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Phil Savath (December 28, 1946 - November 3, 2004) was an American-born Canadian film and television writer and producer. He was most noted as a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Screenplay, with nominations for Original Screenplay at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983 for Big Meat Eater [1] and Adapted Screenplay at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989 for The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick . [2]

His other film credits included Fast Company , Samuel Lount , [3] and Terminal City Ricochet . [4]

In television, he was a cocreator and star of the CBC Television children's comedy series Homemade TV and Range Ryder and the Calgary Kid in the 1970s. [5] He later wrote several episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 , [6] co-created the television series Max Glick with Stephen Foster and These Arms of Mine with his wife Susan Duligal, [7] and cowrote the television films Net Worth [8] and Little Criminals . [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move". The Globe and Mail , February 10, 1983.
  2. ↑ "Dreaming of Genies". Vancouver Sun , March 21, 1989.
  3. ↑ "A little-known Canadian hero gets his due". Ottawa Citizen , February 11, 1986.
  4. ↑ "Aspiring screenwriters hope PRAXIS makes perfect: A scenario for success". The Globe and Mail , July 1, 1988.
  5. ↑ "Insanity on board ship with the Homemade gang". The Globe and Mail , April 8, 1978.
  6. ↑ "90210 hires local writer". Vancouver Sun , April 28, 1996.
  7. ↑ "An inspiring romance: Phil Savath and Susan Duligal used their real- life love story as the basis for a new CBC comedy series, These Arms of Mine". Vancouver Sun , November 8, 2000.
  8. ↑ "Puck-powered drama scores big on intrigue". Toronto Star , November 26, 1995.
  9. ↑ "Little Criminals a chilling flick: Send kids to bed, director advises parent viewers". Hamilton Spectator , January 15, 1996.
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