Mark Farrell - Awards & Nominations

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

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