Awards & Winners

Linda Schuyler

Date of Birth 1948
Place of Birth London
(England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Linda Schulyer
Profession Screenwriter, Television producer, Actor, Television Director, Film Producer, Film director
Linda Schuyler, CM OOnt is a Canadian television producer involved in the creation of the Degrassi series and Instant Star series of teen programs. Schuyler got her ideas for Degrassi from her former career as a teacher. The daughter of Jack and Joyce Bawcutt, Schuyler immigrated with her family to Canada in 1957 and was raised in Paris, Ontario. After dropping out of university, where she had been studying math, Schuyler earned her qualifications to be a school teacher and taught for four years at Earl Grey Senior Public School in Toronto's east end. In 1976, she and Kit Hood founded Playing With Time Inc., a production company which made short films and educational documentaries, in particular what became the Kids of Degrassi Street series for CBC Television which spawned the Degrassi franchise. In the early 1990s, Schuyler and Hood separated and Schuyler founded Epitome Pictures which produced several television series and films including Degrassi: The Next Generation. In 1993, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2012, she was made a member of the Order of Ontario. In 1995, she married her producing partner Stephen Stohn.

Awards by Linda Schuyler

Check all the awards nominated and won by Linda Schuyler.

2014


Canadian Screen Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Honored for : Degrassi: The Next Generation

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Canadian Screen Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Degrassi: The Next Generation
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program Degrassi: The Next Generation

2013


Canadian Screen Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Honored for : Degrassi: The Next Generation

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Canadian Screen Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Degrassi: The Next Generation

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program Degrassi: The Next Generation

2011


Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Honored for : Degrassi: The Next Generation

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Degrassi: The Next Generation
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program Degrassi: The Next Generation

2010


Academy Achievement Award

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Degrassi: The Next Generation

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Instant Star
Season 4

2008


Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Honored for : Degrassi: The Next Generation

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Degrassi: The Next Generation
Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Instant Star

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Degrassi: The Next Generation
Season 6

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Mini-Series Degrassi: The Next Generation

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series Degrassi: The Next Generation
Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Instant Star

2004


Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Honored for : Degrassi: The Next Generation

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Degrassi: The Next Generation
Gemini Award for Best Interactive Degrassi: The Next Generation
www.degrassi.tv

2003


Gemini Award for Best Interactive
Honored for : Degrassi: The Next Generation
Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Honored for : Degrassi: The Next Generation
Gemini Award for Most Popular Website Competition
Honored for : Degrassi: The Next Generation, http://www.degrassi.tv

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Short Dramatic Program Degrassi: The Next Generation
White Wedding
Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Degrassi: The Next Generation
Gemini Award for Best Interactive Degrassi: The Next Generation

2002


Gemini Award for Most Innovative Website
Honored for : Degrassi: The Next Generation
(http://www.degrassi.tv)

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Most Innovative Website Degrassi: The Next Generation
http://www.degrassi.tv

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best TV Movie School's Out
Gemini Award for Best Youth Program or Series Degrassi Talks

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series Degrassi Junior High

1989


Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series
Honored for : Degrassi Junior High

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series Degrassi Junior High

1988


Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series
Honored for : Degrassi Junior High
The Multiculturalism Award
Honored for : Degrassi Junior High

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series Degrassi Junior High

1987


Gemini Award for Best Children's Series
Honored for : Degrassi Junior High

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Children's Series Degrassi Junior High

1986


Gemini Award for Best Children's Program
Honored for : The Kids of Degrassi Street
(Griff Gets a Hand)

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Children's Program The Kids of Degrassi Street
Griff Gets a Hand