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Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

Gemini Awards

Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series is one of the awards presented every year at the Gemini Awards ceremony.
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series is one of the awards presented every year at the Gemini Awards ceremony.

Check all the winners of Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series presented under Gemini Awards since 1986 .


Terence McKenna

Honored for : Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Terence McKenna Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse
Brian McKenna Doc Zone
Famine and Shipwreck, An Irish Odyssey
Jon Cooksey How to Boil a Frog
Charles Foran Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews
Francine Pelletier Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews
Christopher Gagosz Storming Juno
Kelly McClughan X-Cars

Eric Bednarski, Barry Cowling

Honored for : The Strangest Dream

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eric Bednarski The Strangest Dream
Barry Cowling The Strangest Dream
Susan Teskey Love, Hate and Propaganda
Selling the War
John Walker Passage
Scott Harper Philanthropy Inc.
Vladimir Kabelik So Far from Home

Tracey Deer

Honored for : Club Native

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tracey Deer Club Native
Paul Carvalho Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez
Robert Cornellier Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez
Sheona McDonald Capturing a Short Life
Araz Artinian Genocide in Me
Harvey Sachs Toscanini in His Own Words
Larry Weinstein Toscanini in His Own Words

Terence McKeown, John Zaritsky

Honored for : The Suicide Tourist

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Terence McKeown The Suicide Tourist
John Zaritsky The Suicide Tourist
Neil Docherty Doc Zone
Darfur: On Our Watch
Paul Myers Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
Steve Lucas The Dark Years
Episode 1
Denis Blacquière Mars Rising
Search For Life

Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn

Honored for : Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Scot McFadyen Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Sam Dunn Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Don Young Devil's Brigade
Episode 4
Simcha Jacobovici The Lost Tomb of Jesus
Graeme Ball The Lost Tomb of Jesus
Michka Saäl Prisoners of Beckett
Michael Allcock Vimy Ridge: Heaven To Hell

Neil Docherty

Honored for : China Rises
(Party Games)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Neil Docherty China Rises
Party Games
Jonathan Finkelstein Braindamadj'd...Take II
Paul Nadler Braindamadj'd...Take II
Ric Esther Bienstock Frontline
Sex Slaves
Paul Cowan The Peacekeepers
Nadine Pequeneza Turning Points of History
Aristide's Haiti

Thomas Wallner

Honored for : Beethoven's Hair

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas Wallner Beethoven's Hair
Steve Markle Camp Hollywood
Terence McKenna The National
Bribes From Baghdad
Peter Chappell The Origins of AIDS
Arnie Gelbart The Origins of AIDS
Stéphane Horel The Origins of AIDS
Susan Martin Runaway Grooms

John Haslett Cuff

Honored for : Crimes of the Heart

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Haslett Cuff Crimes of the Heart
Mary Lynk From the Heart:The Life & Times of Janet Conners
Michael McNamara Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8
Don Murray The Man Who Could Be King
Mark Johnston The Man Who Could Be King
Nancy Ing-Duclos The Man Who Could Be King
Edith Champagne The Man Who Could Be King
Michael Maclear Vietnam: Ghosts of War

Jefferson Lewis

Honored for : Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jefferson Lewis Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story
Shelley Saywell A Child's Century of War
Larry Bambrick Catching a Killer: The Mystery Of Sable Island
Laura James Catching a Killer: The Mystery Of Sable Island
Ted Remerowski Security Threat
Rob Buckman The Origin of Feces

Steven Silver, Barry Stevens

Honored for : The Last Just Man

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Silver The Last Just Man
Barry Stevens The Last Just Man
Gilbert Reid For King and Empire
Josh Freed Juggling Dreams
Miro Cernetig Juggling Dreams
Bill Cameron My Father's Camera
Karen Shopsowitz My Father's Camera
Helen Slinger On Wings and Dreams

Kevin McMahon

Honored for : COD: The Fish That Changed The World

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mort Ransen Ah the Money, the Money, the Money: The Battle for Saltspring
Julie Wheelwright The Orkney Lad: The Story of Isabel Gunn
Penny Wheelwright The Orkney Lad: The Story of Isabel Gunn
Felicia Francescut Through Thick and Thin
Leslie Côté Through Thick and Thin
David Kaufman Turning Points of History
Kevin McMahon COD: The Fish That Changed The World

Jennifer Baichwal

Honored for : The Holier it Gets

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jennifer Baichwal The Holier it Gets
Bill Cameron Asylum: Falling Through the Cracks
Robin Benger Asylum: Falling Through the Cracks
Shelley Saywell Legacy of Terror: The Bombing of Air India
Shelley Saywell Out of the Fire
Jerry Thompson Stopping Traffik: The War Against the War on Drugs

Howard Goldberg, Irene L. Angelico, Paul Cowan

Honored for : The Cola Conquest

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Cowan The Cola Conquest
Irene L. Angelico The Cola Conquest
Howard Goldberg The Cola Conquest
Chris Mullington Man Alive
Beyond Belief
Monty Bassett Life on the Vertical
Joseph Viszmeg My Healing Journey: Seven Years with Cancer
Nadine Pequeneza Turning Points of History
Season 2
Alan Mendelsohn Turning Points of History
Season 2

Steven Silver, Barry Stevens

Honored for : Gerrie & Louise

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Silver Gerrie & Louise
Barry Stevens Gerrie & Louise
John L'Ecuyer Confessions of a Rabid Dog
Martha Butterfield Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
Simcha Jacobovici Hollywoodism
Jews, Movies and the American Dream
Bill Cameron Witness
Between Here and Heaven
Allan Gregg Witness
Between Here and Heaven
Shelley Saywell Everyman
Kim's Story: The Road from Vietnam
Chris Brookes East of Canada: the story of Newfoundland
Nation or Notion
Ted Remerowski Shanghai: Tale of Two Cities
John Livingston The Nature of Things
John Livingston:The Natural History - Point Of View
John Kastner Witness

Shelley Saywell

Honored for : Everyman
(Kim's Story: The Road from Vietnam)

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Silver Gerrie & Louise
Barry Stevens Gerrie & Louise
John L'Ecuyer Confessions of a Rabid Dog
Martha Butterfield Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
Simcha Jacobovici Hollywoodism
Jews, Movies and the American Dream
Bill Cameron Witness
Between Here and Heaven
Allan Gregg Witness
Between Here and Heaven
Shelley Saywell Everyman
Kim's Story: The Road from Vietnam
Chris Brookes East of Canada: the story of Newfoundland
Nation or Notion
Ted Remerowski Shanghai: Tale of Two Cities
John Livingston The Nature of Things
John Livingston:The Natural History - Point Of View
John Kastner Witness

Jack Kuper

Honored for : Who was Jerzy Kosinski?

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Kuper Who was Jerzy Kosinski?
Judy Jackson Blind Faith: Requiem for Revolution
Katerina Cizek From the Heart
Anna van der Wee From the Heart
Els de Temmerman From the Heart
John Zaritsky Frontline
Murder on 'Abortion Row'
Thomas Wallner Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story
Larry Weinstein Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story

Gwynne Dyer, Tina Viljoen

Honored for : Defence of Canada

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tina Viljoen Defence of Canada
Gwynne Dyer Defence of Canada
Jojo Chintoh Down And Out In Parkdale
Eric Malling The Fifth Estate
Mike Lavoie The Fifth Estate
Bill Cameron The Journal
Linden MacIntyre The Journal