24th Gemini Awards

The 24th Gemini Awards were held on November 14, 2009 to honour achievements in Canadian television.[1] The ceremony was broadcast on Showcase and Global. The host was Ron James.[2] Special awards were handed out to Corner Gas, Trailer Park Boys and Royal Canadian Air Farce for their contributions to Canadian television.

Awards

Programs

Drama series	Comedy series
Flashpoint Being Erica The Border The Tudors ZOS: Zone of Separation	Rick Mercer Report Less Than Kind Testees This Hour Has 22 Minutes Three Chords from the Truth
Animated program or series	Documentary program or series
Life's a Zoo Jibber Jabber Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World RollBots	CBC News: The Lens The Adventurers Ancestors in the Attic Survivorman The View from Here
Children's or youth fiction	Children's or youth non-fiction
Life with Derek Instant Star The Latest Buzz	Mark's Moments Aquateam Mystery Hunters Sci Q
Dramatic Mini-Series	TV Movie
Burn Up — Tom Cox, Stephen Garrett Diamonds — Jennifer Kawaja, Liz Jarvis, Phyllis Laing, Philo Pieterse, Julia Sereny, Carrie Stein, Simon Vaughan, Nick Witkowski The Last Templar — Robert Halmi, Michael Prupas, Irene Litinsky XIII: The Conspiracy — Ken Gord, Thomas Anargyros, Edouard de Vésinne, Jay Firestone	Elijah — Blake Corbet, Gigi Boyd, Kevin Eastwood, Chris Leeson, Lisa Meeches, Mary Anne Waterhouse Céline — Laszlo Barna, Steven Silver In a World Created by a Drunken God — Kirstie McLellan, Larry Day Of Murder and Memory — Ilana Frank, Daniel Iron, Semi Chellas, David Wellington The Secret of the Nutcracker — Joe Novak, Matt Gillespie, Jim Sutherland, Shirley Vercruysse The Terrorist Next Door — Pierre Sarrazin, Suzette Couture, Richard Lalonde, Susan Murdoch
History Documentary Program or Series	Lifestyle Program or Series
China's Earthquake: The People in the Pictures Dark Tourism Death or Canada Who Sank the Titanic?	Holmes in New Orleans Dirty Business Maxed Out Restaurant Makeover Which Way To...
Music or Variety Program or Series	Pre-School Program or Series
So You Think You Can Dance Canada Best of the Fest 2008 Gemini Awards 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards Juno Awards of 2009	Kids' Canada Are We There Yet?: World Adventure Gisèle's Big Backyard The Mighty Jungle
Reality/Competition Program or Series	Talk program or series
Dragons' Den disBAND: The Homecoming GoldMind Project Runway Canada The Week the Women Went	The Hour The After Show Steven and Chris
Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series	Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award)
The Disappearing Male — Rachel Low, Alan Mendelsohn The Body Machine — Mary Barroll, Malcolm Brinkworth Mighty Ships: Resolute — Kathryn Oughtred, Richard O'Regan, Phil Desjardins The Musical Brain — Vanessa Dylyn Secrets of the Dinosaur Mummy — Michael Jorgensen, Kevin Dunn	Tiger Spirit — Ed Barreveld, Anita Lee, Min Sook Lee Air India 182 — David York, Sturla Gunnarsson bploi wai dtaai: Leave Her to Die — Antonia Thomson, Sean Buckley Norm — Kent Nason, Teresa MacInnes Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma — Peter Raymont, Silva Basmajian
Performing Arts Program or Series	Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
The Young Romantic: A Portrait of Yundi Caesar and Cleopatra Flicker Toscanini in His Own Words Vida y Danza Cuba	Peace Warrior The Bush Years The Man Who Crossed the Sahara Pellatt Newsreel

Actors

Lead actor, drama	Lead actress, drama
Enrico Colantoni, Flashpoint Hugh Dillon, Flashpoint Robin Dunne, Sanctuary Daniel Kash, The Line Ron White, The Line	Erin Karpluk, Being Erica Natalie Dormer, The Tudors Amy Jo Johnson, Flashpoint Andrea Menard, Rabbit Fall Amanda Tapping, Sanctuary
Individual performance, comedy	Ensemble performance, comedy
Debra DiGiovanni, Halifax Comedy Festival Benjamin Arthur, Less Than Kind: "Pakikisama" Jon Dore, The Jon Dore Television Show: "Jon Does Drugs" Terry McGurrin, Comedy Now!: "Comedy Now! starring Terry McGurrin" Brooke Palsson, Less Than Kind: "French Is My Kryptonite"	Steve Cochrane, Kevin Ellis, George Komorowski, Adriana Maggs, Jordan McCloskey, Steven Morana, Paul Snepsts and Joel Stewart, Three Chords from the Truth Christopher Bolton, Oliver Becker, Michael Bodnar, Sarain Boylan, Inga Cadranel, Louis Di Bianco, Carlos Diaz, Mark Cameron Fraser, Matt Gordon, Gabriel Hogan, Mayko Nguyen, Pascal Petardi, Joe Pingue, Jeff Pustil, Simon Reynolds, Philip Riccio, Maria Vacratsis and Jeremy Wright, Rent-A-Goalie Fabrizio Filippo, Jennifer Baxter, Mike Beaver, Robin Brûlé, Jayne Eastwood, Brandon Firla, Ron Gabriel, Peter Keleghan, Arnold Pinnock and Aron Tager, Billable Hours Shaun Majumder, Gavin Crawford, Mark Critch, Geri Hall and Cathy Jones, This Hour Has 22 Minutes Ordena Stephens-Thompson, Trey Anthony, Daniel J. Gordon, Eli Goree and Ngozi Paul, Da Kink in My Hair
Lead actor, television film or miniseries	Lead actress, television film or miniseries
David Suchet, Diverted Trevor Duplessis, In a World Created by a Drunken God Chenier Hundal, The Terrorist Next Door Carlo Rota, Othello Bradley Whitford, Burn Up	Christine Ghawi, Céline Judy Davis, Diamonds Joanne Kelly, Diamonds Rachel Marcus, Booky's Crush Chandra West, Of Murder and Memory
Supporting actor, drama	Supporting actress, drama
*Mpho Koaho, Soul: "Seducing Spirits" and "Exile"* David Alpay, The Tudors: "Episode 207" and "Episode 209" Jonny Harris, Murdoch Mysteries: "Big Murderer on Campus" and "Convalescence" Christopher Heyerdahl, Sanctuary: "The Five" and "Revelations P2" Wes Williams, The Line: "Episode 106" and "Episode 107"	*Gabrielle Miller, Robson Arms: "Baby? What Baby?" and "Mean Girls"* Lolita Davidovich, ZOS: Zone of Separation: "Bred in the Bone" and "The Laws" Catherine Disher, The Border: "The Sweep" and "Unacceptable Risk" Tasha Lawrence, The Line: "Episode 104" and "Episode 106" Reagan Pasternak, Being Erica: "The Secret of Now" and "Such a Perfect Day"
Supporting actor, television film or miniseries	Supporting actress, television film or miniseries
Hugh Dillon, Of Murder and Misery Dylan Everett, Booky's Crush Reda Guerinik, The Terrorist Next Door Stuart Hughes, Booky's Crush	Barbara Hershey, Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning Kaniehtiio Horn, Moccasin Flats: Redemption Louise Rose, Diamonds
Guest actor, drama	Guest actress, drama
*Henry Czerny, Flashpoint: "First in Line"* Damir Andrei, Being Erica: "The Secret of Now" Nicholas Campbell, Flashpoint: "Who's George?" Mpho Koaho, Flashpoint: "Never Kissed a Girl" Ron Lea, Flashpoint: "Haunting the Barn"	*Tatiana Maslany, Flashpoint: "Planets Aligned"* Daisy Beaumont, The Border: "Floral Tribute" Kristin Booth, Flashpoint: "Backwards Day" Sarah Gadon, Flashpoint: "Attention Shoppers" Anna Silk, Being Erica: "Everything She Wants"
Performance in a children's or youth program or series	Performance in an animated program or series
*Michael Seater, Life with Derek: "Happy New School Year"* Paula Brancati, Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Fight the Power" Ali Eisner, Kids' Canada: "Favourite Foods" Stacey Farber, Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Paradise City - Part 3"	Rick Miller, Bruce Hunter, Adrian Truss, Dwayne Hill, Colin Fox and Tajja Isen, Atomic Betty Dwayne Hill, Michael Cohen, Paul O'Sullivan, Juan Chioran, Lyon Smith, Seán Cullen, Lili Francks, Melissa Altro, M. Christian Heywood and Krystal Meadows, Grossology
Performance in a performing arts program or series	Performance or host in a variety program or series
Gerard Reyes, Danny Desjardins, Won Myeong Won, James Viveiros, Mark Eden-Towle, Dorotea Saykaly, Manuel Roque, Carol Prieur, Lucie Mongrain, Carla Maruca, Chi Long and Kimberley de Jong, Body Remix/Goldberg Variations Christopher Plummer, Caesar and Cleopatra	Leah Miller, So You Think You Can Dance Canada Adam Beach and Tina Keeper, 2009 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards Russell Peters, 2009 Juno Awards Jason Priestley, 23rd Gemini Awards Theo Tams, Canadian Idol
Host in a children's, preschool or youth program or series
*Araya Mengesha, Mystery Hunters: "Mysterious Legends: Ark of the Covenant"* T.J. Samuel and Tristan Samuel, Are We There Yet?: World Adventure: "New Zealand – Maori" Sabrina Jalees, In Real Life: "Hollywood Stunt Performers" Patty Sullivan, Kids' Canada Mark Sykes, Mark's Moments: "Sydney"

News and information

News special	Newscast
Global National: Decision Canada Election Night — John McEwen, Scott Hinde, Marc Dillon Riddell, Neill Fitzpatrick, Kenton Boston CBC News: The Obama Visit — Fred Parker, Sharon Musgrave, Mark Bulgutch, Gerry Buffett CBC News: Canada Votes Election Night — Fred Parker, Bob Weiers, Mark Bulgutch CBC News: Newfoundland Crash — Angela Naus, Joanne McPherson, Peter Gullage	CBC News: The National CBC News at Six Manitoba Global National
News anchor	News reportage
Diana Swain, CBC News: Toronto at 6 Heather Hiscox, CBC News: Newfoundland Crash Peter Mansbridge, CBC News: The National Kevin Newman, Global National Janet Stewart, CBC News at Six Manitoba	*Neil Macdonald, CBC News: The National: "U.S. Economic Crisis"* Adrienne Arsenault, CBC News: The National: "Beijing Olympics" Kevin Newman, Geoff Fontes and Bryan Mullan, Global National: "Gettysburg"
News information series	Direction in a news or information program or series
The Fifth Estate — Sally Reardon, David Studer 16:9 — Dominic Sciullo The Agenda — Dan Dunsky CBC News: Sunday — Patsy Pehleman, Michael Kearns	*Harvey Cashore, The Fifth Estate: "The Chess Master"* Catherine Clark, Marketplace: "Miracle Makers or Money Takers" Morris Karp, The Fifth Estate: "Powerless" Tamar Weinstein, The Fifth Estate: "Staying Alive"
Host or interviewer, news or information program or series	Host or interviewer, human interest or talk program
Gillian Findlay, The Fifth Estate Carolyn Jarvis, 16×9 Erica Johnson, Marketplace Wendy Mesley, Marketplace Evan Solomon, CBC News: Sunday	George Stroumboulopoulos, The Hour George Kourounis, Angry Planet Austin Stevens, Austin Stevens: Snakemaster Les Stroud, Survivorman Matt Wells, Where You At Baby?
News or information segment	Lifestyle/practical information segment
CBC News: The National: "The Taser Test" — Alex Shprintsen, Frédéric Zalac, Georges Laszuk, Doug Husby, Kris Fleerackers 16×9: "Little Miracles" — Mary Garofalo CBC News: The National: "What a Waste" — Liz Rosch, Lynn Burgess, Patrick Brown, Sheldon Beldick CBC News: Sunday: "The Great Wall Street Swindle" — Bruce Livesey, Evan Solomon, Farid Haerinejad, Eric Foss, Ed Middleton Marketplace: "Power of Persuasion" — Kathleen Coughlin, Wendy Mesley, Jasmin Tuffaha, Kathryn Dickson	16×9: "Rays of Rash/Dirty Energy" — Kirk Neff, Allison Vuchnich CBC News: Sunday: "The Exorcist" — Carole MacNeil, Leonardo Palleja, Eric Foss, Michael Dorn Daily Planet: "Eyeborg" — Cindy Bahadur Daily Planet: "Flatmobile" — Cindy Bahadur Daily Planet: "Sydney Tar Ponds" — Frances MacKinnon

Sports

Live sporting event coverage	Sports reporting

Sports host	Sports analyst

Sports play by play	Sports anchor

Direction in a live sporting event

Craft awards

Editorial research	Visual research

Make-Up	Costume Design

Photography in a comedy series	Photography in a documentary program or factual series

Photography in a drama program or series	Photography in an information program or series

Photography in a variety or performing arts program or series	Visual effects

Editing in a comedy program or series	Editing in a dramatic program or series

Editing in an information program or series	Editing in a documentary program or series

Production design/art direction in a fiction program or series	Production design/art direction in a non-fiction program or series

Sound in a drama series	Sound in a drama program

Sound in a non-fiction program or series	Sound in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series

Casting	Main title design

Directing

Children's or youth	Comedy
	*Kelly Makin, Less Than Kind: "The Daters"* James Dunnison, Less Than Kind: "Fun" Samir Rehem, Testees: "Herfume" Henry Sarwer-Foner, Less Than Kind: "Pakikisama" Shawn Alex Thompson, Billable Hours: "A Manson for All Seasons" Shawn Alex Thompson, Less Than Kind: "French Is My Kryptonite"
Documentary or factual series	Documentary program

Dramatic program or mini–series	Dramatic series
Jerry Ciccoritti, The Terrorist Next Door	*Kelly Makin, Flashpoint: "Planets Aligned"* Steve Adelson, Sanctuary: "Instinct" John Fawcett, The Border: "Going Dark" Chris Grismer, Being Erica: "Leo" Jeremy Podeswa, The Tudors: "Episode 201"
Lifestyle program or mini–series	Performing arts program or series

Reality or competition program or series	Variety or sketch comedy program or series

Animated program or series

Music

Fiction program or series	Miniseries or television film
*Robert Carli, Murdoch Mysteries: "Werewolves"* Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner, Flashpoint: "Planets Aligned" Lily Frost, Trevor Yuile and Jody Colero, Being Erica: "Dr. Tom" James Gelfand, Crusoe: "The Return" Mark Korven, The Border: "Floral Tribute"	Michael Richard Plowman, Impact Terry Frewer, Elijah Jonathan Goldsmith, Burn Up Adrian Johnston, Diamonds Ron Sures, Of Murder and Memory
Documentary program or series	Lifestyle or information program or series
*Daniel Séguin, Doc Zone: "The Wild Horse Redemption"* Christopher Dedrick, The Body Machine Christopher Dedrick, Death or Canada Edmund Eagan, Flicker Eric Lemoyne, Liberty, USA	*Mike O'Neill, French Food at Home: "French Fruit Desserts"* Serge Côté, A World of Wonders: "The Amazon Rainforest" David Burns, Design U: "Bruno's Daughter's Bedroom" Ryan Kondrat and John La Magna, Project Runway Canada: "Return of the Supermodel" Gaz Mellen, The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price: "Reclaiming"
Animated program or series
*Michael Richard Plowman, Jibber Jabber: "Race to the Red Planet" and "Pride of Frankenstein"* Graeme Cornies, Dave Kelly, James Chapple and Brian L. Pickett, World of Quest: "The Crusades/The Little Troll Down the Lane" Serge Côté, RollBots: "Crontab Trouble" Paul Intson, Grossology: "Swamp Gas" John Welsman, My Friend Rabbit: "For the Birds/Pearl's Pals"

Writing

Children's or youth	Comedy
Steven Westren, My Friend Rabbit: "Frog on a Log" Jeff Biederman, Life with Derek: "Just Friends" Richard Clark, Grossology: "The New Recruits" Sean Jara, The Latest Buzz: "The First Impressions Issue" Victor Nicolle, Dennis Heaton and Sandy Flanagan, Jibber Jabber: "Night of the Werewolf/Enter the Jelly"	*Max Reid and A. M. Reid, Billable Hours: "A Manson for All Seasons"* Jeff Halaby, Sheldon Elter, Dana Andersen, Ryan Parker, Howie Miller and Matt Alden, Caution: May Contain Nuts: "Season 1, Episode 3" Derek Harvie and Kenny Hotz, Testees: "Memory Loss" Mark McKinney, Less Than Kind: "Careers Day" George Westerholm, David Guy McKenzie and Mark De Angelis, 29th Genie Awards
Documentary	Dramatic program or miniseries
Tracey Deer, Club Native Paul Carvalho and Robert Cornellier, Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Sheona McDonald, Capturing a Short Life Araz Artinian, Genocide in Me Harvey Sachs and Larry Weinstein, Toscanini in His Own Words	Blake Corbet, Elijah Tony Marchant, Diverted Donald Martin, Céline David Vainola, Diamonds David Wolkove, XIII: The Conspiracy
Drama series	Information program or series
*Brad Wright, Stargate: Atlantis: "The Shrine"* Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern, Flashpoint: "Haunting the Barn" Michael Hirst, The Tudors: "Episode 205" Floyd Kane, Soul: "Fathers and Daughters" Lori Spring, Murdoch Mysteries: "I, Murdoch"	*Gillian Findlay, The Fifth Estate: "A Death in the Family"* Bob McKeown, The Fifth Estate: "The Code" Ryan Leigh, INK: Alter Egos Exposed: "Villains" George Stroumboulopoulos, Diana Frances, Carman Melville, Ken Hegan, Scott Montgomery, Randy Potash, Nick McCabe-Lokos, Adam Nicholls, Paul Bates and David Freeman, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: "Sarah Palin"

Special awards

Academy Achievement Award: Allan King[3]
Canada Award: Club Native[3]
Earle Grey Award: Eric Peterson[3]
Humanitarian Award: Susan Hay[3]
Margaret Collier Award: Barbara Samuels[3]

References

Alex Strachan, "Gemini Awards a lame but warm-hearted look at Canadian TV". Vancouver Sun, November 16, 2009.
"James hosts Geminis". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 10, 2009.
"The 24th Annual Gemini Special Awards Announced". Canada NewsWire, October 1, 2009.

External links

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[1] Alex Strachan, "Gemini Awards a lame but warm-hearted look at Canadian TV". Vancouver Sun, November 16, 2009.

[2] "James hosts Geminis". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 10, 2009.

[special-3] "The 24th Annual Gemini Special Awards Announced". Canada NewsWire, October 1, 2009.

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