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Margaret Collier Award
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The Margaret Collier Award is a lifetime achievement award, presented to a Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, it became part of the Canadian Screen Awards in 2013.[1] It can be presented to an individual writer or writing team.[2] As of 2025, administration of the award has been transferred to the Writers Guild of Canada as part of its WGC Screenwriting Awards program.[3]
The award is named in honour of Margaret Collier, the longtime executive director of ACTRA's chapter for television writers.[4]
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Past recipients
Genie Awards
- 1986 - Charles E. Israel
- 1987 - Grahame Woods[5]
- 1988 - M. Charles Cohen
- 1989 - Donald Brittain
- 1990 - Ted Allan
- 1992 - Harry Rasky
- 1993 - George R. Robertson
- 1994 - Alex Barris
- 1995 - Timothy Findley
- 1996 - Anna Sandor[6]
- 1998 - Douglas Bowie[7]
- 1998 - Frank Shuster, Johnny Wayne for their collaborations as Wayne & Shuster. Frank Shuster accepted the award as Wayne had died in 1989.
- 1999 - Suzette Couture
- 2000 - Rob Forsyth
- 2001 - David Barlow
- 2002 - Patrick Watson
- 2003 - Charles Lazer
- 2004 - Wayne Grigsby
- 2005 - not presented
- 2006 - Pete White
- 2007 - Susan Marcus, Chris Clark, Lilly Barnes, Joy Simons-Newall
- 2008 - David Cole
- 2009 - Barbara Samuels
- 2010 - Donald Martin
- 2011 - Bob Carney
Canadian Screen Awards
- 2013 - Heather Conkie
- 2014 - Semi Chellas
- 2015 - Tassie Cameron[8]
- 2016 - Karen Walton[9]
- 2017 - Denis McGrath[10]
- 2018 - Brad Wright
- 2019 - David Shore[11]
WGC Screenwriting Awards
- 2025 - Andrew Wreggitt[3]
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References
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