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]
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- Da Vinci's Inquest - Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laszlo Barna, Lynn Barr, Arvi Liimatainen
- Blue Murder - Barna-Alper Productions, Canwest, North Bend Films. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Norman Denver, Steve Lucas
- Drop the Beat - Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Adrienne Mitchell, Susan Alexander, Janis Lundman, Suzanne Chapman
- The Associates - Alliance Atlantis. Producers: Brian Dennis, Anne Marie La Traverse, Steve Blackman, Greg Ball, Alyson Feltes, Maureen McKeon
- The Outer Limits - Alliance Atlantis, Atlantis Films, Showtime Networks, Trilogy Entertainment. Producers: John Watson, Richard Barton Lewis, Mark Stern, Brent Karl Clackson, Pen Densham, Sam Egan
- Nuremberg - Alliance Atlantis Communications, CTV Television Network, British American Entertainment, Cypress Films, Les Productions La Fête. Producers: Peter Sussman, Gerald W. Abrams, Alec Baldwin, Mychele Boudrais, Jon Cornick, Suzanne Girard, Ian McDougall
- Haven - Alliance Atlantis Communications, Paulette Breen Productions. Producers: Peter Sussman, Dan Paulson, Mark Winemaker, Paulette Breen
- Revenge of the Land - Bernard Zukerman Productions, Cinar. Producer: Bernard Zukerman
- Scorn - Alliance Atlantis Communications, Barna-Alper Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Eurasia Motion Pictures, Face to Face Media Society, Kinetic Productions. Producers: Christian Bruyere, Laszlo Barna, Maryke McEwen
- Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 - Big Motion Pictures, CTV Television Network, Salter Street Films. Producers: Wayne Grigsby, David MacLeod
- Chasing Cain - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Salter Street Films. Producers: Michael Donovan, Bernard Zukerman, Jerry Ciccoritti
- Lucky Girl - Alliance Atlantis Communications, Triptych Media. Producers: Anne Marie La Traverse, Louise Garfield
- The Secret Life of Algernon - Marano Productions, Productions Phare Est. Producer: Nancy Marano
- Made in Canada - Salter Street Films, Island Edge. Producers: Gerald Lunz, Michael Donovan
- John Callahan's Quads! - Nelvana, SBS independent, Animation Works, Media World Features, Film Victoria, ScreenWest, Lotteries Commission of Western Australia. Producers: Judy Malmgren, Michael Hirsh, Clive A. Smith, Marianne Culbert, Patricia R. Burns, Stephen Hodgins, John Tatoulis, John Callahan, Deborah Levin, Patrick Loubert
- Jonovision - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Richard Mortimer, Lynn Harvey
- The Red Green Show - Red Green Productions. Producer: Steve Smith
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D’Eon, Jack Kellum, Mark Farrell, Ginny Jones-Duzak
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]
- Great Performances: Don Giovanni Unmasked - Rhombus Media, Thirteen/WNET. Producers: Daniel Iron, Niv Fichman
- A Very Dangerous Pastime: A Devastatingly Simple Dance Guide - National Arts Centre. Producers: Cathy Levy, Allison Lewis, Laura Taler
- Dinner at the Edge - Sienna Films. Producers: Anita Lee, Jennifer Kawaja, Sean Carley, Julia Sereny
- Four Seasons - Rhombus Media, Veronica Tennant Productions. Producers: Daniel Iron, Veronica Tennant
- Life and Times - Studio: The Life & Times of Alex Colville - 90th Parallel Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Andrew Gregg, Gordon Henderson
- 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
- Canada: A People's History - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Starowicz, Hubert Gendron, Gordon Henderson (CBC)
- Witness - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Marie Natanson, Charlotte Odele, Hilary Armstrong
- Life's Little Miracles - Breakthrough Entertainment, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Slice. Producers: Kirsten Scollie, Ira Levy, Peter Williamson, Ron Singer
- Rainmakers - Adobe Productions. Producers: Robbie Hart, Luc Côté
- The View from Here - TVOntario). Producer: Rudy Buttignol
- Turning Points of History - History Television. Producers: Frank Savoie, Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn
- Nuclear Dynamite - National Film Board of Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada, Face to Face Media. Producers: Gary Marcuse, Betsy Carson, Selwyn Jacob
- Investigative Reports - Criminal Evidence - Kurtis Productions. Producers: Pauline Duffy, Simcha Jacobovici, Roger Pyke, Elliott Halpern, Jack Rabinovitch
- Echoes of the North - Ellis Entertainment. Producers: Ralph C. Ellis, Stephen Ellis
- Insectia - Outlaws - Cinétévé, Pixcom, La Cinquième. Producers: Fabienne Servan-Schreiber, Jacquelin Bouchard, Andre Barro, Mary Armstrong
- Frontiers of Construction - Movers Not Shakers - Ragged Earth Productions, Barna-Alper Productions. Producers: David Langer, Laszlo Barna, Sam Grana, W. James Hogan
- The Nature of Things - The Salmon Forest - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Caroline Underwood
- The National/CBC News - October 2 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Cynthia Kinch, Mark Harrison, Lynn Kelly, Fred Parker, Jonathan Whitten
- Canada Now - Air India - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Liz Hughes, Wayne Williams
- The National/CBC News - Inside Canada's Prisons - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Stuart Coxe, Cynthia Kinch, Jonathan Whitten, Mark Bulgutch
- CTV National News - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919-2000 - CTV News. Producers: Mark Borchiver, Jim Peters
- CTV National News - Summit of the Americas - CTV News. Producers: Margaret Spina, Wendy Freeman
- Ollie's Under the Bed Adventures - Decode Entertainment, Collideascope Digital Production. Producers: Steven J.P. Comeau, Jessica Andrews, Michael-Andreas Kuttner
- Angela Anaconda - Decode Entertainment/C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures. Producers: Steven DeNure, Neil Court, Joanna Ferrone, John Mariella, Sue Rose, Beth Stevenson, Kym Hyde
- Caillou - Cookie Jar Group, Clockwork Zoo. Producers: Cassandra Schafhausen, Peter Moss, Natalie Dumoulin
- Children of Chelm - Breakthrough Entertainment, Pitchi Poy Animation. Producers: Peter Williamson, Ira Levy
- Franklin - Nelvana. Producers: Clive A. Smith, Michael Hirsh, Patricia R. Burns, Cynthia Taylor, Stephen Hodgins, Marc Minjauw, Paul Hannequart, Patrick Loubert
- Yvon of the Yukon - Studio B Productions, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Bobby Hsieh, Blair Peters, Chris Bartleman, Tom Pong
- Street Cents - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Barbara Kennedy, Robin Johnston, Susan Rogers
- Caitlin's Way - Riverwood Productions, Fireworks Entertainment, Lynch Entertainment, Nickelodeon. Producers: Jana Veverka, Adam Haight, Helen White, Jay Firestone
- I Was a Sixth Grade Alien - Winklemania Productions, AAC Kids. Producers: Tracey Dodokin, Daphne Ballon, Julie Lacey, Gary Delfiner, Bruce Coville, Maribeth Daley, Ellis Iddon, Philip Meagher
- Incredible Story Studios - Mind's Eye Entertainment, Vérité Films. Producers: Robert de Lint, Virginia Thompson, Kieran Corrigan, Mark Reid, Kevin DeWalt
- Screech Owls - Oasis Pictures, Shaftesbury Films, YTV, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Christina Jennings, Moira Holmes, John May, Suzanne Bolch
- Life and Times - Jean Beliveau - 90th Parallel Productions, CBC. Producers: Linda Laughlin, Michael Claydon, Susan Dando
- Sports Journal - CBC Sports. Producers: Brenda Irving, Ken Dodd, Tom Harrington, Claude Panet-Raymond, Terry Walker
- Hockey Day in Canada - Celebrating the Game - CBC Sports. Producers: Chris Irwin, Joel Darling
- Open Ice: Coming of Age - Sportsnet. Producers: Robert MacAskill, Ian Davey
- Too Colourful for the League - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Diversus Productions. Producers: Max Wallace, Paul Harrington, Evan Beloff, Ari A. Cohen
- Daryn Jones, Michael MacKinnon, Morgan Smith - Buzz (MTR Entertainment)
- Ed Macdonald - Made in Canada (Salter Street Films/Island Edge)
- Gord Holtham, John Morgan, Rick Olsen - Air Farce Live (CBC)
- Tim Progosh, Laura McGhee - The 2001 Canadian Comedy Awards (The Comedy Network)
- Steve Smith, Bob Bainborough, Shaun Graham, Bruce Pirrie, Richard McDonald, Jeff Lumby, Lee Smart - The Red Green Show (Red Green Productions)
- Cathy Jones, Peter McBain, Luciano Casimiri, Mark Farrell, Rick Mercer, Kevin White, Greg Thomey, Mary Walsh, George Westerholm - This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Salter Street Films/CBC)
- 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)
- Rick Mercer, Emily Hampshire, Peter Keleghan, Dan Lett, Leah Pinsent - Made in Canada - Alan's Ex (Salter Street Films/Island Edge)
- Kim Bubbs, George Buza, Wayne Robson, Steve Smith, Peter Keleghan, Bob Bainborough, Jeff Lumby - The Red Green Show (Red Green Productions)
- Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey, Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh - This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Salter Street Films/CBC)
- Sandi Ross, Cory Bowles, Sarah Dunsworth-Nickerson, Lucy DeCoutere, John Dunsworth, Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay, Ardon Bess, Barrie Dunn, Michael Jackson, Jonathan Torrens, Jeanna Harrison, Robb Wells, Patrick Roach - Trailer Park Boys (Showcase, Sunnyvale Productions)
- Peter Keleghan, Leah Pinsent, Dan Lett, Rick Mercer, Jackie Torrens - Made in Canada (Salter Street Films/Island Edge)
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]
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Todd B. Warren, Christian Carruthers, Andrew Tay, Robert Woolfson - RoboCop - Prime Directives, Dark Justice (Fireworks Entertainment/Rysher Entertainment/Skyvision Entertainment/Rigel Entertainment)
- Steve Foster, Paul Shubat, George Tarrant - After the Harvest (Alberta Filmworks/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment/Stornoway Communications)
- Dean Giammarco, William Skinner, Michael Colomby, Tyler Berrie - Da Vinci's Inquest - This Shit is Evil (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
- Véronique Gabillaud, Pierre L'Abbé, Raymond Vermette - Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (Bernard Zukerman/Cinar)
- Claude La Haye, Lou Solakofski, Orest Sushko, Ian Rankin - Nuremberg (Alliance Atlantis/CTV/British American Entertainment/Cypress Films/Les Productions La Fête)
- 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)
- Simon Bowers - Jann Arden: Live at Last (Insight Productions)
- Daniel Hamood, John Martin, Ric Rokicki, John Hazen, Steve Hammond - Dinner at the Edge (Sienna Films)
- Doug Doctor, Jane Tattersall, Andy Malcolm, Lou Solakofski, Peter Cook, Martin Lee, Mark Shnuriwsky - Great Performances: Don Giovanni Unmasked (Rhombus Media/Thirteen/WNET)
- Rico Ciavarella, Peter Lederer, Brian Boyle, Mark Fulton, Doug McClement - Intimate and Interactive (MuchMusic)
- David Ramsahoye, Peter Lederer - Live At The Rehearsal Hall (Bravo!)
- Brian Power, Neal Gaudet, Kenny MacDonald, P.J. MacNeil, Bob Melanson, David Thomas - This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Salter Street Films/CBC)
- 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)
"Rick Mercer refuses Gemini nods for Talking to Americans". Timmins Daily Press, September 20, 2001.