Matthew Heiti

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Matthew Heiti
Matthew Heiti, Genie Awards 2012 (6822693242).jpg
Born Sudbury, Ontario
Occupationnovelist, screenwriter, playwright
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-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]

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References

  1. "Read Ontario, with Matthew Heiti" Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine . Open Book Ontario, October 29, 2013.
  2. "Keeping it alive: Ryan Ward and Matt Heiti talk Son of the Sunshine and Genie nominations". Toronto Film Scene, February 20, 2012.
  3. "Playwright Matthew Heiti pens first novel". Northern Life , October 19, 2013.
  4. "Four fresh faces on the arts scene". Sudbury Living , May 23, 2013.
  5. "Sudbury playwright tackles teen suicide". Northern Life , March 27, 2013.
  6. "As a Sudbury story, ‘Mucking’ is a grand slam". Northern Life , November 4, 2013.
  7. "Aviatrix: An Unreal Story of Amelia Earhart an enthralling, sassy take on history". Calgary Sun , November 7, 2012.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Matthew Heiti at doollee.com.
  9. Bradley, Lara. "Plague a deft and clever play". Sudbury Star . Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  10. "Matthew Heiti to serve as Playwright-in-Residence for STC". Sudbury Star . Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  11. "Sudbury Theatre Centre". Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  12. Shawn Syms, "Book Review: The City Still Breathing, by Matthew Heiti". National Post , October 25, 2013.