2013 Directors Guild Of Canada Awards Nominees Announced

^[1]The Directors Guild of Canada ^[1] congratulates the 2013 DGC Awards nominees, announced earlier this week in Toronto.  Selected from close to 200 submissions, the nominees in 19 categories represent a cross section of the industry’s outstanding talent working in the screen-based industry. The Awards will be presented at the annual Gala on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the prestigious Royal York Hotel. Hosted by multi-talented comedian, actor and musician Seán Cullen, 2013 marks the 12^th edition of the DGC Awards.  The evening will feature special surprise guests and a Nominees’ reception prior to the Gala.

“I am proud of the nominees and what their collective body of work brings to this country’s industry as well as to the Guild as a whole,” stated Sturla Gunnarsson, President, DGC. “It is an honour to be a part of this organization and to lead the celebration of the best work created by DGC Members last year.”

DGC Lifetime Achievement Award – Presented by Silver Sponsor, Shaftesbury

• John N. Smith

Don Haldane Distinguished Service Award

• Lee Gordon

DGC Honourary Life Member Award

• Peter O’Brian

Best Direction – Feature Film – Presented by Gold Sponsor, Deluxe

• Michael Clattenburg – Moving Day
• Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais – Whitewash
• Michael McGowan – Still Mine
• Sudz Sutherland – Home Again

Best Direction – Television Movie or Mini-Series – Presented by Gold Sponsor, Panavision

• David Frazee – Borealis
• Sudz Sutherland – The Phantoms
• Anne Wheeler – The Horses of McBride
• Jeff Woolnough – Jack

Best Direction – Television Series – Presented by Gold Sponsor, William F. White International

•  Holly Dale – The Firm; Episode 118 – Chapter Eighteen
• Kelly Makin – Flashpoint; Episode 501 – Broken Peace
• Stefan Pleszczynski – Flashpoint; Episode 509 – We Take Care of Our Own
• David Wellington – Saving Hope; Episode 101 – The Pilot

Best Feature Film – Presented by Platinum Sponsor, Technicolor

• Midnight’s Children
• My Awkward Sexual Adventure
• Rebelle
• Still Mine

Best Television Movie or Mini-Series

• An Amish Murder
• Jack
• An Officer and a Murderer
• Titanic – 4

Best Television Series – Drama – Presented by Gold Sponsor, PS Production Services Ltd.

• The Borgias; Episode 205 – The Choice
• Continuum; Episode 11 – Endtimes
• Flashpoint; Episode 512 – Keep the Peace Part 1
• Saving Hope; Episode 101 – Pilot

Best Television Series – Family

• Degrassi:  The Next Generation; Episode 1220 – Scream Part 2
• Degrassi:  The Next Generation; Episode 1232 – Bitter Sweet Symphony Part 2
• Heartland; Episode 601 – Running Against the Wind
• Heartland; Episode 610 – The Road Ahead

Best Television Series – Comedy

• Call Me Fitz; Episode 302 – Thirty Percent Less Pulp
• Less than Kind; Episode 401 – I’m Only 19
• Mr. D; Episode 204 – Overnight Trip

Allan King Award For Excellence In Documentary – Presented by Rogers Group of Funds

• Fight Like Soldiers Die Like Children
• Playing a Dangerous Game
• Stories We Tell
• Vanishing Point

Best Short Film

• Frost
• How to Keep Your Day Job
• The Sound of Willie Nelson’s Guitar
• The Sweetest Hippopotamus 

Best Production Design – Feature Film

• André-Line Beauparlant – Inch’Allah
• Emmanuel Frechette – Rebelle
• Arvinder Grewal – Antiviral
• Anastasia Masaro – Mama

Best Production Design – Television Movie Or Mini-Series

• Tim Bider – An Amish Murder
• André Chamberland – Willed to Kill
• Eric Fraser – Ring of Fire – Episode 2
• Louise Middleton – Borealis

Best Production Design – Television Series 

• John Blackie – Hell on Wheels; Episode 209 – Blood Moon
• John Blackie & Tony Ianni – Copper; Episode 10 – A Vast and Fiendish Plot
• John Dondertman – Flashpoint; Episode 512 – Keep the Peace Part 1
• Aidan Leroux – Bomb Girls; Episode 103 – How You Trust

Best Picture Editing – Feature Film

• Michele Conroy – Mama
• Roderick Deogrades – Still Mine
• Matthew Hannam – Antiviral
• Kimberlee McTaggart – Blackbird

Best Picture Editing – Television Movie Or Mini-Series

• Mike Lee – Jack
• Susan Maggi – World Without End
• Susan Shipton – Titanic – 4
• Ron Wisman Sr. – An Officer and a Murderer

Best Picture Editing – Television Series

• Christopher Donaldson – Flashpoint; Episode 501 – Broken Peace
• Stephen Lawrence – Transporter; Episode 112 – Trojan Horsepower
• Mike Lee – Copper; Episode 7 – The Hudson River School
• David Wharnsby – Saving Hope; Episode 101 – Pilot

Best Sound Editing – Feature Film

• Home Again – Mark Gingras, John Laing, Dale Lennon, James Robb & Adam Stein
• Mama – Allan Fung
• Resident Evil:  Retribution – Kevin Banks, Stephen Barden, Alex Bullick, Rose Gregoris, Dashen Naidoo and Jill Purdy
• Silent Hill:  Revelation – David Caporale, David Evans, Krystin Hunter, Paul Germann, David McCallum, Steve Medeiros, Brent Pickett, Jill Purdy and Jane Tattersall

Best Sound Editing – Television Movie Or Mini-Series

• Borealis – Richard Calistan, Robert Hegedus, Kevin Howard, Nathan Robitaille, Craig MacLellan
• Jack – Rob Ainsley, Allan Fung, Josh Machado, Clive Turner
• Titanic – 4 – Kevin Banks, Jean Bot, David Caporale, Sue Conley, Tony Currie, Krystin Hunter, David McCallum, Jane Tattersall and Rob Warchol
• World Without End – Claire Dobson, Martin Gwyn Jones, Steve Medeiros, Brennan Mercer, David McCallum, Brent Pickett, Dale Sheldrake, and Jane Tattersall

Best Sound Editing – Television Series

• The Borgias – Episode 207 – The Siege of Forli – David McCallum and Jane Tattersall
• Flashpoint – Episode 501 – Broken Peace – Richard Calistan, Matthew Hussey, Janice Ierulli and Mark Shnuriwsky
• Heartland – Episode 610 – The Road Ahead – Kevin Banks, Richard Calistan, Robert Hegedus, Kevin Howard, and P. Jason MacNeill
• Transporter – Episode 101 – The General’s Daughter – Joe Bracciale, Nelson Ferreira, Kevin Howard, Nathan Robitaille, and Tyler Whitman

The Directors Guild of Canada wishes to thank the 2013 DGC Awards Sponsors:

• Platinum – Technicolor
• Gold – Canadian Media Production Association, Deluxe, Panavision, PS Productions Services Ltd., and William F. White International Inc./Canada Film Capital/EP Canada
• Silver – The Harold Greenberg Fund, Rogers Group of Funds, Shaftesbury
• Bronze – ACTRA, Canadian Film Centre, Cinespace, Don Carmody Productions, Great West Life, Ontario Media Development Corporation, Tattersall Sound & Picture, Telefilm Canada, and the Writers Guild of Canada
• Patron – Epitome Pictures, Sim Digital
• Contra – Thistle Printing, Jason Jennings Lighting Consultants and Productions Canada

The Directors Guild of Canada also wishes to thank Ernst & Young, the official auditor of the 2013 DGC Awards.