2009 Directors Guild of Canada Awards - Winners  Toronto - October 24, 2009 - The 2009 Directors Guild of Canada Awards brought out the film and television industry's best and brightest to last night's event at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto. The star-studded celebration kicked-off with a cocktail reception before comedian Shaun Majumder inaugurated the eighth annual awards ceremony to honour the best work created by DGC members last year. Click this link to view a complete list of the 2009 DGC Awards Nominees. DGC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 Presented by Gold Sponsor, Shaftesbury Carol Spier DON HALDANE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Avrel Fisher Outstanding Team Achievement Awards Presented to all DGC members working in Guild categories TEAM FEATURE FILM
 Presented by Platinum Sponsor, Technicolor Passchendaele - Paul Gross (Director), Francis Damberger (2nd Unit Director), Linda Ambury (Unit Production Manager), Philip Chipera (1st Assistant Director), Cory Faulkner (2nd Assistant Director), Michele Williams (2nd Assistant Director), Lorie Gibson (3rd Assistant Director), Jessee Cooper (Trainee Assistant Director), Brian Sepanzyk (Set PA), Joy Bond (Production Coordinator), Cameron Chapman (Assistant Production Coordinator), Tracy Noga (Trainee Production Coordinator), John Lacroix (Production Accountant), Barbara Unrau (1st Assistant Accountant), Nancy Ruschin (2nd Assistant Accountant), Eva Marie MacGregor (2nd Assistant Accountant), Carol Spier (Production Designer), Kim Zaharko (Assistant Art Director), Peter Horn (Location Manager), Ryan Monaghan (Assistant Location Manager), Ed Huery (Trainee Location Manager), William Wagner (Location PA), Andrew Campbell (Location PA), David Wharnsby (Picture Editor), Chuck Kahn (Assistant Editor), Jane Tattersall (Supervising Sound Editor), Dave Rose (Sound Editor), Kevin Banks (Sound Editor), Sue Conley (Sound Editor), Rod Deogrades (Effects Editor), Barry Gilmore (Dialogue Editor), David Caporale (1st Assistant Sound Editor), Kathy Choi (1st Assistant Sound Editor), Steve Medeiros (2nd Assistant Sound Editor) TEAM TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
 Presented by Gold Sponsor, Deluxe The Summit - Nick Copus (Director), Tony Thatcher (Production Manager), Stefan Steen (Production Coordinator), Jill Compton (1st Assistant Director), David Forsyth (2nd Assistant Director), Rick Morris (3rd Assistant Director), Brian Chapman (Trainee Assistant Director), Jennifer Stivala (Production Accountant), Gerry Alfonso (1st Assistant Accountant), Alex Kontsalakis (1st Assistant Accountant), Cathy Coulson (1st Assistant Accountant), Brian Campbell (Location Manager), Trevor Weber (Assistant Location Manager), David Korchok (Location Scout), Gordon Byford (Location PA), Tim Bider (Production Designer), Gregory Chown (Art Director), Sara Mukherjee (1st Assistant Art Director), Katy Thatcher (Art PA) David B. Thompson (Picture Editor), John Cameron (1st Assistant Picture Editor), Rob Hegedus (Supervising Dialogue Editor), Danielle McBride (Dialogue Editor), Kevin Howard (Supervising Effects Editor), Nathan Robitaille (Effects Editor), Richard Calistan (ADR Editor), John Loranger (1st Assistant Sound Editor), Jason MacNeill (1st Assistant Sound Editor) TEAM FAMILY TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning - Kevin Sullivan (Director), Lynn Mallay (Production Manager), Felix Gray (1st Assistant Director), Szonja Jakovits (2nd Assistant Director), Kevin Hourigan (2nd Assistant Director), Jason Washington (3rd Assistant Director), Melanie Foley (Trainee Assistant Director), Fatima Palhetas (Production Assistant), Jeff Nelson (Location Manager), Quincy Morgan (Assistant Location Manager), Donnie Saville (Locations PA), Raymond Lorenz (Production Designer), Vlad Fedorov (1st Art Director), Marilyn Hassen (2nd Assistant Art Director), Gord McClellan (Picture Editor), Stephen Corcoran (1st Assistant Picture Editor), Geoff Raffan (ADR & Dialogue Editor), Jeremy McLaverty (Effects Editor), Rob Hutchins (1st Assistant Sound Editor) TEAM TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
 Presented by Gold Sponsor, PS Production Services Ltd. Flashpoint - Eps. 111 - "Haunting the Barn" - David Frazee (Director), Derek Rappaport (Production Manager), Ross Leslie (Assistant Production Manager), Felix Gray (1st Assistant Director), Karl Irvine (2nd Assistant Director), Raj Singh (3rd Assistant Director), Dominika Jurek (Trainee Assistant Director), Michael Burgess (Production Assistant), Raymond Duff (Production Assistant), Shelley Pearson (Production Accountant), Karen Sharp (1st Assistant Accountant), Alex Kontsalakis (1st Assistant Accountant), Andreas Hass (Trainee Assistant Accountant), John Dondertman (Production Designer), Rory Cheyne (Art Director), Jody Clement (1st Assistant Art Director), Mike Stanek (1st Assistant Art Director), Jeff Smith (2nd Assistant Art Director), Randy Morgan (Location Manager), James Wilson (Assistant Location Manager), Sean Cengiz (Locations PA), Mike Lee (Picture Editor), Paul Whitehead (1st Assistant Picture Editor), David McCallum (Supervising Sound Editor), Janice Ierulli (Dialogue Editor), Mark Shnuriwsky (Sound Effects Editor), Barry Gilmore (ADR Editor), Joe Mancuso (Music Editor), Gren-Erich Zwicker (1st Assistant Sound Editor), Matt Hussey (1st Assistant Sound Editor) TEAM TELEVISION SERIES - FAMILY
 Presented by Gold Sponsor, Cinespace Heartland - Eps. 204 - "Dancing in the Dark" - Ron Murphy (Director), Lorenz Augustin (Production Manager), Hudson Cooley (Production Coordinator), Joe D'Addetta (Assistant Production Coordinator), Pierre Tremblay (1st Assistant Director), Brad Moerke (2nd Assistant Director), Christopher Cinnamon (3rd Assistant Director), Brian Dunne (Locations Manager), Jason Nolan (Assistant Locations Manager), Ken Filewych (Picture Editor), Warren Langford (1st Assistant Picture Editor), Todd Buttenham (1st Assistant Picture Editor), Kevin Howard (Sound Effects Editor), Rob Hegedus (Dialogue Editor), Richard Calistan (ADR Editor), P. Jason MacNeill (1st Assistant Sound Editor) TEAM TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY Corner Gas - "You've Been Great, Goodnight" - David Storey (Director), Darin Wilson (Production Manager), Andrea Baker-Fraser (Assistant Production Manager), Tannis MacDonald (Production Coordinator), Holly Baird (Production Coordinator), Gary Blair Smith (1st Assistant Director), Shayne Putzlocher (2nd Assistant Director), Sheree-Rae Fondeur (3rd Assistant Director) Hugh Shankland (Production Designer), Dan Wright (1st Assistant Art Director), Susan Schrader (Production Accountant), Garth Yakymyk (1st Assistant Accountant), Tami Bailey (1st Assistant Accountant), Bill Sorochan (Location Manager), Vanda Schmockel (Picture Editor), Jason Shabatoski (1st Assistant Picture Editor) ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY Air India 182 - Sturla Gunnarsson (Director), Alexandra Lane (Assistant Production Manager), Wendy Ord (1st Assistant Director), Terry Stone (2nd Assistant Director), Ian Brock (Production Designer), Shawn Thomas (1st Assistant Art Director), Marilyn Jang (Production Accountant), Melissa Warry-Smith (Location Manager), Domenic Main (Location Manager), Boris Radivojevic (Assistant Location Manager), Brandon Gowing (Assistant Location Manager), Nick Hector (Picture Editor), Michael Bonini (Sound Editor) Outstanding Achievement Craft Awards Presented to Individual DGC members for outstanding achievement DIRECTION - FEATURE FILM
 Presented by Silver Sponsor, Kodak Kari Skogland for Fifty Dead Men Walking DIRECTION - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
 Presented by Gold Sponsor, Panavision Norma Bailey for The Capture of the Green River Killer DIRECTION - TELEVISION SERIES
 Presented by Silver Sponsor, William F. White International Holly Dale for Flashpoint - Eps. 106 - "Attention Shoppers" PRODUCTION DESIGN - FEATURE Carol Spier for Passchendaele PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES Tim Bider for The Summit PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION SERIES Benno Tutter for The Border - Eps. 113 - "Blowback" PICTURE EDITING - FEATURE FILM Jeff Warren for High Life PICTURE EDITING -TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES Michael Lee for ZOS: Zone of Separation PICTURE EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES Wendy Hallam-Martin for The Tudors - Eps. 207 SOUND EDITING - FEATURE Death Race - Stephen Barden (Supervising Sound Editor), Jill Purdy (ADR & Dialogue Editor), Alex Bullick (ADR Editor), Rose Gregoris (1st Assistant Sound Editor), Nathan Robitaille (Sound Effects Editor), Tyler Whitham (1st Assistant Sound Editor) SOUND EDITING - TVM/MINI-SERIES Every Second Counts - John Douglas Smith (Dialogue Editor), Rob Hegedus (ADR Editor), Clive Turner (Sound Effects Editor), Mark Gingras (Sound Effects Editor), James Robb (Assistant Sound Editor) SOUND EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES Flashpoint - Eps. 201 - "Eagle Two"- David McCallum (Supervising Sound Editor), Janice Ierulli (Dialogue Editor), Mark Shnuriwsky (Sound Effects Editor), Barry Gilmore (ADR Editor), Joe Mancuso (Music Editor), Gren-Erich Zwicker (Assistant Sound Editor), Matt Hussey (Assistant Sound Editor) For more information contact: Lisa-Marie Melnychuk, Events & Communications Coordinator at awards@dgc.ca.
The Directors Guild of Canada wishes to thank the sponsors of the 2009 DGC Awards: Platinum Technicolor Gold Cinespace Deluxe Panavision PS Production Services Ltd. Silver William F. White International Inc. Kodak Shaftesbury Bronze Don Carmody Productions Camera Department Patron Chitiz Pathak LLP Epitome Pictures EP Canada Sim Video Great West Life Fuji Contra The Creative Reality Group Captain Printworks Gary Taugher Design Jenlicon To Suit Your Fancy
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2007 DGC Responds to CanWest Decision Don't relax the rules for BDU's, Pay & Specialty Services warns Directors Guild of Canada Throne speech ignores cultural sector, says Directors Guild of Canada Brian Anthony appointed CEO of the DGC DGC Strongly Opposes CanWest and Goldman Sachs takeover of Alliance Atlantis DGC supports Rogers' Citytv bid but pushes for commitment to Canadian drama DGC blasts CRTC's CTF Task Force Report Diversity of Voices in Canadian broadcasting means greater support for Canadian programming and the CTF, says DGC DGC wins fight for more CTVgm benefits payment CRTC's New Policy provides no support for Canadian drama DGC announces the Don Haldane Distinguished Service Award Where's the drama on the CBC? Asks DGC Pamela Brand departs from the DGC DGC decries 25% decline in Canadian drama spending by private English TV stations DGC applauds Heritage Minister Bev Oda for CTF support
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