About Omni Awards

Omni has received over 100 national and international awards.


Dolphin Dealer
Seven Leo Award nominations including Best Documentary Program or Series, 2009
Won the International Wildlife Film Festival Merit Award for Storytelling and Merit Award for Presentation of Information, 2009

She's Crafty

Four Leo Award nominations, winning for Best Cinematography in an Information or Lifestyle Series, 2009
Two Gemini Award Nominations for Best Host and Best Cinematography, 2008
Four Leo Award nominations including Best Lifestyle Series, Best Director, Best Host and Best Cinematography, 2008

System Crash

Leo Award nomination for Best Documentary Series, 2009

Dragon Boys

Won WGC Award for Best MOW & Miniseries, 2008
Nine Gemini Award nominations, winning for Best Writing and Best Dramatic Mini-Series, 2007
Won CSC Award for Best Cinematography in a TV Drama, 2007
Won DGC Team Award for Best Television Movie/Mini-Series, 2007
Twelve Leo Awards nominations, winning for Best Screenwriting and Best Musical Score in a Dramatic Series, 2007

Shimmy

Three Leo Award nominations, winning for Best Cinematography in an Information or Lifestyle Series, 2008

Make Some Noise

Nominated for the Prix Jeunesse, 2008
Won Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series, 2007
Won Shaw Rocket Fund Prize for Best in Youth Television, 2007
Won Japan Prize - Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology Prize for Youth Education, 2006
Won Two Nell Shipman Awards for Best Television Series & Best Director, 2006
Won Silver Chris Award for Best Children & Youth, 2006
Won Two Leo Awards for Best Director and Best Youth Series, 2006

Greenpeace: Making A Stand

Won Special Jury Award at the Explorers Club Film Festival in New York, 2008
Part of Global Television's Gemini Award winning Best Documentary Series, Global Currents, 2007
Three Leo nominations, winning for Best Documentary Program or Series, 2007
Won Bronze Chris Award, 2006

Robson Arms

Two DGC Award hominations including Best Team - Comedy Television Series and Best Direction - Television Series, 2009
WGC Award nomination for Drama Series (Half Hour), 2008
Eight Gemini Award nominations, winning for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series, 2006, 2007
Two DGC Team Award nominations, 2005 & 2007
21 Leo Award nominations, winning two Best Supporting Performances, Best Lead Performance, Best Writing, 2005 & 2007
Won WGC Award for Drama Series (1/2 hour), 2006

Alice, I Think

Gemini Award nomination for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series, 2007
Leo Award nomination for Best Overall Sound in a Youth or Children's Program or Series 2007

Stuntdawgs

Two Gemini Award nominations winning for Best General/Human Interest Series, 2006
Leo Award nomination for Best Documentary Program or Series, 2006

Slammin' Iron: Rebuilding the World

Four Leo Award nominations winning for Best Director, Best Writer and Best Documentary Program or Series, 2006
Won Silver Medal at the New York Festivals, 2006

Ancient Clues

Won Gold Medal at the New York Festivals, 2006

Running on a Dream: The Legacy of Terry Fox

Two Leo Award nominations, winning for Best Documentary Program or Series, 2006

This Space for Rent

2 Leo Award nominations, 2006

The Disappearance of the PX-15

Leo Award nomination for Best Documentary Program or Series, 2006

Older Women/Younger Men

Won Houston International Film Festival Bronze Remi Award, 2006

Edgemont

Eleven Leo Award nominations, winning eight awards including Best Director, Best Writer, Best Performance and Best Youth Series, 2002, 2003 & 2005
WGC Award nomination for Youth, 2004
Eight Gemini Award nominations, 2001, 2003 & 2004

Weird Sex and Snowshoes

Leo Award Nomination for Best Documentary Arts/Performing Arts, 2005

Wrestling with Destiny: The Life and Times of Daniel Igali

Won three Leo Awards for Best Sports Progam or Series, Best Cinematography and Best Musical Score, 2005
Gemini Award nomination for Best Sports Program or Series, 2004

Spidermania

Won Silver Award for Television and Cable Production - TV Special- Documentary, 2004

Quiet Places

Won Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary, 2002
Three Gemini Award nominations for directing and cinematography, 2001
Six Leo Awards nominations winning for Best Director, 2000 and Best Cinematography, 2001
Won Certificate of Creative Excellence at the New York Festivals, 2000
Nominated for best Documentary at the Toronto International Hot Docs Festival, 2000
Won Silver Screen Award and the Silver Camera Award at the US International Film and Video Festival, 1998

Healthy Home

Won Gold Camera Award, Information Program at the US International Film and Video Festival, 2001

Champions of the Wild

Won Chris Award for Science & Technology, 2000
Gemini Award nomination for Best Direction in a Documentary Series, 2000
Won three Gold Camera Awards at the US International Film and Video Festival, 1999 & 2000
Won International Wildlife Film Festival Best Short Television Program, 1998
Won Best Short Documentary at the Toronto International Hot Docs Festival, 1998

Singing Our Stories

Won VIFVF Award for Best Documentary, 1999

Mystics, Mechanics & Mind Bombs

Won Gemini Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program, 1998

The Living Coast

Won the US International Film and Video Festival Gold Camera Award, 1998

High-Tech Culture

Won ITVA Canada Silver Eva Award, 1996

The Odyssey

Judged one of Top Ten World Programmes at the Cologne Conference, 1995
Nominated for International Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming, 1994
Five Gemini Award nominations winning for Best Youth Program or Series, 1993, 1994
Won San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award, 1994
Won Charleston International Film Festival World Fest Gold Award, 1994
Won the Columbus International Film and Video Bronze Plaque, 1994
Won Golden Sheaf Award at the Yorkton Festivals for Best Dramatic TV Series Episode, 1994
Won ACT Award of Excellence by the Alliance For Children and Television, 1993
Won Silver Medal at The New York Festivals, 1993
Won Houston International Film Festival Gold Award, 1992 and Silver Award, 1993

Killer Whales in the Wild

Won Earthwatch Awards, 1992
Won Grand Prix at the Rolex Festival International du Film Maritime et d'Exploration, Toulon, France, 1991
Won the Special Jury Gold Award for Best Documentary at the Houston International Film Festival, 1991

Greenpeace: Voyages to Save the Whales

Won First Award from the Black Orca International Film Festival, 1978
Won Blue Ribbon Award from the American Film and Video Festival, 1978
Won Canadian Film and TV Award for TV Information and Public Affairs, 1977
Won Canadian Film Award for Best Documentary Under 60 min, 1977