The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom. First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award, the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented the one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions.
Nicholas Campbell is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is a four-time Gemini Award winner, a three-time Genie Award nominee, and a Canadian Screen Award nominee. He is known for his portrayal of the eponymous character, coroner Dominic Da Vinci, on the crime drama television series Da Vinci's Inquest (1998-2005) and its spin-off Da Vinci's City Hall (2005-2006).
Allan Lee is a film editor who lives in Vancouver, Canada and works regularly in Europe, UK and Canada.
Peter MacNeill is a Canadian film and television actor and voice-over artist who has starred in numerous television series and films.
Jerry Ciccoritti is a Canadian film, television and theatre director. His ability to work in a number of genres and for many mediums has made him a successful director.
Rob Gray was an award-winning Canadian production designer and art director. Gray was best known for his work on the TV miniseries Sons of Liberty, as well as The Stone Angel and The Cult.
Victor Sarin is an Indian-born Canadian/American film director, producer and screenwriter. His work as a cinematographer includes Partition, Margaret's Museum, Whale Music, Nowhere to Hide, Norman's Awesome Experience, and Riel. He also directed such projects as Partition, Left Behind, and Wind at My Back.
Alain Dostie is a Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. His work includes Silk, The Red Violin and The Confessional. He was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for his work in Silk.
Susan Maggi is a Canadian film editor. She is a four-time Genie Award nominee and has also been nominated for three Gemini Awards and two Directors Guild of Canada for "Best Achievement in Picture Editing". Maggi is a member of the Canadian Cinema Editors Honors Society.
John J. Thomson is a production sound mixer. He was nominated in the 28th Genie Awards for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound.
Stephan Carrier is a re-recording mixer. He has worked on a number of films and television series.
Mark Zsifkovits is a production sound mixer. He is a joint winner of a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound for his work in the 2007 David Cronenberg gangster film Eastern Promises.
Jocelyn "Jo" Caron is a Canadian production sound mixer. In 2008, was nominated in the 28th Genie Awards for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound for Shake Hands with the Devil.
Gavin Fernandes, CAS, is a re-recording mixer based in Montreal, Quebec. He is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, the American Academy of Television and the Cinema Audio Society (CAS).
Francis Mankiewicz was a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1945, his family moved to Montreal, where Francis spent all his childhood. His father was a second cousin to the famous Hollywood brothers, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Herman J. Mankiewicz.
Muse Entertainment, commonly referred to as Muse, is one of the largest independent film and television production companies in Canada. It was founded by Michael Prupas in 1998.
La Florida is a Quebec comedy film, released in 1993. The film was directed by George Mihalka, and written by Suzette Couture and Pierre Sarrazin.
Back Alley Film Productions is a television production company founded by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell and based in Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec Canada. Founded in 1989, Back Alley is a creator and producer of original content for television with programming available in more than 120 countries worldwide.
Maribeth Solomon is a Canadian film and television composer and songwriter. She has been nominated for the Genie Award, the Emmy Award, the Gemini Award and the International Film Music Critics Association Award for her work.
Hans Peter Strobl was an Austrian-Canadian sound engineer in film and television. He was most noted as a five-time Genie Award winner for Best Overall Sound, and a six-time Jutra Award winner for Best Sound.
