Dennis Heaton

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Dennis Heaton
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Heaton, in 2017
NationalityCanadian
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1994–present

Dennis Heaton is a Canadian screenwriter working in film and television. He formerly executive produced and show-ran The Order for Netflix. [1] Other recent credits include executive producing and writing on Ghost Wars for SYFY and Netflix, executive producing and showrunning Motive [2] [3] on CTV/NBCU, Call Me Fitz [4] (HBO Canada/Audience Network), The Listener [5] (CTV/NBC), JPOD [6] (CBC), Blood Ties [7] (Lifetime/Space) and the feature film Fido . [8]

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Heaton received two 2014 Canadian Screen Awards [9] Nominations for Best Dramatic Series for Motive and Best Comedy Series for Call Me Fitz , with Fitz winning the category. [10] He has four prior Gemini Award [11] nominations, four Canadian Screenwriting Award [12] nominations, winning for his Yvon of the Yukon script "The Trouble With Mammoths", [13] and eleven Leo Award nominations, winning for his Being Ian script "The Greatest Story Never Told" [14] and his Call Me Fitz script "Fucking Memories". [10] His web series, My Pal Satan , won [15] Best Web Series and Theme Song at the New York Television Festival. [16] [17] His short film Head Shot [18] premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival, [19] won best short film at the Just For Laughs Festival [20] 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?" [21]

Dennis Heaton has served as the Pacific Region Councilor for the Writers Guild of Canada since 2012. [22] In 2018, he was elected president of the WGC.

Filmography

Film

TitleYearCredited asNotes
DirectorProducerWriter
Let's Chop Soo-E1989NoNoNoShort film; production supervisor
Angel Square 1990NoNoNoanimation production manager
Pink Komkommer1991NoNoNoShort film; production supervisor
Deadly Deposits1993NoYesNoShort film
Headshot2006YesNoYesShort film
Fido 2006NoNoYes
Funny Business2011NoNoNoShort film; story editor

Television

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

TitleYearCredited asNetworkNotes
CreatorDirectorWriterExecutive
Producer
The Brothers Grunt 1994–95DeveloperNoYes (8)No MTV Also producer
Gary Larson's Tales from the Far Side 1994NoNoNoNo CBS Television film; producer
Life and Times 1997, 2002NoYes (1)No CBC Television Documentary; additional producer (1 episode, 1997), writer (2002)
Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side II1997NoNoNoNo BBC Television film; producer
Murder in Normandy1999NoYesNo History Television Documentary
Forced March to Freedom2001YesYesNoHistory TelevisionDocumentary
KinK 2001–02NoYes (26)NoNo Showcase director (seasons 1–2), creative consultant (season 2)
ZeD 2002NoNoYes (1)NoCBC Televisionsegment "Cannibalism and Your Teen"
Yvon of the Yukon 2002, 2004NoNoYes (2)No YTV
Atomic Betty 2004NoNoYesNo Teletoon unknown episodes
Being Ian 2005, 2008NoNoYes (4)NoYTV
Life with Derek 2005NoNoYes (1)No Family
Blood Ties 2007NoNoYes (5)No Lifetime Also story editor
Wayside 2007NoNoYes (1)NoTeletoon
George of the Jungle 2007NoNoYes (2)NoTeletoon
Jibber Jabber 2007NoNoYes (1)NoYTV
jPod 2008NoNoYes (3)NoCBC Televisionco-producer (4 episodes)
The Listener 2009NoNoYes (2)No CTV Co-producer (season 1)
Casper's Scare School 2009NoNoYesNoYTVunknown episodes
My Pal Satan2009YesNoYes (6)Noweb series
Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story 2010NoNoNoNoCBCminiseries; co-producer
Call Me Fitz 2010–12NoNoYes (12)No HBO Canada co-producer (season 1), co-executive producer (seasons 2–3)
Rated A for Awesome 2011NoNoYes (1)NoYTV
Motive 2013–16NoNoYes (13)YesCTV
Motive Digital Series: The Dark Corner2013NoNoNoYesweb series
Primeval: New World 2013NoNoYes (1)No Space
Nerds and Monsters 2014NoNoYes (3)NoYTV
Olympus 2014NoNoYes (1)No Super Channel
Ghost Wars 2017–18NoNoYes (2)Yes Syfy
The Order 2019–20YesNoYes (5)Yes Netflix
The Imperfects 2022YesYesYesYes Netflix

Awards and nominations

Awards
Nominations

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