Canadian Screen Awards for Crafts in Scripted Programs
Presented by CBC and CTV
With the support of Telefilm Canada and Canada Media Fund
(May 27) – Watch the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards Virtual Presentations for Crafts in Scripted Programs on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and academy.ca starting at 7:00 PM ET. Join the conversation by using our official awards hashtag #CdnScreenAwards on your favourite social platform. Want to see a full list of 2020 Canadian Screen Award nominees? You can now view the 2020 Program Book virtually on the Academy website. All winners will be highlighted in gold on this page.
Best Direction, Drama Series
Sponsored by Playback
Anne With An E – A Secret Which I Desired to Divine
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Anne Wheeler
Anne With An E – Great and Sudden Change
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Amanda Tapping
Mary Kills People – The Key to Faith
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Norma Bailey
Vikings – Baldur
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Helen Shaver
Vikings – Ragnarok
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
David Wellington
Best Direction, Comedy
Sponsored by Cinespace Film Studios
Letterkenny – Yew!
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jacob Tierney
Schitt’s Creek – The Crowening
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Laurie Lynd
Schitt’s Creek – Life Is A Cabaret
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Daniel Levy, Andrew Cividino
Schitt’s Creek – Meet the Parents
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Jordan Canning
Workin’ Moms – Birth Daze
CBC (CBC)
(Wolf + Rabbit Entertainment)
Catherine Reitman
Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy
Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Jordan Canning, Aleysa Young
The Beaverton – Episode 307
CTV (Bell Media)
(Pier 21 Films)
Henry Sarwer-Foner
Canada’s Walk of Fame 2018
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
John Keffer
Canadian Screen Awards 2019
CBC (CBC)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
Shelagh O’Brien
Trevor Noah @ JFL – Volume II
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Juste Pour Rire TV Inc.)
Shelagh O’Brien
Best Direction, TV Movie
#Roxy
Super Channel (Allarco Entertainment)
(Mosaic Entertainment)
Michael Kennedy
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Showcase (Corus Entertainment)
(Cineflix (Believe Me) Inc.)
Jim Donovan
Daughter of the Wolf
Rogers on Demand (Rogers Media)
(Minds Eye Entertainment / Falconer Pictures)
David Hackl
No One Would Tell
Showcase (Corus Entertainment)
(Pink Buffalo Films)
Gail Harvey
Thicker Than Water
Crave (Bell Media)
(Incendo)
Caroline Labrèche
Best Direction, Web Program or Series
Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund
How to Buy a Baby – Adopt-An-Inspection
(LoCo Motion Pictures Inc.)
Adriana Maggs
A Short Essay on Men
(Dimestore Productions Inc.)
Sheona McDonald
Tokens – Courage
(A Token Entertainment Company)
Winnifred Jong
True Dating Stories – Lily
(LaRue Entertainment)
Allison Johnston
Your Two Cents – Game of Phones
(Canadianity Content Studios)
Jonathan Torrens
Best Picture Editing, Drama
Anne With An E – A Strong Effort of the Spirit of Good
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
D. Gillian Truster
Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Lisa Groontenboer
Cardinal – Sam
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Matthew Anas
Vikings – Baldur
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Don Cassidy
Vikings – The Revelation
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Michele Conroy, Dan Briceno
Best Picture Editing, Comedy
Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Mike Fly, Marianna Khoury, Aren Hansen, Sean Song, Nick Wong
Letterkenny – Dyck’s Slip Out
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Drew MacLeod
Letterkenny – Letterkenny vs Penny
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Kyle Martin
Schitt’s Creek – Life Is A Cabaret
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Trevor Ambrose
Schitt’s Creek – Meet the Parents
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Paul Winestock
Best Photography, Comedy
Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Robert Scarborough
Cavendish – Charlottetown Nights
CBC (CBC)
(Temple Street)
Cabot McNenly
Letterkenny – The City
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jim Westenbrink
Schitt’s Creek – Life Is A Cabaret
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Gerald Packer
Workin’ Moms – Girl’s Trip
CBC (CBC)
(Wolf + Rabbit Entertainment)
Maya Bankovic
Best Photography, Drama
Anne With An E – A Hope of Meeting You in Another World
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Catherine Lutes
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Showcase (Corus Entertainment)
(Cineflix (Believe Me) Inc.)
Sasha Moric
Burden of Truth – Salesman, Cheats and Liars
CBC (CBC)
(ICF Films)
Thom Best
Diggstown – Nikki LeBlanc
CBC (CBC)
(Circle Blue Films)
Celiana Cárdenas
Hudson & Rex – Blind Justice
Citytv (Rogers Media)
(Shaftesbury)
Ian Vatcher
Mean Queen
Crave (Bell Media)
(Incendo)
Daniel Villeneuve
Murdoch Mysteries – Darkness Before the Dawn – Part 1
CBC (CBC)
(Shaftesbury)
Yuri Yakubiw
Nowhere To Be Found
(Rogers/Telus/Shaw)
(Nowhere To Be Found Productions Inc.)
Christian Bielz
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction
Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Jean-François Campeau, Michele Brady, Elliott Carew
Cardinal – Sam
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Rory Cheyne
Frontier – The Low Road
Discovery Channel / Netflix (Bell Media / Netflix)
(Fort James Season 3 (NL) Inc.)
Gordon Barnes
Mary Kills People – The Key to Faith
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Tim Bider
Schitt’s Creek – Life Is A Cabaret
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Brendan Smith
Best Costume Design
Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Alexander Reda
Frontier – The House of the Lord
Discovery Channel / Netflix (Bell Media / Netflix)
(Fort James Season 3 (NL) Inc.)
Michael Ground
Killjoys – Last Dance
Space (Bell Media)
(Temple Street)
Trysha Bakker
Kim’s Convenience – Appanticitis
CBC (CBC)
(Thunderbird Entertainment)
Ruth Secord
Schitt’s Creek – Life Is A Cabaret
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Debra Hanson
Best Achievement in Make-Up
Sponsored by CMU College of Makeup and Art Design
Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Diane Mazur
Cardinal – Helen
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Randy Daudlin, Trina Brink, Paul Jones
Coroner – Bunny
CBC (CBC)
(Muse Entertainment, Back Alley Films, Cineflix Studios)
Dorota Mitoraj, Traci Loader
Killjoys – Last Dance
Space (Bell Media)
(Temple Street)
Craig-Ryan French
Murdoch Mysteries – Brother’s Keeper
CBC (CBC)
(Shaftesbury)
Deb Drennan
Best Achievement in Hair
Anne With An E – A Secret Which I Desired to Divine
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Zinka Tuminski
Cardinal – Sam
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Ashley Nay
Frontier – The Low Road
Discovery Channel / Netflix (Bell Media / Netflix)
(Fort James Season 3 (NL) Inc.)
Norma Richard
Murdoch Mysteries – One Minute to Murder
CBC (CBC)
(Shaftesbury)
Shirley Bond
Schitt’s Creek – Life Is A Cabaret
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Annastasia Cucullo, Ana Sorys
Best Visual Effects
Sponsored by SPINVFX
D-Day in 14 Stories
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Yap Films)
Will Garrett, Terry Rose, Joel Skeete, Deji Oduntan, Ryan Moser, Xiang Jiang, Noah Conti, Farhad Hosseinpouri, Liam Campbell, Dan Rojaz
Dino Dana – Dino Territory / Prehistoric Predator
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
Matthew J.R. Bishop, Michael Griffith, Steve Lowry, Ila Soleimani, Curtis Hsiung, Bruno Tacchino, Aravindan Rajasingham, Kelly MacFarlane, Stephen Curran, Holden Mohring
Killjoys – Last Dance
Space (Bell Media)
(Temple Street)
Michael Gibson, Danny McNair, Anthony Patterson, Lara Osland, Andre Miranda, Chris Doe, Rachad Meya, David Bouhs, Jay Stanners, Mohsin Kazi
Vikings – What Happens in the Cave
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Dominic Remane, Michael Borrett, Bill Halliday, Tom Morrison, Leann Harvey, Jim Maxwell, Warren Lawtey, Ovidiu Cinazan, Kieran McKay, Maria Gordon
Best Original Music, Fiction
Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner
Cardinal – Mama
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Todor Kobakov
Carter – Harley Gets Replaced
CTV Drama Channel (Bell Media)
(Amaze Film + Television)
Ian LeFeuvre, Ari Posner
Coroner – Black Dog
CBC (CBC)
(Muse Entertainment, Back Alley Films, Cineflix Studios)
Tom Third
Vikings – Hell
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Trevor Morris
Best Sound, Fiction
Sponsored by Deluxe
Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Alan deGraaf, Scott Shepherd, John Elliot, Tyler Whitham, Danielle McBride, Joe Bracciale, Joe Mancuso, Zenon Waschuk
Cardinal – Lemur
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
David McCallum, Jane Tattersall, Barry Gilmore, Claire Dobson, Paul Germann, Christopher King, Martin Lee, Stacy Coutts, Jesse Fellows, Chelsea Body, Sandra Fox, Robert Woolfson
Frontier – The House of the Lord
Discovery Channel / Netflix (Bell Media / Netflix)
(Fort James Season 3 (NL) Inc.)
Janice Ierulli, Matthew Hussey, Clive Turner, Orest Sushko, John Elliot, Steve Copley, Marco Dolle
Schitt’s Creek – Life Is A Cabaret
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Rob Hegedus, Kathy Choi, Herwig Gayer, Martin Lee, Jane Tattersall
Vikings – What Happens in the Cave
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Steve Medeiros, Martin Lee, Ian Rankin, Claire Dobson, Dale Sheldrake, Yuri Gorbachow, Goro Koyama, Jenna Dalla Riva, Daniel Birch
Best Stunt Coordination
Cardinal – Helen
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Randy Butcher
Letterkenny – In It to Win It
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Dan Skene
Mary Kills People – No Happy Endings Here
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Angelica Lisk-Hann, Tally Rodin
Thicker Than Water
Crave (Bell Media)
(Incendo)
Stéphane Lefebvre, Spencer Birman
Best Achievement in Casting
The Amazing Race Canada
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
Mike Yerxa, Jesse Storey
Anne With An E
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Stephanie Gorin
Kim’s Convenience
CBC (CBC)
(Thunderbird Entertainment)
Deirdre Bowen
Mary Kills People
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Susan Forrest, Sharon Forrest
Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Lisa Parasyn, Jon Comerford
Best Writing, Web Program or Series
Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund
The 410 – Weigh Station
(Mad Ruk Entertainment)
Supinder Wraich
Detention Adventure – Contents Under Pressure
(LoCo Motion Pictures Inc.)
Karen Moore
How to Buy a Baby – Adopt-An-Inspection
(LoCo Motion Pictures Inc.)
Wendy Litner
Save Me – Birdie’s End
(iThentic)
Fab Filippo
Tokens – Courage
(A Token Entertainment Company)
Winnifred Jong
Best Writing, TV Movie
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Showcase (Corus Entertainment)
(Cineflix (Believe Me) Inc.)
Christina Welsh
Mean Queen
Crave (Bell Media)
(Incendo)
Barbara Kymlicka
Nowhere To Be Found
(Rogers/Telus/Shaw)
(Nowhere To Be Found Productions Inc.)
Paolo Mancini, Thomas Michael
Thicker Than Water
Crave (Bell Media)
(Incendo)
David Elver, Andrea Stevens
Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy
Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Allison Hogg, Becky Johnson, Moynan King, DJ Mausner
The Beaverton – Episode 304
CTV (Bell Media)
(Pier 21 Films)
Jeff Detsky, Michael Balazo, Luke Gordon Field, Jocelyn Geddie, Brandon Hackett, Emma Hunter, Jen MacIntyre, Megan MacKay, Scott Montgomery, Miguel Rivas, Alexander Saxton, Jacob Duarte Spiel, Winter Tekenos-Levy, Callum Wratten
The Beaverton – Episode 307
CTV (Bell Media)
(Pier 21 Films)
Jeff Detsky, Michael Balazo, Luke Gordon Field, Jocelyn Geddie, Brandon Hackett, Emma Hunter, Megan MacKay, Scott Montgomery, Allana Reoch, Miguel Rivas, Alexander Saxton, Jacob Duarte Spiel, Winter Tekenos-Levy, Callum Wratten
Canadian Screen Awards 2019
CBC (CBC)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
Monica Heisey, Aisha Brown, Diana Frances, Zoe Whittal
TallBoyz – What’s it gonna be, boys?
CBC (CBC)
(Accent Entertainment Corporation)
Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair, Franco Nguyen, Adam Bovoletis, Luc Mandl
Best Writing, Comedy
Letterkenny – Yew!
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jared Keeso, Jacob Tierney
Schitt’s Creek – The Hospies
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Rupinder Gill
Schitt’s Creek – Housewarming
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Daniel Levy, Rupinder Gill
Schitt’s Creek – Love Letters
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
David West Read
Schitt’s Creek – Meet the Parents
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Daniel Levy
Best Writing, Drama Series
Anne With An E – A Secret Which I Desired to Divine
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Moira Walley-Beckett
Anne With An E – There is Something at Work in My Soul Which I Do Not Understand
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Jane Maggs
Cardinal – Mama
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Patrick Tarr, Noelle Carbone, Aaron Bala
Mary Kills People – A Goddamned Saint
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Marsha Greene
Mary Kills People – The Key to Faith
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Tassie Cameron
