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
E.N.G. Danger Bay Road to Avonlea Street Legal	Material World Mosquito Lake
Dramatic Mini-Series	TV Movie
Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher The French Revolution	Where the Spirit Lives E.N.G.: "Pilot" Looking for Miracles
Animated program or series	Children's program or series
Babar The Railway Dragon	Raffi in Concert with The Rise and Shine Band Dear Aunt Agnes Fred Penner's Place Under the Umbrella Tree
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
The Journal Marketplace Monitor Venture W5	On the Road Again CityLine Live It Up! The NewMusic A Question of Leadership
Performing arts program or series	Short dramatic program
The Radical Romantic I Just Want to Dance	Saying Goodbye: "The First Snowfall" Life After Hockey Pray for Me, Paul Henderson The Ray Bradbury Theater: "To the Chicago Abyss"
Variety program	Variety series
k.d. lang's Buffalo Cafe Brian Orser: Skating Free Juno Awards of 1990 Rita MacNeil: Flying on Her Own The Magic of Aladdin	CODCO Montreal International Comedy Festival The Tommy Hunter Show
Youth program or series
Talking About AIDS The Party's Over YTV Rocks

Actors[]

Lead actor, drama	Lead actress, drama
Art Hindle, E.N.G. Bruno Gerussi, The Beachcombers C. David Johnson, Street Legal Pat Mastroianni, Degrassi High Duncan Waugh, Degrassi High	Jackie Burroughs, Road to Avonlea Angela Deiseach, Degrassi High Stacie Mistysyn, Degrassi High , My Secret Identity Sarah Polley, Road to Avonlea
Lead actor, television film or miniseries	Lead actress, television film or miniseries
Kenneth Welsh, Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher Louis Del Grande, Jack Langedijk, , Looking for Miracles	Michelle St. John, Where the Spirit Lives Jennifer Dale, Saying Goodbye: "Thunder in My Head" Kate Nelligan, Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher
Supporting actor	Supporting actress
Joe Flaherty, Looking for Miracles Michael Ball, , Saying Goodbye: "The First Snowfall" Eugene Lipinski, Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher Karl Pruner, E.N.G.	Ann-Marie MacDonald, Where the Spirit Lives Lally Cadeau, Road to Avonlea Ocean Hellman, Anything to Survive Sherry Miller, E.N.G. Mary Beth Rubens, E.N.G.
Guest performance	Performance in a variety or performing arts program or series
Victoria Snow, Street Legal Colleen Dewhurst, Road to Avonlea Frances Hyland, E.N.G. Wayne Robson, E.N.G. , T. and T.	k. d. lang, k. d. lang's Buffalo Cafe Blue Rodeo, Video Hits Presents Tommy Hunter, The Tommy Hunter Show Karen Kain, Dancing in the Moment Mary Margaret O'Hara, It's a Razorbacks Christmas Barbeque

News and information[]

News reportage	Anchor or interviewer
*, The Journal: "At the Lodge"* Patrick Brown, The National Kelly Crowe, CBC at Six	Norm Perry, Canada AM Ken Dryden, Ken Dryden's Home Game Valerie Pringle, Midday Wayne Rostad, On the Road Again Shirley Solomon, The Shirley Show
Special event coverage	Production of an information segment
Tom Kavanagh, Elly Alboim and Arnold Amber, Meech Lake Accord Eric Morrison, 1990 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election Tom Kavanagh, Elly Alboim, Arnold Amber and David Nayman, 1989 New Democratic Party leadership election	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
1990 Commonwealth Games — Doug Sellars, Lawrence Kimber 1989 Triple Crown — David Naylor Moon of Desperados — Jeth Weinrich Sportsline — 1989 CIAU Vanier Cup — Bruce Perrin	Brian Williams, 1990 Commonwealth Games Jim Hughson, NHL Tonight Ron MacLean, Hockey Night in Canada

Directing[]

Drama or comedy series	Dramatic program or miniseries
Stuart Gillard, Road to Avonlea , Diamonds , Night Heat , Diamonds David Winning, Friday the 13th: The Series: "Jack In The Box"	Francis Mankiewicz, Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher Paul Cowan, Justice Denied Bruce Pittman, Where the Spirit Lives Kevin Sullivan, Looking for Miracles Brad Turner, Pray for Me, Paul Henderson
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	John Blanchard, The Kids in the Hall Ron Meraska, Juno Awards of 1990 Larry Weinstein, The Radical Romantic James Weyman and Peter Weyman, Fiddleville

Writing[]

Comedy or variety	Dramatic series
Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch and Scott Thompson, The Kids in the Hall and , Material World , Rita MacNeil: Flying on Her Own Joe Bodolai, , and Martin Short, 1989 Gemini Awards , and , The Tommy Hunter Show	, E.N.G. Wayne Grigsby, E.N.G. Jim Henshaw, Friday the 13th: The Series Derek McGrath, My Secret Identity and , My Secret Identity
Dramatic program or miniseries	Information or documentary program or series
Suzette Couture, Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher , Pray for Me, Paul Henderson , Saying Goodbye: "Thunder in My Head" , Where the Spirit Lives	*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
and Danny Greenspoon, My Grandparents Had a Hotel , The Teddy Bears' Picnic Eric Robertson, Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher Eric Robertson, John Welsman, Looking for Miracles	John Welsman, Road to Avonlea Hagood Hardy, Road to Avonlea , The Smoggies Milan Kymlicka, Babar , Bordertown

Craft awards[]

Photography in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series	Photography in a dramatic program or series
Ron Stannett, Rita MacNeil: Flying on Her Own Tom Swartz and Alan MacPherson, A David Foster Christmas Card Lawrence Barclay and Damir Chytil, Véronique	Vic Sarin, Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher Vic Sarin, Brian Thomson, Looking for Miracles Manfred Guthe, Road to Avonlea Brian R. R. Hebb, The Campbells
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"	Geof Richards, CTV National News Rick Dobrucki, The National Daniel MacIvor, Dying Yanomami
Editing in a dramatic program or series	Editing in an information or documentary program or series
Michael Todd, Where the Spirit Lives Gordon McClellan, Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher Vincent Kent, Marke Slipp, The Ray Bradbury Theater: "To the Chicago Abyss" Dave Goard and Gary L. Smith, Friday the 13th: The Series: "The Prophecies"	Les Harris, By the Seat of Their Pants Jacques Milette, Man Alive Paul Michel Thibault, Roger Lefebvre and Sarah Lalumiere, On the Road Again Murray Green, The Journal: "At the Lodge" Steve Thomson, Venture
Production design or art direction	Costume design
Russell Chick and Armando Sgrignuoli, John Halfpenny, Chris Labonte and Charles E. Bastien, Beetlejuice Douglas Higgins, Eric Fraser and Sheila Haley, Bordertown Stephen Roloff, Friday the 13th: The Series Dale Heslip, Juno Awards of 1990	Martha Mann, Road to Avonlea Michel Crête, Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience Michael Harris, 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, 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[]

Earle Grey Award: Jan Rubeš
Gordon Sinclair Award: Peter Mansbridge
John Drainie Award: Allan McFee
John Labatt Entertainment Award for Most Popular Program: Road to Avonlea
Margaret Collier Award: Ted Allan
Outstanding Technical Achievement: Brian Purdy, Building The Dome: 2 1/2 Years in 2 1/2 Minutes
Multiculturalism Award: Werner Volkner, Batiya Bak!
Makeup and Hair Design: Judi Cooper Sealy, Beverly Schechtman
Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Television: Wayne and Shuster

References[]

^ 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.
^ Stephen Nicholls, "Avonlea, E.N.G. lead Gemini nominations". Waterloo Region Record, October 24, 1990.

[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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