Margaret Collier Award
The Margaret Collier Award is a lifetime achievement award, presented to a Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, it became part of the Canadian Screen Awards in 2013.[1] It can be presented to an individual writer or writing team.[2] As of 2025, administration of the award has been transferred to the Writers Guild of Canada as part of its WGC Screenwriting Awards program.[3]
The award is named in honour of Margaret Collier, the longtime executive director of ACTRA's chapter for television writers.[4]
Past recipients
[edit]Genie Awards
[edit]- 1986 - Charles E. Israel
- 1987 - Grahame Woods[5]
- 1988 - M. Charles Cohen
- 1989 - Donald Brittain
- 1990 - Ted Allan
- 1992 - Harry Rasky
- 1993 - George R. Robertson
- 1994 - Alex Barris
- 1995 - Timothy Findley
- 1996 - Anna Sandor[6]
- 1998 - Douglas Bowie[7]
- 1998 - Frank Shuster, Johnny Wayne for their collaborations as Wayne & Shuster. Frank Shuster accepted the award as Wayne had died in 1989.
- 1999 - Suzette Couture
- 2000 - Rob Forsyth
- 2001 - David Barlow
- 2002 - Patrick Watson
- 2003 - Charles Lazer
- 2004 - Wayne Grigsby
- 2005 - not presented
- 2006 - Pete White
- 2007 - Susan Marcus, Chris Clark, Lilly Barnes, Joy Simons-Newall
- 2008 - David Cole
- 2009 - Barbara Samuels
- 2010 - Donald Martin
- 2011 - Bob Carney
Canadian Screen Awards
[edit]- 2013 - Heather Conkie
- 2014 - Semi Chellas
- 2015 - Tassie Cameron[8]
- 2016 - Karen Walton[9]
- 2017 - Denis McGrath[10]
- 2018 - Brad Wright
- 2019 - David Shore[11]
WGC Screenwriting Awards
[edit]- 2025 - Andrew Wreggitt[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tony Atherton, "Viewer curiosity behind Geminis success story". Ottawa Citizen, March 3, 1996.
- ^ "Special Awards". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ a b Nicholas Sokic, "Andrew Wreggit to receive WGC’s Margaret Collier Award". Playback, March 18, 2025.
- ^ Susan Ferrier Mackay, "Formidable ACTRA official Margaret Collier advocated for writers for film, TV and radio". The Globe and Mail, May 12, 2021.
- ^ John Haslett Cuff, "Seeing Things, Night Heat top Gemini nomination list". The Globe and Mail, October 22, 1987.
- ^ "Awards honour contributions in TV". The Globe and Mail, February 21, 1996.
- ^ Mike Boone, "Newsroom, Arrow scoop Geminis: Satiric sitcom about TV and a controversial series about doomed fighter pick up five apiece". Montreal Gazette, March 2, 1998.
- ^ Adnan M. (28 February 2015). "Tassie Cameron ('Rookie Blue') Honoured with Margaret Collier Award". The Arts Guild. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ "'22 Minutes,' Ivan Fecan to receive special Canadian Screen Awards". Toronto Star, November 10, 2015.
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards: Peter Mansbridge, Karyn Pugliese, Margaret Atwood to be honoured". CBC News, October 30, 2017.
- ^ Corey Atad, "Alex Trebek, David Suzuki, Dan Levy And More Among 2020 Canadian Screen Awards Special Honourees" Archived 2020-08-17 at the Wayback Machine. ET Canada, December 4, 2019.