The Directors Guild of Canada honours the best in the business at the 12th Annual DGC Awards

TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2013 /CNW/ - The Directors Guild of Canada handed out 19 awards honouring the best work created by Members this past year. Three special career acknowledgments were also handed out during the evening.

Comedian Seán Cullen hosted the Gala which was held at the historic Fairmont Royal York Hotel.  The evening saw star of television, film and Broadway, Eric McCormack perform a hilarious tribute to directors. Below is a full list of the awards presented at the 2013 DGC Awards Gala:

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 McGowan - Still Mine

BEST DIRECTION - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Presented by Gold Sponsor, Panavision

Anne Wheeler - The Horses of McBride

BEST DIRECTION - TELEVISION SERIES
Presented by Gold Sponsor, William F. White International

David Wellington - Saving Hope; The Pilot  

BEST FEATURE FILM
Presented by Platinum Sponsor, Technicolor

Midnight's Children - Deepa Mehta, Director; Reid  Dunlop, 1^st Assistant Director; Andrea  Greaney, Production Accountant.

BEST TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Jack - Jeff Woolnough, Director; Simon  Board, 1st Assistant  Director; Reed Makayev, 3rd Assistant Director; Mike  Lee, Editor; Chris Freeman, Assistant Editor; Bill  Oliver, Assistant Editor; Allan Fung, Sound Supervisor; Rob Ainsley , Dialogue Editor; Clive Turner, SFX Editor; Josh Machado, SFX Editor; Lesley  Oswald, Production Manager; G. Thomas  Arnold, Assistant Location Manager; Tamara Mauthe, Production Coordinator; Kimberly T.  Mikoloff, Pre-Production Coordinator; Aaron Graham, Assistant Production Coordinator; Janelle Dufton, Key Production Assistant; Tamara  Harland, Office Production Assistant; Cathie  Edgar, Location Manager; Neal Rasheed Baksh, Assistant Location Manager; Victor Dobchuk, Location Scout; Milton Bruchanski, Location Scout; Paul Courchaine, Production Accountant, Crystal  Mikoloff, 1st Assistant Accountant; Richard Duffy, 2nd Assistant Accountant; Ian MacPherson, 1st Assistant Accountant Payroll.

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Presented by Gold Sponsor, PS Production Services Ltd. and SIM Digital

The Borgias; The Choice - Kari Skogland, Director; Lisa  Grootenboer, Picture Editor; Dan Briceno , 1st Assistant Picture Editor; Anna  Sofrygina, 2nd Assistant Picture Editor; Ana  Yavari, 2nd Assistant Picture Editor; Jane Tattersall, Sound Effects Editor; Dale  Sheldrake, ADR and Dialogue Editor; David McCallum, Dialogue Editor; Martin Gwynn Jones, Assistant Sound Editor; Andrew Jablonski, Assistant ADR Editor; Linda  Gillespie, Production Accountant; Camille Mansfield, 1st Assistant Accountant.

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - FAMILY

Heartland; Running Against the Wind - Stefan  Scaini, Director; Pierre Tremblay, 1st Assistant Director; Brad  Moerke, 2nd Assistant Director; Tony LaHaye, 3rd Assistant Director; Brandon DeWyn, Trainee Assistant Director; Ken  Filewych, Picture Editor; Neshe  Delici, Assistant Picture Editor; Kevin  Howard, Supervising Sound Effects Editor; Robert  Hededus, Dialogue Editor; Kevin  Banks, Music Editor; Richard  Calistan, Sound Editor; Jason  MacNeill, 1st Assistant Sound Editor; Lorenz Augustin, Production Manager; Hudson Cooley, Production Coordinator; Joe D'Addetta, Assistant Production Coordinator; Matt Watterworth, Trainee Production Coordinator; Brian  Dunne, Location Manager; Ryan Monaghan, Assistant Location Manager; Jim  Gilfillan, Location Production Assistant; Katherine Kidd, Trainee Location Manager.

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY
Presented by Silver Sponsor Meridian Artists

Call Me Fitz; Thirty Percent Less Pulp Fiction - Scott Smith, Director; Megan Banning, 1st Assistant Director; Aline Robichaud, 2nd Assistant Director; Keith White, 3rd Assistant Director; Susan  Diamond, 4th Assistant Director; Thorben Bieger, Picture Editor; Sarah Byrne, 1st Assistant Picture Editor; Fred Brennan, Sound Supervisor; Paul Shikata, SFX Editor; Susan  Fawcett, 1st Assistant Sound Editor; Jason Clarke, Art Director; Bill  Fleming, Production Designer; Ulo Greer, 1st Assistant Art Director; Lisa Tondino, 2nd Assistant Art Director; Margaret Harrison, Production Manager; Cathy Grant, Production Coordinator; Nick Trim, Assistant Production Coordinator; Shauna Hatt, Production Assistant; Colin MacDonald, Production Assistant; Neil Shaw, Set Production Assistant; Shaun  Clarke, Location Manager; Cory Pioveson, Assistant Locations Manager; Christine MacDonald, Payroll Accountant.

ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY
Presented by Silver Sponsor, Rogers Group of Funds

Stories We Tell - Sarah Polley, Director; Mike Munn, Picture Editor; Dave  Forsyth, 1st Assistant Director

BEST SHORT FILM

The Sound of Willie Nelson's Guitar  - Christopher Cinnamon, Director/Producer; Cameron Chapman, Writer; Matt Babinec, 1st Assistant Director.  

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - FEATURE FILM
Presented by Silver Sponsor, Pinewood Toronto Studios

Emmanuel Frechette - Rebelle

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Tim Bider - An Amish Murder

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION SERIES

John Blackie - Hell on Wheels; Blood Moon

BEST PICTURE EDITING - FEATURE FILM

Michele Conroy - Mama

BEST PICTURE EDITING - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Ron Wisman Sr. - An Officer and a Murderer

BEST PICTURE EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES

David Wharnsby - Saving Hope; The Pilot

BEST SOUND EDITING - FEATURE FILM

Mama - Allan Fung

BEST SOUND EDITING - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Titanic - 4 - Kevin Banks, Jean Bot, David Caporale, Sue Conley, Tony Currie, Krystin Hunter, David McCallum, Jane Tattersall and Rob Warchol  

BEST SOUND EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES
The Borgias - The Siege of Forli - Martin Gwynn-Jones, Andrew Jablonski, David McCallum, Dale Sheldrake and Jane Tattersall

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

• Platinum sponsors:  Technicolor Canada Inc.
• Gold sponsors:  Canadian Media Production Association, Deluxe, Panavision, PS Productions Services Ltd., SIM Digital and Canada Film Capital, EP Canada and William F. White International Inc.
• Silver sponsors: The Harold Greenberg Fund, Meridian Artists, Pinewood Toronto Studios, Rogers Group of Funds and Shaftesbury
• Bronze sponsors: 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 sponsors: Entertainment One and Epitome Pictures
• Contra sponsors: Thistle Printing, Jason Jennings Lighting Consultants and Production Canada.

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

The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a national labour organization that represents over 3,000 key creative and logistical personnel in the screen-based industry covering all areas of direction, design, production and editing. The DGC negotiates and administers collective agreements and lobbies extensively on issues of concern for members including Canadian content conditions, CRTC regulations and ensuring that funding is maintained for Canadian screen-based programming.

SOURCE: Directors Guild of Canada, National Office

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Alejandra Sosa
Director of Communications
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