Special Achievement Genie

The Special Achievement Genie is a special award given irregularly by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television at the Genie Awards. It is mainly a Lifetime Achievement Award but can also mark a career milestone.

List of past recipients

(1981) Micheline Lanctôt For displaying her award-winning talents in both the French and English languages, as an actress, a writer, an animator and (most recently) as a director.
(1984) Norman McLaren - Academy Award and BAFTA winning short film maker. Winner of 10 Canadian Film Awards (The predecessor to the Genie Awards) In recognition of his long, successful and internationally acclaimed career in the world of animation filmmaking.
(1985) Paul LeBlanc For his impressive body of work in film and television hairstyling
(1985) Ivan Reitman For his outstanding success with some of the biggest comedy hits of our generation. The Academy singled out the films Animal House, Meatballs, Stripes and Ghostbusters.
(1987) Emil Radok, Paul Kravicky For the film Taming of the Demons which played primarily at Vancouver's Expo '86
(1988) Norman Jewison - 7 time Academy Award nominated filmmaker. This award is given to Norman Jewison for founding and establishing the new Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Studies.
(1989) Presented to The National Film Board of Canada
(1991) John Kemeny

Canadian Screen Awards

By year	2012 2013 2014 2015

Genie Awards (film, 1980–2012)	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990/91 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Gemini Awards (television, 1986–2012)	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Film awards by category	Motion Picture Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Director Animated Short Art Direction & Production Design Cinematography Costume Design Editing Feature Length Documentary Live Action Short Original Score Original Song Screenplay (Adapted & Original) Sound Sound Editing Best First Feature Golden Screen Special Achievement Foreign Actor (1980–83) Foreign Actress (1980–83) Theatrical Short (1980–96)

Television awards by category	Best Comedy Best Drama Lead Actor, Drama Lead Actress, Drama Academy Achievement Award Diversity Award Gordon Sinclair Award Margaret Collier Award

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Note: Awards by year articles are listed here by the year of eligibility for nomination; due to variable scheduling of the ceremonies, this is not always the same year in which the awards were presented.

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