Kenn Scott (screenwriter)

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Kenn Scott
Occupations
  • Television writer
  • Magazine columnist
  • University professor
Years active1997–present

Kenn Scott is a Toronto-based screenwriter noted for his work in children's programming and animation. Included amongst the many shows he has written for are Ned's Newt , Iggy Arbuckle , Captain Flamingo , Rescue Heroes , Seven Little Monsters , Pelswick , Quads! , Delilah and Julius , Dino Dan and Doki . His column "A Writer's Life" appears regularly in the magazine Canadian Screenwriter. He is also the co-author of the university textbook On Our Wavelength: Broadcasting History from a Canadian Perspective, and the video game Uh-Oh Flamingo! [1]

Scott won a special animation award from the Writers Guild of Canada for his work on Ned's Newt, [2] as well as a 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Award in the Children & Preschool category for an episode of Iggy Arbuckle. [3]

In addition to his continuing work as a screenwriter, Scott has been teaching screenwriting and media history at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in Toronto since 1997. He also teaches at the University of Toronto, [4] and as of 2021, he is a professor in the Children's Media program at Toronto's Centennial College.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.centennialcollege.ca/programs-courses/full-time/childrens-media/ Click on Faculty bios and scroll down.
  2. ↑ "Writers Guild of Canada Awards List for 1999". wgc.ca. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
  3. ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Writers hand awards to Corner Gas, Motor City". Playback , April 28, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Kenn Scott | School of Continuing Studies - University of Toronto".