Margaret Collier Award

The Margaret Collier Award is a lifetime achievement award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, to a Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been part of the Canadian Screen Awards. It can be presented to an individual writer or writing team.

The award is named in honour of Margaret Collier, the longtime executive director of ACTRA's chapter for television writers.

The recipient of this award is selected upon the recommendation of the Academy's television division writer's branch with ratification from the Academy's board of directors.

Past recipients

 * 1986 - Charles E. Israel
 * 1987 - Grahame Woods
 * 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
 * 1998 - Douglas Bowie
 * 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
 * 2013 - Heather Conkie
 * 2014 - Semi Chellas
 * 2015 - Tassie Cameron
 * 2016 - Karen Walton
 * 2017 - Denis McGrath
 * 2018 - Brad Wright
 * 2019 - David Shore