2011 Directors Guild of Canada Awards Nominees Announced

2011 Directors Guild of Canada Awards Nominees Announced

TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - The DGC congratulates the 2011 nominees
announced today in Toronto. Selected from close to 175 submissions, the
76 nominees in 19 categories represent a cross section of the
industry's outstanding talent in film and television.

The Awards will be presented at the annual Gala on Saturday, October 29,
2011 at the prestigious Royal York Hotel. Hosted by multi-talented
radio-host, musician and writer Jian Ghomeshi, the 2011 DGC Awards
marks the 10(th) anniversary of the Awards.

"I am proud of the nominees and what their collective body of work
brings to this country's industry as well as to the Guild as a whole,"
stated Sturla Gunnarsson, President, DGC. "It is an honour to be a part
of this organization and to lead the celebration of the best work
created by DGC members last year."

DGC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Presented by Silver Sponsor, Shaftesbury Films

Ted Kotcheff

DON HALDANE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

George Mihalka

DGC HONOURABLE LIFE MEMBER AWARD

Michael Spencer

BEST DIRECTION - FEATURE FILM
Presented by Gold Sponsor, Deluxe

Richard J. Lewis - Barney's Version

Bill Phillips - Gunless

Michael McGowan - Score: A Hockey Musical

Vincenzo Natali - Splice

BEST DIRECTION - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Presented by Gold Sponsor, Panavision

Jerry Ciccoritti - John A: Birth of A Country

Bruce MacDonald - My Babysitter's A Vampire

Gary Harvey - Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

Norma Bailey - The Devil's Teardrop

BEST DIRECTION - TELEVISION SERIES
Presented by Gold Sponsor, William F. White International

Adrienne Mitchell - Durham County - Eps. 303 "Distance, Hunting and
Home"

Kelly Makin - Flashpoint - Eps. 308 "Jumping at Shadows"

Laurie Lynd - Murdoch Mysteries - Eps. 301 "The Murdoch Identity"

Jeremy Podeswa -The Tudors - Eps. 407 "Sixth and Final Wife"

BEST FEATURE FILM
Presented by Platinum Sponsor, Technicolor

A Beginner's Guide to Endings

Barney's Version

Score: A Hockey Musical

Splice

BEST TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

John A: Birth of a Country

Storming Juno

The Devil's Teardrop

The Santa Suit

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Presented by Gold Sponsor, PS Production Services Ltd.

Being Erica - Eps. 312 "Erica, Interrupted"

Flashpoint - Eps. 309 "Acceptable Risk"

Murdoch Mysteries - Eps. 301 "The Murdoch Identity"

The Tudors - Eps. 407 - "Sixth and Final Wife"

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - FAMILY
Presented by Gold Sponsor, Cinespace

Degrassi: The New Generation - Eps. 1016 "My Body is a Cage: Part 2"

Heartland - Eps. 407 "Jackpot"

Tower Prep - Eps. 109 "Dreams"

Wingin' It - Eps. 201 "Bully Elliot"

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY

Call Me Fitz - Eps. 101 "The Pilot"

Hiccups - Eps. 211 "Car Pool"

Less Than Kind - Eps. 207 "That's Somebody's Knish"

The Yard - Eps. 104 "The Catcher"

ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie - Sturla Gunnarsson

One Ocean: The Birth of an Ocean - Mike Downie

Paul Quarrington: Life in Music - Albert Kish

Where Did I Put My Memory? - Barbara Doran

BEST SHORT FILM

Little Larry - Avi Federgreen

She Said Lenny - Avi Federgreen

Taxi Libre - Kaveh Nabatian

The Waking - Mark Arcieri

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - FEATURE FILM

Claude Pare - Barney's Version

Patrice Vermette - La Cité

Arvinder Grewal - Resident Evil: Afterlife

Todd Cherniawsky - Splice

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Tim Bider - John A: Birth of a Country

Ingrid Jurek - My Babysitter's A Vampire

Brian Rice - Storming Juno

Doug McCullough - The Devil's Teardrop

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION SERIES

Zoe Sakellaropoulo - Being Human - Eps. 101 "There Goes the
Neighbourhood: Part 1"

Sandy Kybartas - Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures - Eps. 106 "All
Souls"

Bill Fleming - Call Me Fitz - Eps. 101 "The Pilot"

Ian Brock - Lost Girl - Eps. 108 "Vexed"

BEST PICTURE EDITING - FEATURE FILM

Susan Shipton - Barney's Version

Reginald Harkema - Fubar: Balls to the Wall

Matthew Hannam - Oliver Sherman

Michele Conroy - Splice

BEST PICTURE EDITING -TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

John Whitcher - Storming Juno

Richard Schwadel - Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

Ron Wisman, SR. - The Devil's Teardrop

Gareth Scales - The Nativity

BEST PICTURE EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES

Lara Mazur - Flashpoint - Eps. 308 "Jumping at Shadows"

Christopher Donaldson - Flashpoint - Eps. 309 "Acceptable Risk"

Lisa Grootenboer - The Tudors - Eps. 405 "Bottom of the Pot"

Wendy Hallam Martin - The Tudors - Eps. 408 "As It Should Be"

BEST SOUND EDITING - FEATURE FILM

Gunless (Jane Tattersall, Sue Conley, David McCallum, David P. Rose,
Brent Pickett, Roderick Deogrades)

Resident Evil: Afterlife (Stephen Barden, Jill Purdy, Kevin Banks, Alex
Bullick)

Splice (David McCallum, David P. Rose, Janice Ierulli, Mark Shnuriwsky,
Jill Purdy, Roderick Deogrades)

The Whistleblower (Mark Gingras, John Laing, James Robb, Alex Bullick,
Nelson Ferreira, Katie Halliday)

BEST SOUND EDITING - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

A Heartland Christmas (Kevin Howard, Robert Hegedus, Richard Calistan,
Marvyn Dennis, Kevin Banks, Jason MacNeill)

Degrassi Takes Manhattan (Danielle McBride, Dan Sexton, John Loranger)

My Babysitter's A Vampire (Robert Hegedus, Marvyn Dennis, Kevin Howard,
Mark Beck, Gren-Erich Zwicker, Richard Calistan)

The Nativity (Jane Tattersall, Kathy Choi, Steve Medeiros, Kevin Banks)

BEST SOUND EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES

Being Erica - Eps. 303 "Two Wrongs" (John D. Smith, John Laing, Tom
Bjelic, James Robb)

Call Me Fitz - Eps. 101 "The Pilot" (Fred Brennan, Rob Bertola, Susan
Fawcett)

Durham County - Eps. 302 "Family Day" (Jill Purdy, Alex Bullick, Rose
Gregoris)

Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Eps. 112 "Checkmate" (Katie Halliday,
Mark Gingras, Elma Bello, James Robb)

The Directors Guild of Canada wishes to thank the SPONSORS of the 2011
DGC Awards:

-- Platinum - Technicolor
-- Gold - Cinespace, Deluxe, Panavision, PS Productions Services
Ltd., William F. White International Inc. and Pinewood Studios
Toronto
-- Silver - The Harold Greenberg Fund, Canadian Media Producers
Association, Shaftesbury Films
-- Bronze - Don Carmody Productions, Great West Life , Telefilm
Canada
-- Patron - EP Canada, Epitome Pictures, Fuji Film, Sim Video
-- Contra - The Creative Reality Group , Captain Printworks, Gary
Taugher Design , Jennings Lighting Consultants, To Suit Your
Fancy

The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a national labour organization that represents over 3,000 key
creative and logistical personnel in the film and television industry
covering all areas of direction, design, production and editing. The
DGC negotiates and administers collective agreements and lobbies
extensively on issues of concern for members including Canadian content
conditions, CRTC regulations and ensuring that funding is maintained
for Canadian film and television programming.

SOURCE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

CONTACT: Media:
Alejandra Sosa
Director of Communications
416.484.6640 extension 243
asosa@dgc.ca

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