Matthew Heiti | |
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| Born | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Occupation | novelist, screenwriter, playwright |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | Son of the Sunshine , The City Still Breathing |
Matthew Heiti is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, novelist and playwright. [1] As cowriter with Ryan Ward of the film Son of the Sunshine , he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012. [2]
Born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Heiti was educated at Ryerson University and the University of New Brunswick [3] before returning to Sudbury. [4] His plays include Black Dog: 4 vs the World, [5] Mucking in the Drift, [6] Aviatrix: An Unreal Story of Amelia Earhart, [7] Affidavit, [8] Scar, [8] Place to Be: The Nick Drake Project, [8] Just Beyond the Trees [8] and Plague. [9]
Heiti served as the playwright-in-residence for the Sudbury Theatre Centre for the 2011/2012 season. [10] As playwright-in-residence at STC, Heiti ran the Playwrights’ Junction, a workshop for developing writers. [11]
He published his debut novel, The City Still Breathing, with Coach House Press in 2013. [12]
