2020 Rockie Awards

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 Rockie Awards Gala has been cancelled. However, please join us for a virtual 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition live-streaming on June 15th at 3:00 pm EST.

Ricky Gervais
2010

Regina King
2017

Sir David Attenborough
2003

Christine Baranski
2013

Eric McCormack
2010

Justin Simien
2019

Paul Feig
2019

Kristin Kreuk
2019

Eugene Levy
1994

Kim Cattrall
2008

Bill Hader
2019

Drew & Jonathan Scott
2019

John Candy
1992

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
2013

John Cleese
2002

Kristin Chenoweth
2018

Sean Hayes
2018

Martin Short
1999

2019 ROCKIES GALA RECIPIENTS

INNOVATIVE PRODUCER AWARD

Scott Brothers Entertainment

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER IMPACT AWARD

Justin Simien (Dear White People)

CANADIAN AWARD OF DISTINCTION

Kristin Kreuk (Burden of Truth, EuroTrip, Smallville)

A+E INCLUSION AWARD

Kitti Jones, survivor and author, Brie Miranda Bryant, SVP and Executive Producer, Lifetime, dream hampton, executive producer, Tamra Simmons, executive producer (Surviving R. Kelly)

SHOWRUNNER OF THE YEAR

Jed Mercurio (Bodyguard, Line of Duty)

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Freaks and Geeks, Ghostbusters, The Heat, A Simple Favor)

SIR PETER USTINOV COMEDY AWARD

Bill Hader (Barry, Trainwreck, Saturday Night Live)

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

Surviving R. Kelly

ROCKIE AWARDS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMPETITION GRAND JURY PRIZE

Sharp Objects
HBO/eOne/Tiny Pyro/Blumhouse/Fourth Born/crazyrose
USA/Canada

ROCKIES GALA HOSTS

Jann Arden 2019 • Kristin Chenoweth 2018 • Anthony Anderson 2017 • Gerry Dee 2016 • Jaime Camil 2015 • Arisa Cox 2014 • Wayne Brady 2013 • Lisa Ray 2012 • Caroline Rhea 2011 • Jason Priestley & Kim D’Eon 2010




COMPANY OF DISTINCTION

NBCUniversal 2018 • Disney | ABC 2017 • HBO 2016 • A&E 2015 • Lionsgate 2014 • CBS 2013




SIR PETER USTINOV COMEDY AWARD

Bill Hader 2019 • Sean Hayes 2018 • Russell Peters 2016 • Kathryn Hahn 2015 • Nathan Lane 2014 • Craig Ferguson 2013 • Chuck Lorre 2012 • James Burrows 2011 • Ricky Gervais 2010 • Mark McKinney 2009 • Brent Butt 2008 • Guy A. Lepage 2006 • Rick Mercer 2003 • John Cleese 2002 • Kelsey Grammer 2001 • Tracey Ullman 2000 • Martin Short 1999 • Bob Newhart 1998 • Barry Humphries 1997 • Steve Smith 1996 • Tantoo Cardinal 1995 • Eugene Levy 1994 • Winston Rekert & Danny Virtue 1993 • John Candy 1992




AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Paul Feig 2019 • Jeremy Podeswa 2018 • Kenny Ortega 2017 • Katheryn Winnick 2015 • Henry Winkler 2014 • Eugene Levy 2011 • Nigel Lythgoe 2010 • Victor Garber 2009 • Sofia Milos 2008 • Carol Mendelsohn 2007 • David Shore 2006 • Gordon Pinsent 2004 • David Chase 2003 • Gary David Goldberg 2002 • Norman Jewison 2001 • Dick Wolf 2000 • David E. Kelley 1999 • Don Hewitt 1998 • Diane English 1997 • Steven Bochco 1996 • Frederic Back 1995 • William Shatner 1994 • Peter Jennings 1993 • Barbara Frum 1992 • Walter Cronkite 1991 • Bea Arthur 1990 • David Suzuki 1989 • Ed Asner 1987 • Lorne Green 1986 • Laurence Olivier 1985 • Dinah Shore 1984 • Gregory Peck 1983 • Norm Campbell 1982




CANADIAN AWARD OF DISTINCTION

Kristin Kreuk 2019 • Sheila Hockin 2018 • Just for Laughs 2017 • Jay Baruchel 2016 • Gerry Dee 2015 • Alan Thicke 2014 • Will Arnett 2013 • Jeanne Beker 2012 • Howie Mandel 2011 • Eric McCormack 2010 • Paul Gross 2009 • Kim Cattrall 2008 • Colm Feore 2007




CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Dan Rather 2014 • Christine Baranski 2013 • Larry King 2012 • Ed Asner 2011 • William Shatner 2010 • Trina McQueen 2009 • Jon Plowman 2008 • Sheila Nevins 2006 • Peter McGhee 2005 • David Attenborough 2003 • James Burrows 2004 • Bernard Pivot 2002 • Rock Demers 2001 • John Mortimer 1998


SHOWRUNNER OF THE YEAR

Jed Mercurio 2019
Moira Walley-Beckett 2018
John Ridley 2017
Damon Lindelof 2016
Jill Soloway 2015
Clyde Phillips 2014

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

Surviving R. Kelley 2019
This Is Us 2018
Handmaid’s Tale 2017
Making a Murderer 2016
Nashville 2014
NCIS 2013

INCLUSION AWARD (formerly Diversity Award)

Surviving R. Kelly 2019
Elizabeth Vargas 2018
Jonathan Murray 2017
LeVar Burton 2016

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER IMPACT AWARD

Justin Simien 2019
The Good Doctor 2018
Black-ish 2017
Julia Louis-Dreyfus 2013

INNOVATIVE PRODUCER AWARD

Scott Brothers Entertainment 2019
New Metric Media 2018
Wolf + Rabbit Entertainment 2017
Don Carmody 2016
Insight Productions 2015
Cameron Pictures 2014
Flashpoint 2013
Epitome Pictures 2012
Galafilms 2011
Temple Street Productions 2010
Shaftesbury Films 2009
Blueprint Entertainment 2008
marblemedia 2007
Magee TV 2006
Lone Eagle Entertainment 2005
Studio B 2004
Frantic Films 2003

GRAND JURY PRIZE

Sharp Objects 2019
Big Little Lies 2018
Planet Earth II 2017
The Book of Negroes 2015
Stuart: A Life Backwards 2008
TIE: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan / Conflict Tiger Sasha Snow 2006
Blackpool 2005
Children Full of Life,
Namida to warai no happî kurasu: 4 nen 1 kumi Inochi no jugyô 2004
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,
Chavez: Inside the Coup 2003
Othello 2002
The Land of the Wandering Souls,
La terre des âmes errantes 2001
Srebrenica: A Cry from the Grave 2000
Amongst Women 1999
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground 1998
Pride and Prejudice 1996
Death on Request 1995
Frontline 1994
The Boys of St. Vincent 1993
Prime Suspect 1992
Portrait of a Marriage 1991
Traffik 1990
A Very British Coup 1989
Baka: The People of the Rainforest 1988
The Wrestler Painija 1987
TIE: Final Offer / Music Hall 1986
Blue Money 1985
The Ghost Writer 1984
Women of the Sun 1983
A Voyage Round My Father 1982
Castelporziano, ostia dei poeti 1981
Homeward Bound 1980
Ligabue 1979

A friend of mine said, 'Ricky, you'd travel to the ends of the earth to get an award,' I laughed. But here I am.

Ricky Gervais
Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award 2010

I feel like Canadians embrace the outdoors and - from Australia - we do the same thing, so I feel at home in Canada.

Yvonne Strahovski
The Handmaid's Tale, Program of the Year 2017

The people who are putting this festival on love television, and I love television! And it's coming from a global perspective as well, and I think that's great.

Chuck Lorre
Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award 2012

It's an incredible energy up here. I have never seen a more beautiful place. You really don't want to be indoors at all, but the energy inside is just as exciting.

Damon Lindelof
Showrunner of the Year 2016

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