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Genie Awards: 1980

Genie

Date:	20 March
Host:	Bruno Gerussi
Location:	Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Best Motion Picture


Winner:
	The Changeling (1980) - Garth H. Drabinsky; Joel B. Michaels
Other Nominees:
	Cordélia (1980) - Jean-Marc Garand Klondike Fever (1980) - Gilbert W. Taylor; Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck) Meatballs (1979) - Daniel Goldberg (I); John Dunning (I); Andr� Link Running (1979) - Bob Cooper (IV); John M. Eckert; Ronald Cohen

Best Performance by a Foreign Actor


Winner:
	The Changeling (1980) - George C. Scott
Other Nominees:
	Fish Hawk (1979) - Will Sampson Klondike Fever (1980) - Rod Steiger Meatballs (1979) - Bill Murray (I) Running (1979) - Michael Douglas (I)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Non-Feature)


Winner:
	Revolution's Orphans (1979) - Rudi Lipp
Other Nominees:
	Every Person Is Guilty (1979) (TV) - Ken Pogue The Wordsmith (1979) (TV) - Saul Rubinek

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Murder by Decree (1979) - Christopher Plummer (I)
Other Nominees:
	Klondike Fever (1980) - Robin Gammell Something's Rotten (1979) - Geoffrey Bowes Summer's Children (1979) - Thomas Hauff The Rubber Gun (1977) - Stephen Lack

Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Non-Feature)


Winner:
	The New Comers '1978' (1979) - Martha Henry
Other Nominees:
	Every Person Is Guilty (1979) (TV) - Lynne Griffin Revolution's Orphans (1979) - Bronwen Mantel The Wordsmith (1979) (TV) - Janet Ward (I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Meatballs (1979) - Kate Lynch
Other Nominees:
	Cordélia (1980) - Louise Portal L'arrache-coeur (1979) - Louise Marleau Mourir à tue-tête (1979) - Micheline Lanct�t Yesterday (1981) - Claire Pimpar�

Best Performance by a Foreign Actress


Winner:
	The Changeling (1980) - Trish Van Devere
Other Nominees:
	It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980) - Sally Kellerman Running (1979) - Susan Anspach The Brood (1979) - Samantha Eggar Yesterday (1981) - Cloris Leachman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Klondike Fever (1980) - Gordon Pinsent
Other Nominees:
	Agency (1980) - Saul Rubinek Meatballs (1979) - Harvey Atkin Meatballs (1979) - Chris Makepeace Running (1979) - Lawrence Dane The Brood (1979) - Robert A. Silverman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Murder by Decree (1979) - Genevi�ve Bujold
Other Nominees:
	Summer's Children (1979) - Patricia Collins The Changeling (1980) - Helen Burns The Changeling (1980) - Frances Hyland (II) Wild Horse Hank (1979) - Barbara Gordon (II)

Outstanding Direction in a Dramatic Film (Non-Feature)


Winner:
	Every Person Is Guilty (1979) (TV) - Paul Almond (I)
Other Nominees:
	Revolution's Orphans (1979) - John N. Smith The Night Before the Morning After (1979) - Barry Healey

Best Achievement in Direction


Winner:
	Murder by Decree (1979) - Bob Clark (III)
Other Nominees:
	Fish Hawk (1979) - Donald Shebib Klondike Fever (1980) - Peter Carter (I) Mourir à tue-tête (1979) - Anne Claire Poirier Wild Horse Hank (1979) - Eric Till

Outstanding Direction in a Documentary (Non-Feature Film)


Winner:
	Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (1979) - Donald Brittain
Other Nominees:
	Dieppe 1942 (1979) - Terrence McCartney Filgate Nails (1979) - Phillip Borsos

Best Screenplay, Original


Winner:
	Meatballs (1979) - Len Blum; Janis Allen (I); Daniel Goldberg (I)
Other Nominees:
	L'arrache-coeur (1979) - Mireille Dansereau Mourir à tue-tête (1979) - Marthe Blackburn; Anne Claire Poirier Running (1979) - Steven Hilliard Stern Summer's Children (1979) - Jim Osborne (I) The Rubber Gun (1977) - Stephen Lack; Allan Moyle; John Laing (III)

Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium


Winner:
	The Changeling (1980) - William Gray (I); Diana Maddox
Other Nominees:
	Cordélia (1980) - Jean Beaudin; Marcel Sabourin It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980) - Ted Allan (I) Klondike Fever (1980) - Martin Lager (I); R.J. Dryer Éclair au chocolat (1979) - Jean-Claude Lord; Jean Salvy

Outstanding Screenplay


Winner:
	The Wordsmith (1979) (TV) - Mordecai Richler
Other Nominees:
	Every Person Is Guilty (1979) (TV) - Ralph L. Thomas Revolution's Orphans (1979) - J�nos Szanyi (I); Laszlo Gefin; John N. Smith The Night Before the Morning After (1979) - Barry Healey

Outstanding Cinematography in a Dramatic Film (Non-Feature)


Winner:
	Bravery in the Field (1979) - Savas Kalogeras
Other Nominees:
	Every Person Is Guilty (1979) (TV) - Kenneth W. Gregg Revolution's Orphans (1979) - David De Volpi

Outstanding Cinematography in a Documentary (Non-Feature Film)


Winner:
	Le pilier de cristal (1979) - Roger Rochat
Other Nominees:
	Dieppe 1942 (1979) - Charles Stewart (II) Nails (1979) - Ron Orieux Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (1979) - Barry Perles; Douglas Kiefer (I)

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	The Changeling (1980) - John Coquillon
Other Nominees:
	Agency (1980) - Mikl�s Lente Cordélia (1980) - Pierre Mignot (I) Murder by Decree (1979) - Reginald H. Morris Running (1979) - Laszlo George

Outstanding Art Direction (Non-Feature)


Winner:
	The Wordsmith (1979) (TV) - Milt Parcher
Other Nominees:
	Revolution's Orphans (1979) - Earl G. Preston Riel (1979) (TV) - William Beeton

Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design


Winner:
	The Changeling (1980) - Trevor Williams (I)
Other Nominees:
	Cordélia (1980) - Denis Boucher (I); Vianney Gauthier Fish Hawk (1979) - Seamus Flannery It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980) - Wolf Kroeger Klondike Fever (1980) - Seamus Flannery The Brood (1979) - Carol Spier Yesterday (1981) - Roy Forge Smith

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Cordélia (1980) - Louise Jobin
Other Nominees:
	Fish Hawk (1979) - Linda Matheson Klondike Fever (1980) - Patti Unger Something's Rotten (1979) - Julie Whitfield Tanya's Island (1980) - Julie Whitfield Éclair au chocolat (1979) - Fran�ois Barbeau

Best Achievement in Sound


Winner:
	The Changeling (1980) - Dino Pigat; Karl Scherer; Joe Grimaldi (I); Austin Grimaldi
Other Nominees:
	Meatballs (1979) - Gary C. Bourgeois; Richard Lightstone Murder by Decree (1979) - David Appleby (II); Joe Grimaldi (I) Running (1979) - Owen Langevin; Joe Grimaldi (I); David Appleby (II) The Brood (1979) - Joe Grimaldi (I); Bryan Day (I)

Outstanding Sound in a Non-Feature Film


Winner:
	Track Stars (1979) - Tony Van den Akker; Al Caruso (II); Andy Malcolm (I); Terry Burke (III)
Other Nominees:
	Dieppe 1942 (1979) - Alex Taylor (II); Michael Lax; Austin Grimaldi Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (1979) - Hans Oomes; Bernard Bordeleau

Outstanding Editing in a Documentary (Non-Feature Film)


Winner:
	Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (1979) - Richard Todd (III)
Other Nominees:
	Dieppe 1942 (1979) - Thomas Berner (I) Nails (1979) - Raymond Hall (I) Track Stars (1979) - Andy Malcolm (I); Terry Burke (III)

Best Achievement in Film Editing


Winner:
	Murder by Decree (1979) - Stan Cole
Other Nominees:
	Cordélia (1980) - Jean Beaudin Fish Hawk (1979) - Ron Wisman L'arrache-coeur (1979) - Marcel Pothier Meatballs (1979) - Debra Karen Wild Horse Hank (1979) - George Appleby (I) Yesterday (1981) - Debra Karen

Best Sound Editing


Winner:
	The Changeling (1980) - Robert Grieve; Patrick Drummond (I); Dennis Drummond (I)
Other Nominees:
	Agency (1980) - Kenneth Heeley-Ray Murder by Decree (1979) - Kenneth Heeley-Ray Wild Horse Hank (1979) - Michael Clark (IV); Brian French Éclair au chocolat (1979) - Marcel Pothier

Outstanding Original Music Score (Non-Feature Film)


Nominees:
	Dieppe 1942 (1979) - Rick Wilkins Nails (1979) - Michael Conway Baker Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas (1979) (TV) - Hagood Hardy

Best Music Score


Winner:
	Murder by Decree (1979) - Paul Zaza; Carl Zittrer
Other Nominees:
	It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980) - Alain Leroux Klondike Fever (1980) - Hagood Hardy The Brood (1979) - Howard Shore Wild Horse Hank (1979) - Paul Hoffert (I)

Outstanding Theatrical Short


Winner:
	Nails (1979) - Phillip Borsos
Other Nominees:
	Track Stars (1979) - Terry Burke (III) Twice Upon a Time... (1979) - Giles Walker

Outstanding Documentary - 30 Minutes and Under


Winner:
	Priory: The Only Home I've Got (1979) - Mark Dolgoy
Other Nominees:
	It's Not an Illness (1979) - Claire Prieto Taking Chances (1979) - Marilyn A. Belec

Outstanding Documentary - 30 Minutes and Over


Winner:
	Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (1979) - Donald Brittain; Marrin Canell
Other Nominees:
	"Cities" (1979) {Glenn Gould's Toronto} - John McGreevy; W. Paterson Ferns Dieppe 1942 (1979) - Terrence McCartney Filgate

Outstanding Animation


Winner:
	Every Child (1979) - Eugene Fedorenko
Other Nominees:
	Caninabis (1979) - Kaj Pindal Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas (1979) (TV) - W.H. Stevens Jr.; Beryl Friesen

Outstanding Non-Dramatic Script


Winner:
	Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (1979) - Ronald Blumer; John Random; Donald Brittain
Other Nominees:
	"Cities" (1979) {Glenn Gould's Toronto} - Glenn Gould Dieppe 1942 (1979) - Timothy Findley (I); William Whitehead (I)

Outstanding Independent Film


Winner:
	Track Stars (1979) - Terry Burke (III)
Other Nominees:
	"Cities" (1979) {Glenn Gould's Toronto} - John McGreevy; W. Paterson Ferns Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas (1979) (TV) - W.H. Stevens Jr.; Beryl Friesen

Outstanding TV Drama Over 30 Minutes


Winner:
	Certain Practices (1979) (TV) - Bill Gough (II); Sam Levene (II)
Other Nominees:
	Every Person Is Guilty (1979) (TV) - Sam Levene (II); Vivienne Leebosh The Wordsmith (1979) (TV) - Robert Sherrin; Robert Allen

Outstanding TV Drama Under 30 Minutes


Winner:
	Bravery in the Field (1979) - Giles Walker
Other Nominees:
	Revolution's Orphans (1979) - John N. Smith The Spirit of the River to China (1979) (TV) - Barb Wiseberg; Barry Pearson (I)

Golden Reel Award


Winner:
	Meatballs (1979) - Ivan Reitman; Daniel Goldberg (I)