The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 16th Gemini Awards were held on October 29, 2001, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Mike Bullard, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.[1][2]

16th Gemini Awards
DateOctober 29, 2001
VenueMetro Toronto Convention Centre
Hosted byMike Bullard
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television
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Best Dramatic Series

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Best Dramatic Miniseries

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Best TV Movie

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Best Comedy Program or Series

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Best Music, Variety Program or Series

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An additional nomination, for the television special Talking to Americans, was withdrawn at the request of host and producer Rick Mercer due to his belief that humour at the expense of Americans was no longer appropriate in the wake of the September 11 attacks.[3]

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

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Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

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  • Breakaway - A Tale of Two Survivors - Alchemy Notion Pictures. Producers: Mathew Welsh, Johanna Eliot, Johanna Lunn Montgomery
  • A Moment in Time: The United Colours of Bronstein - Judy Films. Producer: Judy Jackson
  • Witness - Chickens Are People Too - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Charlotte Odele, Marie Natanson, John Kastner, Hilary Armstrong
  • In the Shadow of a Saint: The Ken Wiwa Story - Nomad Films. Producers: Stephen Milton, Mark Johnston
  • Kim Campbell: Through the Looking Glass - National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Silva Basmajian

Best Documentary Series

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Best History/Biography Documentary Program

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Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program

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Best News Information Series

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Best Newscast/News Special

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Best Talk/General Information Series

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Best Lifestyle Series

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Best Animated Program or Series

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Best Pre-School Program or Series

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Best Children's or Youth Program or Series

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Best Sports Program or Series

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Best Live Sporting Event

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Best Live Special Event Coverage

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Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

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Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

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Best Direction in an Information Program or Series

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Best Direction in a Documentary Program

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Best Direction in a Documentary Series

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Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

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Best Direction in a Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

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Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

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Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

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Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

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Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

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  • Kevin McMahon - Cod: The Fish That Changed The World (Salter Street Films/Primitive Features)
  • Mort Ransen - Ah the Money, the Money, the Money: The Battle for Saltspring (NFB)
  • Julie Wheelwright, Penny Wheelwright - The Orkney Lad: The Story of Isabel Gunn (Wheelwright Ink)
  • Felicia Francescut, Leslie Côté - Through Thick and Thin (High Road Productions)
  • David Kaufman - Turning Points of History (History Television)

Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

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Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

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Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

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Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

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An additional nomination, to Rick Mercer for the television special Talking to Americans, was withdrawn at Mercer's request due to his belief that humour at the expense of Americans was no longer appropriate in the wake of the September 11 attacks.[3]

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Performance in a Preschool Program or Series

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

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Best News Anchor

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Best Reportage

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Best Information Segment

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  • Marie Caloz, Eve Savory - The National/CBC News - Cost of Survival (CBC)
  • Morris Karp - Canada Now Winnipeg (CBC)
  • Natalie Clancy, Stuart Coxe - CBC News: The Lost People (CBC)
  • Dan Bjarnason, Lynn Burgess - The National/CBC News - Look Back in Sorrow (CBC)
  • Wendy Trueman, Avis Favaro - W5 (CTV)

Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Talk/General Information Program or Series

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Best Host in a Lifestyle, or Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Sports Broadcaster

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Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

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Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

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Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

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  • David Frazee - Tokyo Girls (NFB)
  • Michael Sweeney - Canada: A People's History - When the World Began (CBC)
  • Eric Schurman, Frank Vilaca, Ihor Macijiwsky - The Flight: Departure
  • John Petrella - Echoes of the North (Ellis Entertainment)
  • Claude-Julie Parisot, German Gutierrez - Insectia - Outlaws (Cinétévé/Pixcom/La Cinquième)

Best Visual Effects

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  • Noel Hooper, Mark Fordham, Robin Mitchell, Michael Pieczonka - Nuremberg (Alliance Atlantis/CTV/British American Entertainment/Cypress Films/Les Productions La Fête)
  • Joe Farrell, Geoff Anderson, Roberto Biagi, James Kawano, Darren Marcoux, Jim Finn, Tom Tennisco, Bruce MacDougall - Andromeda (Fireworks Entertainment/Tribune Entertainment/BLT Productions/Global/MBR Productions)
  • Robin Hackl, Christine Petrov, Kent Matheson, Wray J. Douglas, Debora Dunphy, Jeremy Hoey, James Tichenor, Judy D. Shane, Erik Ellefsen, Shannon Gurney, Greg Hansen, Craig Van Den Biggelaar - Stargate SG-1 - Small Victories (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • Marc Roth, Shannon Gurney, Bruce Woloshyn, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, James Tichenor, Michelle Comens, Stephen Bahr, Robin Hackl - Stargate SG-1 - Tangent (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • Steve Anker, Patrick Halm, Lydia Hamilton, Joe Farrell, Tom Tennisco - The Outer Limits (Alliance Atlantis/Atlantis Films/Showtime Networks/Trilogy Entertainment)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

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Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

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Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

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  • Bonni Devlin - Tokyo Girls (NFB)
  • Trevor Aikman - 13 Seconds: The Kent State Shootings (Partners in Motion/Single Spark Pictures)
  • Matthew Hornburg - Crossing Bridges
  • Barry Davis - The Flight: Departure
  • Daniel Berman - Dewey Time (Blue Train Films)
  • Kip Spidell - Echoes of the North (Ellis Entertainment)

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

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Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Dramatic Program or Series

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Best Costume Design

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Best Achievement in Makeup

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  • Dorota Ergetowski, Joel Echallier, Celine Godeau - Island of Shadows: D'Arcy Island Leper Colony, 1891-1924 (Red Storm Productions)
  • Katrin Clark-Citroen, Catherine Davies Irvine - I Was a Sixth Grade Alien (Winklemania Productions/AAC Kids)
  • Micheline Trépanier, Carl Fullerton - Nuremberg (Alliance Atlantis/CTV/British American Entertainment/Cypress Films/Les Productions La Fête)
  • Diane Simard - Revenge of the Land (Bernard Zukerman Productions/Cinar)
  • Debra Regnier, Joel Echallier, Fay von Schroeder - The Outer Limits - Glitch (Alliance Atlantis/Atlantis Films/Showtime Networks/Trilogy Entertainment)

Best Overall Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

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Best Sound Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

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  • Alice Wright, Diane Boucher, Louis Dupire, Guy Francoeur, Christian Rivest - Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (Armeda/Daniel L. Paulson Productions/Les Productions La Fête)
  • John Taylor, Michael Colomby, Rick Senechal, Patrick Haskill, Ian Mackie, Don Harrison - Da Vinci's Inquest - This Shit is Evil (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
  • Monique Vézina, Serge Fortin, Natalie Fleurant - Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (Bernard Zukerman/Cinar)
  • Paul Shikata, Donna G. Powell, Rick Cadger, Ronayne Higginson - Nuremberg (Alliance Atlantis/CTV/British American Entertainment/Cypress Films/Les Productions La Fête)
  • Devan Kraushar, Cam Wagner, Kirby Jinnah, Jacqueline Cristianini - Scorn (Alliance Atlantis/Barna-Alper Productions/CBC/Eurasia Motion Pictures/Face to Face Media Society/Kinetic Productions)

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

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Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

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  • Ron Searles, Steve Cupani - Canada: A People's History - Battle for a Continent (CBC)
  • Ric Jurgens, Steve McNamee, Scott Murdoch - A Moment in Time: The United Colours of Bronstein (Judy Films)
  • Sean Macrae, Michael Nunan - Eco-Challenge Borneo (Mark Burnett Productions)
  • Dwayne Newman - Counter Force (Red Apple Entertainment)
  • Lock Johnston, Eric Harwood Davies, Ron Searles - The Nature of Things - The Salmon Forest (CBC)

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Miniseries

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Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

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Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

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Special Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Godfrey, Leigh. "Nominees For The Gemini Awards Announced". awn.com. Animation World Network. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "2001 Gemini Winners". playbackonline.ca. Playback. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Rick Mercer refuses Gemini nods for Talking to Americans". Timmins Daily Press, September 20, 2001.