The 3rd Gemini Awards were held in 1988 to honour achievements in Canadian television."All the 1988 Gemini winners". Vancouver Sun, December 1, 1988. The ceremonies were sponsored by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on 29 and 30 November. It was broadcast on CBC.
Awards
Programs Best Drama Series Best Dramatic Miniseries Degrassi Junior High He Shoots, He Scores Night Heat Street Legal Anne of Avonlea Hoover vs. The Kennedys The King Chronicle Best TV Movie Short drama Blades of Courage And Then You Die Family Reunion A Nest of Singing Birds A Child's Christmas in Wales Family Matter Hero of the Family Max Haines Crime Flashback Documentary program Documentary series Runaways: 24 Hours on the Street Artist on Fire: The Work of Joyce Wieland Asylum Foster Child North to Nowhere The Nature of Things Man Alive The Space Children's program Children's series They Look A Lot Like Us - A China Odyssey Ramona Mr. Dressup Today's Special What's New Wonderstruck Information series Light information series Venture Land and Sea Monitor Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada Live It Up! The NewMusic Out Your Way Variety program Variety series David Foster: The Symphony Sessions 9th Genie Awards Corey Hart Special Gordon Pinsent Sings Those Hollywood Songs It's Only Rock & Roll The Comedy Mill The Tommy Hunter Show Animated program or series Performing arts program The Raccoons Earth's Magnetic Field The Nightingale Masterclass with Menuhin Much Ado About Nothing Videovisions Vivaldi Sports program or series The Boys on the Bus Export A Series Canadian National Disabled Skiing Championships Shooting Stars Sportsline
Actors Lead actor, drama series Lead actress, drama series Pat Mastroianni, Degrassi Junior High Patrick Bauchau, Mount Royal Scott Hylands, Night Heat Winston Rekert, Adderly Donnelly Rhodes, Danger Bay Sonja Smits, Street Legal Ocean Hellman, Danger Bay Sarah Polley, Ramona Jessica Steen, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Lead actor, dramatic program or miniseries Lead actress, dramatic program or miniseries Kenneth Welsh, And Then You Die Nicholas Campbell, Hoover vs. The Kennedys Denholm Elliott, A Child's Christmas in Wales Michael Ironside, The Ray Bradbury Theatre R. H. Thomson, And Then You Die Megan Follows, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel Christianne Hirt, Blades of Courage Rebecca Jenkins, Family Reunion Sheila McCarthy, A Nest of Singing Birds Supporting actor, drama Supporting actress, drama Wayne Robson, And Then You Die Henry Beckman, Family Reunion Peter Boretski, Chasing Rainbows Gary Reineke, The King Chronicle Sandy Webster, The King Chronicle Colleen Dewhurst, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel Rosemary Dunsmore, Blades of Courage Wendy Hiller, Anne of Avonlea Helen Hughes, The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe Sophie Léger, Chasing Rainbows Performance in a guest role Performance in a variety or performing arts program or series Martha Henry, Mount Royal Danny Aiello, Night Heat Sheila McCarthy, Mount Royal Isabelle Mejias, Danger Bay Marcel Sabourin, Mount Royal k. d. lang, 1987 Canadian Country Music Awards
Journalism and sports
{| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best host, interviewer or anchor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best sportscaster |- | valign="top" | Peter Mansbridge, Sunday Report Eric Malling, The Fifth Estate Bob McDonald, Wonderstruck Christina Pochmursky, Monitor Wayne Rostad, Out Our Way | valign="top" | Brian Williams, 1988 Winter Olympics Chris Cuthbert, Hockey Night in Canada Don Wittman and Ron Lancaster, 75th Grey Cup |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best news reportage ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best special event coverage |- | valign="top" | Don Murray, The National: "Occupied Territories Report - January, March, April 1988" Robert Hurst, CTV National News Roger Smith, CTV National News | valign="top" | 1988 Winter Olympics (CTV Sports) Canadian Gymnastics Championships Push for Power Toronto Economic Summit |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best production of an information segment ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best news photography |- | valign="top" | Alister Bell, Michael Claydon, Michael Savoie, Jerry Thompson and Don Young, The Journal: "Agony of Bhopal"| valign="top" | Peter Warren, "Arctic Sovereignty"|}
Directing Drama series Dramatic program or miniseries Kit Hood, Degrassi Junior High Allan King, Danger Bay George Mendeluk, Night Heat Jorge Montesi, Night Heat Brad Turner, The Beachcombers Don McBrearty, A Child's Christmas in Wales Francis Mankiewicz, And Then You Die Michael O'Herlihy, Hoover vs. The Kennedys Vic Sarin, Family Reunion Information or documentary program or series Variety or performing arts program or series Bob McKeown, The Boys on the Bus Barbara Willis Sweete, Guitar
Writing Drama series Drama program or miniseries Tim Dunphy and Peter Mohan, Night Heat Michael Mercer, The Beachcombers Kevin Scanlon, Adderly J. Michael Straczynski, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future He Shoots, He Scores Suzette Couture, Blades of Courage Alun Hibbert and Wayne Grigsby, And Then You Die Lionel E. Siegel, Hoover vs. The Kennedys Joe Wiesenfeld, A Nest of Singing Birds Comedy, variety or performing arts program or series Information or documentary program or series Avrum Jacobson, Family Reunion 9th Genie Awards Rick Jones, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande and Kevin Gillis, The Raccoons William J. Thomas, Breaking All the Rules Kent Martin and James Laxer, Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada: "In Bed With an Elephant"
Craft awards Costume design Production design Martha Mann, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel Sherry McMorran, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Suzanne Mess, Chasing Rainbows Pamela Woodward Conner, Family Reunion Susan Longmire, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel Paul Ames, A Nest of Singing Birds Susan Longmire, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Stephen Roloff, A Child's Christmas in Wales Photography in a dramatic program or series Photography in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series Marc Champion, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel Peter Benison, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future David Herrington, Hoover vs. The Kennedys Miklós Lente, Night Heat Rick Maguire, Street Legal Rene Ohashi, Masterclass with Menuhin Photography in an information or documentary program or series Picture editing in a dramatic program or series Maurice Chabot, North to Nowhere: Quest for the Pole Eric Wrate, Street Legal: "Assault" Ralph Brunjes, Hoover vs. the Kennedys Sally Paterson, A Child's Christmas in Wales David B. Thompson, The Gunfighters Mairin Wilkinson, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel Picture editing in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series Picture editing in an information or documentary program or series Anthony Corindia, Michael McNamara and Mark Powers, Jane Siberry: I Muse Aloud Vidal Beique, North to Nowhere: Quest for the Pole Sound in a dramatic program or series Sound in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series Dave Brown, Steve Gorman, Austin Grimaldi, Brian Newby and Kevin Townshend, Blades of Courage Douglas Ganton, Cathy Hutton, Tony Currie, David Appleby and Wink Martin, Hoover vs. The Kennedys Jean-Pierre Joutel, Julian Olson, Hans Oomes, Louis Hone and Adrian Croll, The King Chronicle Gerry King, Dino Pigat, Austin Grimaldi and Kevin Townsend, And Then You Die Brian Avery, Joe Grimaldi and Lock Johnston, Guitar Sound in an information or documentary program or series Music composition for a series Dominique Chartrand, Serge Lacroix, John Martin and Daniel Masse, North to Nowhere: Quest for the Pole Keith Bonnell, Life After Death Clancy Livingston, Michael Lalonde, Barry Jones and Reni Potrebenko, Shooting Stars Pierre Ouellet and Michael Edward Jackson, Earth's Magnetic Field Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon, Adderly: "Midnight in Morocco" Neil Chotem, Chasing Rainbows Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon, Mount Royal Music composition for a program Technical achievement David Foster, David Foster: The Symphony Sessions Paul Hoffert, Hoover vs. The Kennedys Louis Natale, The Ray Bradbury Theatre ARCCA Animation, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
Special awards Earle Grey Award: Kate Reid Multiculturalism Award: Degrassi Junior High TV Guide Most Popular Program Award: Night Heat John Drainie Award: Davidson Dunton Margaret Collier Award: M. Charles Cohen
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