Lead – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Jay Mowat, David Nayman Marketplace – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Paul Harrington Pacific Rim Report – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Eric Rankin, Jay Mowat
Best Lifestyle Information Series Future World – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Alice Hopton, Andrew Johnson, Maria Mironowicz Big Life With Daniel Richler – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Maria Mironowicz, Daniel Richler, Cindy Witten Fashion File – CBC Newsworld, Toronto Life Fashion Magazine. Producers: Debbie Gibson, Maria Mironowicz Flightpath II – Screenlife Productions. Producers: Michael Maclear, Mike Feheley Moving On – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Shafik Obrai
Best Animated Program or Series The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police – Nelvana. Producers: Patrick Loubert, Gwenn Saunders Eckel, Michael Hirsh, Stephen Hodgins, Robert Ross, Clive A. Smith, J.D. Smith Arthur – Cinar. Producers: Micheline Charest, Cassandra Schafhausen, Ronald A. Weinberg Ned's Newt – Producers: Patrick Loubert, Patricia Burns, Vince Commisso, Michael Hirsh, Stephen Hodgins, Andy Knight, Clive A. Smith, Peter Völkle (Nelvana, TMO Film GmbH) ReBoot – Mainframe Studios, Alliance Communications, YTV. Producers: Christopher Brough, Ian Pearson Stickin' Around – Nelvana. Producers: Patrick Loubert, Patricia Burns, Vince Commisso, Michael Hirsh, Stephen Hodgins, Clive A. Smith
Best Preschool Program or Series Theodore Tugboat – Cochran Entertainment. Producer: Andrew Cochran Franklin – Nelvana, Neurones. Producers: Patrick Loubert, Patricia Burns, Paul Hannequart, Michael Hirsh, Stephen Hodgins, Marc Minjauw, Clive A. Smith Guess What? – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Susan Sheehan Once Upon A Hamster – Hammytime III Productions, YTV. Producer: Paul Sutherland Wimzie's House – Cinar. Producers: Micheline Charest, Patricia Lavoie, Ronald A. Weinberg
Best Children's or Youth Program or Series Ready or Not – Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Moira Holmes The Adventures of Shirley Holmes – Credo Entertainment, Forefront Entertainment. Producers: Kim Todd, Helena Cynamon, Derek Mazur Incredible Story Studios – Mind's Eye Entertainment. Producers: Kevin DeWalt, Virginia Thompson Popular Mechanics For Kids – SDA Productions. Producers: Jonathan Finkelstein, Michel C. Lavoie, Andre Picard Straight Up – Alliance Communications, Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Eric Norlen, Christine Shipton Street Cents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Barbara Kennedy
Best Sports Program or Series Sports Journal – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Ken Dodd, Jay Mowat, Terry Walker The Boys Who Loved Hockey – Independent Moving Pictures, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Saskatchewan, Manitoba). Producers: Lori Kuffner, Gail Tilson Life and Times – The Crazy Canucks – Summerhill Entertainment. Producers: John LaRose, Bill Johnston, Ron Lillie September 1972 – TV Eye Entertainment. Producers: Ian Davey, Robert MacAskill Life and Times – Villeneuve: A Legend, A Champion – M.D.F. Productions. Producer: Peter Gentile
Best Live Sporting Event The 18th Olympic Winter Games – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Doug Sellars, Joel Darling, Terry Ludwick NBA on CTV – Chicago Bulls at Toronto Raptors – CTV Television Network. Producers: Scott Moore, Michael Lansbury, Jeffrey Mather, John McLarty, Laura Mellanby
Best Special Event Coverage CBC Newsworld – Diana, Princess of Wales – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Chris Waddell, Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker CBC Newsworld – CBC Newsworld – The Storm Of '98. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker, Bob Weiers Newswatch/CBC News Montreal – Ice Storm '98 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Montreal. Producer: Tony Ross
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Anne Wheeler – The Sleep Room (Cinar/Bernard Zukerman Productions) Atom Egoyan – Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach – Sarabande (Rhombus Media) Ted Kotcheff – Borrowed Hearts (Atlantis Films) Bruce McDonald – Platinum (Prisma Productions) Eric Till – Pit Pony (Cochran Entertainment) Brad Turner – Major Crime (Salter Street Films)
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Jerry Ciccoritti – Straight Up – Raw (Alliance Films/Back Alley Film Productions) George Bloomfield – Due South – Dead Guy Running (Alliance Communications) Alan Simmonds – Black Harbour – The Legacy (Fogbound Films/Topsail Entertainment) Stacey Stewart Curtis – Black Harbour – Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Fogbound Films/Topsail Entertainment) Anne Wheeler – Cold Squad – Rita Brice (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Atlantis Films)
Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series Henry Sarwer-Foner – This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Salter Street Films/CBC) François Girard – Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach – The Sound of the Carceri (Rhombus Media) Robert Sherrin – Adrienne Clarkson Presents: 2 Pianos, 4 Hands (CBC) Barbara Willis Sweete – The Canadian Brass: A Christmas Experiment (Rhombus Media/The Canadian Brass) Barbara Willis Sweete – Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach – Falling Down Stairs (Rhombus Media)
Best Direction in an Information Program or Series Morris Karp – the fifth estate – John/Joan (CBC) Jean-Louis Cote, Sydney Goldberg, Serge Marcil – Popular Mechanics For Kids – Food Production (SDA Productions) Rachel Low – Flightpath II – Hurricane Hunters (Screenlife Productions) Roxana Spicer – Marketplace – Fake Cigars (CBC) Don Young – Travels With Mom – The Maine Show (Almadon Productions)
Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series Chris Triffo – Dad (Partners in Motion) Sturla Gunnarsson – Gerrie & Louise (Blackstock Pictures/Eurasia Motion Pictures/CBC) David Langer – Life and Times – Glenn Gould Shadow Genius (CBC) Kevin McMahon – Intelligence (Primitive Features/NFB/TVOntario) Larry Weinstein – Hong Kong Symphony: Heaven-Earth-Mankind (Rhombus Media)
Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series Bruce McDonald – Twitch City – Killed By Cat Food (Shadow Shows/Accent Entertainment/CBC) Ken Finkleman – More Tears – Symbols (CBC)