Awards for 1980

Genie

Best Motion Picture

WINNER

The Changeling: Garth H. Drabinsky, Joel B. Michaels
NOMINEES

Cordélia: Jean-Marc Garand

Klondike Fever: Gilbert W. Taylor, Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck)

Meatballs: Daniel Goldberg, John Dunning, André Link

Running: Bob Cooper, John M. Eckert, Ronald Cohen

Best Performance by a Foreign Actor

WINNER

The Changeling: George C. Scott
NOMINEES

Fish Hawk: Will Sampson

Klondike Fever: Rod Steiger

Meatballs: Bill Murray

Running: Michael Douglas

Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Non-Feature)

WINNER

Revolution's Orphans: Rudi Lipp
NOMINEES

Every Person Is Guilty: Ken Pogue

The Wordsmith: Saul Rubinek

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Murder by Decree: Christopher Plummer
NOMINEES

Klondike Fever: Robin Gammell

The Rubber Gun: Stephen Lack

Something's Rotten: Geoffrey Bowes

Summer's Children: Thomas Hauff

Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Non-Feature)

WINNER

The New Comers '1978': Martha Henry
NOMINEES

Every Person Is Guilty: Lynne Griffin

Revolution's Orphans: Bronwen Mantel

The Wordsmith: Janet Ward

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

Meatballs: Kate Lynch
NOMINEES

Cordélia: Louise Portal

Heart Break: Louise Marleau

Mourir à tue-tête: Micheline Lanctôt

Yesterday: Claire Pimparé

Best Performance by a Foreign Actress

WINNER

The Changeling: Trish Van Devere
NOMINEES

It Rained All Night the Day I Left: Sally Kellerman

Running: Susan Anspach

The Brood: Samantha Eggar

Yesterday: Cloris Leachman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Klondike Fever: Gordon Pinsent
NOMINEES

Agency: Saul Rubinek

Meatballs: Chris Makepeace

Meatballs: Harvey Atkin

Running: Lawrence Dane

The Brood: Robert A. Silverman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Murder by Decree: Geneviève Bujold
NOMINEES

Summer's Children: Patricia Collins

The Changeling: Helen Burns

The Changeling: Frances Hyland

Wild Horse Hank: Barbara Gordon

Outstanding Direction in a Dramatic Film (Non-Feature)

WINNER

Every Person Is Guilty: Paul Almond
NOMINEES

Revolution's Orphans: John N. Smith

The Night Before the Morning After: Barry Healey

Best Achievement in Direction

WINNER

Murder by Decree: Bob Clark
NOMINEES

Fish Hawk: Donald Shebib

Klondike Fever: Peter Carter

Mourir à tue-tête: Anne Claire Poirier

Wild Horse Hank: Eric Till

Outstanding Direction in a Documentary (Non-Feature Film)

WINNER

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed: Donald Brittain
NOMINEES

Dieppe 1942: Terrence McCartney Filgate

Nails: Phillip Borsos

Best Screenplay, Original

WINNER

Meatballs: Len Blum, Janis Allen, Daniel Goldberg
NOMINEES

Heart Break: Mireille Dansereau

Mourir à tue-tête: Marthe Blackburn, Anne Claire Poirier

The Rubber Gun: Stephen Lack, Allan Moyle, John Laing

Running: Steven Hilliard Stern

Summer's Children: Jim Osborne

Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium

WINNER

The Changeling: William Gray, Diana Maddox
NOMINEES

Cordélia: Jean Beaudin, Marcel Sabourin

Éclair au chocolat: Jean-Claude Lord, Jean Salvy

It Rained All Night the Day I Left: Ted Allan

Klondike Fever: Martin Lager, R.J. Dryer

Outstanding Screenplay

WINNER

The Wordsmith: Mordecai Richler
NOMINEES

Every Person Is Guilty: Ralph L. Thomas

Revolution's Orphans: János Szanyi, Laszlo Gefin, John N. Smith

The Night Before the Morning After: Barry Healey

Outstanding Cinematography in a Dramatic Film (Non-Feature)

WINNER

Bravery in the Field: Savas Kalogeras
NOMINEES

Every Person Is Guilty: Kenneth W. Gregg

Revolution's Orphans: David De Volpi

Outstanding Cinematography in a Documentary (Non-Feature Film)

WINNER

Le pilier de cristal: Roger Rochat
NOMINEES

Dieppe 1942: Charles Stewart

Nails: Ron Orieux

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed: Barry Perles, Douglas Kiefer

Best Achievement in Cinematography

WINNER

The Changeling: John Coquillon
NOMINEES

Agency: Miklós Lente

Cordélia: Pierre Mignot

Murder by Decree: Reginald H. Morris

Running: Laszlo George

Outstanding Art Direction (Non-Feature)

WINNER

The Wordsmith: Milt Parcher
NOMINEES

Revolution's Orphans: Earl G. Preston

Riel: William Beeton

Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design

WINNER

The Changeling: Trevor Williams
NOMINEES

Cordélia: Denis Boucher, Vianney Gauthier

Fish Hawk: Seamus Flannery

It Rained All Night the Day I Left: Wolf Kroeger

Klondike Fever: Seamus Flannery

The Brood: Carol Spier

Yesterday: Roy Forge Smith

Best Achievement in Costume Design

WINNER

Cordélia: Louise Jobin
NOMINEES

Éclair au chocolat: François Barbeau

Fish Hawk: Linda Matheson

Klondike Fever: Patti Unger

Something's Rotten: Julie Whitfield

Tanya's Island: Julie Whitfield

Best Achievement in Sound

WINNER

The Changeling: Dino Pigat, Karl Scherer, Joe Grimaldi, Austin Grimaldi
NOMINEES

Meatballs: Gary C. Bourgeois, Richard Lightstone

Murder by Decree: David Appleby, Joe Grimaldi

Running: Owen Langevin, Joe Grimaldi, David Appleby

The Brood: Joe Grimaldi, Bryan Day

Outstanding Sound in a Non-Feature Film

WINNER

Track Stars.: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound: Tony Van den Akker, Al Caruso, Andy Malcolm, Terry Burke
NOMINEES

Dieppe 1942: Alex Taylor, Michael Lax, Austin Grimaldi

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed: Hans Oomes, Bernard Bordeleau

Outstanding Editing in a Documentary (Non-Feature Film)

WINNER

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed: Richard Todd
NOMINEES

Dieppe 1942: Thomas Berner

Nails: Raymond Hall

Track Stars.: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound: Andy Malcolm, Terry Burke

Best Achievement in Film Editing

WINNER

Murder by Decree: Stan Cole
NOMINEES

Cordélia: Jean Beaudin

Fish Hawk: Ron Wisman

Heart Break: Marcel Pothier

Meatballs: Debra Karen

Wild Horse Hank: George Appleby

Yesterday: Debra Karen

Best Sound Editing

WINNER

The Changeling: Robert Grieve, Patrick Drummond, Dennis Drummond
NOMINEES

Agency: Kenneth Heeley-Ray

Éclair au chocolat: Marcel Pothier

Murder by Decree: Kenneth Heeley-Ray

Wild Horse Hank: Michael Clark, Brian French

Outstanding Original Music Score (Non-Feature Film)

NOMINEES

Dieppe 1942: Rick Wilkins

Nails: Michael Conway Baker

Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas: Hagood Hardy

Best Music Score

WINNER

Murder by Decree: Paul Zaza, Carl Zittrer
NOMINEES

It Rained All Night the Day I Left: Alain Leroux

Klondike Fever: Hagood Hardy

The Brood: Howard Shore

Wild Horse Hank: Paul Hoffert

Outstanding Theatrical Short

WINNER

Nails: Phillip Borsos
NOMINEES

Twice Upon a Time...: Giles Walker

Track Stars.: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound: Terry Burke

Outstanding Documentary - 30 Minutes and Under

WINNER

Priory: The Only Home I've Got: Mark Dolgoy
NOMINEES

It's Not an Illness: Claire Prieto

Taking Chances: Marilyn A. Belec

Outstanding Documentary - 30 Minutes and Over

WINNER

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed: Donald Brittain, Marrin Canell
NOMINEES

Dieppe 1942: Terrence McCartney Filgate

Cities: John McGreevy, W. Paterson Ferns
For episode "Glenn Gould's Toronto".

Outstanding Animation

WINNER

Every Child: Eugene Fedorenko
NOMINEES

Caninabis: Kaj Pindal

Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas: W.H. Stevens Jr., Beryl Friesen

Outstanding Non-Dramatic Script

WINNER

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed: Ronald Blumer, John Random, Donald Brittain
NOMINEES

Dieppe 1942: Timothy Findley, William Whitehead

Cities: Glenn Gould
For episode "Glenn Gould's Toronto".

Outstanding Independent Film

WINNER

Track Stars.: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound: Terry Burke
NOMINEES

Cities: John McGreevy, W. Paterson Ferns
For episode "Glenn Gould's Toronto".

Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas: W.H. Stevens Jr., Beryl Friesen

Outstanding TV Drama Over 30 Minutes

WINNER

Certain Practices: Bill Gough, Sam Levene
NOMINEES

Every Person Is Guilty: Sam Levene, Vivienne Leebosh

The Wordsmith: Robert Sherrin, Robert Allen

Outstanding TV Drama Under 30 Minutes

WINNER

Bravery in the Field: Giles Walker
NOMINEES

Revolution's Orphans: John N. Smith

The Spirit of the River to China: Barb Wiseberg, Barry Pearson