4th Genie Awards - Award Winners

Award Winners

Best Picture

Winner: The Grey Fox, Peter O'Brian

Other Nominees:

• La Guerre du Feu, Denis Héroux and John Kemeny
• Harry Tracy, Desperado, Ronald I. Cohen
• Threshold, Jon Slan and Michael Burns
• Une Journée en Taxi, Robert Ménard

Best actress

Winner: Rae Dawn Chong, La Guerre du Feu

Other Nominees:

• Sara Botsford, By Design
• Hélène Loiselle, Doux Aveux
• Andrée Pelletier, Latitude 55°
• Monique Mercure, La Quarantaine

Best actor

Winner: Donald Sutherland, Threshold

Other Nominees:

• Saul Rubinek, By Design
• Marcel Sabourin, Doux Aveux
• August Schellenberg, Latitude 55°
• Gilles Renaud, Une Journée en Taxi

Best foreign actor

Winner: Richard Farnsworth, The Grey Fox

Other Nominees:

• Ron Perlman, La Guerre du Feu
• Grand L. Bush, Hard Feelings
• Bruce Dern, Harry Tracy, Desperado
• Jeff Goldblum, Threshold
• Jean Yanne, Une Journée en Taxi

Best foreign actress

Winner: Glynnis O'Connor, Melanie

Other Nominees:

• Patty Duke, By Design
• Hard Feelings, Hard Feelings
• Marie-France Pisier, The Hot Touch
• Mare Winningham, Threshold
• Lee Grant, Visiting Hours

Best supporting actor

Winner: R.H. Thomson, If You Could See What I Hear

Other Nominees:

• Gary Reineke, The Grey Fox
• Wayne Robson, The Grey Fox
• Nicholas Campbell, Killing 'em Softly
• Doug McGrath, Porky's

Best supporting actress

Winner: Jackie Burroughs, The Grey Fox

Other Nominees:

• Clare Coulter, By Design
• Genevieve Brassard, Doux Aveux
• Trudy Young, Melanie
• Patricia Nolin, La Quarantaine

Best director

Winner: Phillip Borsos, The Grey Fox

Other Nominees:

• Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, Les fleurs sauvages
• Eric Till, If You Could See What I Hear
• Rex Bromfield, Melanie
• Robert Ménard, Une Journée en Taxi

Original screenplay

Winner: John Hunter, The Grey Fox

Other Nominees:

• Laurence Keane, Chris Windsor, and Phil Savath, Big Meat Eater
• David Lee Henry, Harry Tracy, Desperado
• John Juliani and Sharon Riis, Latitude 55°
• Roger Fournier, Une Journée en Taxi

Adapted screenplay

Winner: Richard Paluck and Robert Guza Jr., Melanie

Other Nominees:

• Peter Dion, The Hot Touch

Cinematography

Winner: Michel Brault, Threshold

Other Nominees:

• Pierre Mignot, Une Journée en Taxi

Art direction

Winner: Bill Brodie, The Grey Fox

Other Nominees:

• Richard Hudolin, Latitude 55°
• Anne Pritchard, Threshold

Costume design

Winner: John Hay, La Guerre du Feu

Other Nominees:

• Christopher Ryan, The Grey Fox
• Wendy Partridge, Latitude 55°
• Julie Ganton, Melanie
• Huguette Gagné, La Quarantaine

Sound

Winner: Don White, Kenneth Heeley-Ray, Joe Grimaldi, Claude Hazanavicius, and Austin Grimaldi, La Guerre du Feu

Other Nominees:

• Joe Grimaldi, Rob Young, and Austin Grimaldi, The Grey Fox
• Rod Haykin, David Appleby, and Don White, Harry Tracy, Desperado
• Bryan Day, Paul Coombe, Allen Ormerod, and Jack Heeren, Threshold
• Serge Beauchemin, David Appleby, Terry Burke, and Dino Pigat, Une Journée en Taxi

Film editing

Winner: Yves Langlois, La Guerre du Feu

Other Nominees:

• Frank Irvine, The Grey Fox
• Ron Wisman, Harry Tracy, Desperado
• Susan Martin, Threshold

Sound editing

Winner: Martin Ashbee, Kenneth Heeley-Ray, Kevin Ward, and David Evans, La Guerre du Feu

Other Nominees:

• Rod Crawley, Tony Currie, Peter Thilaye, and Bruce Nyznik, The Grey Fox
• Bruce Carwardine, Brian French, Glen Gauthier, Tim Roberts, Brian Rosen, Harry Tracy, Desperado
• Wayne Griffin and Dennis Drummond, Melanie
• Bruce Nyznik, Sharon Lackie, Tony Currie, Threshold

Music score

Winner: Michael Conway Baker, The Grey Fox

Other Nominees:

• Maribeth Solomon and Micky Erbe, Threshold
• Jonathan Goldsmith, Visiting Hours

Theatrical short

Winner: Pierre Falardeau and Julien Poulin, Elvis Gratton

Other Nominees:

• Scott Barrie, Footsteps
• David Fine and Ron Mann, The Only Game in Town
• Michel Bouchard, Le Toasteur

Documentary

Winner: Robert Fortier, Adam Symansky, and Bill Brind, The Devil at Your Heels

Other Nominees:

• Michael McKennirey and John N. Smith, Gala
• Hélène Verrier, Jouer sa Vie