26th Gemini Awards

The 26th Gemini Awards was held on September 7, 2011 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The ceremony was broadcast live from the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, and aired on CBC Television. The show was hosted by Russell Peters, and included live musical performances by Jim Cuddy, Deborah Cox and City and Colour.[1]

26th Gemini Awards
DateSeptember 7, 2011
VenueCanadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto
Hosted byRussell Peters
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television

Nominations were announced on August 3.[2][3][4] As with most Gemini Awards ceremonies, awards in less prominent categories were presented in a series of advance events over the week leading up to September 7, with only the most prominent categories presented at the televised ceremony.

These were the last Gemini Awards given before the establishment of the Canadian Screen Awards, which replaced the Geminis.

Awards

Best Dramatic Series

Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie
  • The Pillars of the Earth - Tandem Productions, Muse Entertainment, Scott Free Productions. Producers: Ridley Scott, Rola Bauer, Jonas Bauer, Tim Halkin, Michael Prupas, David A. Rosemont, John Ryan, Tony Scott, David W. Zucker
  • Fakers - Cité Amérique. Producers: Greg Dummett, Lorraine Richard
  • The Kennedys - Muse Entertainment, Asylum Entertainment, Shaw Media.Producers: Joel Surnow, Jon Cassar, Jonathan Koch, Stephen Kronish, Steve Michaels, Michael Prupas, Jamie Paul Rock
  • My Babysitter's a Vampire - Fresh TV. Producers: Tom McGillis, George Elliott, Brian Irving, Jennifer Pertsch
  • Thorne Sleepyhead - Cité Amérique, Stagereel, 87 Films. Producers: Greg Dummett, Lorraine Richard, Jolyon Symonds

Best Comedy Program or Series

Best Music or Variety Program or Series
  • Battle of the Blades - Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Kevin Albrecht, Sandra Bezic, Barbara Bowlby, Sue Brophey
  • The 18th Annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards - National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Shaw Media. Producer: Roberta Jamieson
  • 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards - CTVglobemedia. Producers: John Kampilis, Bob Pagrach, Sheila Sullivan
  • Juno Awards of 2011 - Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Melanie Berry, Barbara Bowlby, Lindsay Cox, Ed Robinson, Louise Wood
  • So You Think You Can Dance Canada - Danse TV Productions. Producers: Sandra Faire, Milan Curry-Sharples, Trisa Dayot, Bronwyn Warren, Allan Manson

Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series
  • The National Parks Project - FilmCan, Primitive Entertainment, Discovery Channel HD. Producers: Ryan J. Noth, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison
  • 12 Takes - Opus 59 Films, Knowledge Network. Producers: John Bolton, Murray Battle
  • The Instrument Bank - Rotating Planet Productions. Producer: Ari A. Cohen
  • Listen to This - Proximity Films. Producer: Howard Fraiberg
  • Star Portraits - PTV Productions. Producers: Andrea Nemtin, Ian Dunbar

Best Talk Series

Best Reality Program or Series
  • Dragons' Den - 2waytraffic, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Tracie Tighe, Mike Armitage, Lisa Gabriele
  • All for Nothing? - Mountain Road Productions. Producers: Tim Alp, Lisa Nault
  • Best Trip Ever - Castlewood Productions. Producers: Andrew Burnstein, Sharone Ostrovsky
  • CheF*OFF - NGM Enterprise, Planetworks. Producers: Jeff Preyra, D’Arcy Butler, Romano D'Andrea, Carolyn Meland, Peter Moscone
  • Conviction Kitchen - Cineflix. Producers: Simon Lloyd, Gerard Barry

Best General/Human Interest Series
  • Hell on Hooves - Juxtapose Productions. Producers: Dennis Hrapchak, Douglas Hudema
  • X-Weighted: Families - Anaid Productions. Producers: Margaret Mardirossian, Candice Tipton, Helen Schmidt
  • Forensic Factor - Exploration Production. Producers: Edwina Follows, Sally Karam, Alyse Rosenberg
  • Ice Pilots NWT - Omnifilm Entertainment. Producers: David Gullason, Michael Chechik, Gabriela Schonbach
  • Totally Tracked Down - Planetworks. Producers: Romano D'Andrea, Marshall Jay Kaplan, Carolyn Meland, Jeff Preyra

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
  • Life with Murder - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: John Kaster, Silva Basmajian
  • Jackpot - Optix Digital Pictures. Producer: Michelle Latimer
  • Mom's Home - Makin' Movies. Producer: Maureen Judge
  • Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands - Clearwater Documentary. Producer: Niobe Thompson
  • When We Were Boys - Nomad Films. Producers: Sarah Goodman, Amanda Handy, Mark Johnston

Best Documentary Series
  • Doc Zone - Africa on the Move - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sue Dando, Peter John Ingles, Paul Morin
  • Geologic Journey - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 90th Parallel Productions. Producers: Michael Allder, Gordon Henderson
  • Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Terence McKenna, Sue Dando, Michelle Gagnon, Peter John Ingles
  • Rodeo: Life on the Circuit - Birds of a Feather Media. Producers: Don Metz, John Brunton, Guy Clarkson
  • The Uluit: Champions of the North - Arnait Video Productions, Rotating Planet Productions. Producers: Ari A. Cohen, Susan Avingaq, Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu

Best History Documentary Program
  • Nazi Hunters: Herbert Cukurs - Cineflix (Wartime), Terra Vermelha Filmes. Producers: Simon Lloyd, Nick Godwin
  • Chasing the Royals: The Media & the Monarchy - Kaos Productions. Producer: John Curtin
  • Earth: Making of a Planet - Handel Productions, Pioneer Productions. Producers: Alan Handel, Yavar Abbas, Stuart Carter
  • Finding Atlantis - Associated Producers, Discovery Channel. Producers: Simcha Jacobovici, Ric Esther Bienstock, Kathryn Liptrott
  • Queen Elizabeth in 3D - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Liam O'Rinn, Lesley Cameron

Best Biography Documentary Program
  • Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews - Motsjo Film. Producers: Mary Armstrong, David Sherman
  • Gordon Pinsent: Still Rowdy After All These Years - Morag Loves Company. Producer: Barbara Doran
  • When the Devil Knocks - Bountiful Films. Producers: Helen Slinger, Maureen Palmer

Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program
  • The Nature of Things: "Code Breakers" - Clearwater Documentary. Producer: Niobe Thompson
  • Acquainted with the Night - Markham Street Films. Producers: Judy Holm, Michael McNamara
  • The Nature of Things: "For the Love of Elephants" - Make Believe Media. Producers: Lynn Booth, Rod Ruel
  • Last Day of the Dinosaurs - Handel Productions, Dangerous Films, Discovery Channel. Producers: Alan Handel, Richard Dale, Tim Goodchild
  • X-Cars - Dreamfilm Productions. Producers: Sue Ridout, Kelly McClughan

Best News Information Series

Best News Information Segment

Best Local Newscast, Large Market

Best Local Newscast, Small Market

Best Breaking News Coverage

Best News Special Event Coverage

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series
  • ’Til Debt Do Us Part - Frantic Films. Producers: Jamie Brown, Jennifer Horvath
  • Chuck's Day Off - Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Debbie Travis, Scott Bailey, Hans Rosenstein, Anne-Marie Withenshaw
  • Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag - Worldwide Bag Media. Producers: Kristina Matisic, Anna Wallner, Heather Hawthorne-Doyle
  • Design DNA - Castlewood Productions. Producers: Andrew Burnstein, Jennifer Scott
  • Pitchin' In - Frantic Films. Producers: Jamie Brown, Daniel Gelfant

Best Animated Program or Series

Best Pre-School Program or Series
  • The Mighty Jungle - Halifax Film Company, DHX Media. Producers: Katrina Walsh, Charles Bishop, Michael Donovan, Beth Stevenson
  • Dino Dan - Sinking Ship Entertainment. Producers: J.J. Johnson, Matthew Bishop, Blair Powers
  • Kids Canada - Wowie Woah Woah - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Phil McCordic, Sid Bobb, Erin Curtin, Ali J. Eisner, Nadine Henry, Marie McCann, Patty Sullivan
  • Stella and Sam - Radical Sheep Productions, Mercury Filmworks, Bejuba! Entertainment. Producers: John Leitch, Michelle Melanson
  • Gisèle's Big Backyard - TVOntario. Producers: Jennifer McAuley, Gisèle Corinthios, Pat Ellingson, Paul Gardner

Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series
  • Mark’s Moments - TVOntario. Producers: Marney Malabar, Daniel Bourré, Pat Ellingson, Mark Sykes
  • Survive This - 9 Story Entertainment. Producers: Vince Commisso, David W Brady, Barry Davis, Steven Jarosz, Les Stroud
  • Artzooka! - CCI Entertainment, MotionWorks. Producers: Charles Falzon, Arnie Zipursky
  • In Real Life - Apartment 11 Productions. Producers: Jonathan Finkelstein, Maura Kealey
  • Spelling Night in Canada: Canspell National Spelling Bee 2011 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Steve Sloan, Dave Litman

Best Sports Analysis or Commentary (Program, Series or Segment)
  • Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Anniversary Special - TSN, Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. Producers: Rick Chisholm, Robert MacAskill, Don Young
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup Preview Show - CBC Television. Producers: Trevor Pilling, Paul McDougall
  • Oil Change - Aquila Productions. Producers: Don Metz, Gord Redel
  • SportsCentre: Year in Review - TSN. Producers: Ken Volden, Steve Argintaru, Sofie Kouleas
  • TSN: The Reporters with Dave Hodge - TSN. Producers: Dave Hodge, David Stiff

Best Sports Feature Segment

Best Live Sporting Event

Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Fiction
  • Not awarded.

Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Non-Fiction

Best Cross-Platform Project - Fiction
  • DatingGuy.com - Marblemedia, Entertainment One. Producers: Matt Hornburg, Mark J. W. Bishop, Ted Brunt, Julie Dutrisac, Johnny Kalangis
  • Flashpoint Training Day - Xenophile Media, Pink Sky Entertainment, Avamar Entertainment, CTV Television Network. Producers: Patrick Crowe, Keith Clarkson, Thomas Wallner
  • Endgame Interactive - Thunderbird Entertainment, Front Street Pictures, Shaw Media, Secret Location. Producers: James Milward, Ryan Andal, Pietro Gagliano, CJ Hervey, Alan Sawyer
  • Lost Girl Digital - Prodigy Pictures. Producers: Jay Firestone, Zandro Chan, Lui Francisco, Tigh Walker

Best Cross-Platform Project - Non-Fiction
  • Storming Juno Interactive - Secret Location, Windup Filmworks, Entertainment One, The Colony. Producers: James Milward, Ryan Andal, Noora Abu Eitah, Pietro Gagliano, Steve Miller
  • CBC News: Canada Votes 2011 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Gary Graves, Chris Carter, Andrew Davidson, Kim Fox, Robert Sheppard
  • We Will Remember Them Digital - 90th Parallel Productions. Producers: Gordon Henderson, Shawn Bailey, Bob Culbert, Andrew Gregg, Kate Viner
  • Museum Secrets Digital - Kensington Communications. Producers: Robert Lang, David Oppenheim
  • Live Right Now - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Paul McGrath, Lisa Fender
  • The National Parks Project Interactive - Grand Creative, FilmCan, Primitive Entertainment, Discovery Channel HD. Producers: Ryan J. Noth, Luke Canning, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Matthew Quinn

Best Cross-Platform Project - Children’s and Youth
  • Babar and the Adventures of Badou Interactive - Watch More TV Interactive, Nelvana, TeamTO, LuxAnimation, The Clifford Ross Company. Producer: Caitlin O'Donovan
  • Skatoony Interactive - Marblemedia, Smiley Guy Studios. Producers: Mark J. W. Bishop, Ted Brunt, Julie Dutrisac, Matthew Hornburg, Johnny Kalangis
  • Stella and Sam Interactive Adventures - Zinc Roe, Radical Sheep Productions, Mercury Filmworks, Bejuba! Entertainment. Producers: Anne-Sophie Brieger, Robert Ardiel, Jason Krogh, Davin Risk
  • The Baxter Online Experience - Smokebomb Entertainment, Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Shane Kinnear, Jay Bennett, Daniel Dales, Nicole Mickelow, Jarrett Sherman

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series
  • Oleh Rumak - the fifth estate - Above Suspicion (CBC)
  • Mike Beley - Oil Change - Team (Aquila Productions)
  • Kathleen Coughlin - Marketplace - Clean Water, Dirty Tricks (CBC
  • Litsa Sourtzis - Marketplace - Superbugs in the Supermarket (CBC
  • Shelley Saywell - The Nanny Business (Bishari Films)

Best Direction in a Documentary Program
  • Michael McNamara - Acquainted with the Night (Markham Street Films)
  • Alan Black - Jackpot (Optix Digital Pictures)
  • John Kastner - Life with Murder (NFB)
  • Niobe Thompson, Tom Radford - Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands (Clearwater Documentary)
  • Nadine Pequeneza - Inside Disaster Haiti (PTV Productions)

Best Direction in a Documentary Series
  • P.J. Naworynski - Nazi Hunters: Erich Priebke (Cineflix (Wartime)/Terra Vermelha Filmes)
  • Michael Allder - Geologic Journey - The Pacific Rim: Americas (CBC/90th Parallel Productions)
  • Michel Philibert - Africa on the Move - The Power of Song (CBC)
  • Abhish S. Birla - Maamuitaau (Let's Get Together) - Song of the River (CBC)
  • Joe Wiecha - Trashopolis - Rome (Pixcom)

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series
  • Scott Smith - Call Me Fitz - Long Con Silver (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Dana Andersen, Bruce Pirrie - Caution: May Contain Nuts - Blowed Up Zombie Real Good (Mosaic Entertainment)
  • James Dunnison - Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - The Phantom of Crowley High (Frantic Films/Aircraft Pictures/Corvid Pictures)
  • James Genn - Call Me Fitz - Going Down Syndrome (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Craig David Wallace - Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - A Farewell To Curtis' Arm (Frantic Films/Aircraft Pictures/Corvid Pictures)

Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series
  • Gail Gallant - Star Portraits - Gordon Pinsent (PTV Productions)
  • Ari A. Cohen - The Instrument Bank (Rotating Planet Productions)
  • Eunice Lee - Corrie Crazy: Canada Loves Coronation Street (CBC)

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series
  • Grant Greschuk - Village on a Diet - Beyond the Diet (Force Four Entertainment)
  • Stacey Stewart Curtis, Michael Allcock - Forensic Factor - The Abbotsford Killer (Exploration Production)
  • Jordan Kawchuk, Erin Redden - Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag - Marguerite Patten's Best British Dishes (Worldwide Bag Media)
  • Scott Clark McNeil - The Heat with Mark McEwan - New York, New York! (General Purpose Pictures)
  • Brad Quenville, Todd Serotiuk - Ice Pilots NWT - Arnie Calls It (Omnifilm Entertainment)

Best Direction in a Reality Program or Series
  • Dwayne Beaver, Karen Duthie - Conviction Kitchen - Episode 5 (Cineflix)
  • Ihor Macijiwsky - Mantracker - Jason & Clayton (Bonterra Productions)
  • D'Arcy Butler - Re-Vamped - Episode 10 (Sudden Storm Entertainment/Entertainment One)
  • Nadine Schwartz - Enraged (Lively Media)

Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series

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

Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
  • Steven Westren, Jesse McKeown - Fakers (Cité Amérique)
  • John Pielmeier - The Pillars of the Earth (Tandem Productions/Muse Entertainment/Scott Free Productions)
  • Teena Booth - Reviving Ophelia (Muse Entertainment)
  • Peter Hume - Jack of Diamonds (Gaumont/Muse Entertainment)
  • Tony Jordan - The Nativity (Red Planet Pictures/K Films/Temple Street Productions)

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

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

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series
  • Terence McKenna - Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse - A Global Tsunami (CBC)
  • Francine Pelletier, Charles Foran - Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews (Motsjo Film)
  • Jon Cooksey - How to Boil A Frog (Fools Bay Entertainment)
  • Christopher Gagosz - Storming Juno (Windup Filmworks/Entertainment One/The Colony)
  • Kelly McClughan - X-Cars (Dreamfilm Productions)
  • Brian McKenna - Famine and Shipwreck: An Irish Odyssey (Galafilm)

Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
  • Jane Burgess, Andrew Easterbrook, Jonathan Woodward - The Pig Farm (Barna-Alper Productions/Entertainment One)
  • Jackie Carlos, Karine Guillemette, David Wells - Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse - The Men Who Crashed The World (CBC)
  • Richard Longley - The Nature of Things - Save My Lake (Stornoway Communications/CBC)
  • Gil Shochat, Michael Drapack - the fifth estate - Death at the Olympics (CBC)
  • Rebecca Snow - Museum Secrets - Inside the Vatican (Kensington Communications)

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

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
  • Jackie Richardson - The Gospel According to the Blues (Emotion Pictures)
  • Hayley Atwell - The Pillars of the Earth (Tandem Productions/Muse Entertainment/Scott Free Productions)
  • Romina D'Ugo - Turn the Beat Around (MTV/Paramount Pictures)
  • Tatiana Maslany - The Nativity (Red Planet Pictures/K Films/Temple Street Productions)
  • Rebecca Williams - Reviving Ophelia (Muse Entertainment)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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

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

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role
  • Tracy Dawson - Call Me Fitz - Going Down Syndrome (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Angela Asher - 18 To Life - The Flushing Point (CBC)
  • Grace Lynn Kung - InSecurity - The Kwan Identity (Vérité Films/Company Name Here Productions)
  • Brooke Nevin - Call Me Fitz - Mama (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Ernie Grunwald - Call Me Fitz - Honesty, Integrity & Low Mileage Part 1, The Pilot (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Joe Cobden - Living in Your Car - Chapter 12 (BeActive Entertainment/The Nightingale Company)
  • Colin Cunningham - Living in Your Car - Chapter 13 (BeActive Entertainment/The Nightingale Company)
  • Peter Donaldson - Living in Your Car - Chapter 9 (BeActive Entertainment/The Nightingale Company)
  • Peter MacNeill - Call Me Fitz - Long Con Silver, Mama (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Rachel Blanchard - Call Me Fitz - Going Down Syndrome (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Joanna Cassidy - Call Me Fitz - Long Con Silver (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Ingrid Kavelaars - Living in Your Car - Chapter 13 (BeActive Entertainment/The Nightingale Company)
  • Ieva Lucs - Good Dog - First Episode, Converting To Judaism (Shaftesbury Films)
  • Kathryn Winslow - Living in Your Car - Chapter 12 (BeActive Entertainment/The Nightingale Company)

Best Performance in a Hosted Stand-Up/Sketch Comedy Program or Series
  • Hannibal Buress - Funny as Hell 2010, Show 1 (Just for Laughs Television)
  • Steve Patterson - Funny as Hell 2010, Show 3 (Just for Laughs Television)
  • Nikki Payne - Halifax Comedy Festival 2010 - Episode 3 (Pilot Light Productions/CBC)
  • Pete Zedlacher - Halifax Comedy Festival 2010 - Episode 1 (Pilot Light Productions/CBC)
  • Jonathan Torrens - TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens - Freak Shows (Shaw Media)
  • Eric Toth, Dave Brennan, Tony Lombardo, Jon Smith - Canadian Comedy Awards 10th Anniversary Variety Special (Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence/The Comedy Network)

Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble)

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble)
  • Victor Micallef, Clifton Murray, Remigio Pereira, Fraser Walters - Season of Song: The Canadian Tenors and Friends (Suddenly SeeMore Productions)
  • Andrea Menard - Sparkle - An Evening with Andrea Menard (APTN)
  • Ivars Taurins - Sing Along Messiah (90th Parallel Productions)

Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series

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

Best Achievement in Casting
  • Marissa Richmond, Libby Goldstein, Andrea Kenyon, Suzanne Smith, Randi Wells - Durham County - Distance, Hunting and Home (Muse Entertainment/Back Alley Film Productions)
  • Lisa Parasyn, Jon Comerford - Lost Girl - Vexed (Prodigy Pictures)
  • Marissa Richmond - Flashpoint - Jumping At Shadows (Pink Sky Entertainment/Avamar Entertainment/CTV Television Network)
  • Marsha Chesley - Living in Your Car - Chapter 2 (BeActive Entertainment/The Nightingale Company)
  • Sara Kay, Jim Heber, Jenny Lewis - Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - How To Make a Homunculus (Frantic Films/Aircraft Pictures/Corvid Pictures)

Best News Anchor

Best Breaking News Reportage, Local
  • Francis D'Souza, Alfredo Colangelo - CityNews - G20 Summit (Citytv)
  • Lee Pitts, Eddy Kennedy - CBC News: Here & Now: Hurricane Igor (CBC)
  • John Lancaster, Steven D'Souza, Tony Smyth - CBC News Toronto - Fallen Officer (CBC)

Best Breaking News Reportage, National

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

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

Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series
  • Gail Vaz-Oxlade - Princess - Princess Nicola (Frantic Films)
  • Bob Blumer - Glutton for Punishment - Rice Eating Record (Paperny Entertainment)
  • Lynn Crawford - Pitchin' In - Chicken (Frantic Films)
  • Nadia Giosia - Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen - Break Up Bonanza (B360 Media/Tricon Films)
  • Anna Wallner, Kristina Matisic - Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag - Marguerite Patten's Best British Dishes (Worldwide Bag Media)

Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series
  • Jeremie Saunders - Artzooka! - Episode 111 (CCI Entertainment/MotionWorks)
  • Gisèle Corinthios - Gisèle's Big Backyard - Big Backyard Community (TVOntario)
  • Adamo Ruggiero - The Next Star - Decades (Tricon Films & Television)

Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast

Best Sportscaster/Anchor

Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer

Best Sports Analyst

Best Sports Reporting

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series
  • Stephen Reizes - Living in Your Car - Chapter 1 (BeActive Entertainment/The Nightingale Company)
  • Marc Charlebois - 18 To Life - Family Portrait (CBC)
  • Kim Derko - Wingin' It - Hold the Dressing (Temple Street Productions/Family Channel)
  • Ken Krawczyk - InSecurity - Get Cranston (Vérité Films/Company Name Here Productions)
  • Gerald Packer - Vacation with Derek (Shaftesbury Films)

Best Photography in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series
  • Sean Cable, Todd Craddock - Ice Pilots NWT - Under Pressure (Omnifilm Entertainment)
  • John Choi, Simon Shohet, Anton Van Rooyen - Weird or What? - Episode 5 (Shaw Media/Cineflix)
  • Michael Grippo, Hans Vanderzande - Make the Politician Work - Peter MacKay (CBC)
  • Marlon Paul, Scott Wilson - Best. Trip. Ever. (Castlewood Productions)
  • Kirk Neff - 16:9: The Bigger Picture - Field of Dreams (Global News
  • Ben Sharp - Everyday Exotic - Catfish (Magee TV/Sky High Entertainment)

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series
  • Daron Donahue - Code Breakers (Clearwater Documentary)
  • Vincent Biron - Last Call Indien (Nish Media)
  • Nicholas de Pencier, Keith Brust - Raccoon Nation (Eggplant Picture & Sound/Optix Digital Pictures/Rubin Tarrant Productions)
  • Daniel Grant - Love at the Twilight Motel (Inigo Films)
  • Dale Hildebrand - T O in 2 4 (Hildebrand Productions)

Best Visual Effects
  • Bob Munroe, Bret Culp, Maria Gordon, Luke Groves, Bill Halliday, Ian MacLeod, Martin Tori, Paul Waggoner, Patrik Witzmann - The Tudors, Episode 407 (Peace Arch Entertainment/Reveille Productions/Working Title Films/Showtime Networks)
  • Robert Munroe, Doug Campbell, Paddy Eason, Juan Jesus Garcia, Luke Groves, Bill Halliday, Adam Jewett, Seth Martiniuk, Blair Tennessy - The Borgias - The Poisoned Chalice, The Assassin (Myriad Pictures/Amblin Entertainment/ImageMovers/Octagon Entertainment/Take 5 Productions/CTV Television Network/Bell Media/Showtime Networks)
  • Mario Rachiele, Marie-Ève Bédard-Tremblay, Benoît Brière, Carl Gagnon, Catherine Hébert, Raphaël Hubert, Jonathan Laborde, Jean-Francois Lafleur, Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput, Philippe Sylvain - Being Human - Dog Eat Dog (Muse Entertainment)
  • Mark Savela, Adam de Bosch Kemper, Jamie Yukio Kawano, Michael Lowes, Kodie MacKenzie, Krista McLean, James Rorick, Wes Sargent, Luke Vallee, Craig VandenBiggelaar - Stargate Universe - Awakening (Acme Shark Productions/MGM Television)
  • Lee Wilson, Andrew Bain, Matt Belbin, Sebastien Bergeron, Brian Burritt, Stephen Kelloway, Mark Lasoff, Lionel Lim, Les Quinn, Lisa Sepp-Wilson - Sanctuary - Animus (My Plastic Badger Productions)

Best Visual Research
  • Sonja Carr, Benoît Michaud - Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse - The Men Who Crashed The World (CBC)
  • Lynette Fortune, Leslie Morrison - the fifth estate - You Should Have Stayed at Home (CBC)
  • Maureen Grant - Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories (David Brady Productions)
  • Kathleen McKenna, Elspeth Domville - Storming Juno (Windup Filmworks/Entertainment One/The Colony)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series
  • Kim McTaggart - Call Me Fitz - The Pilot (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Trevor Ambrose - Men with Brooms - Favour Math (Entertainment One)
  • Thorben Bieger - Call Me Fitz - Honesty, Integrity & Low Mileage Part 2 (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Benjamin Duffield, Annie Ilkow - 18 To Life - The Flushing Point (CBC)
  • D. Gillian Truster - Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - A Farewell To Curtis' Arm (Frantic Films/Aircraft Pictures/Corvid Pictures)
  • Craig Webster, Cathy Gulkin, Mike Stewart - Think Big - Melissa, Matthew (Breakthrough Entertainment)

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series
  • Clark Masters, Richard Rotter - Best. Trip. Ever. (Castlewood Productions)
  • Michael Ellis, Robert Lawrenson, Franco Pante - Village on a Diet - Small Town, Big Problem (Force Four Entertainment)
  • Jesse James Miller - Mantracker - Dylan & Travis (Bonterra Productions)
  • Paul Smart, Wes Belair - Oil Change (Aquila Productions)
  • Jonathan Wong - 16:9: The Bigger Picture - Eye on the Prize (Global News

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series
  • Sally Blake, Avril Jacobson - Peep Culture
  • Dave Kazala - Dish: Women, Waitressing & The Art of Service (Red Queen Productions)
  • Dave Kazala - The Real M*A*S*H (Storyline Entertainment)
  • Deborah Palloway - Mom's Home (Makin' Movies)
  • Roland Schlimme, Roderick Deogrades - Acquainted with the Night (Markham Street Films)

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Fiction Program or Series
  • Callum MacLachlan - Season of Song: The Canadian Tenors and Friends (Suddenly SeeMore Productions)
  • Andrew Berry - Breakout - Pittsburgh Six (Cream Productions/Raw TV)
  • Peter Faragher - Juno Awards of 2011 (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/Insight Productions)
  • Michael "Spike" Parks - 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards (CTVglobemedia)
  • Brian Rice, Lyle Jobe - Storming Juno (Windup Filmworks/Entertainment One/The Colony)
  • Elisa Sauvé - Everyday Exotic - Peking Duck (Magee TV/Sky High Entertainment)

Best Achievement in Main Title Design
  • Robb Thompson, Darren Bierman, Shelley Cornies, Steve Seeley - Blackstone (Prairie Dog Film + Television)
  • Etienne Deslieres - Waterfront Cities of the World (DBcom Media)
  • Ian Kirby, Caleb Bouchard, Aaron Hildebrandt, Mark Stuckert - Endgame (Thunderbird Entertainment/Front Street Pictures/Shaw Media)
  • Peter Moller - 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards (CTVglobemedia)
  • Frédéric Simard, Anne-Marie Lacharite - Funny as Hell 2010 (Just for Laughs Television)
  • Boyan Stergulc - The 18th Annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards (National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation/Aboriginal Peoples Television Network/Shaw Media)

Best Costume Design

Best Achievement in Make-Up

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program
  • Marcel Pothier, Jo Caron, Gavin Fernandes, Guy Francoeur, Louis Gignac, Antoine Morin, Guy Pelletier, Christian Rivest - The Pillars of the Earth (Tandem Productions/Muse Entertainment/Scott Free Productions)
  • Sylvain Arseneault, Kevin Banks, Kathy Choi, Steve Hammond, Martin Lee, Ian Rankin, Jane Tattersall - The Nativity (Red Planet Pictures/K Films/Temple Street Productions)
  • Robert Fletcher, Mike Baskerville, John Dykstra, Danielle McBride, Dan Sexton, Virginia Storey - Degrassi Takes Manhattan (Bell Media/Epitome Pictures)
  • Frank Morrone, Henry Embry, Mark Gingras, Katie Halliday, John Laing, Jill Purdy, Stephen Traub, Marilee Yorston - The Kennedys (Muse Entertainment/Asylum Entertainment/Shaw Media)

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series
  • Glen Gauthier, Tom Bjelic, Christian Cooke, Steve Moore, John Douglas Smith - Being Erica - Bear Breast (Temple Street Productions)
  • Kevin Banks, Richard Calistan, Steve Foster, Robert Hegedus, Kevin Howard, Sid Lieberman, Ron Osiowy, Paul Shubat - Heartland - Jackpot (Seven24 Films/Dynamo Films)
  • Peter Clements, Lori Clarke, Harvey Hyslop, Mark Shnuriwsky, Paul Steffler, Andrew Tay, Scott Yates - Republic of Doyle - Something Old, Someone New (Fireworks Entertainment/Take the Shot Productions)
  • Janice Ierulli, Mike Baskerville, Sue Conley, John Dykstra, Steve Hammond, Joe Mancuso, Mark Shnuriwsky, Zenon Waschuk - Flashpoint - Jumping At Shadows (Pink Sky Entertainment/Avamar Entertainment/CTV Television Network)
  • Steve Moore, Alex Bullick, Yann Cleary, Christian Cooke, Andrea Higgins, Jill Purdy, Marilee Yorston - Durham County - Family Day (Muse Entertainment/Back Alley Film Productions)
  • Jane Tattersall, Daniel Birch, Yuri Gorbachow, Jack Heeren, Martin Lee, Kirk Lynds, Dale Sheldrake, Don White - The Tudors, Episode 410 (Peace Arch Entertainment/Reveille Productions/Working Title Films/Showtime Networks)

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series
  • Fred Brennan, Robert Bertola, Stefan Fraticelli, Matthew Harrold, Allen Ormerod, Jane Porter - Call Me Fitz - The Pilot (Entertainment One/Amaze Film & Television/Big Motion Pictures)
  • Roberto Capretta, Kevin Bonnici, Melissa Glidden, Edwin Janzen, Tim O'Connell - Bolts and Blip - Robots Don't Dream Part 1 (ToonBox Entertainment/Redrover)
  • Peter Lopata, Dominique Chartrand, David Gertsman, Paul Hubert, Éric Ladouceur, François Maurice - 18 To Life - Family Portrait (CBC)
  • Jonny Ludgate, Ewan Deane, Steffan Andrews, Pat Haskill, Gordon Sproule - League of Super Evil - Ant-archy (Nerd Corps Entertainment)
  • Anthony Montano, Steven Budd, Phil Hay - At the Concert Hall - Broken Social Scene at the Concert Hall

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
  • Mark Gingras, Christian Cooke, Sanjay Mehta, Adrian Tucker - Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories (David Brady Productions)
  • Benoît Dame, Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Stephane Cadotte - Last Day of the Dinosaurs (Handel Productions/ Dangerous Films/Discovery Channel)
  • Brian Eimer - Beyond Survival - The Hewa and the Hidden Secret Ceremony (Vanishing World Productions)
  • Jo Rossi, Hennie Britton, Michael P. Keeping, Vince Renaud - Ice Pilots NWT - Under Pressure (Omnifilm Entertainment)
  • Terry Wedel, Euan Hunter, Michael Mancuso - Mantracker - Dylan & Travis (Bonterra Productions)

Best Original Music for a Program or Series

Best Original Music for a Dramatic Program, Mini-Series or TV Movie

Best Original Music for a Documentary Program or Series
  • Claudio Vena - T O in 2 4 (Hildebrand Productions)
  • Nick Dyer, Eric Cadesky - Museum Secrets - Inside the Vatican (Kensington Communications)
  • Ken Myhr - Geologic Journey - The Pacific Rim: Americas (CBC/90th Parallel Productions)
  • Phil Strong - Peep Culture
  • Ken Myhr - Love at the Twilight Motel (Inigo Films)

Best Original Music for a Lifestyle/Practical Information or Reality Program or Series
  • Graeme Coleman - Ice Pilots NWT - Arnie Calls It (Omnifilm Entertainment)
  • David Krain - Survive This - Self Rescue, Finale (9 Story Entertainment)
  • Ryan Kondrat, John La Magna - Make the Politician Work - Peter MacKay (CBC)
  • David Krain - Mantracker - Dylan & Travis (Bonterra Productions)
  • Adam White, Jamie Shields, David Wall - Village on a Diet - Small Town, Big Problem (Force Four Entertainment)

Best Original Music for an Animated Program or Series
  • Hal Beckett - League of Super Evil - Ant-archy (Nerd Corps Entertainment)
  • Hal Beckett - Kid vs. Kat - Fangs For The Memories (Studio B Productions)
  • Don Breithaupt, Anthony Vanderburgh - Sidekick - Identity Crisis, Fart of Darkness (Nelvana)
  • Serge Côté - Rob the Robot - Space Race (Amberwood Entertainment/One Animation)

Special Awards
  • Academy Achievement Award: Christina Jennings
  • Gemini Board of Directors Tribute: Paul Bronfman
  • Canada Award: John Paskievich, John Whiteway - The Storytelling Class
  • Earle Grey Award: Cedric Smith
  • Gemini Humanitarian Award: Mark Terry
  • Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism: Lloyd Robertson
  • Margaret Collier Award: Bob Carney
  • Gemini Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement: David F. E. Corley
  • Gemini Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Digital Media: National Film Board of Canada Digital Distribution Initiative
  • Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Television: The Actor's Fund of Canada

References
  1. "Jim Cuddy, City and Colour, Deborah Cox to perform at Gemini Awards: Jim Cuddy, City and Colour to sing at Geminis". Canadian Press, September 1, 2011.
  2. "New series scoop Gemini nominations". CBC News, August 3, 2011.
  3. "Nominee List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  4. "26th Annual Gemini Awards Culminate with Star-Studded Broadcast Gala" (PDF). Press release. Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 7 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2012.
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