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Dennis Heaton is a screenwriter working in film and television. He is currently executive producing and show-running season 4 of Motive[1][2] on CTV/NBCU. Other recent credits include CALL ME FITZ[3] (HBO Canada/Audience Network), THE LISTENER[4] (CTV/NBC), JPOD[5] (CBC), BLOOD TIES[6] (LIFETIME/SPACE) and the feature film FIDO[7] (LIONSGATE).
Heaton received two 2014 Canadian Screen Awards[8] Nominations for Best Dramatic Series for Motive and Best Comedy Series for Call Me Fitz, with Fitz winning the category[9]. He has four prior Gemini Award[10] nominations, four Canadian Screenwriting Award[11] nominations, winning for his Yvon of the Yukon script “The Trouble With Mammoths"[12], and nine Leo Award nominations, winning for his Being Ian script “The Greatest Story Never Told”[13] and his Call Me Fitz script “Fucking Memories”[14]. His web series, My Pal Satan, won[15] Best Web Series and Theme Song at the New York Television Festival[16]. His short film Head Shot[17] premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival[18], won best short film at the Just For Laughs Festival[19] in Montreal, and went on to play in film festivals and on television around the world.
He won two Leo Awards in 2015 - one for Best Dramatic Series for Motive and one for Best Screenwriting/ Animation Program or Series for Nerds and Monsters - "Are You Gonna Eat That?"[20]
Filmography
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Awards and nominations
- Awards
- 2015 Leo - Best Dramatic Series[21] for Motive
- 2015 Leo - Best Screenwriting for an Animation Program or Series[22] for Nerds And Monsters - Episode "Are You Gonna Eat That?"
- 2012 Leo - Best Screenwriting in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series - Call Me Fitz: "F***ing Memories"
- 2005 Leo - Best Animation Program or Series - Being Ian
- 2003 Writers Guild of Canada - Top 10 - Yvon of the Yukon
- Nominations
- 2014 Leo - Best Dramatic Series[23] for Motive
- 2012 Leo - Best Screenwriting in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series - Call Me Fitz: "Dysfunctional Family Circus"
- 2009 Writers Guild of Canada - Best Short Subject or Web Series - My Pal Satan
- 2008 Leo - Best Screenwriting in an Animation Program or Series - George of the Jungle
- 2008 Leo - Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series - jPod
- 2007 Leo - Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama - Fido
- 2007 Leo - Best Screenwriting in a Short Drama - Head Shot
- 2007 Leo - Best Short Drama - Head Shot
- 2007 WGC Award - Feature Film Fido
- 2006 Berlin Film Festival Best Short Film - Head Shot
- 2004 WGC Award - Best Writing in Children's & Preschool - Yvon of the Yukon episode "Siamese Twits"
References
- ^ http://cfccreates.com/alumni/753
- ^ http://playbackonline.ca/2013/02/01/in-the-writers-room-with-motive/
- ^ http://www.wgc.ca/magazine/current_issue/calling_the_shots_on_call_me_fitz.html
- ^ http://www.nbc.com/the-listener
- ^ http://www.tv.com/shows/jpod/cast/
- ^ http://www.bloodtiescentral.com/1episodes.shtml
- ^ http://www.reelcanada.ca/film/fido/
- ^ http://www.academy.ca/Canadian-Screen-Awards
- ^ http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/61795d90-f198-406c-950f-82e5082cbbd6/2014-CSA-Winners-FULL.aspx
- ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gemini-awards/
- ^ http://www.writersguildofcanada.com/
- ^ http://www.awn.com/news/yvon-yukon-conquers-leo-awards
- ^ http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2005.pdf
- ^ http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/61795d90-f198-406c-950f-82e5082cbbd6/2014-CSA-Winners-FULL.aspx
- ^ http://nytvf.com/documents/NYTVF2009_PR09-26-09.pdf
- ^ http://www.nytvf.com/
- ^ http://slaughterhouseandhome.blogspot.ca/2013/02/head-shot-2006.html
- ^ https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2006/02_programm_2006/02_Filmdatenblatt_2006_20060884.php
- ^ http://www.hahaha.com/en/montreal-festival
- ^ http://www.leoawards.com/2015/winners/
- ^ http://www.leoawards.com/2015/winners/by_name.php
- ^ http://www.leoawards.com/2015/winners/by_name.php
- ^ http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2014.pdf
External links
- Dennis Heaton at IMDb
- An Interview with Dennis Heaton
- The Dennis Heaton Page
- http://blogs.theprovince.com/2013/12/13/motives-writers-have-a-killer-job-on-ctv-series/
- http://playbackonline.ca/2013/02/01/in-the-writers-room-with-motive/
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