5th Gemini Awards

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 5th Gemini Awards were held on December 4, 1990 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.

5th Gemini Awards
DateDecember 4, 1990
VenueMetro Toronto Convention Centre
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television

Best Dramatic Series

Best Short Dramatic Program

  • Saying Goodbye - The First Snowfall - TVOntario. Producers: John Brunton, Linda Rainsberry
  • Pray for Me, Paul Henderson - Atlantis Films. Producers: Kim Todd, Michael MacMillan, Seaton McLean, Peter Sussman
  • The Ray Bradbury Theater - To the Chicago Abyss - Atlantis Films, Alberta Filmworks, Ellipsanime, ITV Granada. Producers: Arvi Liimatainen, Ray Bradbury, Peter Sussman, Jonathan Goodwill, Seaton McLean
  • Life After Hockey - Great North Productions. Producer: Andy Thomson

Best TV Movie

  • Where the Spirit Lives - Screen Door. Producers: Heather Haldane, Eric Jordan, Mary Young Leckie, Paul Stephens
  • E.N.G. - Pilot - Atlantis Communications. Producers: Jennifer Black, Jeff King, Robert Lantos, R.B. Carney
  • Divided Loyalties - History Productions. Producers: Gerry Rochon, Tom Gould
  • Looking for Miracles - Sullivan Entertainment. Producers: Trudy Grant, Kevin Sullivan

Best Comedy Program or Series

Best Documentary Program

Best Documentary Series

Best Dramatic Mini-Series

Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series

  • The Radical Romantic - Rhombus Media. Producers: Niv Fichman, Larry Weinstein
  • I Just Wanna Dance - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Sam Levene

Best Variety Series

Best Variety Program

Best Information Series

Best Light Information Series

Best Information Segment

Best Animated Program or Series

Best Youth Program or Series

  • Talkin’ About AIDS - Atlantis Films. Producers: Rachel Low, Daphne Ballon, Seaton McLean
  • The Party’s Over - Frame 30 Productions. Producers: Hardy Shafer, Michael Hamm
  • YTV Rocks - YTV. Producer: Joanne P. Jackson

Best Children’s Program or Series

  • Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band - Devine Videoworks Production, Troubadour Records. Producers: Raffi, Richard Mozer, David Devine
  • Dear Aunt Agnes - TVOntario. Producer: Heather Conkie
  • Fred Penner's Place - Oak Street Music. Producer: Randy Roberts
  • Under the Umbrella Tree - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Noreen Young Productions. Producer: Noreen Young

Best Sports Program or Series

Best Special Event Coverage

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

  • Francis Mankiewicz - Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher (CBC)
  • Brad Turner - C.B.C.'s Magic Hour - Pray For Me Paul Henderson (Atlantis Films)
  • Bruce Pittman - Where the Spirit Lives (Screen Door)
  • Kevin Sullivan - Looking for Miracles (Sullivan Entertainment)
  • Paul Cowan - Justice Denied (NFB)

Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series

Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Direction in an Information or Documentary Program or Series

  • John Zaritsky - Frontline - Born in Africa (PBS)
  • Werner Volkner - Batiya Bak!
  • Francine Zuckerman, Roushell Goldstein - Half the Kingdom (NFB)
  • Stephen Low - The Defender (NFB)
  • Nigel Markham - Pelts: Politics of the Fur Trade (NFB)

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

  • Suzette Couture - Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher (CBC)
  • Malcolm MacRury - Pray for Me, Paul Henderson (Atlantis Films)
  • Edwina Follows - Saying Goodbye - Thunder in My Head (TVOntario)
  • Keith Ross Leckie - Where the Spirit Lives (Screen Door)

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

Best Writing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • John Zaritsky - Born in Africa (PBS)
  • Werner Volkner - Batiya Bak!
  • Stephen Low - The Defender (NFB)
  • Rachel Low, Daphne Ballon - Talkin’ About AIDS (Atlantis Films)
  • Les Harris, Andrew Johnson - By the Seat of Their Pants (Canamedia Productions)

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

  • Kenneth Welsh - Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher (CBC)
  • Jack Langedijk - Divided Loyalties (History Productions)
  • Greg Spottiswood - Looking for Miracles (Sullivan Entertainment)
  • Louis Del Grande - Sanity Clause (CBC)

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

  • Michelle St. John - Where the Spirit Lives (Screen Door)
  • Jennifer Dale - Saying Goodbye - Thunder in My Head (TVOntario)
  • Kate Nelligan - Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher (CBC)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Joe Flaherty - Looking for Miracles (Sullivan Entertainment)
  • Karl Pruner - E.N.G. (Atlantis Communications)
  • Shawn Lawrence - Saying Goodbye - The First Snowfall (TVOntario)
  • Eugene Lipinski - Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher (CBC)
  • Michael Ball - The Private Capital (CBC)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Performance in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism

Best Reportage

  • Jerry Thompson - The Journal - At the Lodge (CBC)
  • Kelly Crowe - CBC at Six (CBC)
  • Patrick Brown - The National - CBC News - Preying on Immigrants (CBC)

Best Anchor or Interviewer

Best Sportscaster

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

  • Vic Sarin - Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher (CBC)
  • Manfred Guthe - Road to Avonlea (Sullivan Entertainment)
  • Vic Sarin - Divided Loyalties (History Productions)
  • Brian Thomson - Looking for Miracles (Sullivan Entertainment)
  • Brian R.R. Hebb - The Campbells (Settler Film Productions/CTV/Telefilm Canada/Fremantle)

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

  • Ron Stannett - Rita MacNeil: Flying On Her Own (CBC)
  • Tom Swartz, Alan MacPherson - A David Foster Christmas Card (CTV)
  • Lawrence Barclay, Damir Chytil - Veronique (CBC)

Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Michael Boland - Ken Dryden's Home Game (CBC)
  • Michael Sweeney - The Journal - At the Lodge (CBC)
  • Michael Boland - The Struggle For Democracy - The Curtain Rises (CBC)
  • Keith Whelan - La Tabatière (CBC)

Best News Photography

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Les Harris - By the Seat of Their Pants (Canamedia Productions)
  • Murray Green - The Journal - At the Lodge (CBC)
  • Jacques Milette - Man Alive (CBC)
  • Steve Thomson - Venture (CBC)
  • Paul Michel Thibault, Roger Lefebvre, Sarah Lalumiere - On the Road Again (CBC)

Best Production Design or Art Direction

Best Costume Design

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

  • David Appleby, Wayne Griffin, David Evans, Paul Massey, Steve Joles - Divided Loyalties (History Productions)
  • Erick Hoppe, Arnie Stewart, Allen Ormerod, Scott Purdy, Gillian Jones - Street Legal (CBC)
  • Daniel Pellerin, Owen Langevin, Ken Porter, Jeremy Maclaverty - Looking for Miracles (Sullivan Entertainment)
  • Elius Caruso, Ian Hendry, Dave Templeton, Carla Prouse, Terry Burke - My Secret Identity (Sunrise Films/Scholastic Corporation/Telefilm Canada/Universal Television)
  • Tim Archer, W. Michael Beard, Tom Hidderley, Rick Ellis, Anthony Lancett - The Hitchhiker ((Chester/Perlmutter/Markowitz Productions)

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

  • Scott Purdy, Jane Tattersall, John Martin, Paul Massey - Carnival of Shadows (Rhombus Media/CBC)
  • Barry Gilmore, Jean-Pierre Joutel, John Martin, Brian Avery - The Radical Romantic (Rhombus Media)
  • Mas Kikuta, Simon Bowers, Peter Mann, Howard Baggley - Juno Awards of 1990 (CBC)
  • Paul Massey, Brian Avery, John Martin, Denis Blais, Gillian Jones - For the Whales (Rhombus Media)
  • Jacques Montminy - Songs from the Big Valley (CBC)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Floyd Burrell, Mas Kikuta, Paul Massey - Behind the Mask (The Really Useful Group)
  • David Picoski - The Journal - At the Lodge (CBC)
  • Terence McKeown - Monitor (CBC)

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series

  • Victor Bateman, Danny Greenspoon - My Grandparents Had a Hotel (Karen Shopsowitz)
  • John Welsman - Looking for Miracles (Sullivan Entertainment)
  • Eric Robertson - Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher (CBC)
  • Eric Robertson - The Private Capital (CBC)
  • Larry Crosley - The Teddy Bears' Picnic (Lacewood Productions/Hinton Animation Studios/CTV)

Best Original Music Score for a Series

Special Awards


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