4th Genie Awards

The 4th annual Genie Awards were held March 23, 1983 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. There ceremony was hosted by comedian Dave Thomas.

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
*"Latitude 55°", August Schellenberg
*"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"