On August 4, 2005 the Directors Guild of Canada's (DGC) president Alan Goluboff and DGC director member Atom Egoyan presided over the announcement of the nominees for the Guild's 2005 DGC Awards. (for some photos from the event, click here.) "This year's DGC Awards is an important celebration for the Guild as peers recognize and celebrate the movies and television programming that entertained and enlightened Canadians in 2004. The quality and quantity of awards submissions by DGC members, despite a difficult year, shows the vibrancy and resilience of this growing industry, " said DGC president Alan Goluboff. Award-winning DGC director member Atom Egoyan was on hand to announce the nominees at a press conference held at the Park Hyatt. Mr. Egoyan's recently completed movie, Where the Truth Lies, will have a gala screening at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. He is the acclaimed director of The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica and the 2003 DGC Awards-nominated Ararat. The fourth annual Awards will be hosted by one of Canada's finest comic actors, Joe Flaherty. An alumnus of SCTV, Mr. Flaherty has appeared in dozens of films and television shows, most recently as the voice of Jeb the goat in Home on the Range. It was also announced that the DGC will honour, posthumously, director Daniel Petrie Sr. His family will be on hand to accept the DGC's Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes a member's full career and body of work. Dan Petrie Sr.'s career spanned fifty years, working in Canada and the US. Most notably, he made television history when he directed three of the five Emmy Award nominees for Best Production: Sybil, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years and Harry Truman: Plain Speaking. During his long and successful career he was the recipient of Golden Globe, Genie, Cable Ace, Christopher, Peabody and DGA awards. His feature films include The Assistant, Cocoon: The Return, Fort Apache The Bronx, Resurrection, A Raisin in the Sun and his semi-autobiographical work, The Bay Boy. The DGC's Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes outstanding service to the membership of the Directors Guild of Canada, will be presented to former DGC president and tireless volunteer Alan Erlich. Alan directed last year's DGC Awards show and will once again take the director's chair to make sure this year's gala runs smoothly. His biography is also included in this package. Hours and hours of viewing over 390 submissions is definitely a labour of love for the Awards' 107 jury members. It is no easy task but it is a pleasurable one, and many jurors volunteer year after year for the chance to review and nominate the best work by their peers. The result is 79 nominations in 20 categories. The shortlist of nominees can be viewed by clicking here. The winners will be announced at a gala DGC Awards dinner on Saturday, October 1 at The Carlu, 444 Yonge Street, Toronto. The Directors Guild of Canada wishes to thank the sponsors of the 2005 DGC Awards. Gold Sponsor: Technicolor Silver Sponsor: Comweb Bronze Sponsors:
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Park Hyatt Toronto 2005 DGC Awards nominees announced (media release in PDF) List of nominees Full list of nominees (including all team members) 2005 DGC AWARDS
LIST OF NOMINEES The first 8 categories are DGC TEAM AWARDS, which are presented to all DGC members in good standing who worked on the nominated production. OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A FEATURE FILM
· Childstar
· Desolation Sound
· The Good Shepherd
· Touch Of Pink OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A FAMILY FEATURE FILM
· Bailey's Billion$
· Saint Ralph
· Some Things That Stay OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
· H20
· Lives Of The Saints
· Murdoch Mysteries - Except The Dying
· Murdoch Mysteries - Under The Dragon's Tail OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A FAMILY TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
· A Bear Named Winnie
· Beachcomber's Christmas
· Eve's Christmas
· The Plain Truth OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
· Da Vinci's Inquest - "Before They Twist The Knife"
· The Eleventh Hour - "Hit Delete"
· Godiva's - "Fast & Loose"
· Queer As Folk - Ep 501 OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY
· 15/Love - "The Big Adjustment"
· Corner Gas - "Slowpitch"
· The Newsroom - "Baghdad Bound"
· Robson Arms - "Dancing The Horizontal Mambo" OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A TELEVISION SERIES - FAMILY
· Dark Oracle - "Dark Oracle"
· Degrassi: The Next Generation - "Time Stands Still" Part 2
· Instant Star - "Kiss Me Deadly"
· Radio Free Roscoe - "Truth Or Consequence" OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT IN A DOCUMENTARY
· Continuous Journey
· Popcorn With Maple Syrup
· Shake Hands With The Devil
· The Siege DGC CRAFT AWARDS are presented to individual members for outstanding achievement in a feature film, television movie, mini-series and series. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION - FEATURE FILM
· Jerry Ciccoritti for Blood
· Jim Donovan for Pure
· Michael McGowan for Saint Ralph
· Lewin Webb for The Good Shepherd OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION - TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
· Charles Binamé for H20
· Jerry Ciccoritti for Lives Of The Saints
· Michael DeCarlo for Murdoch Mysteries - Except The Dying
· Kari Skogland for Chicks With Sticks OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION - TELEVISION SERIES
· Ken Finkleman for The Newsroom - "Baghdad Bound"
· Don McBrearty for ReGenesis - "Spare Parts"
· Mina Shum for Da Vinci's Inquest - "That's Why They Call It A Conspiracy"
· Stephen Surjik for Da Vinci's Inquest - "Before They Twist The Knife" OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN - FEATURE FILM
· Gilles Aird for Les Etats-Unis D'Albert
· Matthew Davies for Saint Ralph
· Gavin Mitchell for Touch Of Pink
· Jean-Baptiste Tard for Nouvelle France OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
· David Barkham for The Plain Truth
· John Dondertman for H20
· Sandra Kybartas for Murdoch Mysteries - Under The Dragon's Tail
· Rocco Matteo for Lives Of The Saints OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION SERIES
· Ingrid Jurek for Queer As Folk - Ep 408
· Sandra Kybartas for ReGenesis - "The Source"
· James Oswald for The Newsroom - "Baghdad Bound"
· Stephen Stanley for Degrassi: The Next Generation - "Goin Down The Road" OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PICTURE EDITING - FEATURE FILM
· James Bredin & George Roulston for Blood
· Reginald Dean Harkema for Childstar
· Mitch Lackie & Mark Sanders for Cube Zero
· Susan Shipton for Being Julia OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PICTURE EDITING - TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI/SERIES
· Charlotte Disher for Open Heart
· Stephen Lawrence for Widow On The Hill
· George Roulston for H20
· Ron Wisman Sr. for A Bear Named Winnie OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PICTURE EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES
· James Bredin for Instant Star - "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
· Wendy Hallam Martin for Queer As Folk - Episode 501
· Teresa Hannigan for The Eleventh Hour - "Hit Delete"
· Tom Joerin for ReGenesis - "Spare Parts" OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING - FEATURE FILM
· Kevin Banks, Lee De Lang, Craig Henighan, Jill Purdy & Nathan Robitaille for Assault On Precinct 13
· Fred Brennan, Roderick Deogrades, Garrett Kerr, David McCallum & Jane Tattersall for Being Julia
· Steve Munro & David Drainee Taylor for Childstar
· Kevin Banks, Stephen Barden, Joe Bracciale, Lee De Lang, Craig Henighan, Jill Purdy and Nathan Robitaille for Resident Evil: Apocalypse OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING - TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
· Sue Conley, Barry Gilmore, Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, David McCallum, Mark Shnuriwsky, Jane Tattersall & Rob Warchol for H20
· Rob Bertola, Mark Gingras, John Laing & Jill Purdy for Lives Of The Saints
· Kevin Banks, Alison K. Clark & Geoffrey Raffan for The Plain Truth
· Sue Conley, Rod Deogrades, Barry Gilmore, Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, David McCallum, Mark Shnuriwsky & Jane Tattersall for Sex Traffic OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES
· Mark Gingras & Jill Purdy for Mutant X - "The Assault"
· Tom Bjelic & Allan Fung for The Newsroom - "Learning To Fly"
· Kevin Banks & Nelson Ferreira for Sue Thomas F.B. Eye - "Simon Says"
· Joe Bracciale & Nathan Robitaille for Wild Card - "Russian Missus Gets No Kisses"
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