# 19th Gemini Awards

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 19th Gemini Awards were held on December 13, 2004, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was co-hosted by several celebrities, 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, Arvi Liimatainen
* Bliss - Galafilm, Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Janis Lundman, Ian Whitehead, Adrienne Mitchell
* The Eleventh Hour - Alliance Atlantis Communications. Producers: Ilana Frank, Semi Chellas, Ray Sager, David Wellington, Seaton McLean
* Slings & Arrows - Rhombus Media. Producers: Sari Friedland, Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron
* Snakes and Ladders - Big Motion Pictures. Producers: Wayne Grigsby, David MacLeod
* The Shields Stories - Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Kim Todd, Laura Harbin, Lori Spring

## Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie

* Human Cargo - Force Four Entertainment. Producers: Hugh Beard, Debra Beard, Brian Mckeown, Linda Svendsen
* Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story - High Definition Pictures, The Film Works, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Eric Jordan, Jeremy Torrie
* Elizabeth Rex - Rhombus Media. Producers: Jennifer Jonas, Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron
* Open Heart - Barna-Alper/Dreamsmith Entertainment, Movie Central, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Phyllis Platt, Tim Hogan, Brian Dennis
* The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie - Showtime Networks, Nomadic Pictures. Producers: Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev

## Best Comedy Program or Series

* Trailer Park Boys - Showcase, Topsail Entertainment. Producers: Mike Clattenburg, Michael A. Volpe, Barrie Dunn
* Puppets Who Kill - Eggplant Picture & Sound. Producers: John Pattison, Marianne Culbert, John Leitch, Shawn Thompson
* This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D’Eon, Mark Farrell, Jack Kellum, Susan MacDonald, Jenipher Ritchie
* The Newsroom - 100% Film and Television, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Showcase, Telefilm Canada. Producers: Ken Finkleman, Jan Peter Meyboom
* Corner Gas - CTV Television Network, Prairie Pants Productions. Producers: Brent Butt, Mark Farrell, David Storey, Virginia Thompson
* The Red Green Show - Red Green Productions. Producers: David C. Smith, Steve Smith

## Best Music, Variety Program or Series

* Juno Awards of 2004 - Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, CTV Television Network. Producers: John Brunton, Melanie Berry, Barbara Bowlby, Lindsay Cox, Stephen Stohn, Louise Wood
* Live at the Rehearsal Hall - Bravo!. Producers: Robert Benson, John Gunn
* 2003 Much Music Video Music Awards - MuchMusic. Producers: John Kampilis, Sheila Sullivan
* ZeD - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: McLean Mashingaidze-Greaves, Sudha Krishna, Jennifer Ouano
* Painting Daisies - The Dream Team - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Peter Mann, Steve Glassman, Jack Bond

## Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series

* Men of the Deeps - CTV Television Network, John Walker Productions, Picture Plant, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: John Walker, Terry Greenlaw, Kent Martin
* Amelia - Amérimage-Spectra, Media Principia, Echo Media. Producers: Pierre Touchette, Luc Châtelain, Bob Krupinski, Daniel Langlois, Alain Simard
* Singing in the Shadow: The Children of Rock Royalty - Handel Productions. Producer: Alan Handel
* Naked in the House - Fashion Television. Producers: Marcia Martin, Jay Levine, Adrienne Reid
* The Planets - Amérimage-Spectra, Echo Media. Producers: Pierre Touchette, Luc Châtelain, Alain Simard

## Best Talk Series

* Vicki Gabereau - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Cynthia Ott, Jordan Schwartz
* Studio 2 - TVOntario. Producers: Doug Grant, Jane Jankovic
* Imprint - TVOntario. Producers: Doug Grant, Linda Dunlop
* Hot Type - CBC Newsworld. Producers: Alice Hopton, Dana Glassman, Janet Thomson, Donna Lee Aprile
* CBC News: Sunday - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Stuart Coxe, Carolyn Jack

## Best Reality Program or Series

* CBC News: Disclosure - The Making of a Political Animal - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Catherine Legge, Jane Mingay, Cecil Rosner, Jim Williamson
* Venture - Back to the Floor - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Patsy Pehleman, Chad Paulin, Tracie Tighe
* Hooked Up - Lone Eagle Entertainment. Producers: Michael Geddes, Michael Frislev, Chad Oakes, Maria Pimentel, Tom Powers
* Kenny vs. Spenny - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Cinefornia, Blueprint Entertainment, Eggplant Picture & Sound, KVS Productions. Producers: Abby Finer, Noreen Halpern, Kenny Hotz, Ira Levy, John Morayniss, Spencer Rice, Kirsten Scollie, Peter Williamson
* Zoo Diaries - DocuTainment Productions, Microtainment Plus International, Infinite Monkeys Productions, Atlantic 16 Productions. Producers: Garry Blue, Howard Bernstein, Mark Shekter
* Buy Me - Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Nikila Cole, Hans Rosenstein

## Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

* Dying at Grace - TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Allan King
* CBC News: Sunday - Deadline Iraq: Uncensored - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Aaron Williams, Eric Foss, Douglas Arrowsmith, Greg Kelly, Stuart Coxe
* Dying To Be Free - Zimbabwe's Struggle For Change. Producer: David Belluz
* Short Infinity - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Yves Bisaillon, Jean Lemire
* The Man Who Could Be King - Nomad Films. Producers: Nancy Ing-Duclos, Edith Champagne, Mark Johnston

## Best Documentary Series

* The Nature of Things - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Michael Allder
* Rough Cuts - CBC Newsworld. Producer: Andrew Johnson
* The View from Here - TVOntario). Producer: Rudy Buttignol
* The Passionate Eye - The Passionate Eye Canadian Showcase - Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Producers: Catherine Olsen, Charlotte Odele, Diane Rotteau
* Turning Points of History - Barna-Alper Productions, Connections Productions. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn

## Best History Documentary Program

* Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8 - Markham Street Films. Producers: Judy Holm, Michael McNamara
* City of Ruins: The Halifax Explosion - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Starowicz, Alan Mendelsohn, Sally Reardon
* Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Karen King, Silva Basmajian
* From a Place Called War 1939-1945: Dawn of Deliverance - Northern Sky Entertainment. Producer: Wayne Abbott
* Notman's Canada - TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Murray Battle, Andrea Nemtin

## Best Biography Documentary Program

* Arctic Dreamer: The Lonely Quest Stories of the War of Vilhjalmur Stefansson - National Film Board of Canada, White Pine Pictures. Producers: Lindalee Tracey, Peter Raymont.
* Helen's War: Portrait of a Dissident - Sonja Armstrong Productions. Producer: Sonja Armstrong, Anne Pick
* Turning Points of History - Neighbours: Freud and Hitler in Vienna - Barna-Alper Productions, Connections Productions. Producers: Alan Mendelsohn, Laszlo Barna
* The Canadian Experience: Sisters in the Wilderness - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CineNorth. Producers: Lisa Ellenwood, Susan Dando.
* The Spirit of Annie Mae - National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Kent Martin

## Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program

* Suzuki Speaks - Avanti Pictures. Producers: Cathy Chilco, Tony Papa
* Sex, Drugs and Middle Age - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Ann Marie Redmond
* The Nature of Things - Corporate Agriculture: The Hollow Men - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Allder, Ray Burley
* The Eye of the Son - TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Jason Rodi, Robbie Hart
* Garden Mimics - Bullfrog Films. Producer: Susan Fleming

## Best News Information Series

* the fifth estate - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: David Studer, Sally Reardon
* W5 - CTV Television Network. Producers: Malcolm Fox, Anton Koschany
* CTV National News - Question Period - CTV Television Network. Producers: Jana Juginovic, Joanne MacDonald
* Foreign Assignment - CBC Newsworld. Producers: Eric Rankin, Jet Belgraver
* The Docket - CBC News. Producers: Lisa Taylor, Susan Rogers

## Best News Magazine Segment

* The National/CBC News - Hana's Suitcase - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joe Schlesinger, Jet Belgraver, Avi Lev
* CBC News: Sunday - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Eric Foss, Evan Solomon, Katie MacGuire, Aaron Williams
* CBC News: Disclosure - Dead Silence - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Harvey Cashore, Scott Anderson, Vera-Lynn Kubinec
* W5 - 419 Fraud - CTV Television Network. Producers: Tom Clark, Elizabeth Cook, Robert Osborne, Denis Langlois
* The National/CBC News - Uganda's Forgotten War - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Melanie Verhaeghe, Jamie Hopkins, Tania White

## Best Newscast

* CityNews: CityPulse at Six - Citytv. Producers: Katia Del Col, Dan Comi, Tina Cortese, Stephen Hurlbut
* The National/CBC News - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Bob Waller, Fred Parker, Mark Harrison, Lynn Kelly, Jonathan Whitten
* CTV National News - CTV Television Network. Producers: Wendy Freeman, Tom Haberstroh, David Hughes

## Best News Special Event Coverage

* CBC News: The 2010 Olympic Decision - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker, Tom Dinsmore
* Global National - Kelowna Fires - Global News. Producers: George Browne, Doriana Temolo, Kevin Newman, Elaine McKay, Erin Lawrence
* CBC News: The Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker
* CTV News - Power Blackout - CTV Television Network. Producers: Kenton Boston, Tom Haberstroh, Brian LeBold
* Toronto Tonight: The Cecilia Tragedy - Producers: Mike Karapita, Zev Shalev

## Best Lifestyle or General Interest Series

* SexTV - CHUM Television, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Pedro Orrego, Marcia Martin
* Debbie Travis' Facelift - Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Nikila Cole, Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein
* Recreating Eden - Merit Motion Pictures. Producer: Merit Jensen-Carr
* Saturday Night at the Movies - The Interviews - TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Risa Shuman, Murray Battle
* English Teachers, Part 2 - WestWind Pictures. Producers: David C. Hansen, Clark Donnelly, Michael Snook, Maria Spinarski
* FashionTelevision - Citytv. Producers: Marcia Martin, Jay Levine, Howard Brull

## Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment

* ZeD - More Than Skin Deep - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Grant Greschuk, Scott Winlaw, David Ozier
* Marketplace - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Krista Erickson, Andreas Wesley, Don Chung, Aileen McBride, Blair Clark
* POV Sports - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Andrea Griffith
* Planet Parent - Telefactory. Producers: Derek Miller, Vanessa Huang, Jessy Tse, Jerry Vienneau, Denis Langlois

## Best Practical Information Series

* The Surreal Gourmet - Salad Daze Productions. Producers: Lon J. Hall, Dale Burshtein, Beth Fanjoy
* Holmes on Homes - General Purpose Entertainment. Producer: Scott Clark McNeil
* Licence to Grill - Knight Enterprises. Producers: Chris Knight, Kathy Doherty
* Me, My House & I - Mountain Road Productions. Producers: Tim Alp, Brigitte Gall
* Stylin' Gypsies - W Network. Producers: Michelle Metivier, Paula Butorac, Mary Benadiba

## Best Animated Program or Series

* Doodlez - Cellar Door Productions. Producer: Gretha Rose
* Fair Phyllis - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Jennifer Torrance, Jerry Krepakevich
* King - Decode Entertainment, Funbag Animation Studios. Producers: Steve Denure, Gordon Coulthart, Beth Stevenson, Frank Taylor
* Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids - Nelvana. Producers: Scott Dyer, Nicholas Callaway, Michael Hirsh, David Kirk, Paul W. Robertson, Nadine van der Velde
* Noël Noël - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Marc Bertrand, Marcy Page, Jean-Jacques Leduc

## Best Pre-School Program or Series

* Poko - Halifax Film Company. Producers: Michael Donovan, Charles Bishop, Jeff Rosen
* The Save-Ums! - C.O.R.E., Decode Entertainment. Producers: Kym Hyde, Neil Court, Steve Denure, Beth Stevenson, John Mariella
* Nanalan' - The Grogs, Lenz Entertainment. Producers: Jason Hopley, Jack Lenz, Jamie Shannon
* The Hoobs - The Jim Henson Company, Decode Entertainment. Producers: Mellie Buse, Angus Fletcher, Steve Denure, Beth Stevenson, Peter Coogan, Sue Taylor
* The Berenstain Bears - Nelvana, AGOGO Entertainment. Producers: Scott Dyer, Stan and Jan Berenstain, Michael Hirsh, Steven Ching
* The Big Comfy Couch - Radical Sheep Productions. Producers: Cheryl Wagner, John Leitch, Rob Mills

## Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series

* Degrassi: The Next Generation - Bell Media, Epitome Pictures. Producers: Stephen Stohn, Linda Schuyler
* Edgemont - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Omnifilm Entertainment. Producers: Michael Chechik, Ian Weir
* Strange Days at Blake Holsey High - Fireworks Entertainment. Producers: Tony Thatcher, Adam Haight, Jeff F. King, Kevin May
* Jacob Two-Two - Nelvana, Salter Street Films. Producers: Scott Dyer, Peter Moss, Michael Hirsh
* Radio Free Roscoe - Decode Entertainment. Producers: Steve Denure, Neil Court, John Delmage, Doug McRobb, Will McRobb, Brent Piaskoski, Beth Stevenson

## Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series

* Swap TV - Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Tatyana Terzopoulos, Ira Levy, Kirsty Nordal, Kirsten Scollie, Heather Findlay, Peter Williamson
* 21c - CTV Television Network. Producers: Malcolm Fox, Stephen Grant
* POV Sports - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Paul Papadopoulos, Christopher Greaves
* Street Cents - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Barbara Kennedy, Wendy Purves
* VOX - TVOntario. Producer: Maria Farano, Pat Ellingson

## Best Sports Program or Series

* Hockey Night in Canada, Hockey Day in Canada - CBC Sports. Producers: Joel Darling, Chris Irwin, Sherali Najak
* Life and Times - Destiny: The Life and Times of Daniel Igali - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joel Gordon, Gabriela Schonbach, Michael Chechik
* NHL on TSN - Pre-Game - TSN. Producers: David Stiff, Ken Volden, Mark Milliere
* Spruce Meadows Horse Diaries: 2003 World Cup Finals - Spruce Meadows Ltd. Producers: Linda Southern-Heathcott, Ian M. Allison
* Roger Neilson: A Tribute - Sportsnet. Producer: David Tredgett

## Best Live Sporting Event

* 2003 UCI Road World Championships - Elite Men's Final - CBC Sports. Producers: Don Peppin, Jeff Pearlman
* CFL on CBC: 91st Grey Cup Championship - CBC Sports. Producers: Mike Brannagan, Trevor Pilling, Joe Scarcelli
* CFL : Wendy's Friday Night Football - Saskatchewan at Hamilton - TSN. Producer: Paul McLean

## Best Interactive

* Time Trackers Interactive Website - TVOntario. Producers: Pat Ellingson, Marney Malabar, Phil McCordic, Jeremy Rodgers, Andrew Ebert, Mike Fitzgerald, Catherine Thomson, Angela Lee
* Degrassi: The Next Generation - Bell Media, Epitome Pictures). Producers: Stephen Stohn, Linda Schuyler, Roma Khanna, Raja Khanna
* Chilly Beach: www.chillybeach.com featuring Polar Magnate - March Entertainment. Producers: Daniel Hawes, Don Hutchison, Craig McKee, Ronald Ruslim
* Canadian Idol: idol.ctv.ca - Insight Productions, 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia North America. Producers: Aaron Bernardo, Noelle Paredes, Wendy Smith
* Deafplanet: deafplanet.com - Marblemedia, Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf. Producers: Mark J.W. Bishop, Matthew Hornburg

## Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

* Brad Turner - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Norma Bailey - Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (High Definition Pictures/The Film Works/APTN/CBC)
* Bruce Pittman - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (CBC Television)
* Anne Wheeler - The Investigation (CTV/Muse Entertainment/Studio Eight Productions/Voice Pictures)

## Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

* Sturla Gunnarsson - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Bury My Own Bones (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
* George Mihalka - Da Vinci’s Inquest - A Man When He's Down (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
* Kari Skogland - The Eleventh Hour - Swimmers (Alliance Atlantis)
* Bruce McDonald - This Is Wonderland - Episode 1 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
* Scott Smith - This Is Wonderland - Episode 10 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)

## Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series

* Michael Gruzuk - Marketplace - Grand Theft Auto (CBC)
* Catherine Legge - CBC News: Disclosure - Download This! (CBC)
* Marie Caloz - the fifth estate - No Way Home (CBC)
* Neil Docherty - the fifth estate - Dead in the Water (CBC)
* Claude Vickery - the fifth estate - Run For Your Life (CBC)

## Best Direction in a Documentary Program

* Peter Raymont - The World Stopped Watching (Harold Crooks/White Pine Pictures)
* Allan King - Dying at Grace (TVOntario)
* John Walker - Men of the Deeps (CTV/John Walker Productions/Picture Plant/NFB)
* Kun Chang - Short Infinity (NFB)
* Sarah Goodman - Army of One (Fovea Films/Red Storm Productions)

## Best Direction in a Documentary Series

* Caroline Underwood - The Nature of Things - Arctic Mission (CBC)
* Tim Wolochatiuk - Betrayal! (American World Pictures/Gryphon Films)
* Chris Triffo - ExtraOrdinary Lives (Wavelength Entertainment)
* Gary Lang - Forensic Factor - Future Crime (Exploration Production)
* Leslie Côté - Stories of Mothers and Daughters (Breakthrough Entertainment)

## Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

* Shawn Thompson - Puppets Who Kill - Rocko Gets a Lung (Eggplant Picture & Sound)
* Henry Sarwer-Foner - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1 (Salter Street Films/CBC)
* Mike Clattenburg - Trailer Park Boys - Closer to the Heart (Showcase/Topsail Entertainment)
* Shawn Thompson - An American in Canada - Some Like It Hot Zone (S&S Productions/CBC)
* Rob W. King - Corner Gas - Cousin Carl (CTV/Prairie Pants Productions)

## Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series

* Shelagh O'Brien - East Coast Music Awards (East Coast Music Association/CBC Halifax)
* Joan Tosoni - Juno Awards of 2004 (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/CTV)
* Bob Haller - 2003 MuchMusic Video Awards (MuchMusic)
* Mark Lawrence - ZeD (CBC)
* Geoff D'Eon - Christmas in Kabul (Salter Street Films)

## Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series

* Édouard Lock - Amelia (Amérimage-Spectra/Media Principia/Echo Media)
* Mark Adam, Allen Kaeja - Old Country (Kaeja d'Dance Company)
* Veronica Tennant - Shadow Pleasures (Eccentrics Things)
* Nicholas de Pencier - Streetcar (Mercury Films)
* Barbara Willis Sweete - The Firebird (Rhombus Media)

## Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series

* Gwynne Basen - Recreating Eden (Merit Motion Pictures)
* Romano D'Andrea - Arresting Design (Planetworks)
* Edward Mowbray - Chef At Large (Ocean Entertainment)
* Donna Leon - Island Vets
* Edward Mowbray - The Food Hunter (Ocean Entertainment)

## Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

* Philip Earnshaw - Degrassi: The Next Generation - Pride (Bell Media/Epitome Pictures)
* Mike Fallows - Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids (Nelvana)
* Chuck Rubin - Poko - Poko on the Moon (Halifax Film Company)
* Don McBrearty - Ghost Cat (Cellar Door Productions/Whizbang Films)
* Martin Wood - The Impossible Elephant (Edge Entertainment)

## Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event

* Paul Hemming - CFL : Wendy's Friday Night Football - Saskatchewan at Hamilton (TSN)
* Ron Forsythe - 2003 Heritage Classic: Mega Stars Game & NHL Game (CBC Sports)
* Paul Hemming - 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Gold Medal Game (TSN)

## Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

* Linda Svendsen, Brian Mckeown - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Andrew Rai Berzins, Roland Rhodes - Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (High Definition Pictures/The Film Works/APTN/CBC)
* Raymond Storey - Open Heart (Barna-Alper/Dreamsmith Entertainment/Movie Central/CBC)

## Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

* Chris Haddock, Alan Di Fiore - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Bury My Own Bones (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
* Chris Haddock, Alan Di Fiore - Da Vinci’s Inquest - A Man When He's Down (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
* Tassie Cameron - The Eleventh Hour - Georgia (Alliance Atlantis)
* Susan Coyne, Mark McKinney, Bob Martin - Slings & Arrows - Madness in Great Ones (Rhombus Media)
* Wayne Grigsby - Snakes and Ladders - Section 24 (Big Motion Pictures)

## Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

* Rick Mercer - Made in Canada - The Last Show (Salter Street Films/Island Edge)
* Jackie Torrens, Mike Clattenburg, Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay - Trailer Park Boys - If I Can't Smoke and Swear I'm Fucked (Showcase/Topsail Entertainment)
* Mark Farrell, Brent Butt - Corner Gas - Tax Man (CTV/Prairie Pants Productions)
* John Pattison - Puppets Who Kill - Dan and the Necrophiliac (Eggplant Picture & Sound)
* Kevin White, Mark Critch, Mark Farrell, Cathy Jones, Shaun Majumder, Peter McBain, Jennifer Robertson, Irwin Barker, Mary Walsh, Greg Thomey - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1 (Salter Street Films/CBC)

## Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

* Bob McKeown - the fifth estate - Run For Your Life (CBC)
* Evan Solomon - CBC News: Sunday (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
* Linden MacIntyre - the fifth estate - Death of a Beauty Queen (CBC)
* Terry Milewski - The National/CBC News - Cover Up (CBC)
* Lisa Bowes, Richard Wright - Sports Journal (CBC Sports)

## Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

* John Haslett Cuff - Crimes of the Heart (John Haslett Cuff)
* Mary Lynk - From the Heart: The Life & Times of Janet Conners (NFB)
* Michael McNamara - Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8 (Markham Street Films)
* Don Murray - The Man Who Could Be King (Nomad Films)
* Michael Maclear - Vietnam: Ghosts of War (Memory Films)

## Best Writing in a Children's or Youth's Program or Series

* Jason Hopley, Jamie Shannon - Nanalan' - Free (The Grogs/Lenz Entertainment)
* Nicole Demerse, James Hurst, Shelley Scarrow - Degrassi: The Next Generation - Accidents Will Happen (Bell Media/Epitome Pictures)
* Ian Weir - Edgemont - You Gotta Have Friends - CBC/Omnifilm Entertainment)
* Jennifer Cowan - Edgemont - Two Guys and a Baby - CBC/Omnifilm Entertainment)
* John van Bruggen - Jacob Two-Two - Jacob Two-Two and the Purloined Hockey Card (Nelvana/Salter Street Films)
* Robert C. Cooper - The Impossible Elephant (Edge Entertainment)

## Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

* Brent Carver - Elizabeth Rex (Rhombus Media)
* Nicholas Campbell - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Bayo Akinfemi - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Vincent Walsh - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (CBC Television)
* Nicholas Lea - The Investigation (CTV/Muse Entertainment/Studio Eight Productions/Voice Pictures)

## Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

* Diane D'Aquila - Elizabeth Rex (Rhombus Media)
* Kate Nelligan - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Megan Follows - Open Heart (Barna-Alper/Dreamsmith Entertainment/Movie Central/CBC)

## Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

* Paul Gross - Slings & Arrows - A Mirror Up To Nature (Rhombus Media)
* Nicholas Campbell - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Bury My Own Bones (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
* Jeff Seymour - The Eleventh Hour - The Missionary Position (Alliance Atlantis)
* Michael Riley - This Is Wonderland - Episode 10 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
* Shawn Doyle - The Eleventh Hour - Hard Seven (Alliance Atlantis)

## Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

* Catherine Disher - Snakes and Ladders - Section 24 (Big Motion Pictures)
* Tracy Waterhouse - Blue Murder - Midnight Man (Barna-Alper Productions/Canwest/North Bend Films)
* Waneta Storms - The Eleventh Hour - The Revenge Specialist (Alliance Atlantis)
* Martha Burns - Slings & Arrows - A Mirror Up To Nature (Rhombus Media)
* Cara Pifko - This Is Wonderland - Episode 7 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)

## Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

* Richard Chevolleau - The Eleventh Hour - Hard Seven (Alliance Atlantis)
* Gordon Pinsent - The Eleventh Hour - Wonderland (Alliance Atlantis)
* Doug McGrath - This Is Wonderland - Episode 13 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
* Peter Outerbridge - This Is Wonderland - Episode 7 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
* Rogue Johnston - This Is Wonderland - Episode 9 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)

## Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

* Nicky Guadagni - Blue Murder - Eyewitness (Barna-Alper Productions/Canwest/North Bend Films)
* Janet Bailey - Blue Murder - Upstairs Downstairs (Barna-Alper Productions/Canwest/North Bend Films)
* Diana Leblanc - Snakes and Ladders - Squattergate (Big Motion Pictures)
* Catherine Fitch - This Is Wonderland - Episode 8 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
* Angela Asher - This Is Wonderland - Episode 5 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
* Clare Coulter - This Is Wonderland - Episode 6 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)

## Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

* Michael Murphy - This Is Wonderland - Episode 3 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
* Eric Peterson - This Is Wonderland - Episode 4 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
* Michael Healey - This Is Wonderland - Episode 10 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
* Tom Rooney - This Is Wonderland - Episode 1 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
* Mark McKinney - Slings & Arrows - Madness in Great Ones (Rhombus Media)

## Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

* Rachel McAdams - Slings & Arrows - A Mirror Up To Nature (Rhombus Media)
* Jennifer Irwin - Slings & Arrows - A Mirror Up To Nature (Rhombus Media)
* Andrea Robinson - Doc - Angels in Waiting (Paxson Entertainment/Pebblehut Productions)

## Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

* Ted Dykstra - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (CBC Television)
* Currie Graham - Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (High Definition Pictures/The Film Works/APTN/CBC)
* Hrothgar Mathews - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Hakeem Kae-Kazim - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Jeremy Raymond - The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (Showtime Networks/Nomadic Pictures)

## Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

* Nthati Moshesh - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Cara Pifko - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Myriam Acharki - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)

## Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

* Gavin Crawford - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 4 (Salter Street Films/CBC)
* Jeremy Hotz - Just for Laughs (Just for Laughs Comedy Festival/Les Films Rozon)
* Danny Bhoy - Just for Laughs (Just for Laughs Comedy Festival/Les Films Rozon)
* Shaun Majumder - Comedy From the Coast
* Gavin Crawford - The Gavin Crawford Show - Oh the Huge Manatee (Idle Mind Productions/Shaftesbury Films)
* Russell Peters - Comedy Now! (CTV/Hi Guys Ten Productions)
* Roman Danylo - Comedy Inc. (SFA Productions)

## Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

* Rick Mercer, Dan Lett, Leah Pinsent, Jackie Torrens, Peter Keleghan - Made in Canada - The Last Show (Salter Street Films/Island Edge)
* Brent Butt, Janet Wright, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Nancy Robertson, Eric Peterson, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Lorne Cardinal - Corner Gas - Face Off (CTV/Prairie Pants Productions)
* Rebecca Northan, Paul O’Sullivan, Debra McGrath, Lisa Merchant, Peter Oldring - The Joe Blow Show (The Comedy Network)
* Shaun Majumder, Greg Thomey, Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh, Mark Critch - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1 (Salter Street Films/CBC)
* Jackie Torrens, Cory Bowles, Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Jonathan Torrens, Lucy Decoutere, Barrie Dunn, John Dunsworth, Jeanna Harrison, Sarah Dunsworth-Nickerson, Tyrone Parsons, Patrick Roach, Mike Smith, Shelley Thompson, Michael Jackson - Trailer Park Boys - If I Can't Smoke and Swear I'm Fucked (Showcase/Topsail Entertainment)

## Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

* Paul Brandt - 2003 Canadian Country Music Awards (Canadian Country Music Association/Global)
* Connie Kaldor - Connie Kaldor at Wood River Hall (VisionTV)
* Paul Anka - Paul Anka: RSVP (CBC)
* Rick Mercer - Christmas in Kabul (Salter Street Films)
* Jully Black - Tonya Lee Williams: Gospel Jubilee (Wilbo Entertainment)

## Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

* Peter Chin - Streetcar (Mercury Films)
* Nancy Crowley, Mistaya Hemingway, Keir Knight, Chun Hong Li, Bernard Martin, Jason Shipley-Holmes, Zofia Tujaka, Naomi Stikeman, Billy Smith, Andrea Boardman - Amelia (Amérimage-Spectra/Media Principia/Echo Media)
* Emma Lu Romerein - From Time to Time
* Andy Jones - Andy Jones: To the Wall
* Russell Braun - Opening Night (CBC)
* Ewa Uziel, Eugene Nakamura, Michele Dumoulin, John Morris Russell, Konstantin Popovic, Dawn Hrycak-Popovic, Kevin Filewych, Henryk Uziel, Valerie Selander Voisey, Andrew McIntosh, Pola Luboniecka, Jonathan Tortolano, Darrett Zusko, Besnik Yzeiri, Gregory Sheldon, Margaret Kapasi, Peter Wiebe - Cross-Canada Candlelight Christmas - Windsor Symphony Orchestra Concert (CBC)

## Best Performance in a Preschool Program or Series

* Jamie Shannon, Jason Hopley - Nanalan' - Free (The Grogs/Lenz Entertainment)
* Rebecca Nagan, Wim Booth, Julie Westwood, Gillie Robic, Mark Jefferis, Don Austen, John Eccleston - The Hoobs (The Jim Henson Company/Decode Entertainment)
* Alyson Court - The Big Comfy Couch - Clowning in the Rain (Radical Sheep Productions)

## Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series

* Elliot Page - Ghost Cat (Cellar Door Productions/Whizbang Films)
* Jake Epstein - Degrassi: The Next Generation - Should I Stay or Should I Go (Bell Media/Epitome Pictures)
* Tom Barnett - Ghost Cat (Cellar Door Productions/Whizbang Films)
* Al Mukadam - Radio Free Roscoe - The Awful Truth (Decode Entertainment)
* Lauren Collins - renegadepress.com - Skin Deep (Vérité Films)

## Best News Anchor

* Peter Mansbridge - The National/CBC News - Kabul Afghanistan/Liberal Leadership Convention/Ottawa (CBC)
* Lloyd Robertson - CTV National News (CTV)
* Kevin Newman - Global National (Global)

## Best Reportage

* Neil Macdonald, David Common, Bill Loucks - The National/CBC News - Haiti Watch/Hectic Haiti/Guy Philippe (CBC)
* Alexei Sergeev, Michel Cormier - The National/CBC News - Georgia Protest: Tbilisi Tension/Tbilisi March/Tbilisi Aftermath (CBC)
* Nahlah Ayed, Jim Hoffman - The National/CBC News - Report from Iraq/Mass Graves/Grave Stories (CBC)
* Janis Mackey Frayer - CTV National News (CTV)
* Rod Ellis, Lucien Millette, Lisa LaFlamme - CTV National News - Meat Inspectors (CTV)
* Avis Favaro - CTV National News - Trans Fats (CTV)

## Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

* Evan Solomon - CBC News: Sunday (CBC)
* Mark Kelley - CBC News: Disclosure - Cherry Bomb/File H-316/Blockbuster Science (CBC)
* Craig Oliver - Question Period (CTV)
* Dianne Buckner - Venture - Lawyer Sues Food Companies/The Corporation/AC Problems (CBC)
* Wendy Mesley - Marketplace - Cellphone Controversy/Chiropractors & Vaccinations/Ritalin (CBC)

## Best Host or Interviewer in a Lifestyle/General Interest or Talk Program or Series

* Pete Luckett - The Food Hunter (Ocean Entertainment)
* Debbie Travis - Debbie Travis' Facelift - Lawrence's Kids' Rooms/Nadia's Basement/Emma's Bachlorette (Whalley-Abbey Media)
* Marilyn Denis - CityLine (Citytv)
* Evan Solomon - Hot Type (CBC Newsworld)
* Carol Off - CounterSpin (CBC Newsworld)

## Best Host or Interviewer in a Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series

* Shaun Majumder - Shaun's Great Adventure (CBC)
* Ryley Alp - Broken House Chronicles - Ryley's Revenge (Mountain Road Productions)
* Leigh Uttley - Broken House Chronicles - Ryley's Revenge (Mountain Road Productions)
* George Brook - Broken House Chronicles - Ryley's Revenge (Mountain Road Productions)
* Mike Holmes - Holmes on Homes (General Purpose Entertainment)
* Karen Bertelsen - Stylin' Gypsies (W Network)

## Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast

* Ron MacLean - Hockey Night in Canada, Hockey Day in Canada (CBC Sports)
* Scott Russell - 2003 UCI Road World Championships - Elite Men's Final (CBC Sports)
* Josette Normandeau - Deadly Arts - Capoeira (Nintendo)
* James Duthie - NHL on TSN - Pre-Game (TSN)
* Tom Harrington - Sports Journal (CBC Sports)

## Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst

* Jim Hughson - 2003/04 Molson Canadian Canucks - Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks (Sportsnet)
* Don Wittman - 2004 Nokia Brier (CBC Sports)
* Pierre McGuire - NHL on TSN (TSN)

## Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

* Rene Ohashi - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (CBC Television)
* David Frazee - Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (High Definition Pictures/The Film Works/APTN/CBC)
* David Frazee - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Bury My Own Bones (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
* Les Erskine - Da Vinci’s Inquest - A Man When He's Down (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
* Henry Chan - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Peter Woeste - Stargate SG-1 - Nightwalkers (Stargate SG-1 Productions)

## Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

* Kim Derko - Youkali Hotel (Enigmatico Films/Westwind Pictures)
* André Turpin - Amelia (Amérimage-Spectra/Media Principia/Echo Media)
* Paul Tolton - Shadow Pleasures (Eccentrics Things)
* Rudolf Blahacek - Death and the Maiden (Rhombus Media)

## Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

* Colin Allison - the fifth estate - Run For Your Life (CBC)
* Ian Hannah - CBC News: Sunday (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
* Aldo Columpsi - On the Road Again (CBC)
* Henry Less - Made to Order (Mercer Street Films)
* Brad Schewaga - The Thirsty Traveler (Grasslands Entertainment)

## Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

* John Walker - Men of the Deeps (CTV/John Walker Productions/Picture Plant/NFB)
* Michael Grippo - Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story (NFB)
* Claudine Sauvé - Short Infinity (NFB)
* Susan Fleming, Keith Brust - Garden Mimics (Bullfrog Films)
* Wayne Vallevand, Mike Rudyk - The Lone Trail: The Dogs and Drivers of the Yukon Quest (CBC)

## Best Visual Effects

* Don Urquhart, Claude Theriault, Colin Cunningham, Thomas Turnbull - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion - Part 1 (CBC Television)
* Brad Turner, Peter Hunt, Simon Lacey, Grant Lindsay - Andromeda - A Symmetry of Imperfection (Fireworks Entertainment/Tribune Entertainment/BLT Productions/Global/MBR Productions)
* James Tichenor, Simon Ager, Michelle Comens, Adam de Bosch Kemper, Deborah Dunphy, Shannon Gurney, Krista McLean, Matthew Talbot-Kelly, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate SG-1 - Redemption, Part 2 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
* James Tichenor, Simon Ager, Nicholas Boughen, Michelle Comens, Bruce Woloshyn, Tom Brydon, Matt Martell, Marc Roth, Wes Sargent - Stargate SG-1 - Descent (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
* Clem Hobbs, Miles Horst, Donnie Anderson, Andy Russell - The Blobheads - Bringing Up Baby (Decode Entertainment)
* Tony Coleman - National Geographic Channel Specials - Asteroid! The Doomsday Rock (CBC/Raincoast Storylines)

## Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

* Lisa Binkley - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Lara Mazur - Da Vinci’s Inquest: "A Man When He's Down" (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
* Christopher Donaldson - Slings & Arrows: "Madness in Great Ones" (Rhombus Media)
* Teresa Hannigan - The Eleventh Hour "The Missionary Position" (Alliance Atlantis)
* Jason Nielsen - renegadepress.com: "The Long Way Home" (Vérité Films)

## Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

* Édouard Lock - Amelia (Amérimage-Spectra/Media Principia/Echo Media)
* Darel Fortin - The Planets (Amérimage-Spectra, Echo Media)
* Jeff Bessner - From Time to Time
* Andy Attalai - Shadow Pleasures (Eccentrics Things)
* Daryl K. Davis, Mike Munn - Youkali Hotel (Enigmatico Films/Westwind Pictures)

## Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

* Loretta Hicks - the fifth estate - No Way Home (CBC)
* Leslie Steven Onody - the fifth estate - Dead in the Water (CBC)
* Kelly A. Morris - the fifth estate - Run For Your Life (CBC)
* Mark Solnoky - CBC News: Disclosure - Blockbuster Science (CBC)
* Jim Goertzen - CBC News: Disclosure - The Making of a Political Animal (CBC)
* Nabil Mehchi, Andrew Kemp - Debbie Travis' Facelift - DJ's Garden (Whalley-Abbey Media)

## Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

* Nick Hector - Dying at Grace (TVOntario)
* Wayne Abbott - From a Place Called War: 1939-1945 (Northern Sky Entertainment)
* Richard Comeau - Short Infinity (NFB)
* Marc Robichaud, Tony Coleman - The Canadian Experience: Expo '67: Back to the Future (CBC)
* Marke Slipp - Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (NFB)

## Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series

* Lawrence Collett - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Donna Noonan - Bliss - Steph’s Life (Galafilm/Back Alley Film Productions)
* Craig Sandells - The Shields Stories - Dolls, Dolls, Dolls, Dolls (Shaftesbury Films)
* Matthew Davies - Elizabeth Rex (Rhombus Media)
* Matthew Davies - The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (Showtime Networks/Nomadic Pictures)
* Sandra Kybartas - This Is Wonderland - Episode 8 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)

## Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Dramatic Program or Series

* Astrid Janson - Shadow Pleasures (Eccentrics Things)
* Rhonda Moscoe - From Time to Time
* Brendan Smith - Puppets Who Kill - The Twilight Place (Eggplant Picture & Sound)
* Stephen Osler, Tom Anthes - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1 (Salter Street Films/CBC)
* Hugh Shankland - Youkali Hotel (Enigmatico Films/Westwind Pictures)

## Best Costume Design

* Lyn Kelly, Diana Cilliers - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Trysha Bakker - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (CBC Television)
* Brenda Shenher - Corner Gas - I Love Lacey (CTV/Prairie Pants Productions)
* Charlotte Penner - The Shields Stories - Dolls, Dolls, Dolls, Dolls (Shaftesbury Films)
* Patti Bain Parsons - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1 (Salter Street Films/CBC)

## Best Achievement in Make-Up

* Debra Johnson, Gérald Altenburg, Mary Monforte - Elizabeth Rex (Rhombus Media)
* Beverley Keigher - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Bury My Own Bones (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
* Marilyn O'Quinn, Zinka Shankland - The Eleventh Hour - Hard Seven (Alliance Atlantis)
* Karen Byers, Penny Lee - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1 (Salter Street Films/CBC)
* Elizabeth Kuchurean - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (CBC Television)

## Best Sound in a Dramatic Program

* Martin Lee, Steve Hammond, Tom Bjelic, Allan Fung, Doug Johnston, Ian Rankin, John Douglas Smith - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (CBC Television)
* John Hazen, Mark Gingras, Steve Hammond, Leon Johnson, John Laing, Tim O’Connell - Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (High Definition Pictures/The Film Works/APTN/CBC)
* Tony Gronick, Hennie Britton, Michael P. Keeping, Conrad Kuhne, Brent Marchenski, Vince Renaud, Clive Turner, Joseph Rossi - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Tom Bjelic, Georges Hannan, Don Dickson, Allan Fung, John Sievert, Mark Wright, John Douglas Smith - Open Heart (Barna-Alper/Dreamsmith Entertainment/Movie Central/CBC)

## Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

* Louis Hone, Paul Hubert, Gabor Vadnay, Stan Sakellaropoulos, Peter Lopata - Bliss - Steph’s Life (Galafilm/Back Alley Film Productions)
* Eric Fitz, Grant Bone, Erik Culp, Steve Hammond, Jack Heeren, John Douglas Smith, Adam Roberts - Blue Murder - Eyewitness (Barna-Alper Productions/Canwest/North Bend Films)
* Dino Pigat, Eric Apps, Paul Germann, Alastair Gray, Steve Kostick, Brian Newby, Donna G. Powell - The Eleventh Hour - Wonderland (Alliance Atlantis)
* Rob Bryanton, Jeff Hamon, Evan Rust, Warren St. Onge - renegadepress.com - Out in the Open (Vérité Films)
* Janice Ierulli, Susan Fairbairn, Leon Johnson, Sid Lieberman, Brent MacLean, Ian Rankin, Lou Solakofski - The Shields Stories - The Harp (Shaftesbury Films)

## Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series

* David Hillier, Martin Lee, Alex Salter, Lou Solakofski - Men of the Deeps (CTV/John Walker Productions/Picture Plant/NFB)
* Daniel Pellerin, Elma Bello, Stefan Fraticelli, Daniel Hamood, Goro Koyama, Stephen Marian, Scott Shepherd - Puppets Who Kill - The Twilight Place (Eggplant Picture & Sound)
* Neal Gaudet, Kenny MacDonald, Bob Melanson, Brian Power, Lil Thomas, P.J. MacNeil - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 1 (Salter Street Films/CBC)
* Norm Lussier - Paul Brandt Presents
* Damian Kearns, Danny Greenspoon, Doug Doctor, Doug McClement, Howard Baggley, Jeremy Darby - 2003 Canada Day Evening Show (National Capital Commission/Canadian Heritage/CBC)

## Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

* Marie-Claude Gagné, Hubert Macé de Gastines - The Nature of Things - Arctic Mission (CBC)
* Damian Kearns, Joe Passaretti - the fifth estate - Dead in the Water (CBC)
* Steve Cupani - City of Ruins: The Halifax Explosion (CBC)
* Loïc Thériault, Sylvain Brassard, Vivian Savoy, Dany Ouellet, Benoît Dame - Deadly Arts (Nintendo)
* Emil Jany - Frontiers of Construction - Road Warriors (Ragged Earth Productions/Barna-Alper Productions)

## Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series

* Daniel Séguin, James Jandrisch - Human Cargo (Force Four Entertainment)
* Christopher Dedrick - Elizabeth Rex (Rhombus Media)
* Robert Carli - Open Heart (Barna-Alper/Dreamsmith Entertainment/Movie Central/CBC)
* Christopher Dedrick - Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (CBC Television)

## Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

* Ron Sures - The Eleventh Hour - Hard Seven (Alliance Atlantis)
* Luc Arsenault - Chilly Beach - Invasion of the Beer Snatchers (March Entertainment)
* Ron Sures - Slings & Arrows - A Mirror Up To Nature (Rhombus Media)
* Christopher Dedrick - The Shields Stories - A Wood (Shaftesbury Films)
* Brian Carson, Ari Wise - Silverwing - Dark Alliance (Bardel Entertainment/Philippine Animation Studio)

## Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

* Robert Carli - Galileo's Sons (Bullfrog Films)
* Jean-Louis Valéro - Korea: The Unfinished War - Burnt Ground (TVOntario)
* Chris Crilly - Short Infinity (NFB)
* Ben Johannesen, Geoff Bennett - Garden Mimics (Bullfrog Films)
* Clode Hamelin - Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (NFB)

## Special Awards

* Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism - Neil Docherty
* Earle Grey Award - Graham Greene
* Margaret Collier Award - Wayne Grigsby
* Gemini Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement - Majestic (Dome Productions)
* Canada Award: Anand Ramayya, Joseph MacDonald, Cosmic Current
* Gemini Humanitarian Award - George R. Robertson
* Viewer's Choice Award for Lifestyle Host: Mike Holmes, Holmes on Homes
* Gemini Award for Most Popular Website Competition: Michael Prini, Alexia Patton, Sarah Richardson - www.roomservice.ca