Johnny Darrell (director)

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Johnny Darrell is a Canadian television director and writer. He is most noted for his work on the television series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , for which he and Andrew Duncan received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, [1] and as a cowriter with Duncan and Loretta Todd of the screenplay for the film Monkey Beach , for which they received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. [2]

His other credits have included work on the television series Storm Hawks , League of Super Evil , Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 , Slugterra and StarBeam .

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Andrew Duncan is a Canadian television director and writer. He is most noted for his work on the television series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, for which he and Johnny Darrell received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, and as a cowriter with Darrell and Loretta Todd of the screenplay for the film Monkey Beach, for which they received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.

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References

  1. Thomas J. McLean, "Canadian Screen Awards Nominees in Film and TV Set". Animation World Network , January 16, 2018.
  2. Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada . Archived from the original on March 30, 2021.