2013 Canadian Screen Awards – Television & Digital Media WINNERS BY CATEGORY OF ACHIEVEMENT
Program Categories
Best Animated Program or Series Producing Parker (Breakthrough Entertainment) Ira Levy, Jun Camerino, Laura Kosterski, Peter Williamson
Best Breaking News Coverage CBC News Now: Jack Layton's Death (CBC) Jennifer Sheepy, Layal El Abdallah, Paul Bisson, Gerry Buffett, Patricia Craigen, Seema Patel, Marc Riddell, Bill Thornberry
Best Breaking Reportage, Local (CBC) John Lancaster, Nil Koksal - CBC News Toronto - CBC News Toronto - Miriam Makashvili
Best Breaking Reportage, National (CBC) Adrienne Arsenault - CBC News The National - Reports from Attawapiskat
Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series Sponsored by the Independent Production Fund Degrassi - Season 11 (Epitome Pictures Inc.) Linda Schuyler, Stefan Brogren, David Lowe, Stephen Stohn, Stephanie Williams, Brendon Yorke
Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series Artzooka! (CCI Entertainment) Charles Falzon, Kristine Klohk, Arnie Zipursky
The Bell Media Award for Best Comedy Program or Series Less Than Kind (Breakthrough Entertainment, Buffalo Gal Pictures) Ira Levy, Garry Campbell, Marvin Kaye, Phyllis Laing, Mark McKinney, Chris Sheasgreen, Paula Smith, Peter Williamson
Best Documentary Program or Series The Nature of Things with David Suzuki (CBC) Bob Culbert, Frances M. Morrison, Caroline Underwood
Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie Sponsored by Insight Productions Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story (Media-Max) Karine Martin, Jean-François Doray, R.J. Gilbert, Paul A. Kaufman
Best Dramatic Series Sponsored by the Independent Production Fund Flashpoint (Flashpoint Season IV Productions Inc.) Anne Marie La Traverse, Bill Mustos
Best History or Biography Documentary Program or Series D-Day to Victory (Entertainment One, Impossible Television (UK)) Michael Kot, Janice Tufford, Paul Wooding
Best International Drama The Borgias (Take 5 Productions, Mid-Atlantic Films, Octagon Films) Neil Jordan, James Flynn, Sheila Hockin, John Weber
Best Lifestyle Program or Series Income Property (Skit Inc.) Kit Redmond, Jenna Keane, Scott McGillivray, Karen Walters
Best Live Sporting Event London 2012 Olympic Games (TSN) Rick Chisholm, Mike Brannagan, Gord Cutler
Best Local Newscast Sponsored by City Global Toronto (Global Toronto) Ward Smith, Jason Keel, Amy Saracino, Dave Trafford, Mark Trueman
Best Music, Variety, Sketch Comedy or Talk Program or Series Rick Mercer Report (Island Edge Inc.) Gerald Lunz, Rick Mercer
Best National Newscast CBC News The National (CBC) Mark Harrison, Terry Auciello, Michael Gruzuk, Heather McLennan, Fred Parker
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Best News Information Series the fifth estate (CBC) Jim Williamson, Marie Caloz
Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series Love Shines (Paperny Entertainment Inc.) Cal Shumiatcher, Douglas Arrowsmith, Stuart Coxe, Trevor Hodgson, Audrey Mehler, Karen Melvin, David Paperny
Best Pre-School Program or Series Stella & Sam (Radical Sheep Productions) John Leitch, Michelle Melanson
Best Reality/Competition Program or Series Sponsored by A&E Network Dragons' Den (CBC) Tracie Tighe, Mike Armitage, Lisa Gabriele
Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey (Arcadia Entertainment) Tim O'Brien, Sarah Robertson
Best Sports Analysis or Commentary (Program, Series or Segment) Sponsored by Sportsnet London 2012 Olympic Games Primetime (TSN) Ken Volden, Gord Cutler, Bill Dodson, Linda Tremblay
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Sponsored by Rogers Group of Funds About Her (Shaftesbury, Henry Less Productions, Rethink Breast Cancer) Christina Jennings, Phyllis Ellis, Sissy Federer-Less, Scott Garvie, Alison Gordon, Henry Less, Michelle Rothstein
Craft Categories
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research Angela Gilbert - the fifth estate - Scout's Honour
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research Darren Yearsley - Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War - Turning Up the Heat
Best Achievement in Make-Up Sponsored by L’Oréal Professionnel Emilie Gauthier, Erik Gosselin - Being Human - When I Think About You, I Shred Myself
Best Costume Design Sponsored by Hudson’s Bay Joanne Hansen - Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks
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Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Sponsored by Epitome Pictures Phil Earnshaw csc - Degrassi - Season 12 - Scream, Part Two
Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series Sponsored by Entertainment One Sheri Elwood - Call Me Fitz - Hell Hath No Drink Limit
Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series Erna Buffie - Smarty Plants
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Sponsored by Bell Media’s bravoFACT Jerry Ciccoritti - John A: Birth of a Country
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Sponsored by Super Channel Jim Donovan - Flashpoint - A Day In The Life
Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series Henry Less, Dale Burshtein - From Spain with Love: with Annie Sibonney - Seafood To Die For
Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event Ron Forsythe - Hockey Night in Canada - Stanley Cup Finals GM7
Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series Carmen Merrifield, Claude Vickery - the fifth estate - Truth & Lies: The Last Days of Osama bin Laden
Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series Douglas Arrowsmith - Love Shines
Best Direction in a Reality/Competition Program or Series Graeme Lynch - Undercover Boss Canada - FedEx
Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series John Keffer - 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards
Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series Sponsored by 9 Story Entertainment Inc Robin Budd - Producing Parker - How Green is my Parker?
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Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series Ohad Benchetrit, Justin Small - Semisweet: Life in Chocolate
Best Original Music Score for a Program Sponsored by Slaight Music Jonathan Goldsmith - Titanic
Best Original Music Score for a Series Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner - Flashpoint - Day Game
Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series Ian Bibby - Call Me Fitz - Hell Hath No Drink Limit
Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series Adam Ravetch - Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey
Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series Sponsored by Deluxe Toronto Ltd. Paul Sarossy - The Borgias - The Borgia Bull
Best Photography in a Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Program or Series Jason Tan - From Spain with Love: with Annie Sibonney - Basque Country
Best Photography in a Variety or Performing Arts or Sketch Comedy Program or Series Dylan Macleod, Pierre Marleau - Love Lies Bleeding
Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series Craig Webster, C.C.E. - Less Than Kind - Fugue State
Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series Robert Swartz - When Dreams Take Flight
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series Brett C. Sullivan - Flashpoint - Grounded
Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series Jonathan Wong - 16 x 9 The Bigger Picture - Getting into Cirque
Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series Aidan Leroux - Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks
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Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Fiction Program or Series Adrian Greenlaw - Inventions That Shook The World - 1920's
Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series Mark Gingras, Elma Bello, Katie Halliday, Stan Mak, Rudy Michael, Brad Thornton, Marilee Yorston - Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Black Tie Showdown
Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series Jane Tattersall, Yuri Gorbachow, Jack Heeren, Andrew Jablonski, Goro Koyama, Martin Lee, Kirk Lynds, Andy Malcolm, David McCallum, Dale Sheldrake, Don White - The Borgias - The Borgia Bull
Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series Margus Jukkum, Richard Spence-Thomas, Gary Vaughan, Melodie Vaughan - Museum Secrets - Inside the Imperial War Museum
Best Visual Effects Sponsored by MIJO Adam Stern - Continuum - A Stitch in Time
Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Frank van Keeken - Wingin' It - Hands Solo
Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series Mark McKinney - Less Than Kind - Play it Again, Sam
Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series Sheona McDonald - When Dreams Take Flight
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Sponsored by the Cogeco Fund Bruce M. Smith - John A: Birth of a Country
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Sponsored by the Independent Production Fund Aubrey Nealon - Flashpoint - Day Game
Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Program or Series Les Stroud - Survivorman 10 Days - Tiburon Island Desert
Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series Rick Mercer Report (Island Edge Inc.) Rick Mercer, Rick Currie, Greg Eckler, Chris Finn, Tim Steeves, George Westerholm
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Programming Segments
Best News Information Segment Keith Boag, Mike Heenan, Carmen Merrifield, Claude Panet-Raymond - CBC News The National - Mexico: A Country At War With Itself
Best Sports Feature Segment Josh Shiaman, Brent Blanchard, Stephen Brunt, Alison Redmond, Don Young - London 2012 Olympic Games - Opening Essay
Performance Categories
Best Achievement in Casting Sara Kay, Jim Heber, Jenny Lewis - Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - BYOBOPE
Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series Jeremie Saunders - Artzooka! - Artzooka! Episode 218
The Shaw Media Award for Best Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, Performing Arts or Talk Program or Series George Stroumboulopoulos - George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight - John Irving / Regis Philbin/ Haiti Special
Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series David Suzuki - The Nature of Things with David Suzuki - Journey to the Disaster Zone - Japan 3/11
Best News Anchor Peter Mansbridge - CBC News The National
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role Gerry Dee - Mr. D - The Basketball Diaries
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role Wendel Meldrum - Less Than Kind - The Fwomp
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Enrico Colantoni - Flashpoint - Day Game
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Meg Tilly - Bomb Girls - Armistice
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series Peter Outerbridge - John A: Birth of a Country
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series Wendy Crewson - Saving Hope - Out of Sight
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series Stuart Margolin - Call Me Fitz - Hell Hath No Drink Limit
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series Joanna Cassidy - Call Me Fitz - Heir of the Dog
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Shawn Doyle - John A: Birth of a Country
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Emily Osment - Cyberbully
Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Sponsored by the Shaw Rocket Fund Melinda Shankar - How to be Indie 2 - How to Be the Hero
Best Performance in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series Gordon Pinsent - Republic of Doyle - Mirror, Mirror
Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble) Christopher Plummer - The Tempest
Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble) Rick Mercer - Rick Mercer Report - Season 9, Episode 4
Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series Seán Cullen - Almost Naked Animals - Horn Swoggled
Best Sports Host or Analyst in a Sports Program or Sportscast Brian Williams - London 2012 Olympic Games
Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer Rod Smith - London 2012 Olympic Games
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