Awards & Winners

Mark Farrell

Date of Birth 1966
Place of Birth Halifax
(Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada)
Nationality Canada
Profession Screenwriter, Television Director, Television Producer, Actor, Comedian
Mark Farrell is a Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. In 1992, Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent comics such as Brent Butt. After appearing in CBC's Comics! as well as CTV's Comedy Now, as well as NBC's Friday Night Videos, he was cast in two Ken Finkleman series, Married Life and the first season of The Newsroom. Eventually his writing skills were noted, and as he became a writer for award-winning This Hour Has 22 Minutes, eventually moving all the way up to Executive Producer, until he left the show in 2010. His work on 22 Minutes led to many other writing gigs, including another job as Supervising Producer for the first season of Corner Gas, a show for which he continued to write and helped develop. He is currently an Executive Producer and writer for the show Seed, a show he co-developed with the show's creator, Joseph Raso.

Awards by Mark Farrell

Check all the awards nominated and won by Mark Farrell.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Bell Media Award for Best Comedy Program or Series Seed

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series Dan for Mayor

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Season 16

2008


Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series
Honored for : This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series Corner Gas

2007


Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Honored for : Corner Gas
(Gopher It)

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Series Fourteen
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series Corner Gas
Gopher It

2006


Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series
Honored for : Corner Gas

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series Corner Gas
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series Corner Gas
Merry Gasmas

2005


Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series
Honored for : Corner Gas

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series Corner Gas
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Cycle XII

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series Corner Gas
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series Corner Gas
Tax Man
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Episode One

2003


Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series
Honored for : This Hour Has 22 Minutes
(Season X)

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Season X

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series Made in Canada
Everyone's a Critic

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes

2000


Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series
Honored for : This Hour Has 22 Minutes
(Season 7)
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Honored for : This Hour Has 22 Minutes
(Season 7)

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Season 7
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Season 7
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series Made in Canada

1999


Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Honored for : This Hour Has 22 Minutes: New Year's Eve Special

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes: New Year's Eve Special
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series Made in Canada

1998


Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Honored for : The Newsroom
(The Campaign)
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Honored for : This Hour Has 22 Minutes
(Season 5 Episode 22)

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Season 5 Episode 22
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series The Red Green Show
Show VII \"The Movie\"
Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series The Newsroom
The Campaign

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series 9th Gemini Awards
Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series Married Life