The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 12th Gemini Awards were held on March 1, 1998, to honour achievements in Canadian television. There were two awards ceremonies in 1998; the 13th was held on October 4, 1998. The 12th awards ceremony was hosted by Cathy Jones and Steve Smith. It took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.
Best Dramatic Series Traders – Atlantis Films. Producers: Alyson Feltes, Hart Hanson, Seaton McLean, Mary Kahn Jake and the Kid – Nelvana, Great North Productions. Producers: Patrick Loubert, Andy Thomson, Peter Lhotka, Arvi Liimatainen, Stephen Hodgins Madison – Forefront Productions, Canwest. Producers: Helena Cynamon, Peter Mitchell, Mickey Rogers, Gillian Lindsay North of 60 – Seven24 Films. Producers: Doug MacLeod, Barbara Samuels, Wayne Grigsby, Peter Lauterman, Tom Cox The Outer Limits – Atlantis Films, Trilogy Entertainment. Producers: Pen Densham, Brent Karl Jackson, James Nadler, Richard B. Lewis, Brad Wright, John Watson, Jonathan Glassner, Sam Egan
Best Short Dramatic Program Nan's Taxi – Charles Bishop Productions, Global Television Network. Producers: Jonathan Torrens, Charles Bishop Dirty Money – Partners in Motion. Producer: Chris Triffo Gamine – Swirling Storm Productions. Producer: Terry Steyn
Best Dramatic TV Movie or Mini-Series Hiroshima – Telescene Film Group Productions. Producers: Kazutoshi Wadakura, Robin Spry, Michael Campus, Paul E. Painter, Andrew Adelson, Tracey Alexander Captains Courageous – Hallmark Entertainment, Family Channel. Producers: Robert Halmi, Lisa Towers, Tony Allard, Matthew O'Connor Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Duncan Lamb, Bonita Siegel Giant Mine – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Alan Burke The Arrow – The Film Works, Tapestry Pictures. Producers: Eric Jordan, Aaron Kim Johnston, Mary Young Leckie, Paul Stephens, Jack Clements
Best Music, Variety Program or Series Juno Awards of 1997 – Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sue Brophy, Lee Silversides, Martha Kehoe, John Brunton Amanda Marshall – MuchMusic. Producers: Trisa Dayot, Sandra Faire Hot Off The Dock – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Manitoba. Producers: Brian Rougeau, Linda Nelson Native Voices: Our Spirit Sings – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Martie Fishman, Steve Glassman YAA! The 8th Annual YTV Achievement Awards – GRC Productions, YTV. Producer: Joanne P. Jackson
Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Series IV – Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D'Eon, Marilyn Richardson, Jack Kellum, Gerald Lunz Dave Broadfoot: Old Enough To Say What I Want – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson Air Farce Live – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson The Newsroom – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jan Peter Meyboom, Ken Finkleman The Red Green Show VI – Red Green Productions. Producer: Steve Smith
Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary Program The Selling of Innocents – Associated Producers, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: William Cobban, Simcha Jacobovici, Elliott Halpern My Russian Campaign: From Montreal To Moscow – Kaos Films Worldwide. Producer: John Curtin Mystics, Mechanics and Mindbombs – Omnifilm Entertainment, Raincoast Storylines. Producers: Michael Chechik, Jerry Thompson Nowhere Else To Live – Handel Productions. Producer: Alan Handel Picturing a People: George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer – National Film Board of Canada, Nutaaq Media. Producers: Sally Bochner, George Hargrave
Best Documentary Series Man Alive – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Robin Christmas, Joy Crysdale, Sydney Suissa Witness – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Starowicz, Hilary Armstrong Cosmic Highway – Hit The Highway Productions. Producers: Nick Orchard, Corby Coffin Great Adventures of the 20th Century – Cinenova Productions. Producers: Christopher Rowley, Jane Armstrong, David Lint Women: A True Story – Les Productions Point de Mire. Producers: Lise Payette, Raymond Gauthier, Huguette Marcotte
Best Science, Technology, Nature and Environment Documentary Program Separate Lives – Kensington Communications. Producer: Robert Lang Forbidden Places: "Wildkill" – Television Renaissance. Producer: Aiken Scherberger Journeys: Volcano – TVOntario, Discovery Channel, Indigo Moon Pictures. Producers: Craig Moffit, Lauren Millar Life and Times – Roberta Bondar, Lone Star – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Ann Kennard Secrets of the Choco – Productions Grand Nord Quebec. Producer: Ian McLaren The Empty Net – Imageries p.b. Producer: Richard Elson
Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin – Rhombus Media, ARTE, ZDF, IdtV Cultuur. Producers: Niv Fichman, Harry de Winter, Helmut Rost, Piet Erkelens Adrienne Clarkson Presents – Black and White to Colour: The Making of The English Patient – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Adrienne Clarkson Arts & Minds – CHUM Television. Producers: John Gunn, Alida Cupillari Investigating Tarzan – InformAction. Producer: Nathalie Barton Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts In Strange Times – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Veronica Tennant
Best Information Series the fifth estate – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: David Studer, Susan Teskey Schlesinger – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jay Mowat, Jonathan Whitten Venture – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joy Crysdale, Linda Sims W5 – CTV Television Network. Producers: Robert Hurst, Henry Kowalski Undercurrents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: F.M. Morrison, Pam Bertrand
Best Lifestyle Series Future World – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Alice Hopton, Andrew Johnson, Maria Mironowicz The Health Show – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sydney Suissa, Joy Crysdale Health Watch Television – Mediatique. Producers: Harvey Crossland, Sophie Arthaud, Daniele Caloz Imprint – TVOntario. Producers: Richard Ouzounian, Linda Dunlop Spilled Milk – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Melanie Wood The Anti-Gravity Room – YTV. Producer: Christopher Greaves
Best Animated Program or Series Stickin' Around – Nelvana. Producers: Patrick Loubert, Michael Hirsh Monster by Mistake – Cambium Productions, Catapult Productions, Eggplant Picture & Sound, Alliance Atlantis. Producers: Arnie Zipursky, Kim Davidson, Gayle Wilmot 1996 NFB Animation Festival – Short Animated Canadian – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: David Verrall, Barrie Angus McLean, Marcy Page
Best Preschool Program or Series Little Bear – Nelvana. Producers: Patrick Loubert, Michael Hirsh, Clive A. Smith Groundling Marsh – Portfolio Entertainment, J.A. Delmage Productions. Producers: Lisa Olfman, John Delmage, Joy Rosen Guess What? – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Susan Sheehan Once Upon A Hamster – Hammytime III Productions, YTV. Producer: Paul Sutherland Theodore Tugboat – Cochran Entertainment. Producer: Andrew Cochran
Best Children's or Youth Program or Series Street Cents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jonathan Finkelstein, Barbara Kennedy, John Nowlan ReBoot – Mainframe Studios, Alliance Atlantis, YTV. Producers: Ian Pearson, Christopher J. Brough The Adventures of Shirley Holmes – Credo Entertainment, Forefront Entertainment. Producers: Kim Todd, Helena Cynamon, Derek Mazur Goosebumps – Protocol Entertainment, Scholastic Entertainment, Gajdecki Visual Effects. Producers: Steve Levitan, Patrick Doyle, Deborah Forte, Bill Siegler Ready or Not – Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Moira Holmes
Best Sports Program or Series Forever Rivals – TV Eye Entertainment. Producers: Ian Davey, Robert MacAskill God Bless Me – The Making of Don Cherry – 90th Parallel Productions. Producer: Gordon Henderson Power In Sport – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Ken Dodd, Mary Jollimore, Claude Panet-Raymond Pumped! – Insight Productions, TVOntario. Producers: Dale Burshtein, Barbara Bowlby, John Brunton The Dancing Game – Associated Producers, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Elliott Halpern, Simcha Jacobovici
Best Live Sporting Event The World Figure Skating Championships on CTV – Men's Free Skate – CTV Television Network. Producers: Doug Beeforth, Laura Mellanby, Scott Moore 84th Grey Cup – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joel Darling, Mike Brannagan, Joe Scarcelli World Cup of Hockey on CBC: Final Game, USA vs Canada – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Shannon, Mark Askin
Best Special Event Coverage The 1997 Federal Election – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Chris Waddell, Fred Parker CTV National News – The Death of Diana – CTV Television Network. Producers: Henry Kowalski, Lloyd Robertson CTV National News – Winnipeg Flood Coverage – CTV Television Network. Producers: Henry Kowalski, Lloyd Robertson
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Roger Spottiswoode – Hiroshima (Telescene Film Group Productions) John Woo – Once A Thief (Alliance Communications) Mike Clattenburg – Nan's Taxi (Charles Bishop Productions/Global) Holly Dale – Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story (CBC) Don McBrearty – The Arrow (The Film Works/Tapestry Pictures)
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series E. Jane Thompson – Madison (Forefront Productions/Canwest) Kari Skogland – Traders (Atlantis Films) Jon Cassar – La Femme Nikita (Baton Broadcasting/Fireworks Entertainment)
Best Direction in a Variety, Comedy or Performing Arts Program or Series Ken Finkleman – The Newsroom – Meltdown Part 3 (CBC) Henry Sarwer-Foner – The Best of This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Salter Street Films/CBC) Larry Weinstein – The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (Rhombus Media/ARTE/ZDF/IdtV Cultuur) Philippe Baylaucq – Lodela (NFB) Tony Papa – True Prince: Vladimir Malakhov (Avanti Pictures)
Best Direction in an Information Program or Series Jennifer Campbell – Undercurrents (CBC) Susan Teskey – the fifth estate – Karla Homolka (CBC) Anne Wright-Howard – Undercurrents (CBC) Neil Docherty – the fifth estate – Murder, Money & Mexico (CBC) Harald Bachmann – Kratts' Creatures (Paragon Entertainment)
Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series Shelley Saywell – Everyman – Kim's Story: The Road From Vietnam (BBC/Forge Productions) Anne Henderson – Women: A True Story (Les Productions Point de Mire) Christa Schadt – The Dancing Game (Associated Producers/NFB) Lindalee Tracey – The View from Here – Invisible Nation (TVOntario) David Paperny – Life and Times – Mordecai: The Life and Times of Mordecai Richler (Paperny Entertainment/CBC) Donald Winkler – Tomson Highway: Thank You For The Love You Gave (Cinepro Productions)
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series David Adams Richards – For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down (Credo Entertainment) John Hopkins – Hiroshima (Telescene Film Group Productions) Janis Cole – Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story (CBC) Keith Ross Leckie – The Arrow (The Film Works/Tapestry Pictures) Pete White – Peacekeepers (CBC)
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Robert Forsyth – North of 60 (Seven24 Films) Brad Wright – The Outer Limits – The Camp (Atlantis Films/Trilogy Entertainment) Paul Aitken – Madison (Forefront Productions/Canwest) Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford – F/X: The Series – Quicksilver (Fireworks Entertainment) William MacGillivray – Gullage's – The Aging Angel (Snig The Goat)
Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series Ken Finkleman – The Newsroom – Meltdown Part 3 (CBC) Martie Fishman, Jack Bond – Native Voices: Our Spirit Sings (CBC)