5th Gemini Awards

The 5th Gemini Awards were held on December 4, 1990 to honour achievements in Canadian television.[1] It was broadcast on CBC.[2]

Awards

Programs

Drama series Comedy series
Dramatic Mini-Series TV Movie
Animated program or series Children's program or series
Documentary program Documentary series
  • The Journal: "At the Lodge"
  • Batiya Bak!
  • The Defender
  • Half the Kingdom
  • Welcome Home
  • The Nature of Things
  • CBC at Six
  • Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left
  • Ken Dryden's Home Game
Information series Light information series
Performing arts program or series Short dramatic program
  • The Radical Romantic
  • I Just Want to Dance
Variety program Variety series
Youth program or series
  • Talking About AIDS
  • The Party's Over
  • YTV Rocks

Actors

Lead actor, drama Lead actress, drama
Lead actor, television film or miniseries Lead actress, television film or miniseries
Supporting actor Supporting actress
Guest performance Performance in a variety or performing arts program or series

News and information

News reportage Anchor or interviewer
Special event coverage Production of an information segment
  • Brian Hosking, Doug Pike, Michael Allder, Jin Hong and Hana Gartner, Beyond the Law
  • Gloria Lowen, Cecil Rosner, Ray Bourrier, Stu Loeb and Ross Rutherford, Escaping Justice
  • Jeffrey Kofman, Paul Seeler, Kathy Priestman, Michelle Metivier and Terence McKeown, Monitor
  • Hillary Brown, Slawko Klymkiw, John Scully, Peter Zin and Richard Lewchuk, Searching for the Past
  • Nora Pratt, Steve Tonon, John Westheuser and Andy McBreatry, Venture

Sports

Sports program or series Sports broadcaster

Directing

Drama or comedy series Dramatic program or miniseries
Information or documentary Variety or performing arts
  • John Zaritsky, Frontline: "Born in Africa"
  • Stephen Low, The Defender
  • Nigel Markham, Pelts: Politics of the Fur Trade
  • Werner Volkner, Batiya Bak!
  • Francine Zuckerman and Roushell Goldstein, Half the Kingdom

Writing

Comedy or variety Dramatic series
Dramatic program or miniseries Information or documentary program or series
  • John Zaritsky, Frontline: "Born in Africa"
  • Werner Volkner, Batiya Bak!
  • Les Harris and Andrew Johnson, By the Seat of Their Pants
  • Rachel Low and Daphne Ballon, Talking About AIDS
  • Stephen Low, The Defender

Music

Original score for a program Original score for a series

Craft awards

Photography in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series Photography in a dramatic program or series
Photography in an information or documentary program or series Photography in a news program or series
  • Michael Boland, Ken Dryden's Home Game
  • Keith Whelan, La Tabatiere
  • Michael Boland, The Curtain Rises
  • Michael Sweeney, The Journal: "At the Lodge"
Editing in a dramatic program or series Editing in an information or documentary program or series
Production design or art direction Costume design
  • Martha Mann, Road to Avonlea
  • Michel Crête, Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience
  • Michael Harris, The Private Capital
  • Glenne Campbell, Bordertown
  • John Macfarlane, La Ronde
Sound in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series Sound in a dramatic program or series
  • Scott Purdy, Jane Tattersall, John Martin and Paul Massey, Carnival of Shadows
  • Mas Kikuta, Simon Bowers, Peter Mann and Howard Baggley, Juno Awards of 1990
  • Brian Avery, John Martin, Paul Massey, Denis Blais and Gillian Jones, For the Whales
  • Jacques Montminy, Songs from the Big Valley
  • Barry Gilmore, Jean-Pierre Joutel, John Martin and Brian Avery, The Radical Romantic
  • David Appleby, Wayne Griffin, David Evans, Paul Massey and Steve Joles, Divided Loyalties
  • Erik Hoppe, Arnie Stewart, Allen Ormerod, Scott Purdy and Gillian Jones, Street Legal
  • Tim Archer, W. Michael Beard, Tom Hidderley, Rick Ellis and Anthony Lancett, The Hitchhiker
  • Daniel Pellerin, Owen Langevin, Ken Porter and Jeremy Maclaverty, Looking for Miracles
  • Elius Caruso, Ian Hendry, Dave Templeton, Carla Prouse and Terry Burke, My Secret Identity
Sound in an information or documentary program or series
  • Floyd Burrell, Mas Kikuta and Paul Massey, Behind the Mask
  • John Crawford, Joe Grimaldi and Bruce Annis, Amazonia: The Road to the End of the Forest
  • Terence McKeown, Monitor
  • David Picoski, The Journal: "At the Lodge"

Special awards

References

  1. Christopher Harris, "CBC's Love and Hate, Road to Avonlea win five Geminis each: Awards liberally distributed this year, with no one show grabbing the lion's share". The Globe and Mail, December 5, 1990.
  2. Stephen Nicholls, "Avonlea, E.N.G. lead Gemini nominations". Waterloo Region Record, October 24, 1990.
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