The 4th annual Genie Awards were held March 23, 1983 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre

Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Royal Alexandra Theatre is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada located near King and Simcoe Streets. Built in 1907, the Royal Alex is the oldest continuously operating legitimate theatre in North America.-History:...

 in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

. There ceremony was hosted by comedian Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas (actor)

David "Dave" Thomas is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but moved to Durham, North Carolina where his father, John E. Thomas, attended Duke University and earned a PhD in Philosophy. Thomas attended George Watts and Moorehead elementary schools...

.

Award winners

Best Picture

Genie Award for Best Motion Picture

The Genie Award for Best Motion Picture is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian motion picture.-1st Genie Awards:*The Changeling *Cordélia...

Winner: The Grey Fox

The Grey Fox (film)

The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...

, Peter O'Brian

Other Nominees:

• La Guerre du Feu, Denis Héroux
  Denis Héroux
  Denis Héroux, OC is a Canadian film director and producer.-Biography:Héroux wanted to become a teacher when he collaborated with Denys Arcand and Stéphane Venne on the 1962 film about life as a student, Seul ou avec d’autres...
  
   and John Kemeny
• Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado is a 1982 Canadian drama/western film. It was directed by William A. Graham, and filmed on-location in Historical Barkerville, British Columbia...
  
  , Ronald I. Cohen
• Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55° is a 1982 Canadian drama/adventure film.- Plot :* Wanda Woodsworth , a field worker for the Department of Culture, is on her way home to the city after a winter assignment in the northern part of Alberta. Her car breaks down on the deserted highway and as the weather worsens she finds...
  
  , August Schellenberg
  August Schellenberg
  August Schellenberg is a Canadian actor. His ethnicity is Mohawk and Swiss-German. He was trained at the National Theatre School of Canada.His first film was Rip-Off in 1971. In 1981, he did voices for the animated film Heavy Metal...
  
  
• Threshold
  Threshold (1981 film)
  Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his...
  
  , Jon Slan and Michael Burns
  Michael Burns
  - Sports :* Michael Burns , in Huyton) is an English football player* Mike Burns , baseball pitcher* Mike Burns , college men's basketball coach, most recently at Eastern Washington University...
  
  
• Une Journée en Taxi
  Une journée en taxi
  Une journée en taxi is a 1982 French-language Canadian/French drama film.- Plot :A man named Johnny , who becomes the fall guy for a bank robbery is released from prison on a 36 hour parole. He takes a taxi, driven by Michel...
  
  , Robert Ménard
  Robert Ménard
  Robert Ménard is one of the founders and the former secretary-general of the Paris-based international NGO Reporters Sans Frontières....
  
  

Best actress

Winner: Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong is a Canadian-American actress.-Life and career:Chong was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong. She and her sister Robbi were raised by her grandmother, Tommy Chong's mother. Chong's father is of Chinese and Scottish-Irish ancestry and her...

, La Guerre du Feu

Other Nominees:

• Sara Botsford
  Sara Botsford
  Sara Botsford is a Canadian television and film actress. She is probably best known for her role of Ann Hildebrand in the television series E.N.G. for which she won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role...
  
  , By Design
• Hélène Loiselle, Doux Aveux
• Andrée Pelletier, Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55° is a 1982 Canadian drama/adventure film.- Plot :* Wanda Woodsworth , a field worker for the Department of Culture, is on her way home to the city after a winter assignment in the northern part of Alberta. Her car breaks down on the deserted highway and as the weather worsens she finds...
  
  
• Monique Mercure
  Monique Mercure
  Monique Mercure, is a Canadian actress.-Career:Mercure was born in Montreal, Quebec. At the 1977 Cannes Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for the film J.A. Martin Photographer...
  
  , La Quarantaine

Best actor

Winner: Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Donald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...

, Threshold

Threshold (1981 film)

Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his...

Other Nominees:

• Saul Rubinek
  Saul Rubinek
  Saul Rubinek is a Canadian actor, director, producer and playwright, known for his work in TV, film and the stage.-Early life:...
  
  , By Design
• Marcel Sabourin, Doux Aveux
• August Schellenberg
  August Schellenberg
  August Schellenberg is a Canadian actor. His ethnicity is Mohawk and Swiss-German. He was trained at the National Theatre School of Canada.His first film was Rip-Off in 1971. In 1981, he did voices for the animated film Heavy Metal...
  
  , Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55° is a 1982 Canadian drama/adventure film.- Plot :* Wanda Woodsworth , a field worker for the Department of Culture, is on her way home to the city after a winter assignment in the northern part of Alberta. Her car breaks down on the deserted highway and as the weather worsens she finds...
  
  
• Gilles Renaud, Une Journée en Taxi
  Une journée en taxi
  Une journée en taxi is a 1982 French-language Canadian/French drama film.- Plot :A man named Johnny , who becomes the fall guy for a bank robbery is released from prison on a 36 hour parole. He takes a taxi, driven by Michel...
  
  

Best foreign actor

Winner: Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth

Richard W. Farnsworth was an American actor and stuntman. His film career began in 1937; however, he achieved his greatest success for his performances in The Grey Fox and The Straight Story , for which he received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor.- Early life :Farnsworth was born...

, The Grey Fox

The Grey Fox (film)

The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...

Other Nominees:

• Ron Perlman
  Ron Perlman
  Ronald N. "Ron" Perlman is an American television, film and voice over actor. He is known for having played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast , a Deathstroke figure known as Slade in the animated series Teen Titans, Clarence "Clay" Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, the comic book character...
  
  , La Guerre du Feu
• Grand L. Bush
  Grand L. Bush
  Grand Lee Bush is an American actor of stage, television and major motion pictures.-Personal life:Bush was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Essie and Robert Bush, who was an actor...
  
  , Hard Feelings
• Bruce Dern
  Bruce Dern
  Bruce MacLeish Dern is an American film actor. He also appeared as a guest star in numerous television shows. He frequently takes roles as a character actor, often playing unstable and villainous characters...
  
  , Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado is a 1982 Canadian drama/western film. It was directed by William A. Graham, and filmed on-location in Historical Barkerville, British Columbia...
  
  
• Jeff Goldblum
  Jeff Goldblum
  Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is an American actor. His career began in the mid-1970s and he has appeared in major box-office successes including The Fly, Jurassic Park and its sequel Jurassic Park: The Lost World, and Independence Day...
  
  , Threshold
  Threshold (1981 film)
  Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his...
  
  
• Jean Yanne
  Jean Yanne
  Jean Yanne is the artist name of Jean Gouyé, born the 18 July 1933 in Les Lilas who died the 23 May 2003 in Morsains...
  
  , Une Journée en Taxi
  Une journée en taxi
  Une journée en taxi is a 1982 French-language Canadian/French drama film.- Plot :A man named Johnny , who becomes the fall guy for a bank robbery is released from prison on a 36 hour parole. He takes a taxi, driven by Michel...
  
  

Best foreign actress

Winner: Glynnis O'Connor

Glynnis O'Connor

Glynnis O'Connor is an American actress, perhaps best known for her work in the mid-1970s, including her lead actress roles in the TV version of Our Town and the films Ode to Billy Joe and Jeremy, all of which co-starred Robby Benson.O'Connor was born in New York City, the daughter of stage, film...

, Melanie

Other Nominees:

• Patty Duke
  Patty Duke
  Anna Marie "Patty" Duke is an American actress of stage, film, and television. First becoming famous as a child star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16, and later starring in her eponymous sitcom for three years, she progressed to more mature roles upon playing Neely...
  
  , By Design
• Hard Feelings, Hard Feelings
• Marie-France Pisier
  Marie-France Pisier
  Marie-France Pisier was a French actress. She appeared in numerous films of the French New Wave and twice earned the national César Award for Best Supporting Actress.-Life and career:...
  
  , The Hot Touch
• Mare Winningham
  Mare Winningham
  Mare Winningham , born Mary Megan Winningham, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Drama Desk, 7 times for Emmy Awards , and has also won an Independent Spirit Award and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.She is...
  
  , Threshold
  Threshold (1981 film)
  Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his...
  
  
• Lee Grant
  Lee Grant
  Lee Grant is an American stage, film and television actress, and film director. She was blacklisted for 12 years from film work beginning in the mid-1950s, but worked in the theatre, and would eventually win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Felicia Carp in the...
  
  , Visiting Hours
  Visiting Hours
  Visiting Hours is a 1982 horror film starring Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, William Shatner and Lenore Zann...
  
  

Best supporting actor

Winner: R.H. Thomson, If You Could See What I Hear

If You Could See What I Hear

If You Could See What I Hear is a 1982 biography/drama movie about blind musician Tom Sullivan, starring Marc Singer and Shari Belafonte, directed by Eric Till.Tagline: The true story of a born winner!-Plot summary:...

Other Nominees:

• Gary Reineke, The Grey Fox
  The Grey Fox (film)
  The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...
  
  
• Wayne Robson
  Wayne Robson
  Wayne Robson was a Canadian television, film and stage actor best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, an ex-convict and sometime thief, on the Canadian sitcom The Red Green Show from 1993 to 2006, as well as in the 2002 film Duct Tape Forever.Robson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia...
  
  , The Grey Fox
  The Grey Fox (film)
  The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...
  
  
• Nicholas Campbell
  Nicholas Campbell
  Nicholas Campbell , sometimes credited as Nick Campbell, is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, who has won three Gemini Awards for acting. The movies Naked Lunch, Prozac Nation and the TV series Da Vinci's Inquest are some examples of his acting work.-Early life:Campbell was born in Toronto, Ontario,...
  
  , Killing 'em Softly
• Doug McGrath
  Doug McGrath
  Doug McGrath, born in Nova Scotia, Canada on Aug 21,1939 is a Canadian actor whose most notable role was of "Peter" in the acclaimed Canadian film Goin' Down the Road. He also played in acclaimed Canadian films Wedding in White, The Hard Part Begins and Black Christmas...
  
  , Porky's
  Porky's
  Porky's is a 1982 comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach High School in Florida in 1954. It was released in the United States in 1982, and spawned two sequels: Porky's II: The Next Day and Porky's Revenge! and influenced many writers in the teen film genre...
  
  

Best supporting actress

Winner: Jackie Burroughs

Jackie Burroughs

Jacqueline "Jackie" Burroughs was an English-born Canadian actress.-Life and career:Born in Lancashire, England, Burroughs acted in live theatre at Ontario's Stratford Festival...

, The Grey Fox

The Grey Fox (film)

The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...

Other Nominees:

• Clare Coulter, By Design
• Genevieve Brassard, Doux Aveux
• Trudy Young, Melanie
• Patricia Nolin, La Quarantaine

Best director

Winner: Phillip Borsos

Phillip Borsos

Phillip Borsos was Canadian film director and film producer.Borsos showed an early interest in film-making while attending high school in Maple Ridge, B.C...

, The Grey Fox

The Grey Fox (film)

The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...

Other Nominees:

• Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, Les fleurs sauvages
• Eric Till
  Eric Till
  Eric Till is a British film and television director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the 1960s.-Career:...
  
  , If You Could See What I Hear
  If You Could See What I Hear
  If You Could See What I Hear is a 1982 biography/drama movie about blind musician Tom Sullivan, starring Marc Singer and Shari Belafonte, directed by Eric Till.Tagline: The true story of a born winner!-Plot summary:...
  
  
• Rex Bromfield, Melanie
• Robert Ménard
  Robert Ménard
  Robert Ménard is one of the founders and the former secretary-general of the Paris-based international NGO Reporters Sans Frontières....
  
  , Une Journée en Taxi
  Une journée en taxi
  Une journée en taxi is a 1982 French-language Canadian/French drama film.- Plot :A man named Johnny , who becomes the fall guy for a bank robbery is released from prison on a 36 hour parole. He takes a taxi, driven by Michel...
  
  

Original screenplay

Winner: John Hunter, The Grey Fox

The Grey Fox (film)

The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...

Other Nominees:

• Laurence Keane, Chris Windsor
  Chris Windsor
  Chris Windsor is an English footballer who played as a midfielder for Melbourne Victory.-Career:After moving to Australia at the beginning of 2010, Christian Windsor was signed to play for Melbourne for 5 months during the Australian winter...
  
  , and Phil Savath, Big Meat Eater
• David Lee Henry, Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado is a 1982 Canadian drama/western film. It was directed by William A. Graham, and filmed on-location in Historical Barkerville, British Columbia...
  
  
• John Juliani
  John Juliani
  John Juliani was a Canadian actor, writer, producer, director and educator. His career spanned four decades in a number of different media, including radio and film. In addition to his artistic contributions, Juliani was a strong advocate of Canadian theatre and the arts...
  
   and Sharon Riis, Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55° is a 1982 Canadian drama/adventure film.- Plot :* Wanda Woodsworth , a field worker for the Department of Culture, is on her way home to the city after a winter assignment in the northern part of Alberta. Her car breaks down on the deserted highway and as the weather worsens she finds...
  
  
• Roger Fournier, Une Journée en Taxi
  Une journée en taxi
  Une journée en taxi is a 1982 French-language Canadian/French drama film.- Plot :A man named Johnny , who becomes the fall guy for a bank robbery is released from prison on a 36 hour parole. He takes a taxi, driven by Michel...
  
  

Adapted screenplay

Winner: Richard Paluck and Robert Guza Jr., Melanie

Other Nominees:

• Peter Dion, The Hot Touch

Cinematography

Winner: Michel Brault

Michel Brault

Michel Brault, OQ is a Quebec cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is a leading figure of Direct Cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s...

, Threshold

Threshold (1981 film)

Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his...

Other Nominees:

• Pierre Mignot, Une Journée en Taxi
  Une journée en taxi
  Une journée en taxi is a 1982 French-language Canadian/French drama film.- Plot :A man named Johnny , who becomes the fall guy for a bank robbery is released from prison on a 36 hour parole. He takes a taxi, driven by Michel...
  
  

Art direction

Winner: Bill Brodie, The Grey Fox

The Grey Fox (film)

The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...

Other Nominees:

• Richard Hudolin, Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55° is a 1982 Canadian drama/adventure film.- Plot :* Wanda Woodsworth , a field worker for the Department of Culture, is on her way home to the city after a winter assignment in the northern part of Alberta. Her car breaks down on the deserted highway and as the weather worsens she finds...
  
  
• Anne Pritchard, Threshold
  Threshold (1981 film)
  Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his...
  
  

Costume design

Winner: John Hay, La Guerre du Feu

Other Nominees:

• Christopher Ryan, The Grey Fox
  The Grey Fox (film)
  The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...
  
  
• Wendy Partridge, Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55°
  Latitude 55° is a 1982 Canadian drama/adventure film.- Plot :* Wanda Woodsworth , a field worker for the Department of Culture, is on her way home to the city after a winter assignment in the northern part of Alberta. Her car breaks down on the deserted highway and as the weather worsens she finds...
  
  
• Julie Ganton, Melanie
• Huguette Gagné, La Quarantaine

Sound

Winner: Don White

Don White

Don White or Donald White may refer to:* Donald C. White , Pennsylvania state senator* Donald J. White , Environmental Strategist* Don White , English rugby union footballer...

, Kenneth Heeley-Ray, Joe Grimaldi, Claude Hazanavicius, and Austin Grimaldi, La Guerre du Feu

Other Nominees:

• Joe Grimaldi, Rob Young
  Rob Young
  Rob Young is a British music author, journalist and current editor-at-large of The Wire, a British based experimental music magazine.Young has contributed to various publications including The Guardian, Gramophone, The Independent On Sunday, Uncut, Frieze and Jazz Times.-Rob Young, coastal...
  
  , and Austin Grimaldi, The Grey Fox
  The Grey Fox (film)
  The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...
  
  
• Rod Haykin, David Appleby, and Don White
  Don White
  Don White or Donald White may refer to:* Donald C. White , Pennsylvania state senator* Donald J. White , Environmental Strategist* Don White , English rugby union footballer...
  
  , Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado is a 1982 Canadian drama/western film. It was directed by William A. Graham, and filmed on-location in Historical Barkerville, British Columbia...
  
  
• Bryan Day, Paul Coombe, Allen Ormerod, and Jack Heeren, Threshold
  Threshold (1981 film)
  Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his...
  
  
• Serge Beauchemin, David Appleby, Terry Burke
  Terry Burke
  Terence Joseph "Terry" Burke is a former member for the seat of Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly . He held the seat between 1968 and 1987....
  
  , and Dino Pigat, Une Journée en Taxi
  Une journée en taxi
  Une journée en taxi is a 1982 French-language Canadian/French drama film.- Plot :A man named Johnny , who becomes the fall guy for a bank robbery is released from prison on a 36 hour parole. He takes a taxi, driven by Michel...
  
  

Film editing

Winner: Yves Langlois, La Guerre du Feu

Other Nominees:

• Frank Irvine
  Frank Irvine
  Frank Irvine was a federal judge, and later the dean of Cornell Law School.-Biography:He was born on September 15, 1858 in Sharon, Pennsylvania....
  
  , The Grey Fox
  The Grey Fox (film)
  The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...
  
  
• Ron Wisman, Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado is a 1982 Canadian drama/western film. It was directed by William A. Graham, and filmed on-location in Historical Barkerville, British Columbia...
  
  
• Susan Martin
  Susan Martin
  Susan W. Martin is the president of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. When she took office on July 7, 2008, Martin became the first female president in the University’s 160 year history...
  
  , Threshold
  Threshold (1981 film)
  Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his...
  
  

Sound editing

Winner: Martin Ashbee, Kenneth Heeley-Ray, Kevin Ward

Kevin Ward

Captain Kevin Ward, OHP is an American police officer and politician from the US state of Oklahoma. Ward previously served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Safety and Security, having been appointed by Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry in 2004 and serving until 2011...

, and David Evans

David Evans

-Politicians:* David Ellicott Evans , U.S. Representative from New York, 1827* David Evans , British businessman and Conservative politician, MP 1987–1997...

, La Guerre du Feu

Other Nominees:

• Rod Crawley, Tony Currie, Peter Thilaye, and Bruce Nyznik, The Grey Fox
  The Grey Fox (film)
  The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...
  
  
• Bruce Carwardine, Brian French
  Brian French
  Brian French is Production Manager for Smokey Robinson and co-produced Robinson's album Timeless Love and current "Time Flies When You're Having Fun" and "Now And Then". French is the President of Tempo Entertainment, a company the specializes in Live Music Production, Video Production, Film and...
  
  , Glen Gauthier, Tim Roberts, Brian Rosen, Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado
  Harry Tracy, Desperado is a 1982 Canadian drama/western film. It was directed by William A. Graham, and filmed on-location in Historical Barkerville, British Columbia...
  
  
• Wayne Griffin
  Wayne Griffin
  Wayne Robert Griffin is the second person in Australia to be implanted with the SynCardia Total artificial heart.The artificial heart surgery was performed on 20 August 2010, by Dr. Phillip Spratt, the head of the Heart and Lung Transplant Unit of St Vincent's Hospital.He was assisted by Dr. Paul...
  
   and Dennis Drummond, Melanie
• Bruce Nyznik, Sharon Lackie, Tony Currie, Threshold
  Threshold (1981 film)
  Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his...
  
  

Music score

Winner: Michael Conway Baker

Michael Conway Baker

Michael Conway Baker is a Canadian composer and music educator of American birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1970 and has resided more or less continuously in the Vancouver area since....

, The Grey Fox

The Grey Fox (film)

The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner...

Other Nominees:

• Maribeth Solomon and Micky Erbe, Threshold
  Threshold (1981 film)
  Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his...
  
  
• Jonathan Goldsmith
  Jonathan Goldsmith
  Jonathan Goldsmith is an American actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s...
  
  , Visiting Hours
  Visiting Hours
  Visiting Hours is a 1982 horror film starring Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, William Shatner and Lenore Zann...
  
  

Theatrical short

Winner: Pierre Falardeau

Pierre Falardeau

Pierre Falardeau was a Quebec film and documentary director, pamphleteer and noted activist for Quebec independence.-Profile:Falardeau studied anthropology at university and he taught that subject for a brief period...

 and Julien Poulin

Julien Poulin

Julien Poulin is an actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and composer in Quebec, Canada. He has portrayed numerous roles in several popular Quebec films and series...

, Elvis Gratton

Elvis Gratton

Bob 'Elvis' Gratton is a fictional character, the subject of multiple films and a television series of the same name by Quebec director Pierre Falardeau: a series of short films released on VHS as the single 1985 film Elvis Gratton: Le king des kings, and then two sequels: Elvis...

Other Nominees:

• Scott Barrie, Footsteps
• David Fine
  David Fine
  David Sylvan Fine is an American domestic terrorist who was one of four perpetrators of the August 24, 1970, Sterling Hall bombing on the campus University of Wisconsin–Madison, in an act of political protest to the University's research efforts on behalf of the United States armed forces. The...
  
   and Ron Mann
  Ron Mann
  Ronald "Ron" Mann is a Canadian documentary film director focusing primarily on aspects of Canadian and American popular culture. He does most of his work through his company Sphinx Productions, while also running a film distribution company on the side called 'FilmsWeLike'. Mann has also put...
  
  , The Only Game in Town
  The Only Game in Town
  The Only Game in Town is the third book of the Spirit Flyer Series by John Bibee. The book was published by Inter-Varsity Press in 1988. This is the first of the Spirit Flyer Series of books that does not focus exclusively on the expoits of the Kramar family...
  
  
• Michel Bouchard, Le Toasteur

Documentary

Winner: Robert Fortier, Adam Symansky, and Bill Brind, The Devil at Your Heels

The Devil at Your Heels

The Devil at Your Heels is a 1981 documentary that chronicles the attempt of stuntman and daredevil Ken Carter to jump a rocket-powered car over the St...

Other Nominees:

• Michael McKennirey and John N. Smith
  John N. Smith
  John N. Smith is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He began his career making documentary and short films before moving on to feature films and then finally working primarily in television. His work has been nominated in the Academy Awards, Genie Awards, and Gemini Awards, but has only...
  
  , Gala
• Hélène Verrier, Jouer sa Vie