2011 Gemini Awards – Animation Winners
Canimation belatedly celebrates this year’s Gemini Award winning animation writers and shows!
“A big congratulations to all of tonight’s Gemini Award winners,” says Helga Stephenson, Interim CEO, ACCT. “We are delighted to be celebrating with such sensational Canadian talent who are truly outstanding representatives in their fields.”
We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. So let’s take a moment to celebrate all the nominees as well as the winners.
Best Animated Program or Series
(Sponsored by the Canada Media Fund)
Nominees
Glenn Martin DDS
City TV (Rogers) (Cuppa Coffee Studios)
Adam Shaheen
Jimmy Two Shoes
Teletoon (Astral/Corus) (Breakthrough Entertainment)
Ira Levy, Mark Evestaff, Peter Williamson
Kid vs. Kat
YTV (Corus) (DHX Media Ltd.)
Blair Peters, Chris Bartleman, Chantal Hennessey
March of the Dinosaurs
Shaw Media (Shaw Media)
(Yap Films, Wide Eyed Entertainment)
Elliott Halpern, Pauline Duffy, Jasper James
And the winner is:
Hot Wheels – Battle Force Five
Teletoon (Astral/Corus) (Nelvana Limited)
Doug Murphy, Tina Chow, Ken Faier, Ace Fipke, Chuck Johnson, Pam Lehn, Audu Paden, Ira Singerman, Barry Waldo, Irene Weibel
Hot Wheels - Battle Force 5
Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series
Nominees
Kid vs. Kat – Kat To The Future Part 1
YTV (Corus)
Rob Boutilier, Josh Mepham
League of Super Evil – Voltina
YTV (Corus)
Sebastian Brodin, Steve Sacks
Hot Wheels – Battle Force Five – Sol Survivor
Teletoon (Astral/Corus)
Johnny Darrell, Mike Dowding, Andrew Duncan
Rob the Robot – Puzzled
TVO (TVOntario)
Phillip Stamp
March of the Dinosaurs
Shaw Media (Shaw Media)
Matthew Thompson
And the winner is:
Glenn Martin DDS – Date with Destiny
City TV (Rogers)
Ken Cunningham
Glenn Martin DDS
Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series
Nominees
Kid vs. Kat – Fangs For The Memories
YTV (Corus)
Hal Beckett
Sidekick – Identity Crisis/Fart of Darkness
YTV (Corus)
Don Breithaupt, Anthony Vanderburgh
Rob the Robot – Space Race
TVO (TVOntario)
Serge Côté
And the winner is:
League of Super Evil – Ant-archy
YTV (Corus)
Hal Beckett
League of Super Evil
Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series
Nominees
Jimmy Two Shoes – Bird Brained
Teletoon (Astral/Corus)
Sean Cullen
Stella and Sam – Night Fairies
Playhouse Disney Canada (Astral)
Rachel Marcus
Stella and Sam – Night Fairies
Playhouse Disney Canada (Astral)
Miles Johnson
League of Super Evil – Force Fighters VI
YTV (Corus)
Colin Murdock
And the winner is:
Babar and the Adventures of Badou – Neigbourly Nice Day 19A
YTV (Corus)
Gordon Pinsent
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
Best Pre-School Program or Series
Nominees
Dino Dan
TVO (TVOntario) (Sinking Ship Entertainment)
J.J. Johnson, Matthew J.R. Bishop, Blair Powers
Kids’ Canada – Wowie Woah Woah
CBC (CBC)
Phil McCordic, Sid Bobb, Erin Curtin, Ali Eisner,Nadine Henry, Marie McCann, Patty Sullivan
Stella and Sam
Playhouse Disney Canada (Astral)
(Radical Sheep Productions)
John Leitch, Michelle Melanson
TVOKids – Gisèle’s Big Backyard
TVO (TVOntario)
(TVOntario)
Jennifer McAuley, Gisèle Corinthios, Patricia Ellingson, Paul Gardner
And the winner is:
The Mighty Jungle
CBC (CBC)
(DHX Media Ltd.)
Katrina Walsh, Charles Bishop, Michael Donovan, Beth Stevenson
The Mighty Jungle
Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series – Sponsored by the Independent Production Fund
Nominees
Almost Naked Animals – Better Safe and Sorry
YTV (Corus)
Seán Cullen
Degrassi – My Body is a Cage Part 2
MuchMusic (Bell Media)
Michael Grassi
League of Super Evil – Voltina
YTV (Corus)
Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee, Davila LeBlanc
How to be Indie – How to get Plugged In
YTV (Corus)
Anita Kapila
And the winners are:
Spliced – Pink
Teletoon (Astral/Corus)
Richard Elliott, Simon Racioppa
Spliced
Best Cross-Platform Project – Children’s and Youth – Sponsored by the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund
Nominees
Skatoony Interactive
Teletoon (Astral/Corus) (marblemedia)
Mark J. W. Bishop, Ted Brunt, Julie Dutrisac, Matthew Hornburg, Johnny Kalangis
Stella and Sam Interactive Adventures
Disney Junior (Astral) (Zinc Roe Inc.)
Anne-Sophie Brieger, Robert Ardiel, Jason Krogh, Davin Risk
The Baxter Online Experience
Family Channel (Astral)
(Shaftesbury / Smokebomb Entertainment)
Shane Kinnear, Jay Bennett, Daniel Dales, Nicole Mickelow, Jarrett Sherman
And the winner is:
Babar and the Adventures of Badou Interactive
YTV.com (Corus) (Watch More TV Interactive Inc.)
Caitlin O’Donovan
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
The Call me Fitz pilot took top honors for Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series. But two animated entries also earned nominations in this category.
Bolts & Blip – Robots Don’t Dream Part 1
Teletoon (Astral/Corus)
Roberto Capretta, Kevin Bonnici, Melissa Glidden, Edwin Janzen, Tim O’Connell
League of Super Evil – Ant-archy
YTV (Corus)
Jonny Ludgate, Ewan Deane, Steffan Andrews, Pat Haskill, Gordon Sproule
And finally, an animated property won for Best Cross-Platform Project – Fiction.
DatingGuy.com
Matthew Hornburg, Mark J. W. Bishop, Ted Brunt, Julie Dutrisac, Johnny Kalangis
The Dating Guy
Congratulations one and all. Better late than never, right?
