6th Genie Awards
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The 6th Genie Awards is generally considered the pinnacle of the Canadian Genie Awards' popularity. It was the first time the Genies were broadcast live across Canada and they drew 1.9 million viewers, a record never since equalled. The event, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre
was cohosted by Al Waxman
and Kerrie Keane
. They were held March 21, 1985, and honoured films released in 1984.
Best Motion Picture
Winner: The Bay Boy
, Denis Héroux
and John Kemeny
Other nominees:
Best actress
Winner: Louise Marleau
, La Femme de l'hôtel
Other nominees:
Best actor
Winner: Gabriel Arcand
, Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe
Other nominees:
Best supporting actor
Winner: Alan Scarfe
, The Bay Boy
Other nominees:
Best supporting actress
Winner: Linda Sorenson
, Draw!
Other nominees:
Best director
Winner: Micheline Lanctôt
, Sonatine
Other nominees:
Best screenplay
Winner: Daniel Petrie
, The Bay Boy
Other nominees:
Cinematography
Winner: Pierre Mignot, Mario
Other nominees:
Art direction
Winner: Wolf Kroeger, The Bay Boy
Other nominees:
Costume design
Winner: Renée April, The Bay Boy
Other nominees:
Sound
Winner: Bruce Nyznik, Richard Besse, and Hans Peter Strobl, Mario
Other nominees:
Film editing
Winner: André Corriveau
, La Guerre des tuques
Other nominees:
Sound editing
Winner: Charles Bowers
and Peter Burgess, The Bay Boy
Other nominees:
Musical score
Winner: François Dompierre, Mario
Other nominees:
Theatrical short
Winner: Charade, John Minnis
Other nominees:
Documentary
Winner: Raoul Wallenberg Buried Alive, David Harel and Wayne Arron
Other nominees:
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Metro Toronto Convention Centre , located in Downtown Toronto, Ontario at 255 Front Street West, has of space. The convention centre was completed in October 1984 and is home to the 1330-seat John Bassett Theatre...
was cohosted by Al Waxman
Al Waxman
Albert Samuel Waxman, CM, O.Ont was a Canadian actor and director of over 1000 productions on radio, television, film, and stage...
and Kerrie Keane
Kerrie Keane
Kerri Keane is a Canadian actress. She was nominated for the 1989 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Obsessed...
. They were held March 21, 1985, and honoured films released in 1984.
Best Motion 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 Bay Boy
The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...
, 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
Other nominees:
- La Femme de l'hôtelLa Femme de l'hôtelLa Femme de l'hôtel is a 1984 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Léa Pool.-Plot:* Andrea Richler is a well-known director who returns to her home town of Montreal to film a high-budget musical drama. At her hotel, she has a brief but unsettling encounter with a suicidal elderly woman...
, Bernadette Payeur - La Guerre des tuques, Nicole RobertNicole RobertNicole Robert is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played four matches and scored ten goals.-References:*...
and Rock DemersRock DemersRock Demers, is a Canadian film producer.He is the founder of the film company Les Productions la Fête and has produced the Tales for All film series for children.... - MarioMario (film)- Plot :Mario is a 10 year old autistic boy who is mute and hard of hearing. He has an 18 year old brother whom he admires greatly. One day, Simon becomes involved with a woman and, as a result, their relationship becomes strained...
, Jean BeaudinJean BeaudinJean Beaudin is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 20 films since 1969. His film J.A. Martin Photographer, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for Best Actress. The film also won best Film, he won best Director, and Mercure...
and Hélène Verrier
Best actress
Winner: Louise Marleau
Louise Marleau
Louise Marleau is a Canadian actress. She won the 1985 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Femme de l'hôtel and was nominated in the same category in 1980 for her role in L'arrache-coeur a role for which she won the 1979 Montreal World Film Festival.She...
, La Femme de l'hôtel
La Femme de l'hôtel
La Femme de l'hôtel is a 1984 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Léa Pool.-Plot:* Andrea Richler is a well-known director who returns to her home town of Montreal to film a high-budget musical drama. At her hotel, she has a brief but unsettling encounter with a suicidal elderly woman...
Other nominees:
- Linda GriffithsLinda GriffithsLinda Griffiths is a Canadian actor and playwright.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Griffiths studied at Dawson College, the National Theatre School for one year, and McGill University....
, Reno and the Doc - Pascale BussièresPascale BussièresPascale Bussières is a Canadian actress.- Life and work :She is a cinema studies alumna from Concordia University, living in Montreal.- Movies :- TV Series :*1989: Chambres en ville*1991: Marilyn...
, Sonatine - Sonja SmitsSonja SmitsSonja Smits is a television actress who has played roles in many television series, including Falcon Crest, Airwolf, Odyssey 5, The Outer Limits, Street Legal, Traders and The Eleventh Hour.She also played Bianca O'Blivion in the David Cronenberg horror movie, Videodrome.Sonja went to Bell High...
, That's My Baby! - Isabelle Mejias, Unfinished Business
- Andrée Pelletier, Walls
Best actor
Winner: Gabriel Arcand
Gabriel Arcand
Gabriel Arcand is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand.He won the Genie Award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, for his performance in Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe....
, Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe
Other nominees:
- Kiefer SutherlandKiefer SutherlandKiefer Sutherland is an English-born Canadian actor, producer and director, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox thriller drama series 24 for which he has won an Emmy Award , a Golden Globe award , two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Satellite...
, The Bay BoyThe Bay BoyThe Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression... - Xavier Norman Petermann, MarioMario (film)- Plot :Mario is a 10 year old autistic boy who is mute and hard of hearing. He has an 18 year old brother whom he admires greatly. One day, Simon becomes involved with a woman and, as a result, their relationship becomes strained...
- Kenneth WelshKenneth WelshKenneth Welsh, CM is a Canadian film and television actor . He is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and has more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator.In 1984 he was nominated for a Genie Award as Best Actor for his...
, Reno and the Doc - Winston RekertWinston RekertWinston Rekert is a Canadian actor from Vancouver, British Columbia. He won 2 Gemini Awards, one for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series for the TV Series: Blue Murder in 2003 and one for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role for the TV Series...
, Walls
Best supporting actor
Winner: Alan Scarfe
Alan Scarfe
Alan John Scarfe is a British-born Genie Award winning Canadian actor. He is a former Associate Director of the Stratford Festival and the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool...
, The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...
Other nominees:
- Peter DonatPeter DonatPeter Donat is a Canadian-American actor known for his roles in American television.-Early life:Donat was born Pierre Collingwood Donat in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Marie and Philip Ernst Donat, a landscape gardener. His uncle was British actor Robert Donat...
, The Bay BoyThe Bay BoyThe Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression... - Donald Pilon, Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe
- John Cooper, My Kind of Town
- Peter SpencePeter SpencePeter Spence is an English journalist and writer. He is perhaps best known for creating and writing the British sitcom To the Manor Born.-Early life:...
, Unfinished Business
Best supporting actress
Winner: Linda Sorenson
Linda Sorenson
Linda Sorenson is a Canadian actress best known for playing Mrs. Stegman in Class of 1984, Warden Howe in Murphy Brown, Virginia Reeves in Material World and Isabelle Carrington in Road to Avonlea....
, Draw!
Draw!
Draw! is a 1984 American/Canadian comedy-western film by Steven Hilliard Stern-Plot:In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.-Recognition:...
Other nominees:
- Jane McKinnon, The Bay BoyThe Bay BoyThe Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...
- Leah PinsentLeah PinsentLeah Pinsent is a Canadian television and film actress.She was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Canadian actors Gordon Pinsent and Charmion King....
, The Bay BoyThe Bay BoyThe Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression... - Barbara LawBarbara LawBarbara Law is a British singer. She performed in many radio and TV shows on the BBC from the late 1950s to the 1990s. She now lives in Tenerife, the largest of the seven Canary Islands, near Spain....
, Bedroom Eyes - Jackie BurroughsJackie BurroughsJacqueline "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 Surrogate - Elizabeth Leigh-Milne, Walls
Best director
Winner: Micheline Lanctôt
Micheline Lanctôt
Micheline Lanctôt is an actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician.-Biography:Lanctôt's post-secondary education was in music, fine arts and theatre at Collège Jésus-Marie in Outremont, and in art history before switching to film animation, which she...
, Sonatine
Other nominees:
- Léa PoolLéa PoolLéa Pool is a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker who has also taught film at UQAM. She is openly lesbian. Her 1986 film Anne Trister was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Her 1999 film Emporte-moi was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Special...
, La Femme de l'hôtelLa Femme de l'hôtelLa Femme de l'hôtel is a 1984 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Léa Pool.-Plot:* Andrea Richler is a well-known director who returns to her home town of Montreal to film a high-budget musical drama. At her hotel, she has a brief but unsettling encounter with a suicidal elderly woman... - Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, Le Jour S...Le jour S...Le jour S... is a 1984 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Pierre Curzi - Jean-Baptiste Beauregard* Michel Daigle...
- Atom EgoyanAtom EgoyanAtom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
, Next of KinNext of Kin (1984 film)Next of Kin is a 1984 film directed by Atom Egoyan.-Cast:* Patrick Tierney as Peter Foster/Bedros Deryan* Berge Fazlian as George Deryan* Sirvart Fazlian as Sonya Deryan* Arsinée Khanjian as Azah Deryan* Margaret Loveys as Mrs. Foster... - Don Owen, Unfinished Business
Best screenplay
Winner: Daniel Petrie
Daniel Petrie
Daniel Mannix Petrie was a Canadian television and movie director.Petrie was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Mary Anne and William Mark Petrie, a soft-drink manufacturer. He moved to the United States in 1945...
, The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...
Other nominees:
- Michel Langlois and Léa PoolLéa PoolLéa Pool is a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker who has also taught film at UQAM. She is openly lesbian. Her 1986 film Anne Trister was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Her 1999 film Emporte-moi was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Special...
, La Femme de l'hôtelLa Femme de l'hôtelLa Femme de l'hôtel is a 1984 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Léa Pool.-Plot:* Andrea Richler is a well-known director who returns to her home town of Montreal to film a high-budget musical drama. At her hotel, she has a brief but unsettling encounter with a suicidal elderly woman... - Micheline LanctôtMicheline LanctôtMicheline Lanctôt is an actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician.-Biography:Lanctôt's post-secondary education was in music, fine arts and theatre at Collège Jésus-Marie in Outremont, and in art history before switching to film animation, which she...
, Sonatine - Don Owen, Unfinished Business
Cinematography
Winner: Pierre Mignot, Mario
Mario (film)
- Plot :Mario is a 10 year old autistic boy who is mute and hard of hearing. He has an 18 year old brother whom he admires greatly. One day, Simon becomes involved with a woman and, as a result, their relationship becomes strained...
Other nominees:
- François Protat, Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe
- Laszlo George, Draw!Draw!Draw! is a 1984 American/Canadian comedy-western film by Steven Hilliard Stern-Plot:In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.-Recognition:...
- Ed Higginson, Isaac Littlefeathers
- John ClementJohn ClementJohn Twining Clement was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament in the 1970s for the riding of Niagara Falls, and served a brief stint as Attorney General and Solicitor General of Ontario in 1975 in the cabinet of Premier William G...
, Thrillkill - Douglas Kiefer, Unfinished Business
Art direction
Winner: Wolf Kroeger, The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...
Other nominees:
- Vianney Gauthier, Les Années de rêves
- Jocelyn Joly, Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe
- Bill Brodie, Draw!Draw!Draw! is a 1984 American/Canadian comedy-western film by Steven Hilliard Stern-Plot:In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.-Recognition:...
- Denis Boucher, MarioMario (film)- Plot :Mario is a 10 year old autistic boy who is mute and hard of hearing. He has an 18 year old brother whom he admires greatly. One day, Simon becomes involved with a woman and, as a result, their relationship becomes strained...
Costume design
Winner: Renée April, The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...
Other nominees:
- Nicole Pelletier, Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe
- Huguette Gagné, La Guerre des tuques
- Wendy Partridge, Isaac Littlefeathers
- Hélène Schneider, Sonatine
Sound
Winner: Bruce Nyznik, Richard Besse, and Hans Peter Strobl, Mario
Mario (film)
- Plot :Mario is a 10 year old autistic boy who is mute and hard of hearing. He has an 18 year old brother whom he admires greatly. One day, Simon becomes involved with a woman and, as a result, their relationship becomes strained...
Other nominees:
- Patrick Rousseau, David Appleby, and Don White, The Bay BoyThe Bay BoyThe Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...
- Joe Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, Richard Lightstone, and Austin Grimaldi, Draw!Draw!Draw! is a 1984 American/Canadian comedy-western film by Steven Hilliard Stern-Plot:In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.-Recognition:...
- Serge Beauchemin, Austin Grimaldi, and Don White, La Guerre des tuques
- David Appleby, Christopher Tate, Don White, and Garrell Clark, Isaac Littlefeathers
Film editing
Winner: André Corriveau
André Corriveau (filmmaker)
André Corriveau is a film editor and director from Quebec, Canada. Corriveau won the Gemini Awards once , and the Genie Award twice...
, La Guerre des tuques
Other nominees:
- Monique Fortier, Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe
- Frank IrvineFrank IrvineFrank Irvine was a federal judge, and later the dean of Cornell Law School.-Biography:He was born on September 15, 1858 in Sharon, Pennsylvania....
, My Kind of TownMy Kind of TownMy Kind of Town is an American television game show that premiered on August 14, 2005 on ABC. Part variety show, part game show, the series brings 200 people from a small town in the United States to New York City to compete for prizes and participate in games and assorted gags...
Sound editing
Winner: Charles Bowers
Charles Bowers
Charles R. Bowers was an American cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. He was forgotten for decades and his name was notably absent from most histories of the Silent Era, although his work was enthusiastically reviewed by André Breton and a number of...
and Peter Burgess, The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...
Other nominees:
- Jim HopkinsJim HopkinsJim Hopkins is a New Zealand celebrity well-known for his work in television, radio and theatre.-Biography:Hopkins was scriptwriter for "Close to Home", presenter of "Fast Forward", "Don't Tell Me", "The Inventors", "Dateline Monday", a performer on The BNZ Festival Debates, and radio talkback...
, Draw!Draw!Draw! is a 1984 American/Canadian comedy-western film by Steven Hilliard Stern-Plot:In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.-Recognition:... - Claude Langlois and Louise Coté, La Guerre des tuques
- Michael O'Farrell and Peter Thilaye, Isaac Littlefeathers
- David Evans and Wayne GriffinWayne GriffinWayne 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...
, MarioMario (film)- Plot :Mario is a 10 year old autistic boy who is mute and hard of hearing. He has an 18 year old brother whom he admires greatly. One day, Simon becomes involved with a woman and, as a result, their relationship becomes strained... - Michel B. Bordeleau, That's My Baby!
Musical score
Winner: François Dompierre, Mario
Mario (film)
- Plot :Mario is a 10 year old autistic boy who is mute and hard of hearing. He has an 18 year old brother whom he admires greatly. One day, Simon becomes involved with a woman and, as a result, their relationship becomes strained...
Other nominees:
- Paul ZazaPaul ZazaPaul Zaza is a Genie Award-winning film score and songwriter. In 1980 he won the Genie Award for Best Music Score alongside Carl Zittrer for their work on Murder by Decree. He was nominated for the same award in 1985 for Isaac Littlefeathers. In 1987 he received a Genie nomination for Best Original...
, Isaac Littlefeathers - Betty Lazebnik, Reno and the Doc
- François Lanctôt, Sonatine
- J. Douglas Dodd and Michael Oczko, Walls
Theatrical short
Winner: Charade, John Minnis
John Minnis
John Minnis is a former Republican legislator and police officer in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was a member of both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, representing eastern Multnomah County...
Other nominees:
- I Think of You Often, Scott Barrie
- Productivity and Performance by Alex K., Nicolas Stiliadis and Syd Cappe
- La Terrapène, Michel Bouchard and Jacques Pettigrew
Documentary
Winner: Raoul Wallenberg Buried Alive, David Harel and Wayne Arron
Other nominees:
- Au rythme de mon coeur, Jean-Pierre Lefebvre
- Hookers on Davie, Holly DaleHolly DaleHolly Dale is a Canadian film and television director and film producer. She received a Gemini Award in 2008 for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series ....
and Janis Cole