Kari Skogland Wins Director`s Guild of Canada Award

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Message from the President of the DGC,
Alan Goluboff
The DGC Awards is celebrating its fifth year of recognizing the outstanding work of
our members. The Awards gala already feels like an industry institution, as if the
evening has always been part of our industry’s landscape. Our Guild would
definitely be a less exciting place without this event. Over the last four years,
members, industry professionals and those who write about and follow the film and
television industry in Canada have come to expect an intimate evening. It is a place
for members to network, celebrate and congratulate each other on work that richly
deserves recognition.
In fact, the DGC Awards has become an essential barometer of the health of the industry: the gala’s success
over the years attests to the fact that many of the best and most creative people work and thrive in Canada.
The DGC Awards will continue to play a vital role in the future of film and television and the industry in which
we have chosen to work and express ourselves.
Thank you all for attending this evening, and thanks to the DGC staff, jury participants and other members
who make the DGC Awards such a successful event year after year.
Sincerely,
Alan Goluboff
Message from the National Executive
Director/CEO, Pamela Brand
The fall is one of my favourite times of the year: not only do we enjoy the bounty of
the harvest at the Thanksgiving table, we also enjoy the bounty of the previous
year’s work by DGC members as we gather together to celebrate another excellent
year of television and filmmaking at the DGC Awards. These Awards remain the
only awards purely judged and determined by peers, recognizing team work on the
same level as individual achievement. I wish every member who is nominated
tonight the best of luck and congratulate them all as winners, since they are truly
exceptionally gifted creators who never fail to entertain and educate us.
Sincerely,
Pamela Brand
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Thanks to the following sponsors for their generous
support of the 2006 DGC Awards:
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Cocktails at 6 pm
Awards show gala at 7pm
Presentation Schedule and Menu
Salad
Trio of appetizers – fresh Thai spring rolls with carrot and mango; California salad basket;
smoked salmon-wrapped heart of palm.
DGC National President’s welcome
Introduction of Host – Peter Keleghan
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Television Series
Outstanding Achievement in Picture Editing – Television Series
Outstanding Achievement in Production Design – Television Series
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Television Movie/Mini-Series
Outstanding Achievement in Picture Editing – Television Movie/Mini-Series
Outstanding Achievement in Production Design – Television Movie/Mini-Series
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Film
Outstanding Achievement in Picture Editing – Feature Film
Outstanding Achievement in Production Design – Feature Film
Distinguished Service Award
In Memory
Dinner
Grilled Beef Tenderloin served with a ginger soy glaze; stir-fried vegetables in oyster
sauce; risotto wild rice pancake flavoured with scallions, sesame oil and garlic.
Vegetarian alternative – Eggplant Roulade stuffed with spinach, tofu, black olives, pine
nuts, chick peas served in a sweet vegetable salsa.
Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Series – Family
Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Series – Comedy
Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Series – Drama
Outstanding Team Achievement in a Documentary
Outstanding Team Achievement in a Family Television Movie or Mini-Series
Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Movie or Mini-Series
Lifetime Achievement Award
Outstanding Achievement in Direction – Television Series
Outstanding Achievement in Direction – Television Movie or Mini-Series
Outstanding Team Achievement in a Feature Film
Outstanding Achievement in Direction – Feature Film
Dessert
Served in the lobby following the Awards – chocolate fountains, assorted tarts, chocolates
and baked goods, strawberries drenched in dark and white chocolate.
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
SOUND EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
SOUND EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES
MISSING – EPISODE 309 “ANALYSIS”
QUEER AS FOLK – EPISODE 510
Richard Calistan
Over the last 13 years Richard has been fortunate enough to have
worked on a variety of quality television and film projects. He is
passionate about his work and is thankful to have worked with many
talented and creative people throughout his career. Richard would like
to thank the various post production supervisors and producers for the
opportunity they have given him.
Rob Hegedus
Rob has worked as a dialogue editor on Missing and the TV movies Me
and Luke and Plague City: SARS in Toronto.
Kevin Howard
Kevin is currently serving as the first international board member for the
Motion Picture Sound Editors. Besides his recent work on Missing, he
has worked on Me and Luke and Plague City: SARS in Toronto as a sound
effects editor.
PUPPETS WHO KILL –
“DAN AND THE GARDEN SHEARS”
Elma Bello
Elma has worked on over 60 productions since 1995, including A Nero
Wolfe Mystery series and seasons 2 to 4 of Puppets Who Kill.
Mishann Lau
Mishann has been working as a sound editor by day and surreptitiously
writing and directing short films by night. Having successfully screened
her films at various international festivals, Mishann is currently
developing a series of shorts and her first feature film.
Dale Sheldrake
Dale has worked as a dialogue or sound effects editor most recently on
several TV movies and just completed work on Full of It, due for release
next year.
REGENESIS – EPISODE 212 “LETHARGICA”
Joe Mancuso
In the last twenty years Joe has edited soundtracks for film, television
and theatre as well as recorded and mixed live radio broadcasts and
music CDs ranging from jazz to classical. He’s been nominated for many
awards and received a Dora award in 2002 and a Golden Reel in 2004.
Dan Sexton
Dan’s work as a sound effects editor spans more than 20 years.
QUEER AS FOLK – EPISODE 510
Sue Conley
Sue admits that she’s been cutting sound longer than she’d care to admit
and still loves it. When not working on films she takes her dog for walks
in High Park and renovates her crazy old house.
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Richard Calistan
Over the last 13 years Richard has been fortunate enough to have
worked on a variety of quality television and film projects. He is
passionate about his work and is thankful to have worked with many
talented and creative people throughout his career. Richard would like
to thank the various post production supervisors and producers for the
opportunity they have given him.
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
PICTURE EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES
PAUL DAY FOR THIS IS WONDERLAND –
EPISODE 309
Paul Day
Paul has worked in film and television for 20 years. Recent editing
credits include the critically acclaimed series Dead Like Me, Odyssey 5
and The 4400. Though he loves picture and sound editing, Paul has
ambitions to direct episodic television. He is nominated for a Gemini for his work on This is
Wonderland.
CHRISTOPHER DONALDSON FOR SLINGS &
ARROWS – EPISODE 206
Christopher Donaldson
Christopher’s work as an editor spans a variety of both dramatic and
documentary features and television. In addition to all three seasons of
Slings & Arrows, his credits include Luck, Khaled, The Uncles, Vinyl,
McLuhan’s Wake and I, Curmudgeon. Christopher received a Gemini nomination for his work
on the first season of Slings & Arrows.
TOM JOERIN FOR REGENESIS – EPISODE 210
“WILD & INNOCENT”
Tom Joerin
Tom Joerin started his career editing animated productions for Nelvana.
Tom has been nominated for a Gemini award three times: for Kids in the
Hall, Due South and last year for ReGenesis, which also earned him a
nomination at the DGC Awards. He edited the TV movie Terry and has just completed
another movie – In God’s Country.
VESNA SVILANOVIC FOR REGENESIS –
EPISODE 211 “FISHY”
Vesna Svilanovic
Vesna is currently in her third season of editing the critically acclaimed
series ReGenesis. She edited three seasons of Blue Murder, The Murdoch
Mysteries: Under the Dragon’s Tail, Life With Derek and My Life as a Movie.
She is a Gemini Award recipient for Best Editing for Dances for Small Screens.
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
PRODUCTION DESIGN – TELEVISION SERIES
IAN BROCK FOR NORTHERN TOWN –
EPISODE 2 “MONA”
Ian Brock
Ian has worked on many TV series including At the Hotel, Tarzan, Street
Time, Screech Owls and Goosebumps.
KATHLEEN CLIMIE FOR SLINGS & ARROWS –
EPISODE 206
Kathleen Climie
Kathleen has just completed her third season with Slings & Arrows.
Recent credits include: Away from Her; Lie With Me; and The Whole
Truth. In 2005, Kathleen received a Gemini nomination for Dark Oracle.
INGRID JUREK FOR QUEER AS FOLK –
EPISODE 510
Ingrid Jurek
Following completion of five seasons of the critically acclaimed series
Queer As Folk, Ingrid Jurek ventured back into the world of indie
features: Bruce McDonald’s The Tracey Fragments and Ernie Barbarash’s
Stir of Echoes: the Dead Speak. Ingrid’s design credits include the movie Jailbait, the pilot
T.R.A.X., Babyface, Playing House and Prisoner of Love. Upcoming is the first season of The
Best Years.
SANDRA KYBARTAS FOR REGENESIS –
EPISODE 209 “GENIE IN A BOTTLE”
Sandra Kybartas
A trained architect, Sandra has designed feature films such as Lilies,
Republic of Love and Against the Ropes; television series such as The State
Within, ReGenesis and This Is Wonderland; and many movies of the week
including the Emmy Award winning Matthew Shepard Story, Pentagon Papers and Sins of The
Father. She was also the Genie Award winning director of her own short film: Home for Blind
Women.
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
SOUND EDITING – TV MOVIE OR
MINI-SERIES
LAST EXIT
Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, David
McCallum, Mark Shnuriwsky
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
PICTURE EDITING – TV MOVIE OR
MINI-SERIES
RALPH BRUNJES FOR EIGHT DAYS
TO LIVE
Ralph Brunjes
Ralph has worked on Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story,
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and Hemingway vs. Callaghan.
PLAGUE CITY: SARS IN TORONTO
Richard Calistan, Robert Hegedus, Kevin Howard
SHANIA – A LIFE IN EIGHT ALBUMS
Tom Bjelic, Allan Fung, Mark Gingras, John Laing, John Douglas
JACKIE DZUBA FOR PRAIRIE GIANT:
THE TOMMY DOUGLAS STORY
Jackie Dzuba
Jackie has had the privilege of working with such noted directors as
Anne Wheeler and John N. Smith. Currently she is cutting The
Englishman’s Boy. Productions have ranged from movies of the week,
to television series – including the smash hit Corner Gas—low
budget features, and numerous documentaries and TV commercials.
In 2000 she received a Gemini Award for Best Picture Editing on
the documentary They Live to Polka.
Smith
DEAN SOLTYS FOR CANADA VS RUSSIA
1972
TERRY
Mark Beck, Richard Calistan, Jonas Kuhnemann, Joe Mancuso,
Mark Shnuriwsky
Dean Soltys
Dean most recently worked on October 1970 and has worked on
such well-known series as Snakes & Ladders and North of 60.
DEAN SOLTYS FOR TRUDEAU II: MAVERICK
IN THE MAKING
Dean Soltys
In 2003, Dean won a DGC Award for his work on the first Trudeau
mini-series.
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV MOVIE OR
MINI-SERIES
GUY LALANDE FOR HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
AIDAN LEROUX FOR BOOKY
MAKES HER MARK
LAND OF THE DEAD
Guy Lalande
Guy graduated as a scenograph from the National Theatre School
in 1981 and went on to work as a costume and set designer for
theatre plays and operas. Since 1983 he has worked on more than
50 movie productions as an art director and production designer.
Guy won a Best Production Designer Gemini for Nuremberg the Trial in 2001.
Aidan Leroux
Aidan received degrees in both Architecture and
Philosophy/Literature from the University of Toronto as well as a
Masters of Science from Columbia University and a Graduate
Design Diploma from the Architectural Association in London.
His first feature length project as a production designer, Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold
Arlen, won a Gemini for best production design. Aidan’s recent projects include the feature
films Step and The Robber Bride.
KATHY MCCOY FOR PRAIRIE GIANT:
THE TOMMY DOUGLAS STORY
Kathy McCoy
Kathy has been working in the positions of art director and
production designer for the past 10 years. She has enjoyed
designing for a variety of types of programming including
commercials, MOWs, TV series, movies and theatre productions.
Kathy is currently wrapping up work on The Englishman’s Boy.
JENNIFER STEWART FOR TRUDEAU II:
MAVERICK IN THE MAKING
Jennifer Stewart
After a stint as a ballerina in Winnipeg, Jennifer studied and
practiced architecture in Nova Scotia. She began working in the
film and television industry in 1995 and, as a production designer,
she has been fortunate to collaborate with some wickedly creative
directors and extraordinarily talented crews.
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
SOUND EDITING – FEATURE FILM
Rob Bertola, Alastair Gray, Wayne Griffin, Michael O’Farrell,
Clive Turner
Kevin Banks, Nelson Ferreira, Lee de Lang, Craig Hennigan, Jill
Purdy, Nathan Robitaille
Since 1991, Sound Dogs Toronto has been at the forefront of the
post-audio community with its knowledge of leading edge
technology and commitment to innovative approaches to craft.
The legacy of George Romero’s storytelling and masterfully
crafted images offered our designers and editors the opportunity to provide a new perspective
on zombie chic. Enhanced by a meaningful and layered soundtrack, Land of the Dead is a
sensory tour de force. Upcoming theatrical releases include DOA: Dead or Alive and The
Fountain.
LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN
Kevin Banks, Lee de Lang, Jill Purdy, Nathan Robitaille
Since 1991, Sound Dogs Toronto has been at the forefront of the
post-audio community with its knowledge of leading edge
technology and commitment to innovative approaches to craft.
The subtleties of a nuanced and mood-inflicting soundtrack help
Lucky Number Slevin tell an enigmatic tale of mistaken identity
and hidden agendas. Sound Dogs Toronto proudly shares this nomination with sound
designers Paula Fairfield and Carla Murray. The Black Dahlia is our most recent collaboration.
SAW II
Rob Bertola, Tom Bjelic, Allan Fung, Mark Gingras, John Laing,
Paul Shikata, John Smith
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
PICTURE EDITING – FEATURE FILM
MICHAEL DOHERTY FOR LAND OF THE
DEAD
Michael Doherty
After graduating from the film program at Simon Fraser
University, Michael spent the next few years producing, directing
and editing dance and educational videos in Vancouver. Over the
last decade, Michael has edited 14 feature length films. He
wrapped work this summer on Alan Moyle’s Weirdsville and on a re-edit of the Chinese film
The Banquet.
MIKE MUNN FOR CAKE
Mike Munn
Mike Munn began his career with the Toronto new wave, editing
films for Bruce McDonald (Roadkill), Peter Mettler (Tectonic
Plates, Picture of Light) and Srinivas Krishna (Masala, Lulu). Over
the past several years, Munn has edited features for John Greyson
(Law of Enclosures), Richard Kwietniowski (Owning Mahowny)
and Daniel McIvor (Past Perfect, Wilby Wonderful). Most recently,
Mike edited Comeback Season and the internationally-acclaimed feature documentary, Metal:
A Headbanger’s Journey. He has also produced and directed an award-winning short film, A
Hole in the Road.
RONALD SANDERS FOR A HISTORY
OF VIOLENCE
Ronald Sanders
A History of Violence is the latest film in a long collaboration
between Ron Sanders and David Cronenberg. Ron has
collaborated with Cronenberg on a total of 12 films, winning
Genie Awards for Excellence in Film Editing for three – Dead
Ringers, Crash and eXistenZ. Ron has also worked with directors Rex Bromfield, Yves
Simoneau, Robert Longo, Daniel Petrie Jr., Sturla Gunnarsson and Norman Jewison.
SUSAN SHIPTON FOR WHERE THE
TRUTH LIES
Susan Shipton
Susan edited her first feature, Atom Egoyan’s The Adjuster, in
1992. This began a long collaboration, which has seen Susan edit
all of Egoyan’s feature films since. Susan has been nominated for
Best Achievement in Editing Genies on eight feature films. She
won the Genie for Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Sweet Hereafter and Possible Worlds.
Susan was also nominated for a Gemini for her work on Blessed Stranger: The Fate of Flight
111. Susan won a DGC Award last year for her work on Being Julia.
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM
PHILLIP BARKER FOR WHERE THE
TRUTH LIES
Phillip Barker
Phillip is a filmmaker, installation artist, and designer for film and
theatre. His films have been widely shown internationally and
have won numerous awards. He was the Genie nominated
production designer of Atom Egoyan’s films Ararat and The Sweet
Hereafter, as well as set designer of Egoyan’s opera Elsewhereless. Cinematheque Ontario
presented a retrospective of Phillip’s films and installations at the AGO in 1999.
MATTHEW DAVIES FOR SNOW CAKE
Matthew Davies
Since his return to Canada following training at the National
Film and Television School in the UK, Matthew has completed
13 projects, designing six features and two television series.
Recent cinema credits include The Saddest Music in the World, for
which Matthew received a DGC Award, as well as the critically
acclaimed Saint Ralph. His work in television has been equally
well received with two 2004 Gemini nominations for Elizabeth Rex and The Incredible Mrs.
Ritchie. Upcoming box office releases include Blaze and Snow Cake. Matthew recently finished
filming Fugitive Pieces and is currently in pre-production on All Hat.
ARV GREYWAL FOR LAND OF THE DEAD
Arv Greywal
Arv most recently worked as production designer on 16 Blocks and
Land of the Dead. He was the art director on The Pacifier, Dawn of
the Dead, Bulletproof Monk, Spider (Genie nomination for Best Art
Direction), K-19: The Widowmaker, and Finding Forrester. Arv
worked as the art director on Bruce McCulloch’s Dog Park and
Frank Pierson’s Dirty Pictures after honing his craft as assistant art
director on such features as American Psycho, eXistenZ, Crash and Mimic. He is currently
working on the feature Lars and the Real Girl.
CAROL SPIER FOR A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
Carol Spier
Carol is perhaps best known for her longtime association with director
David Cronenberg. Her collaborations with Cronenberg include: A
History of Violence, eXistenZ, Crash, M. Butterfly, Naked Lunch, Dead
Ringers, The Fly, The Dead Zone, Videodrome, Scanners, The Brood and
Fast. She received Genie Awards for both Naked Lunch and Dead
Ringers and Genie nominations for The Brood, Videodrome, Scanners
and eXistenZ. Her credits include innumerable feature films and television series such as Anne
of Green Gables.
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Crawford Hawkins
2006 DGC DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
AWARD RECIPIENT
Crawford Hawkins was born in Brooklyn, New York. After local elementary and
secondary education, he attended the University of St. Joseph in Moncton, New
Brunswick, Canada and New York University School of Commerce, New York, New
York, U.S.A.
He entered the television industry as an apprentice film editor and over a number of
years advanced to film editor, director and television production executive. Crawford
has had long career in the advertising and film industries with extensive experience
as an executive producer in US commercial production.
Presently, Crawford Hawkins is Managing Director of the BC District Council of the
Directors Guild of Canada. Prior to his managing the Council he freelanced as a
motion picture and television production and post production executive. He has
worked with Twentieth Century Fox Television, Mandalay Television, Hallmark
Entertainment, Cannell Films Ltd., AVR Productions Alliance Atlantis, The Jim
Henson Company and Edge Entertainment on motion picture productions such as
Alive, Insomnia, Summer of the Monkeys, The Impossible Elephant, Now and Forever, and
for television, Medusa’s Child, Neon Rider, The Black Stallion, Lonesome Dove – The
Series, The X-Files, Cold Squad and The Fearing Mind.
He is the recipient of a 1996-1997 Prime Time Emmy for The X-Files as well as 1997
recognition as an industry builder by BC Film and the BC Film Commission, the
2001 Heritage Award by Shavick Entertainment and the 2002 Leo Award for
Outstanding Achievement.
Mr. Hawkins has devoted time to the following committees and boards:
B.C. Motion Picture Association – Vice President 1987 – Chair 1996-97
The Province of British Columbia – Premier’s Economic Advisory Council – Member
1987-1991
6th Vancouver International Film Festival – Chair
Banff Television Festival – Board Member 1988-1990
British Columbia Film Society – Founding Board Member 1988-1990
B.C. Film Centre, The Bridge Studios, Chair – Advisory Committee
Directors Guild of Canada, B. C. District Council – Chair 1996-2002
Motion Picture Production Industry Association – BC – Board Member
B.C. Film Commission Advisory Committee 2004 – Member
Film and New Media Competition Council BC – 2006 – Co-Chair
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in memory
Ray Arsenault
Ray Arsenault, a director member, was a founding member of the DGC. He died this August
at the age of 77. He was a pioneer of live television events.
Dennis Jacobson
Dennis Jacobson was born on March 23, 1945 and passed away on March 23 of this year. He
worked as an assistant production accountant on several films and TV shows, including St.
Ralph, Death to Smoochy and Jake 2.0. Dennis was a DGC member since 2000.
Lawrence Pall
Lawrence Pall, a director member of the DGC, was born in 1922 and died earlier this year. He
directed “thousands of commercials” and a picture called Off Your Rocker in 1978. Lawrence
became a member of the DGC in 1979 and was a life member when he passed away.
Vincent Vaitiekunas
Vincent Vaitiekunas was born March 2, 1922 and passed away on March 2 of this year.
Although he studied opera and architecture in Germany, much of his career, after he came to
Canada in 1956, was as a professional filmmaker. He worked stints for the CBC and NFB as
well as other production companies and garnered many awards for his documentary films.
Vincent was a professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts at York University in 1974. He was
appointed professor emeritus after his retirement in 1999.
Robert Wise
Legendary director Robert Wise was an Honorary Life Member of the DGC. He passed away
at the age of 91 last Fall. He was best known for his films West Side Story and The Sound of
Music. He served as a president of the Directors Guild of America.
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OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A
TELEVISION SERIES – FAMILY
INSTANT STAR – EPISODE 111 –
“ALL APOLOGIES”
Pat Williams – Director
Stephen Stanley – Production Designer
D. Gillian Truster – Picture Editor
David Lowe – Production Manager
Mark Pancer – 1st Assistant Director
Avra Fein – 2nd Assistant Director
P.J. Diaz – 3rd Asssitant Director
Max MacDonald – 1st Assistant Art Director
Sean McLoughlin – 1st Assistant Art Director
Melinda Sutton – 2nd Assistant Art Director
Anthony Thomas-Costa – Production
Accountant
Marilyn Jang – 1st Assistant Accountant
Danielle McBride – Dialogue Editor
David Moffat – Sound Effects Editor
Ryan Kovack – Trainee Assistant Editor
LIFE WITH DEREK – EPISODE 110 –
“BABE RAIDER”
Ron Murphy – Director
Peter F. Light – Editor
Laurie McLarty – Production Manager
Tony Poffandi – 1st Assistant Director
Kelly Stone – 2nd Assistant Director
Kathleen Climie – Production Designer
Pam Hall – Art Director
Marcel Brassard – Assistant Picture Editor
Jonas Kuhnemann – Dialogue Editor
Mark Beck – Sound Effects Editor
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OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A
TELEVISION SERIES – FAMILY
NATURALLY SADIE – “DOUBLE
JEOPARDY”
David Winning – Director
Brain Verhoog – Art Director
Michael Todd – Picture Editor
Elizabeth Young – Production Manager
Chris Binney – 1st Assistant Director
George Jeffery – 2nd Assistant Director
Christen Reynolds – 3rd Assistant Director
Brandon Tataryn – Trainee Assistant Director
David Lancaster – Location Manager
Craig Gradwell – Assistant Location Manager
Margie Arnott – 1st Assistant Art Director
Marilyn Hassen – 2nd Assistant Art Director
Dennis Nam – 2nd Assistant Art Director
Shelley Pearson – Production Accountant
Luz Magcawas – 1st Assistant Accountant
Anna Nguyen – 2nd Assistant Accountant
Ralph Chiaravalloti – Dialogue Editor
Bill Mather – Sound Effects Editor
Marcel Brassard – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
RENEGADEPRESS.COM – EPISODE 304 –
“THE REZ”
Robert de Lint – Director
Kathy McCoy – Production Designer
Jackie Dzuba – Editor
Tannis MacDonald – Production Manager
Alfie Kiernan – 1st Assistant Director
Shayne Putzlocher – 2nd Assistant Director
Elizabeth Farrer – 3rd Assistant Director
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Dan Wright – 1st Assistant Art Director
Susan Schrader – Production Accountant
Marianna Kyrliakoulias – 1st Assistant
Accountant
Cindy MacDonald – Production Coordinator
Steve Hearn – Location Manager
OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A
TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY
THE JANE SHOW – EPISODE 105 –
“JANE’S ADDICTION”
Craig Pryce – Director
Rupert Lazarus – Production Designer
Dona Noga – Picture Editor
Monique Douek – 1st Assistant Director
Rick Black – 2nd Assistant Director
Joanne Barrington – Production Accountant
Erik Sudmals – 1st Assistant Accountant
Alistair Edwardson – Art Director
Deirdre Hughes – 2nd Assistant Art Director
Rita Colucci – 3rd Assistant Director
Erin Deck – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Majda Drinnan – 2nd Assistant Picture Editor
Janice Ierulli – Dialogue Editor
Rob Bertola – Sound Effects Editor
Gren-Erich Charles Zwicker – 1st Assistant
Sound Editor
HATCHING, MATCHING & DISPATCHING –
EPISODE 6
Henry Sarwer-Foner – Director
Stephen Osler – Production Designer
Mike Lee – Editor
Kevin Walker – 1st Assistant Director
Rick Black – 2nd Assistant Director
Mike Crain – 2nd Assistant Director
Linda Fitzpatrick – Trainee Assistant Director
Shelley Cornick – Co-Art Director
Terry Wareham – 2nd Assistant Art Director
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OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A
TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY
NORTHERN TOWN – EPISODE 1 –
“BRIAN”
Gary Burns – Director
Ian Brock – Production Designer
David Wharnsby – Editor
Avi Federgreen – Production Manager/Post
Production Supervisor
Daniel J. Murphy – 1st Assistant Director
Steve Belanger – 2nd Assistant Director
Robert Toohey – Location Manager
Andrea H. Greaney – Production
Accountant/Post Production Accountant
Michelle Berrigan – 1st Assistant Accountant
Branko Vasovic – First Assistant Editor
Jane Tattersall – Sound Effects Editor
Garrett Kerr – Dialogue Editor
Kathy Choi – Assistant Sound Editor
OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A
TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
DA VINCI’S CITY HALL – EPISODE 110
“WHEN THE HORSEMEN COME
LOOKING”
Sturla Gunnarsson – Director
Bev White – Production Manager
Bonnie Benwick – 1st Assistant Director
Kate Vanderbyl-Keates – 2nd Assistant Director
Bryant Marshall – 3rd Assistant Director
Mike Cates – Location Manager
Linda Yip – Assistant Location Manager
Maggie Laird – Trainee Assistant Locations
GODIVA’S – EPISODE 203 –
“OUT THE DOOR”
PUPPETS WHO KILL – “DAN & THE
GARDEN SHEARS”
Shawn Alex Thompson – Director
Colin Brunton – Production Manager
Brendan Smith – Production Designer
Lincoln D’Souza – 1st Assistant Accountant
David Manion – 1st Assistant Director
Daniel J. Murphy – 1st Assistant Director
Stephen Belanger – 2nd Assistant Director
Chris Trebilcock – 3rd Assistant Director
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Neil Winemaker – 3rd Assistant Director
Humberto Garcia – Art Director
Amy Carroll – 2nd Assistant Art Director
Brandon Long – Location Manager
Quincy Morgan – Assistant Location Manager
Cassandra Lammerding – Locations P.A.
Branko Vasovic – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Elma Bello – Supervising Dialogue Editor
James Dunnison – Director
Gigi Boyd – Production Manager
Karen Robyn – 1st Assistant Director
Annabelle Wilczur – 2nd Assistant Director
Leanna Inokoshi – 3rd Assistant Director
Neil Allan – Trainee Assistant Director
Catou Kearney – Location Manager
Devin Senft – Assistant Location Manager
GODIVA’S – EPISODE 205 –
“DEAD FLOWERS”
Stacey Curtis – Director
Gigi Boyd – Production Manager
Jason Furukawa – 1st Assistant Director
Annabelle Wilczur – 2nd Assistant Director
Leanna Inokoshi – 3rd Assistant Director
Neil Allan – Trainee Assistant Director
Catou Kearney – Location Manager
Julie Slater – Assistant Location Manager
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TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
REGENESIS – EPISODE 212 –
“LETHARGICA”
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John L’Ecuyer – Director
Sandra Kybartas – Production Designer
Tom Joerin – Editor
Brian Gibson – Production Manager
David Carruthers – 1st Assistant Director
Michelle Michals – 2nd Assistant Director
George Assimakopoulos – 3rd Assistant
Director
Matthew Hunwicks – Trainee Assistant
Director
Judy Chui – Location Manager
Paul Franklin – Assistant Location Manager
James Campbell – Location Production
Assistant
Sonia Grazian – Production Accountant
Angela Clarke – 1st Assistant Accountant
Lorraine Proctor – 2nd Assistant Accountant
Rohan Kelly – Trainee Assistant Accountant
Armando Sgrignuoli – Art Director
Vladislav Fedorov – 1st Assistant Art Director
Jae Pak – 1st Assistant Art Director
Jeff Geisel – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Joe Mancuso – Dialogue Editor
Dan Sexton – Sound Effects Editor
Richard Calistan – ADR Editor
Matthew Hussey – 1st Assistant Sound Editor
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Peter Wellington – Director
Christopher Donaldson – Picture Editor
Kathleen Climie – Production Designer
Ronan Keane – Assistant Accountant
Glenn Brooks – Location Assistant
Stephanie Collins – 1st Assistant Art Director
Reid Dunlop – 1st Assistant Director
Sherry Wolfson – Location Manager
Ronald Tailleur – Assistant Location Manager
Daniel Horvat – Production Accountant
Sorcha Vasey – 2nd Assistant Director
Neil Winemaker – 3rd Assistant Director
Maryka Sennema – Trainee Assistant Director
Pat Flood – Set Designer
Luis Freitas – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Susan Fairbairn – Sound Effects Editor
Ronanyne Higginson – Dialogue Editor
Sue Conley – ADR Editor
Jean Bot – 2nd Assistant Sound Editor
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DOCUMENTARY
HITLER’S CHILDREN
Manfred Becker – Director/Editor
Sean Frewer – Post Production Coordinator
KEN LEISHMAN – THE FLYING BANDIT
Norma Bailey – Director
Brad Caslor – Editor
Robert Lower – Editor
Jocelyn Shindle – Production Assistant
Douglas Mitchell – 1st Assistant Director
Juliette Hagopian – Unit Production Manager
Deidre Bayne – Assistant Editor
MEMORY FOR MAX, CLAIRE, IDA AND
COMPANY
Allan King – Director
RUNAWAY GROOMS
Ali Kazimi – Director
Alan Geldart – Sound Editor
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FAMILY TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
BOOKY MAKES HER MARK
Diane Brunjes – Editor
Aidan Leroux – Production Designer
Mary Pantelidis – Production Manager
David Antoniuk – 1st Assistant Director
Darrin Brown – 2nd Assistant Director
Sylvain Bombardier – Art Director
Jeff Smith – Art Department Coordinator
Redd Knight – Production Coordinator
Lori Mather Welch – 3rd Assistant Director
Emily Drake – Trainee Assistant Director
Laurance Wiese – Assistant Location Manager
Gordon Byford – Locations Production
Assistant
Iva Huschka – Production Accountant
CHRISTMAS IN BOSTON
Neil Fearnley – Director
Ben Wilkinson – Picture Editor
Harold Thrasher – Production Designer
Maribeth Daley – Production Manager
David C. Sparkes – 1st Assistant Director
Michael Tassie – 2nd Assistant Director
Don Booth – Assistant Location Manager
Igor Zambeli – Location P.A.
Doug Gillespie – Accountant
Vess Stoeva – 1st Assistant Accountant
Jason B. Irvine – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Elma Bello – Dialogue Editor
Theresa Tindall – 1st Assistant Art Director
William Koon – 2nd Assistant Art Director
Walter Nixon – Location Manager
Robert Hutchins – 1st Assistant Dialogue
Editor
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FAMILY TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
CRAZY FOR CHRISTMAS
Eleanore Lindo – Director
James Bredin – Supervising Picture Editor
Harold Thrasher – Production Designer
Julian Grant – Production Manager
John Bradshaw – 1st Assistant Director
Pazz Neglia – 2nd Assistant Director
David Sparkes – 3rd Assistant Director
Walter Nixon – Location Manager
Monika Glanert – Location Scout
Daniel Feddern – Assistant Location Manager
Rose Chalker – Accountant
Monica Ionson – 1st Assistant Accountant
Jason B. Irvine – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Marc Roussel – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Joe Bracciale – Supervising Sound Editor
Kevin Banks – Sound Effects/Music Editor
Rose Gregoris – 1st Assistant Sound Editor
SPIRIT BEAR – THE SIMON JACKSON
STORY
Stefan Scaini – Director
Mike Lee – Editor
Tim Bider – Production Designer
Claire Welland – Production Manager
Rico Gerussi – 1st Assistant Director
Ani Baravyan – 2nd Assistant Director
Morten Dorrel – Location Manager
Steve Corcoran – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Mark Duffield – Art Director
Ben Marrello – 3rd Assistant Director
Gina Fowler – Assistant Production Manager
Jen Foxton – Trainee Assistant Director
Tom Bjelic – Sound Effects Editor
John Douglas Smith – Dialogue Editor
Allan Fung – ADR Editor
Mark Gingras – 1st Assistant Sound Editor
Pauline K Quong – 1st Assistant Accountant
Gillian Jones – 3rd Assistant Accountant
Wendy Robbins – 2nd Assistant Art Director
Matthew Fernandes – Trainee Assistant Art Director
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TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
CANADA VS. RUSSIA 1972
T.W. Peacocke – Director
Dean Soltys – Editor
Ray Lorenz – Production Designer
Ginny Jones Duzak – Production
Supervisor/Manager
George Jeffrey – 1st Assistant Director
Rob Cotterill – Second 2nd Assistant Director
Angela Murphy – Art Director
Jacquie Anderson – Location Manager
Andrew Sheridan – Assistant Location
Manager
Ehren Davis – 1st Assistant Editor
Adele MacDonald – Production Coordinator
Keith White – Office Production Assistant
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Christian Duguay – Director
Guy Lalande – Production Designer
Irene Litinsky – Production Manager
Francois Sylvestre – Unit Production Manager
Michael Williams – 1st Assistant Director
Réal Proulx – Art Director
Panos Parthenieu – Production Accountant
Daniel Leclerc – Assistant Accountant
Nadia Fortin – Assistant Accountant
OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A
TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
ONE DEAD INDIAN
Tim Southam – Director
Anne Sirois – 1st Assistant Director
Bethan Mowat – 2nd Assistant Director
Danièle Rohrbach – Production Manager
Hélène Ross – Assistant Unit Production
Manager
Nathalie Laqacé – Bookeeper
Tom Di Blasio – Production Accountant
Lise Servant – Payroll Clerk
Garrett Kerr – Dialogue Editor
David McCallum – Sound Effects Editor
Paul Germann – Sound Effects Editor
Kathy Choi – 1st Assistant Sound Editor
TERRY
Don McBrearty – Director
Tom Joerin – Picture Editor
Tim Bider – Production Designer
Shauna Jamison – Production Manager
David McLennan – 1st Assistant Director
Patrick Arias – 2nd Assistant Director
Mark Duffield – Art Director
John Sauve – 3rd Assistant Director
Catherine Wallace – Trainee Assistant Director
Elmer Jones – Location Manager
Judy Chui – Assistant Location Manager
Paul Franklin – Assistant Location Manager
Gordon MacKeracher – 1st Assistant
Accountant
Wendy Robbins – 2nd Assistant Art Director
Lisa Fennell – 3rd Assistant Director
Jeff Geisel – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Jonas Kuhnemann – Dialogue Editor
Joe Mancuso – Dialogue Editor
Richard Calistan – Dialogue Editor
Mark Beck – Sound Effects Editor
Mark Shnuriwsky – Sound Effects Editor
Matthew Hussey – 1st Assistant Sound Editor
James Campbell – Production Assistant
Joanne Barrington – Production Accountant
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Allan King
2006 DGC Lifetime Achievement
Award Recipient
Allan King is one of Canada’s leading filmmakers.
Retrospectives of his work have been shown in Montréal
1961, London 1970, Rome 1983, again in London in
1984, and at Cinématheque Ontario 1995. In September
2002, the Toronto International Film Festival featured a
seventeen film, nine-program series surveying his oeuvre from his earliest to his most
recent work in both the factual and fiction genres. Introducing Seth Feldman’s book on
King’s work, Festival Director Piers Handling wrote: “There are few filmmakers whose
impact has been central to the medium but Allan King is unquestionably one of them.”
Born in Vancouver, Canada, in 1930, King graduated from the University of British
Columbia with an honours BA in philosophy and, following the advice of John Milton,
did the grand tour of Europe. He began his prolific career with the CBC in Vancouver
in 1954 and in 1958 moved to Ibiza in the Balearic Islands to set up shop as an
independent filmmaker. In 1961 he open-ed a studio in London, England and, together
with colleagues Richard Leiterman, Bill Brayne, Chris Wangler, Ivan Sharrock, Peter
Moseley, and Roger Graef, made current affairs, profile and documentary films around
the world for the likes of PBS, CBC, Granada, and the BBC. In the mid ’60’s he and
his colleagues were among the pioneers of the then novel techniques of cinéma vérité
and direct cinema. King garnered a reputa-tion as one of the most innovative and
controversial directors in Canadian film.
King’s first film in the ‘actuality drama’ genre was Warrendale, a film about emotionally
disturbed children. Jean Renoir considered it the most remarkable documentary he had
ever seen and it won the Prix d’art et d’essai at Cannes in 1967. It also received the
British Academy of Film and Television and New York Critics’ Awards.
King followed this success with A Married Couple, described by the New York Times’
critic Clive Barnes as “quite simply one of the best films I have ever seen.” It was
featured at the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes in 1970. His third essay in the genre,
Come on Children, made in 1972, was featured at the Yerba Buena Arts Centre’s
festival of films on youth in December 2000. In 1983 King offered one further essay, a
two-hour documentary on unemployment, Who’s in Charge? It earned him his most
treasured epithet: “media monster of the 1980’s.” Despite the rage it aroused, the
program received invitations to the Toronto and London Film Festivals.
King made his first dramatic feature film, Who Has Seen the Wind, in 1976. It won the
Grand Prix at the Paris International Film Festival and the Golden Reel Award for the
highest grossing Canadian film of the year. In 1978, his One Night Stand won four
Canadian Film Awards including Best TV Drama.
Ready for Slaughter won the Banff Festival's Best TV Drama in 1983. In 1992 King
directed the international television mini-series By Way of the Stars for Sullivan Films,
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lifetime
achievement Award
the Disney Channel, ZDF and Beta-Taurus. He also directed many episodes of the
Emmy Award winning series Road to Avonlea, garnering an Emmy Best Actor Award
for Christopher Lloyd, another for Diane Wiest and a Gemini Award for King himself
for Best Direction in 1992. He also directed the production of Kurt Vonnegut’s All the
King’s Men which won Atlantis Films’ ACE Award for Best Picture in 1991.
In1999 his documentary The Dragon’s Egg: Making Peace on the Ruins of the Twentieth
Century, was nominated for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political
Documentary and the Chalmers Documentarian Award for Film and Video.
His feature length actuality drama, Dying at Grace, premiered in the Masters section of
the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival and was featured at the Vancouver,
Berlin, Phoenix, Minneapolis and Sydney Festivals and in New York at the Museum of
Modern Art’s exhibition of eight new Canadian films in 2004. It won the ‘Outstanding
Team’ Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of Canada and the 2004 Gemini’s
Donald Brittain Award for best social documentary and a Gemini Award for Best
Picture Editing in the documentary category.
Since its world premiere in the Masters section of the Toronto International Film
Festival in September 2005, King’s latest film, Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and
Company, has been invited to exhibit at over thirty international film festivals such as
Berlin, Sydney, Buenos Aires, Jerusalem, Taipei, Palm Springs, Museum of Modern Art
in New York City, SilverDOCS, and New Zealand.
His new actuality drama EMPz 4 Life premiered at this year’s Toronto International
Film Festival.
King has been an active advocate of the interests of the Canadian film and television
industry throughout his career. He served the membership of the Directors Guild of
Canada as their President in 1970/71, as Chairman of its Ontario District Council and
member of its National Executive Board from 1989 to 1992 and again as national
President and CEO of the Guild and as President of its Entertainment Venture Capital
Fund from 1993 to 2000.
In 1988 King received the Ontario Film Institute Award for Excellence in Canadian
Cinema and, in 1998, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian
international documentary festival, Hot Docs, in recognition of his long and
distinguished career. They were followed last year with the Directors Guild of Canada’s
Distinguished Service Award in 2000 and the Arts Toronto Lifetime Achievement
Award. In a presentation in 2002 by the Governor General at Rideau Hall, Warrendale
was one of 12 audio-visual productions denoted ‘masterworks’ by AV Heritage Canada.
In 2003 King was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. And in the fall of 2006, he
will receive an Honourary Doctorate degree from Simon Fraser University.
2006-2007 marks the fiftieth year of King’s filmmaking career since the broadcast of
Skidrow in January 1957 on CBC and a collection of his films will be released on DVD
to commemorate the occasion.
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DIRECTION – TELEVISION SERIES
KARI SKOGLAND FOR TERMINAL CITY –
EPISODE 5
Kari Skogland
Presently directing her own adaptation of The Stone Angel starring
Ellen Burstyn, Kari was named by Hollywood Reporter as one of
the 10 Directors to watch for her debut as writer/director of
Liberty Stands Still. White Lies went on to be nominated for several
Geminis, an International Emmy and won a Tout Ecran. Kari was nominated for both a DGC
Award and a Gemini for her work on The Eleventh Hour and Chicks With Sticks.
STEPHEN SURJIK FOR TERMINAL CITY –
EPISODE 10
Stephen Surjik
Stephen has directed over forty projects for film and television.
Selected television credits include The Kids in the Hall, Road to
Avonlea, Due South, DaVinci’s Inquest, The X-Files, The Handler
and Monk. Film credits include Wayne’s World 2, the Emmynominated Weapons of Mass Distraction and Little Criminals, which
won the grand prize at the Geneva Film Festival. Recent projects include the 2005 Gemini
winning movie Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery and Chris Haddock’s new series
Intelligence for which he directed the pilot and also serves as co-producer. Stephen just
completed directing I Want Candy.
PETER WELLINGTON FOR SLINGS &
ARROWS – EPISODE 206
Peter Wellington
Peter just completed his third season as director of Slings &
Arrows, and was nominated for a DGC Award for Best Direction
on the first season. Wellington also wrote and directed the feature
film Luck, starring Luke Kirby and Sarah Polley – a movie which
won top prize at the SXSW Film Festival and gained a
nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 2004 Genies. His first movie, Joe’s So Mean to
Josephine, won the Claude Jutra award for Best First Feature at the 1996 Genies and was an
audience favourite at the Sundance Film Festival and other festivals around the world. Peter
has contributed five teleplays for the award-winning dramatic series The Eleventh Hour, two of
which were nominated for Gemini awards in 2003. Peter directed for The Eleventh Hour as
well. In 1996, he was nominated for a Best Screenplay Genie for The Boy’s Club. In addition,
Peter wrote the short film Scratch Ticket, winner of Best Short Film at the 1994 Montreal
World Film Festival.
CLÉMENT VIRGO FOR REGENESIS –
EPISODE 205 “MASSIVE CHANGE”
Clément Virgo
Clément is an award-winning filmmaker of international acclaim
whose credits span directing, writing, and producing. He honed
his visual sensibility at the Canadian Film Centre. Rude,
Clément’s first feature film which he wrote, produced and
directed, has played at festivals around the world. Rude premiered at the Cannes Film Festival
in 1995 and opened the Perspective Canada at the Toronto International Film Festival, where
it won a Jury Citation for Best Feature Film. His most recent feature is Lie With Me.
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DIRECTION – TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
CHRISTIAN DUGUAY FOR HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
Christian Duguay
Christian is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee and
Gemini Award-winning director. He directed The Art of War, The
Assignment and Screamers. Throughout his career, Christian has
worked steadily in television. He directed the critically acclaimed
miniseries Hitler: The Rise of Evil, which received seven Emmy
nominations. He also directed the hugely successful miniseries Joan of Arc, which received 13
Emmy nominations, including outstanding directing, and four Golden Globe nominations. He
has also been honored with a Gemini for Best Direction for the television movie Million Dollar
Babies.
DON MCBREARTY FOR TERRY
Don McBrearty
Each year since their inception, Don has received DGC Award
nominations: for The Interrogation of Michael Crowe, Chasing
Freedom, Regenesis, Blue Murder, and now Terry. In the past year,
Don directed the eight-hour mini-series October 1970, soon to air
on CBC, and recently completed shooting the TV movie Luna:
The Way Home.
TIM SOUTHAM FOR ONE DEAD INDIAN
Tim Southam
Tim has been making films since 1990. His first theatrical feature
The Bay of Love and Sorrows tracks the violent disintegration of a
small community of youths in 1970’s rural New Brunswick. One
Dead Indian recounts the 1995 shooting of native protester Dudley
George by a police sniper. In contrast with this serious fare,
Southam has also directed the wry documentary Drowning in
Dreams, the whimsical performance film Satie and Suzanne and the
film Perreault Dancer. More recently he has been directing comedy: the last five episodes of
Naked Josh and the inaugural season of Moose TV. He has worked in series drama, directing
the miniseries Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making and the crime series Blue Murder. He has also
written episodic television, notably for the hit series Traders.
DAVID WU FOR PLAGUE CITY: SARS IN
TORONTO
David Wu
David Wu is a prolific director, editor, producer, actor and writer,
who first established his name as a creative force in his native
Hong Kong before bringing his talents to North America. David
directed and co-wrote the fantasy romance The Bride with White
Hair II (Bai Fa Mo Nu Zhuan II) and the action-comedy caper Spy
Games (Shong Ri Nan Bei He). Since moving to Canada and the
United States about a decade ago, David has had an unstoppable
career, teaming with long time collaborator John Woo on his series Once A Thief both as
editor and director, directing such mini-series as The Snow Queen, such pilots as the two-hour
Largo Winch, Adventure Inc., The Shannon Lee Project, The Associates, as well as episodes of
Freedom, Missing, the pilot The Coven and the new comedy series G-Spot. Most recently, David
shot the movie Plague City, the mini-series Merlin’s Apprentice, Son of a Dragon and The Party
Never Stops.
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IN A FEATURE FILM
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
David Cronenberg – Director
Ronald Sanders – Editor
Carol Spier – Production Designer
Justis Greene – Production Manager
Heather Meehan – Unit Production Manager
Walter Gasparovic – 1st Assistant Director
Robert Warwick – 2nd Assistant Director
James McAteer – Art Director
Gordon White – Set Designer
Gordon LeBredt – Set Designer
Jae Pak – 1st Assistant Art Director
J. Ryan Halpenny – 2nd Assistant Art Director
Itsuko Kurono – Art Department Apprentice
Julie C. Paquin – 1st Assistant Accountant
André Paquin – 2nd Assistant Accountant
Alex Kontsalakis – Payroll Accountant
Steve Sheridan – Assistant Accountant Trainee
Tyler Delben – 3rd Assistant Director
Tad Seaborn – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Aaron Marshall – 1st Assistant Picture Editor
Sandy M. Pereira – 2nd Assistant Picture
Editor
Wayne Griffin – Supervising Sound Editor
Michael O’Farrell – Supervising Sound Editor
Rob Bertola – Sound Editor
Clive Turner – SFX Editor
Alastair Gray – Dialogue Editor
Gren-Erich Zwicker – 1st Assistant Sound
Editor
Matthew Hussey – 1st Assistant Sound Editor
Debra Beers – Location Manager
Robert “Robin” Greavette – Assistant Location
Manager
Fernando DaSilva – Assistant Location
Manager
Warner Strauss – Assistant Location Manager
Kyle O’Connor – Location Production
Assistant
Darren J. Biro – Location Production Assistant
Elizabeth S.D. “Duff” Parker – Trainee
Assistant Director
Aric Dupere – Trainee Assistant Director
Jennifer Stock – Trainee Assistant Director
A SIMPLE CURVE
Barbara Ann Schoemaker – Production
Manager
Annabelle Wilczur – 2nd Assistant Director
Paula S. Kyan – 3rd Assistant Director
Christin Lindgard – Location Manager
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IN A FEATURE FILM
NIAGARA MOTEL
Gary Yates – Director
Anastasia Geras – Production Manager
Laurie Mirsky – 1st Assistant Director
Danielle Dumesnil – 2nd Assistant Director
Kimberly Mikoluff – Production Coordinator
Colleen Wowchuk – Assistant Production
Coordinator
Wanda Bretecher – Assistant Production
Coordinator
Pia Athayde – Production Accountant
Crystal Mikoluff – 1st Assistant Production
Accountant
Colette Desjardins – Post Production
Accountant
Michael Cowles – Location Manager
Carmen Lethbridge – Location Scout
Dianne Domaratzski – Location Scout
Thom Pretak – Unit Production Manager
Alexandra Lane – Production Coordinator
Oliver Kane – Production Assistant
WHERE THE TRUTH LIES
Atom Egoyan – Director
Susan Shipton – Editor
Philip Barker – Production Designer
Steve Munro – Sound Designer
David J. Webb – 1st Assistant Director
Craig Newman – 3rd Assistant Director
Agnieszka Kroskowska – 3rd Assistant Director
Neesha Patki – Trainee Assistant Director
Craig Lathrop – Art Director
Pat Flood – Set Designer
Kim Karon – Art Department Coordinator
John Moran – 2nd Assistant Art Director
David Gonzales – Art Department Apprentice
Eardley Wilmot – Location Manager
Warner Strauss – Assistant Location Manager
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James Duffy – Locations Assistant
Igor Zambeli – Locations Assistant
Irene Phelps – Production Accountant
Lianne Seal – 1st Assistant Accountant
Dennis Jacobson – Payroll Accountant
Lincoln D’Souza – Payroll Accountant
Vess Stoeva – 2nd Assistant Accountant
Marc Roussel – 1st Assistant Editor
Jeffrey Collins – Apprentice Editor
Steve Munro – Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Shikata – Sound Effects Editor/Additional
Music Editing
David Drainie Taylor – Dialogue Editor
Susan Conley – Dialogue Editor
Jimmy Robb – Assistant Sound Editor
DGC Manitoba
congratulates all Directors Guild of
Canada Award nominees!
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DIRECTION – FEATURE FILM
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
DIRECTION – FEATURE FILM
DAVID CRONENBERG FOR A HISTORY OF
VIOLENCE
THOM FITZGERALD FOR 3 NEEDLES
David Cronenberg
David’s reputation as an authentic auteur has been firmly
established by his uniquely personal body of work which includes
Shivers, Rabid, Fast Company, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The
Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, Crash, eXistenZ, The Dead Zone, M.
Butterfly, Spider and, most recently, A History of Violence, which
has received tremendous critical praise and received numerous
awards. He is an Officer in France’s Order of Arts and Letters, and
an Officer in the Order of Canada. In 1999, he was President of
the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
ATOM EGOYAN FOR WHERE THE
TRUTH LIES
Atom Egoyan
Atom has won numerous prizes at international film festivals,
including the Grand Prix and International Critics Awards from
the Cannes Film Festival and two Academy Award nominations.
His films have been presented in major retrospectives around the
world. Atom’s installations have been exhibited at museums and
galleries in Canada and abroad, including the Venice Biennale. On
the occasion of Samuel Beckett’s Centenary Celebration in April,
2006, his critically acclaimed interpretation of Beckett’s Eh Joe was
presented by The Gate Theatre in Dublin, and later remounted in
London’s West End. Atom’s production of Wagner’s Die Walküre, first performed with the
Canadian Opera Company in 2004, was remounted with the full Ring Cycle with the opening
of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in September, 2006.
Thom Fitzgerald
Before 3 Needles, Thom Fitzgerald directed The Hanging Garden
(People's Choice Award, Toronto International Film Festival), The
Wild Dogs (Best Canadian Film, Atlantic Film Festival) and The
Event (Sigaussale Reader's Award, Berlin International Film
Festival). Thom has been honored with the Genie Award, the
FIPRESCI European Critics Prize, and the Seattle International
Film Festival Emerging Master Award. Thom makes his home in
Nova Scotia.
GARY YATES FOR NIAGARA MOTEL
Gary Yates
Gary was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and worked as a
street magician for ten years prior to his filmmaking career. He
made his first short films while performing in Europe, editing his
travels on Super 8. He wrote, produced and directed his first
feature, the grifter romance Seven Times Lucky, in 2004, which
premiered at the Sundance film festival. Gary’s second feature
Niagara Motel was based on George F. Walker’s Suburban Motel cycle
of one-act plays. His new movie Maneater pits Gary Busey against a
500-pound Bengal tiger. He is currently working on an adaptation
of Lee MacDougall’s award-winning play High Life, in which four
morphine addicts bungle a bank heist.
2006 DGC awards
script writer
Adrian Truss
Actor/writer/director Adrian Truss has years of experience
performing on various Second City stages. In 1986 he formed the
infamous improv troupe Illustrated Men. Adrian wrote Dragonhead,
Retribution and Tale of the Scorpion which were produced in both
Toronto and Los Angeles. He has written episodic TV (Puppets
Who Kill) and for the last three years wrote the successful Toronto
ACTRA Awards.
A leading voice in animation, Adrian has performed original
roles in many popular series including Bob and Margaret, Atomic
Betty and the Emmy Award-winning Rolie Polie Olie. Currently he
is the voice of Dragon in Jane & the Dragon.
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2006 DGC
awards host
Peter Keleghan
Born and raised in Montreal, Peter studied acting
at John Abbott College and Concordia
University. He then concentrated on classical
theatre with a diploma from The London
Academy of Music And Dramatic Art in England
and a degree from York University in Toronto.
He went on to become a member of The Second City, and The Stratford Music and
Shaw Festivals.
In the late eighties, Peter joined Steve Smith to co-write and star in sixty episodes
of the Gemini award winning, The Comedy Mill. From there, Peter brought the
character of Ranger Gord to The Red Green Show for 14 seasons.
When Peter moved to Los Angeles in 1991, he starred in three of his own pilots for
NBC and ABC as well as guest starred in some of television’s most popular series
including Seinfeld, Murphy Brown and Cheers. He spent two months on ABC’s
General Hospital as Barry Durbin. Back in Canada in the mid nineties, he created
the role of Jim Walcott, with Ken Finkleman, for The Newsroom. From there, Rick
Mercer asked him to join the cast of Made In Canada (a.k.a. The Industry around
the world) as Alan Roy.
Peter appeared in the final season of This is Wonderland and has a continuing role
on Slings & Arrows as Mark McKinney’s nemesis Mr. Archer. A busy voice over
artist, Peter can be heard on dozens of radio commercials and in animation series
nationwide including the voice of Carl Fester King on Jacob Two Two and the
overblown announcer on the YTV series Captain Flamingo. He is also the voice of the
East Indian, Scardey Bat, in the cartoon series Ruby Gloom.
Peter is a twelve time Gemini Award nominee and a four-time winner in the
category of Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series for his roles as Jim
Walcott in The Newsroom and Alan Roy in Made In Canada. Peter was also nominated
twice for a Canadian Comedy Award and for an Actra Award for his role on The
Newsroom.
Peter was last seen on CBC in the International Emmy Award winning The
Newsroom and has produced his own pilot Walter Ego. He also has a lead role in the
Canada/England co-pro feature film by George F. Walker and Bernard Zukerman,
Niagara Motel, directed by Gary Yates. Peter has hosted the ACTRA Awards in
Toronto for three years. He will also host Man Alive Night at the CBC Winnipeg
Comedy Festival on CBC. After a 12 year absence, Peter returned to the stage to
tremendous reviews in late 2005 in the one-man show Fully Committed. He is also a
semi regular in the new series Billable Hours. He just completed a role in the Pierce
Brosnan thriller Butterfly On A Wheel.
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Avi Federgreen – Chair
Avi Federgreen’s diverse career in film, television and video
includes an impressive list of successful dramatic features,
movies of the week and television series in domestic and
international markets. Federgreen’s producing credits
include the acclaimed television series It’s Me…Gerald.
Most recently, he served as line producer and unit
production manager on Heyday and Northern Town. Avi has served as the chair of
the DGC Awards since its inception in 2002.
James Bredin
James has been working in dark, cramped cutting rooms for
the better part of two decades. Oddly enough, he likes it.
James is currently working on The Victor Davis Story with
Bernie Zukerman and Jerry Ciccoritti.
Donna Noonan
Donna Noonan is a production designer with more than
two decades experience in the worlds of theatre, television
and film. Noonan’s recent credits include St. Urbain’s
Horseman, Moose TV, Fungus the Bogeyman, Little Men and
Indian Summer: the Oka Crisis. Noonan received Gemini
nominations for production design for the television series
Bliss in 2002 and 2004.
Stephen Surjik
Stephen has directed over forty projects for film and
television. Selected television credits include The Kids in
the Hall, Road to Avonlea, Due South, DaVinci’s Inquest, The
X-Files, The Handler and Monk. Film credits include
Wayne’s World 2, the Emmy nominated Weapons of Mass
Distraction, and CBC’s Little Criminals. Recent projects
include directing and co-producing Intelligence for the CBC.
Charles Wilkinson
Charles Wilkinson is a film and television director, author and
educator. He has written and directed numerous dramatic
programs for theatrical and network release, including six
feature films and a whole bunch of US TV movies – some of
them not awful. His book, The Working Director, is available
online and in film-friendly bookstores.
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credits
Executive Producer: Alan Goluboff
Producer: Carrie Sutherland
Producer: Cindy Goldrick
Line Producer/Production Manager: Carmen
Arndt
Host: Peter Keleghan
Writer: Adrian Truss
Photography: Stephanie Lake/Canadian Press
Music: Bill King Trio
Auditors: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Public Relations: Lisa Mahal
Event Venue: The Carlu
Video Production: Based On Reality
Sim Video Productions Ltd.
Audio Production & Equipment: The Carlu
Lighting Design: Jennings Lighting Consultants
Lighting Equipment: Christie Lites
Event Décor: Magrathea Creative
Print material design & concept: Gary Taugher
Design Co.
Printing: Point One Graphics
Trophy Design: Rowland Jeffries
Catering: Daniel et Daniel
Participants in the Meet The Directors panel
Moderator: Michael Kennedy
Panelist: Atom Egoyan
Panelist: Don McBrearty
Panelist: Tim Southam
Panelist: Gary Yates
Our thanks to the following individuals and
companies for their contributions to the 2006
DGC Awards
Alberta District Council
Alejandra Sosa
Andrew Burke-Hall
Atlantic Regional Council
Avi Federgreen
Based On Reality
Bill King
British Columbia District Council
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Camille Allman
Charles Wilkinson
Chris Goddard
Christie Lites
Comweb
David Rozee
DGC Awards Jury
DGC National Executive Board
DGC National Staff
Don Carmody
Don Carmody Productions
Donna Noonan
Epitome Pictures
Flower Creations
Fred Bunting
Gary Taugher
James Bredin
Jane Tattersall
Jason Jennings
Jennings Lighting Consultants
Jennifer Mallette
Kelli Mackinnon
Magrathea Creative
Manitoba District Council
Mary Ann Cattrall
Martin Kelly
Nolan Milec
Ontario District Council
Park Hyatt Toronto
Peter Gibson
Peter Harris
Point One Graphics
Quebec District Council
Rick Rowe
Rob Sim
Sara Budnark
Saskatchewan District Council
Scott Denneny
Sim Video
Steam Whistle Brewing
Stephanie Cohen
Stephanie Whiteman
Stephen Surjik
Tattersall Sound & Picture
Technicolor
Telefilm
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