The
Special Achievement Genie is an award occasionally given to an individual or individuals in recognition of lifetime achievement or an important career milestone. The
Special Achievement Genie is a special award given irregularly by the
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television at the Genie Awards.
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. • (1986)
Graeme Ferguson For his work with
IMAX • (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 ==See also==