The 14th Gemini Awards were held on November 7, 1999, to honour achievements in Canadian television. It was hosted by Rick Mercer, and was broadcast on CBC.

Awards[edit]

Programs[edit]

Drama series	Comedy program or series
Da Vinci's Inquest Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City Foolish Heart Nikita Traders	Made in Canada Comedy Now! Double Exposure Elvira Kurt: Big Girl Now The Red Green Show Royal Canadian Air Farce
TV movie or miniseries	Documentary series
Milgaard At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story Happy Christmas, Miss King Justice Shot Through the Heart	The View from Here The Cola Conquest Man Alive Rough Cuts Witness

Actors[edit]

Lead actor, drama series	Lead actress, drama series
Michael Riley, Power Play Michael Easton, Total Recall 2070 Paul Gross, Due South John Neville, Emily of New Moon Callum Keith Rennie, Due South Donnelly Rhodes, Da Vinci's Inquest	Arsinée Khanjian, Foolish Heart Kathryn Greenwood, Wind at My Back Rebecca Jenkins, Black Harbour Sheila McCarthy, Emily of New Moon Sonja Smits, Traders Peta Wilson, Nikita
Supporting actor, drama series	Supporting actress, drama series
Gordon Pinsent, Power Play Peter Blais, Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Shawn Doyle, The City Michael Sarrazin, The City Timothy Webber, Black Harbour	Marion Gilsenan, Riverdale Jackie Burroughs, Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City Ramona Milano, Due South Caterina Scorsone, Power Play Sarah Strange, Foolish Heart
Lead actor, dramatic program or miniseries	Lead actress, dramatic program or miniseries
Ian Tracey, Milgaard Henry Czerny, Girl Next Door Peter Kelly Gaudreault, In the Blue Ground Stephen McHattie, American Whiskey Bar Gordon Pinsent, Win, Again!	Wendy Crewson, At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story Julie Khaner, Justice Gabrielle Rose, Milgaard Gabrielle Rose, Win, Again! Polly Shannon, Girl Next Door
Supporting actor, dramatic program or miniseries	Supporting actress, dramatic program or miniseries
Hrothgar Mathews, Milgaard Michael Riley, Win, Again! Garwin Sanford, Milgaard Kenneth Welsh, Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story Jaimz Woolvett, Milgaard	Sabrina Grdevich, Milgaard Shannon Lawson, Sleeping Dogs Lie Deanna Milligan, Justice Leah Pinsent, Win, Again! Mag Ruffman, Happy Christmas, Miss King
Guest actor, drama series	Guest actress, drama series
Sean McCann, Power Play Morris Panych, Cold Squad Gordon Pinsent, Wind at My Back Jan Rubeš, The City Timothy Webber, Cold Squad	Martha Henry, Emily of New Moon Salome Bey, Due South Gabrielle Miller, Da Vinci's Inquest Enuka Okuma, Traders Sarah Strange, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
Performance in a comedy program or series	Performance in a children's or youth program or series
Greg Thomey, Rick Mercer, Cathy Jones and Mary Walsh, This Hour Has 22 Minutes Tom Green, The Tom Green Show Shaun Majumder, Comedy Now! Leah Pinsent, Peter Keleghan, Dan Lett and Rick Mercer, Made in Canada Bob Robertson and Linda Cullen, Double Exposure	Meredith Henderson, The Adventures of Shirley Holmes Brent Carver, Whiskers Corey Sevier, Lassie Jonathan Torrens, Jonovision Maurice Dean Wint, The Sweetest Gift
Performance in a pre-school program or series
Jayne Eastwood, Noddy Sean McCann, Noddy Robert Mills, Ruffus the Dog James Rankin, Scoop and Doozie Bob Stutt, Sesame Park

News[edit]

Best Newscast[edit]

• The National
• CTV News

Best News Information Program or Series[edit]

• the fifth estate
• The Health Show
• The National Magazine
• W-Five

Best News Anchor[edit]

• Peter Mansbridge
• Lisa LaFlamme
• Gloria Macarenko

Writing[edit]

Drama series[edit]

• Chris Haddock and Leonel Luna, Da Vinci's Inquest: "The Quality of Mercy"
• Ken Finkleman, Foolish Heart: "The Correct Decision"
• Chris Haddock and Larry Campbell, Da Vinci's Inquest: "The Capture"
• Peter Mitchell, Traders: "Four Mergers and a Funeral"
• Peter Mitchell and Paul Aitken, Traders: "The Price You Pay"
• Esta Spalding, Da Vinci's Inquest: "The Bridge"

Comedy or variety program or series[edit]

• Cathy Jones, Mark Farrell, Chris Finn, Ron James, Edward Kay, Rick Mercer, Tim Steeves, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, This Hour Has 22 Minutes: News Year '98
• David Fine, Bob and Margaret: "Friends for Dinner"
• Rick Mercer and Mark Farrell, Made in Canada: "A Death in the Family"
• Steve Smith, Bob Bainborough, Shaun Graham, Rick Green and Bruce Pirrie, The Red Green Show: "Mad About You"
• Robert Hawke, Jonathan Crombie, Lisa Lambert, Bob Martin, Paul O'Sullivan and Gord Oxley, SketchCom: "Fast and Dirty/Skippy's Rangers"

Dramatic program or miniseries[edit]

• Gordon Pinsent, Win, Again!
• Keith Ross Leckie and Alan DiFiore, Milgaard
• Moze Mossanen, My Gentleman Friends
• Linda Svendsen, At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story
• Andrew Wreggitt, In the Blue Ground

Children's or youth program or series[edit]

• Pete Sauder and Ian Corlett, Rolie Polie Olie: "Roll the Camera"
• Dennis Foon, Jenny and the Queen of Light
• Victoria Grant, Scoop and Doozie: "Au Revoir Underpants"
• Louise C. Moon, Street Cents: "Fashion"
• John Pellatt and Kenn Scott, Ned's Newt: "Back to the Futile)"

Direction[edit]

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series[edit]

• Ken Finkleman, Foolish Heart: "Breathless"
• George Bloomfield, Due South: "The Ladies Man"
• Chris Bould, Emily of New Moon: "Pins and Needles, Needles and Pins"
• John Fawcett, Power Play: "Seventh Game"
• T. W. Peacocke, Traders: "Four Mergers and a Funeral"

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series[edit]

• Henry Sarwer-Foner, Made in Canada: "And the Winner Is..."
• Andrew Currie, Twisteeria
• Raymond Hagel, The Tom Green Show "Dead Moose/Billy Bob/Dominatrix"
• Henry Sarwer-Foner, This Hour Has 22 Minutes: "Prime Minister/Arkansas/Babe Bennett"
• Giles Walker, Dooley Gardens: "The Wedding"

Dramatic program or miniseries[edit]

• Stephen Williams, Milgaard
• Gil Cardinal, Big Bear
• Raymond Saint-Jean, Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft
• Stefan Scaini, Happy Christmas, Mrs. King
• Tim Southam, The Tale of Teeka

Variety or performing arts[edit]

• Henry Sarwer-Foner, This Hour Has 22 Minutes: New Year's Eve Special
• Robert Crossman, Water, Earth, Air, Fire: Dragon Tango
• Michael McNamara, In Thru the Out Door
• Moze Mossanen, Dances for a Small Screen: The Golden City
• Laura Taler, Dances for a Small Screen: The Barber's Coffee Break
• Serge Turbide and Judy Jackson, Beauty for Ashes: Artists and Human Rights

Music[edit]

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series or Mini-Series[edit]

• Mark Korven, A Scattering of Seeds: The Creation of Canada II^[1]
• Edmund Eagan, Beyond Belief
• Andrew Huggett, North-West Mounted Police: The Great March
• Fred Mollin, Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science
• Ken Myhr, The Nature of Things: "Dead Heat"
• John Sereda, John McCrae's War: In Flanders Fields

Best Music, Variety Program or Series[edit]

• This Hour Has 22 Minutes: News Year '98
• 1998 True North Concert
• History Bites
• In Thru the Out Door
• Juno Awards of 1999
• West Coast Music Awards

Special awards[edit]

Canada Award[edit]

• Loyalties

Earle Grey Award[edit]

• Jayne Eastwood

Footnotes[edit]

Citations[edit]