Ken Cuperus

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Ken Cuperus (born 1972) is a Canadian television writer and producer, who is a partner with his wife Michelle Melanson in the children's television production firm Headspinner Productions. [1] He is most noted as a writer of the children's television series Happy House of Frightenstein , for which he and writing partner Sandy Jobin-Bevans won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in an Animated Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 [2] and Best Writing in a Preschool Program or Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. [3]

Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, he began his career as a member of the sketch comedy troupe Brave New Weasels with Jobin-Bevans, Ron Moore and Matt Kippen, [4] as well as writing for the television series Freaky Stories and the short film Good Monday, for which he received a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Writing in a Film at the 2nd Canadian Comedy Awards in 2001. [5]

He was subsequently a writer for television series such as Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse , Medabots , John Callahan's Quads! , George Shrinks , The Berenstain Bears , Moville Mysteries , The Doodlebops , Carl² , Stargate: Atlantis and Total Drama before creating the television series The Stanley Dynamic in 2015. [6]

Cuperus and Melanson launched Headspinner in 2018. [7] The company's productions have included Happy House of Frightenstein, Denis and Me and Aunty B's House .

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References

  1. ↑ Jeremy Dickson, "Headspinner to recharge Frightenstein kid classic". Playback , May 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Children’s & Animation, Lifestyle & Reality". Broadcast Dialogue, April 6, 2022.
  3. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "2023 Canadian Screen Awards: Children’s & Animation". Broadcast Dialogue, April 12, 2023.
  4. ↑ Cam Fuller, "Hard Core Weasles". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , August 8, 1997.
  5. ↑ "Here are the nominees for the 2001 Canadian Comedy Awards". Canadian Press, March 6, 2001.
  6. ↑ "YTV Launches New Live Action Comedy with an Animated Twist: The Stanley Dynamic". Canada NewsWire , February 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ Regan Reid, "Melanson, Cuperus launch indie prodco". Playback , April 18, 2018.


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