Special Achievement Genie

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The Special Achievement Genie is a special award given irregularly by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television at the Genie Awards. It is mainly a Lifetime Achievement Award but can also mark a career milestone.

## List of past recipients

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* (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

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Canadian Screen Awards

By year|

* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Canadian Film Awards
(film, 1949–1978)|

* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978

Genie Awards
(film, 1979–2012)|

* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990/91
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011

ACTRA Awards
(television, 1972–1986)|

* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986

Gemini Awards
(television, 1986–2012)|

* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011

Film awards
by category|

* Motion Picture
* Lead Performance, Comedy
* Lead Performance, Drama
* Supporting Performance, Comedy
* Supporting Performance, Drama
* Director
* Animated Short
* Art Direction and Production Design
* Casting
* Cinematography
* Cinematography in a Documentary
* Costume Design
* Editing
* Editing in a Documentary
* Feature Length Documentary
* Hair
* Live Action Short
* Makeup
* Original Music in a Documentary
* Original Score
* Original Song
* Performance in a Short Film
* Screenplay (Original and Adapted)
* Short Documentary
* Sound Editing
* Sound Mixing
* Sound Design in a Documentary
* Stunt Coordination
* Visual Effects
* Golden Screen
* John Dunning Best First Feature Award

Television awards
by category|

* Comedy Series
* Drama Series
* TV Movie
* Children's or Youth Fiction Series
* Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Series
* Pre-School Series
* Reality/Competition Series
* Leading Performance, Comedy
* Leading Performance, Drama
* Supporting Performance, Comedy
* Supporting Performance, Drama
* Ensemble Performance in a Comedy
* Ensemble Performance in Variety or Sketch Comedy
* Direction, Children's or Youth
* Performance, Children's or Youth
* Writing, Children's or Youth
* Casting
* Academy Achievement Award
* Donald Brittain Award
* Earle Grey Award
* Gordon Sinclair Award
* Rob Stewart Award

Discontinued awards|

* Bijou Awards (1981)
* Actor (1968-2022)
* Actor - Non-Feature (1969–81)
* Actress (1968-2022)
* Actress - Non-Feature (1969–81)
* Lead Performance in a Film (2022)
* Lead Actor, Comedy Series (1986-2022)
* Lead Actor, Drama Series (1986-2022)
* Lead Actress, Comedy Series (1986-2022)
* Lead Actress, Drama Series (1986-2022)
* Supporting Actor, Comedy Series (1986-2022)
* Supporting Actor, Drama Series (1986-2022)
* Supporting Actress, Comedy Series (1986-2022)
* Supporting Actress, Drama Series (1986-2022)
* Foreign Actor (1980–83)
* Foreign Actress (1980–83)
* Supporting Actor (1968-2022)
* Supporting Actress (1968-2022)
* Supporting Performance in a Film (2022)
* Theatrical Short (1949–96)
* Children's or Youth Program (1986-2002)
* Host, Children's or Youth Program (2008-2016)
* Individual or Ensemble Performance in a Comedy (1992-2000)
* Individual Performance in a Comedy (2001-2010)
* John Drainie Award (1968-2000)
* Special Achievement
* Foster Hewitt Award (1975-1986)
* Wendy Michener Award (1969-1978)
* Diversity Award (1992-2016)
* Margaret Collier Award (1986-2020)

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
Note: Awards by year articles are listed here by the year of eligibility for nomination; due to variable scheduling of the ceremonies, this is not always the same year in which the awards were presented.
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