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.

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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

Press Releases

2009

DGC recommends enhancement of federal funding programs
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2008

DGC welcomes Federal Party Policy Statements
No Evidence on the Public Record to Justify a Complete overhaul of CRTC Regulations, says DGC
DGC contests Bill C-10 before Senate
Let's see how much money the big broadcasters are really making and where they're spending it, says Directors Guild of Canada
Directors Guild of Canada champions preservation of the Canadian Television Fund
A good first step in ensuring Diversity of Voices in Canadian broadcasting, but the CRTC still has a way to go to ensure appropriate broadcaster support for Canadian programming, says Directors Guild of Canada