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Air Canada Award

Published Online October 1, 2007

Last Edited February 4, 2015

The Air Canada Award, presented at the annual Genie Awards from 1980 to 1994, was given for "outstanding contributions to the business of filmmaking in Canada."

Air Canada Award

The Air Canada Award, presented at the annual Genie Awards from 1980 to 1994, was given for "outstanding contributions to the business of filmmaking in Canada." Winners are listed by the year the award was presented.

Winners

1980 — George Destounis, president of Famous Players Ltd.

1981 — Robert and Vi Crone, founding members of the Canadian Film Awards

1982 — Pierre Lamy, producer

1984 — N.A. (Nat) Taylor, exhibitor, producer, publisher

1985 — Don Haig, producer and editor

1986 — André Collette, administrator

1987 — Garth Drabinsky, producer and exhibitor

1988 — Rock Demers, producer

1989 — Kodak Canada Inc.

1990 — Harold Greenberg, producer and CEO of Astral Bellevue Pathé Inc.

1991 — Robert Lantos, producer

1992 — Michael Spencer, administrator and producer

1993 — John Dunning and André Link, producers

1994 — René Malo, producer