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Nominees for 2007 DGC awards

Tuesday August 14th 2007

TORONTO (CP ) _ "Away from Her" and "Fido" are among the multiple nominees this year at the 2007 Directors Guild of Canada awards.

The awards, celebrating the best in Canadian film and television, will be handed out on Sept. 29 at a gala ceremony in Toronto.

The Director’s Guild is also awarding a lifetime achievement award to director Paul Almond, an award-winning director who began his career in 1954 and has since produced and directed more than 100 television dramas and several motion pictures.

Mary Stonehouse, a veteran production manager, is the recipient of this year’s Don Haldane Distinguished Service Award.

This year’s nominees:

Feature Film:

"Away From Her"

"Bon Cop Bad Cop"

"Fido"

"Poor Boys Game"

Television Movie/Mini-Series:

"Dragon Boys"

"Heyday"

"In God’s Country"

"October 1970"

Family Television Movie/Mini-Series:

"Family in Hiding"

"Me and Luke"

Television Series Drama:

"Godiva’s," Episode 212, "Inked"

"North/South," Episode 4

"Robson Arms," Episode 201, "Ordinary Assholes"

"Slings and Arrows," Episode 303

Television Series Comedy:

"Corner Gas," "Gopher It"

"Little Mosque on the Prairie," Episode 103, "Open House"

"Naked Josh III," Episode 302, "Pistols at Dawn"

"Rent-A-Goalie," Episode 1, "The Arrivalists"

Television Series Family:

"Degrassi: The Next Generation, Episode 604," "Can’t Hardly Wait"

"Instant Star," Episode 213

"Life With Derek," "Fright Night"

"Renegadepress.com," "Blackout"

Documentary:

"Empz 4 Life"

"Killer’s Paradise"

"Recreating Eden"

"Sharkwater"

Direction _ Feature Film:

Erik Canuel for "Bon Cop Bad Cop"

Andrew Currie for "Fido"

Sarah Polley for "Away From Her"

Clement Virgo for "Poor Boys Game"

Direction _ Television Movie/Mini-Series:

Jerry Ciccoritti for "The Victor Davis Story"

Sturla Gunnarsson for "Above and Beyond"

John L’Ecuyer for "In God’s Country"

Don McBrearty for "October 1970"

Direction _ Television Series:

Gail Harvey for "Regenesis," Episode 310, "Unbearable"

Grant Harvey for "Whistler," Episode 113, "Unearthed"

Stephen Surjik for "Intelligence," Episode 311, "Not a Nice Boy"

Shawn Alex Thompson for "Regenesis," Episode 309, "Let it Burn"

Production Design _ Feature Film:

Kathleen Climie for "Away From Her"

Bill Fleming for "Poor Boys Game"

Rob Gray for "Fido"

Oleg Savytski for "Weirdsville"

Production Design _ Television Movie/Mini-Series:

Aidan Leroux for "The Robber Bride"

Taavo Soodor for "In God’s Country"

Jennifer Stewart for "October 1970"

Marian Wihak for "Heyday"

Production Design Television Series:

Kathleen Climie for "Slings and Arrows," Episode 303

Sandra Kybartas for "Regenesis," Episode 301, "A Spontaneous Moment"

Hugh Shankland for "Corner Gas," "Gopher It"

Stephen Stanley for "Degrassi: The Next Generation," Episode 610, "What it Feels Like to be a Ghost, Part 2"

Picture Editing Feature Film:

Michael Doherty for "Weirdsville"

Roger Mattiussi for "Fido"

Mike Munn for "Comeback Season"

David Wharnsby for "Away From Her"

Picture Editing _ Television Movie/Mini-Series:

Steve Lawrence for "Doomstown"

Dean Soltys for "October 1970"

Wiebke Von Carolsfeld for "Heyday"

Jeff Warren for "Above and Beyond"

Picture Editing _ Television Series:

Jean Coulombe for "Missing," Episode 519, "So Shall Ye Reap"

Christopher Donaldson for "Slings and Arrows," Episode 303

Tom Joerin for "Regenesis," Episode 302, "Dust in the Wind"

Vesna Svilanovic for "Regenesis," Episode 301, "A Spontaneous Moment"

Sound Editing Feature Film:

Kathy Choi, David McCallum, Sue Conley, Barry Gilmore, Janice Ierulli and David Rose for "Away From Her"

Jane Tattersall, David Rose, Kathy Choi and Jean Bot for "Poor Boys Game"

Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Kathy Choi, Rod Deogrades, Mark Shnuriwsky and Mishann Lau for "Silent Hill"

Stephen Barden, Alex Bullick and Nelson Ferreira for "The Fountain"

Sound Editing _ Television Movie/Mini-Series:

David Rose, Kathy Choi and Jane Tattersall for "Above and Beyond"

Jane Tattersall, Janice Ierulli, Susan Fairbairn and Gren-Erich Zwicker for "Heyday"

Sue Conley, Jane Tattersall and Jean Bot for "The Victor Davis Story"

Jonas Kuhnemann and Mark Beck for "In God’s Country"

Sound Editing _ Television Series:

Mark Beck, Jonas Kuhnemann and Richard Calistan for "Dark Oracle," Episode 211, "Life Interrupted"

Kevin Howard, Robert Hegedus, Richard Calistan and Jason MacNeill for "Missing," Episode 519, "So Shall Ye Reap"

Joe Mancuso, Dan Sexton, Matt Hussey and Richard Calistan for "Regenesis," Episode 301, "A Spontaneous Moment"

Susan Fairbairn, Sue Conley and David McCallum for "Slings and Arrows," Episode 306