The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 9th Gemini Awards were held on March 5, 1995 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Paul Gross and Tina Keeper, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.
Winners and nominees The following are the winners and nominees of the 9th annual Gemini Awards. Winners appear first and highlighted in bold.
Best Dramatic Series Due South – Alliance Communications. Producers: Jeff King, Paul Haggis, Kathy Slevin Road to Avonlea – Sullivan Entertainment. Producers: Trudy Grant, Kevin Sullivan Street Legal- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Nadia Harcourt, Duncan Lamb, Helen Kafka, Chris Paton Neon Rider – Virtue/Rekert Productions, Atlantis Films. Producers: Winston Rekert, Danny Virtue, Michael MacMillan E.N.G. – Atlantis Communications. Producers: Jennifer Black, David Barlow Destiny Ridge – Great North Productions. Producers: Mary Kahn, Larry Raskin, Andy Thomson
Best Short Dramatic Program Something to Cry About – Swirling Storm Productions. Producer: Terry Steyn The Hidden Room – Dreams About Water – Hidden Room Productions. Producers: David Perlmutter, Lewis Chesler, Tab Baird, Adam Haight Sunday Arts Entertainment – The Perfect Pie – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Robert Sherrin Survivors – Inner City Films. Producers: Alfons Adetuyi, Douglas Stewart, Stephen Turnbull, Claire Prieto
Best TV Movie Due South – Alliance Communications. Producers: Jeff King, Paul Haggis, Jean Desormeaux Life with Billy – Salter Street Films, The Film Works. Producers: Michael Donovan, Eric Jordan Heads – Credo Group, Sojourn Pictures, Atlantis Films. Producers: Jonathan Goodwill, Derek Mazur, Peter Sussman, Martin Tudor, Bill Gray For the Love of Aaron – Patterdale Productions. Producer: Anne Hopkins Coming of Age – Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Ira Levy, Peter Williamson, Barri Cohen
Best Music Variety Program or Series Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Brunton, Joan Tosoni, Sandra Bezic 1994 Canadian Country Music Awards – CTV Television Network. Producers: Gordon James, Ken Gibson Celine Dion: The Colour of My Love – Paragon Entertainment. Producers: Carol Reynolds, René Angélil, Richard Borchiver, Donald K. Donald Sing Out Freedom Train – Jim McKenna Teleshows, Global Television Network. Producer: Jim McKenna Ear to the Ground – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sandra Faire, Faith Feingold
Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Geoff D'Eon, Michael Donovan, Jack Kellum, Gerald Lunz, Jenipher Ritchie The Kids in the Hall – Broadway Video, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Blanchard, Lorne Michaels, Jeffrey Berman, Cindy Park, Jeff Ross Royal Canadian Air Farce – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Brian Robertson, Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson
Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary Program Shadows and Light: Joaquin Rodrigo at 90 – Rhombus Media. Producers: Larry Weinstein, Niv Fichman Hidden Children – TVOntario. Producer: Julia Sereny No Man's Land – Bishari Film Productions. Producer: Shelley Saywell Dream Tower – Sphinx Productions. Producer: Ron Mann Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Virginia Storring
Best Documentary Series Witness – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Mark Starowicz Rough Cuts – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Jerry McIntosh The Nature of Things – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: James Murray Canadian Wilderness Journal – K.E.G. Productions. Producer: Ralph C. Ellis
Best Dramatic Mini-Series Dieppe – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Bernard Zukerman
Best Performing Arts Program Sunday Arts Entertainment – Walls – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Jeremy Podeswa The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Chris Paton, John Kim Bell, Fred Nicolaidis Adrienne Clarkson Presents – Skin, Flesh and Bone – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Adrienne Clarkson Concierto de Aranjuez – Rhombus Media. Producers: Larry Weinstein, Niv Fichman
Best Information Series the fifth estate – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: David Studer, Kelly Crichton W5 With Eric Malling – CTV. Producers: Peter Rehak, Mike Lavoie Venture – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joy Crysdale, Linda Sims CBC Prime Time News – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joan Anderson, Tony Burman
Best Information Segment The Health Show – Scatology – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Mullington, Edmund Egan For the Love of the Game – Perfect Body?, Laura Binetti Segment – Television Renaissance. Producers: Morgan Elliott, Aiken Scherberger the fifth estate – No Safe Place – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sarah Spinks, Christina Campbell the fifth estate – Missing: Presumed Safe – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Margaret Slaght, Dan Burke CBC Prime Time News – The Lakoubovski File – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Robin Benger, Patricia Chew
Best Lifestyle Series On the Road Again – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Paul Harrington 50/UP – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Shafik Obrai It's About Time – VisionTV. Producers: Sadia Zaman, Rita Deverell FashionTelevision – Chumcity. Producers: Moses Znaimer, Marcia Martin, Jay Levine Inquiring Minds – TVOntario. Producers: Chris Robinson, Michael Kinney
Best Animated Program or Series ReBoot – Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications, BLT Productions. Producers: Christopher Brough, Ian Pearson, Jay Firestone Dog City – Nelvana, Jim Henson Productions. Producers: Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith Christopher the Christmas Tree – Delaney & Friends Cartoon Productions. Producer: Chris Delaney
Best Youth Program or Series Street Cents- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Nowlan, Jonathan Finkelstein, Barbara Kennedy Brainstorm – TVOntario. Producer: Janet Thomson For Angela – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Nancy Trites Botkin, Joe MacDonald aidScare, aidsCare – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Lynn Harvey Ready or Not – Insight Productions. Producers: Alyse Rosenberg, John Brunton, Moira Holmes, Barbara Bowlby
Best Children's Program or Series The Big Comfy Couch – Radical Sheep Productions. Producers: Cheryl Wagner, Robert Mills Wild Side Show – Atlantis Films. Producers: Martin Katz, Ken Walz, Dale Burshtein Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Lynn Harvey Fred Penner's Place – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Lesley Oswald The Biggest Little Ticket – Lyric Film & Video. Producers: Robert Lang, Peter Weyman
Best Sports Program or Series Elvis: Airborne – Silent J Entertainment, Baton Broadcast System. Producers: Morgan Earl, Cathryn McCartney, Edward Futerman The XVII Olympic Winter Games: Olympic Prime Time – Canadian Television Network. Producers: Doug Beeforth, John Shannon, Jim Marshall, John McLarty, Laura Mellanby Chasing the Dream – Ballpark Pictures. Producers: Peter Raymont, David Barlow, William Thomas Molson Hockey Night in Canada – Stanley Cup Final – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ron G. Harrison, Larry Isaac Pumped! – Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Dale Burshtein
Best Special Event Coverage Election Night '93 – MuchMusic. Producer: Denise Donlon South African Election – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Slawko Klymkiw, Lynn Raineault, Edith Champagne Election '93 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Arnold Amber, Tom Kavanagh, Elly Alboim, Michael Smith XV Commonwealth Games – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Bob Moir, Joan Mead
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Paul Donovan – Life with Billy (Salter Street Films/The Film Works) John N. Smith – Dieppe (CBC) John Kent Harrison – For the Love of Aaron (Patterdale Productions) Michael Anderson – Scales of Justice (CBC) Paul Lynch – RoboCop – The Future of Law Enforcement (Sky Vision)
Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series George Bloomfield – Due South – Free Willie (Alliance Communications) Don McBrearty – Road to Avonlea – Memento Mori (Sullivan Entertainment) Jerry Ciccoritti – North of 60 – Hostage (SEVEN24 Films) D.J. MacHale – Are You Afraid of the Dark? – The Tale of the Dangerous Soup (Cinar/YTV) Mario Azzopardi – RoboCop – The Human Factor (Sky Vision)
Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series Joan Tosoni – Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This (CBC) Barbara Willis Sweete – The Sorceress: Kiri Te Kanawa (Rhombus Media/NOS Television) Joan Tosoni – Juno Awards of 1994 (CBC) Gilles Maheu – Adrienne Clarkson Presents – Skin, Flesh and Bone (CBC) Larry Weinstein – Concierto de Aranjuez (Rhombus Media)
Best Direction in an Information or Documentary Program or Series Larry Weinstein – Shadows and Light: Joaquin Rodrigo at 90 (Rhombus Media) Mark Starowicz – Red Capitalism (CBC) David Paperny – Witness – Dr Peter (CBC) Neil Docherty – the fifth estate – The Trouble With Evan (CBC) John Zaritsky – Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo (NFB) Danièle Lacourse, Yvan Patry – Denial (Alter-Cine Productions)
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Barry Stevens – The Diary of Evelyn Lau (CBC) Thomas King, Ann McNaughton – Medicine River (Medicine River Productions) John Frizzell, Judith Thompson – Life with Billy (Salter Street Films/The Film Works) John Krizanc – Dieppe (CBC) Paul Haggis – Due South (Alliance Communications)
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Paul Haggis, Kathy Slevin – Due South – Free Willie (Alliance Communications) Yan Moore – Road to Avonlea – Strictly Melodrama (Sullivan Entertainment) Jordan Wheeler – North of 60 – Raven (Seven24 Films) Hart Hanson – North of 60 – All Fall Down (Seven24 Films) William Gray – RoboCop – Inside Crime (Sky Vision)
Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Alan Resnick, Greg Thomey, Mary Walsh – This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Salter Street Films/CBC) Mike MacDonald – Mike MacDonald: Happy As I Can Be (Howard Lapides Productions) Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson, Diane Flacks, Norm Hiscock, Andy Jones, Garry Campbell, Paul Bellini, Brian Hartt – The Kids in the Hall (Broadway Video/CBC) Nick McKinney, Vito Viscomi, Paul Greenberg, Rob Gfroerer – The Vacant Lot – Episode #5 (Broadway Video/CBC) Jeremy Hotz, Bob Sorger – Comics! – What Ever Happened to Jeremy Hotz? (CBC)
Best Writing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series Michael Ignatieff – Blood and Belonging: Yugoslavia – The Road To Nowhere (TVOntario/Primedia Productions) Jack Bond, Morgan Earl – Elvis: Airborne (Silent J Entertainment/Baton Broadcast System) Mark Starowicz – Red Capitalism (CBC) Shelley Saywell – No Man's Land (Bishari Film Productions) Terence McKenna – CBC Prime Time News – The Inheritance (CBC)
Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Roger Fredericks, Louise Moon – Street Cents – Hype(CBC) Richard Mortimer – aidScare, aidsCare (CBC) David Preston – Are You Afraid of the Dark? – The Tale of the Dream Girl (Cinar/YTV) Morton Ritts, Don Arioli, S.M. Molitor – The Busy World of Richard Scarry (Cinar Films) Leila Basen – Ready or Not – Am I Perverted or What? (Insight Productions)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Stephen McHattie – Life with Billy (Salter Street Films/The Film Works) Maurice Godin – Just For Fun (Whistle Productions) Victor Garber – Dieppe (CBC) Gary Reineke – Dieppe (CBC)