6th Gemini Awards explained
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 6th Gemini Awards were held in March 1992 to honour achievements in Canadian television. There were no awards issued in 1991, so this year’s awards covered productions from 1991 and 1990. The awards show took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.
Best Dramatic Series
- E.N.G. - Atlantis Communications. Producers: Jennifer Black, Jeff King, Robert Lantos, R.B. Carney
- Degrassi Junior High - Playing With Time, Inc. Producers: Kit Hood, Linda Schuyler
- Mom P.I. - Atlantis Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jonathan Goodwill, Chris Haddock, Michael MacMillan
- Road to Avonlea - Sullivan Entertainment. Producers: Trudy Grant, Kevin Sullivan
- Urban Angel - Telescene Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jamie Brown, Paul E. Painter, Robin Spry
Best Short Dramatic Program
Best TV Movie
- Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story - Atlantis Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Film Board of Canada, Citadel Communications. Producers: Barry Cowling Seaton McLean, Peter Sussman
- Princes in Exile - Cinepix, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: André Link, Colin Neale, Irene Litinsky, John Dunning, Marrin Canell
- C.B.C.'s Magic Hour - The Rookies - Atlantis Films. Producers: Martin Harbury, Michael MacMillan, Seaton McLean, Peter Sussman
- Getting Married in Buffalo Jump - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Flora Macdonald, Peter Kelly
Best Comedy Program or Series
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
- Island of Whales - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Jerry Appleton, Gillian Darling-Kovanic, Jack Silberman, George Johnson
- Between Two Worlds - Investigative Productions. Producer: Peter Raymont
- Distress Signals - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, TVOntario, Channel 4 Films, Orbit Films, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Tom Perlmutter, John Walker, Kent Martin
- The Nature of Things - James Bay: The Wind That Keeps On Blowing - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Nancy Archibald
- Transplant: The Breath of Life - Camera One Productions. Producer: Elias Petras
Best Documentary Series
Best Dramatic Mini-Series
Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Best Variety Series
Best Variety Program
Best Information Series
Best Light Information Series
Best Information Segment
- W5 With Eric Malling - CTV Television Network. Producers: Michael Hannan, Robert Holmes, Leora Eisen
- Venture - The New Contract - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Willa Marcus, Steve Tonon, Carlos Esteves, Mike MacClymont
- The NewMusic - CHUM Limited. Producers: Alfred Tonna, Jennifer Morton
- CBC at Six - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jerry Borys, Lyn Whitham, Peter Zin, Susan Papp, Kathy Priestman
- CBC News - License to Steal - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ross Rutherford, Cecil Rosner, Gloria Lowen, John Bronevich, Douglas Coolidge
Best Animated Program or Series
Best Youth Program or Series
Best Children’s Program or Series
- The Garden - Heartland Motion Pictures. Producer: Stephen Onda
- Take Off - Canamedia Productions. Producers: Hilary Pryor, Les Harris
- Join In! - TVOntario. Producer: Jed MacKay
Best Sports Program or Series
Best Special Event Coverage
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
- Barbara Willis Sweete, Adrian Marthaler - Prokofiev by Two (Rhombus Media)
- Jacqués Holender - Musicians in Exile (Jacqués Holender Films)
- David Langer - La Maison Suspendue (Primedia Productions)
- Peter Weyman, Robert Lang - Mariposa: Under a Stormy Sky (Lyric Film and Video)
- Marla Digiacomo, Faith Feingold - Molson Canadian Rocks (CBC)
Best Direction in an Information or Documentary Program or Series
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
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
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
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
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series
Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series
Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism
Best Reportage
Best Anchor or Interviewer
Best Host in a Light Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
Best Sportscaster
Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
- Leonard Gilday - The Nature of Things - Herschel: An Island of Flowers (CBC)
- Maurice Chabot - The Journal (CBC)
- Mark Mackay - The 12 Steps: Recovering From Addictions
- Rhett Morita - Diary of a Teenage Smoker (Atlantis Films)
- Volodi Ledenov - Polar Bridge: A Canadian-Russian Arctic Odyssey (Keg Productions)
Best News Photography
- Jerry Beauchamp - The National - CBC News (CBC)
- Howard Cooper - CTV News - The Gulf War (CTV)
- Doug Gamey - Global News - The Hunt for Canadian Soldier Eric William Schumacher (Global TV)
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series
Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
Best Picture Editing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
- Jack Kuper - A Day in the Warsaw Ghetto: A Birthday Trip in Hell (Kuper Productions)
- Christopher Cooper - Diary of a Teenage Smoker (Atlantis Films)
- Mike Earls - A White Man’s Game? (Discovery Channel)
- Kent Nason, Shelagh MacKenzie - Remember Africville (NFB)
- Charles Konowal, Harvey Spak - The Old Believers (NFB)
Best Production Design or Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series
- Rick Ellis, Bruce Nyznik, Allan Scarth - Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story (Atlantis Films/CBC/NFB/Citadel Communications)
- Nolan Roberts, David Midgley, Daniel Latour - E.N.G. (Atlantis Communications)
- Gillian Jones, Erik Hoppe, Allen Ormerod - Street Legal - Murder (CBC)
- Gorbor Vanay, Les Halman, Hans Peter Strobl - Princes in Exile (Cinepix/CBC/NFB)
- Leon Johnson, Joe Grimaldi, Steven Cole - The Challengers (Lauron Productions)
Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
- Daniel Pellerin - Musicians in Exile (Jacqués Holender Films)
- Tom Mather, David Evans, Allen Ormerod - Maniac Mansion - Dad’s Bummed Out (Atlantis Films)
- Ian Hendry, Doug McClement, Brian Avery - Mariposa: Under a Stormy Sky (Lyric Film and Video)
- Steve Wener, François Deschamps, René Beaudry - The Rise and Fall of Humpty Dumpty (Cinar/France Animation)
- Paul Myers, Matthew Hutchinson, John Dunkerley - Nights in the Gardens of Spain (EuroArts Music International)
Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
- Chris Davies - The Journal (CBC)
- Ian Hendry, John Martin, Alison Clark - Between Two Worlds (Investigative Productions)
- Sergio Penhas-Roll, James Ho Lim, Scott Chisholm - Man Alive (CBC)
- Brent Haliskie - W5 With Eric Malling (CTV)
- Jean-Pierre Joutel, Haida Paul, Michael McGee - As Long as the Rivers Flow (Tamarack Productions)
- Robert Bocking, Jim Frank, Bob Predovich - Profiles Of Nature (Ellis Entertainment)
Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series
Best Original Music Score for a Series
Special Awards
Pnina Bloch, Jennifer Campbell, Andy Blicq - Drums
Harry Rasky
Gordon Pinsent
Colleen Dewhurst