Dennis Heaton
Heaton, in 2017
NationalityCanadian
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1994–present

Dennis Heaton is a Canadian screenwriter working in film and television. He formerly executive produced and show-ran The Order for Netflix.[1] Other recent credits include executive producing and writing on Ghost Wars for SYFY and Netflix, executive producing and showrunning Motive[2][3] on CTV/NBCU, Call Me Fitz[4] (HBO Canada/Audience Network), The Listener[5] (CTV/NBC), JPOD[6] (CBC), Blood Ties[7] (Lifetime/Space) and the feature film Fido.[8]

Heaton received two 2014 Canadian Screen Awards[9] Nominations for Best Dramatic Series for Motive and Best Comedy Series for Call Me Fitz, with Fitz winning the category.[10] He has four prior Gemini Award[11] nominations, four Canadian Screenwriting Award[12] nominations, winning for his Yvon of the Yukon script "The Trouble With Mammoths",[13] and eleven Leo Award nominations, winning for his Being Ian script "The Greatest Story Never Told"[14] and his Call Me Fitz script "Fucking Memories".[10] His web series, My Pal Satan, won[15] Best Web Series and Theme Song at the New York Television Festival.[16][17] His short film Head Shot[18] premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival,[19] won best short film at the Just For Laughs Festival[20] in Montreal, and went on to play in film festivals and on television around the world.

He won two Leo Awards in 2015 - one for Best Dramatic Series for Motive and one for Best Screenwriting/ Animation Program or Series for Nerds and Monsters - "Are You Gonna Eat That?"[21]

Dennis Heaton has served as the Pacific Region Councilor for the Writers Guild of Canada since 2012.[22] In 2018, he was elected president of the WGC.

Filmography

Film

Title Year Credited as Notes
Director Producer Writer
Let's Chop Soo-E 1989 No No No Short film; production supervisor
Angel Square 1990 No No No animation production manager
Pink Komkommer 1991 No No No Short film; production supervisor
Deadly Deposits 1993 No Yes No Short film
Headshot 2006 Yes No Yes Short film
Fido 2006 No No Yes
Funny Business 2011 No No No Short film; story editor

Television

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

Title Year Credited as Network Notes
Creator Director Writer Executive
Producer
The Brothers Grunt 1994–95 Developer No Yes (8) No MTV Also producer
Gary Larson's Tales from the Far Side 1994 No No No No CBS Television film; producer
Life and Times 1997, 2002 No Yes (1) No CBC Television Documentary; additional producer (1 episode, 1997), writer (2002)
Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side II 1997 No No No No BBC Television film; producer
Murder in Normandy 1999 No Yes No History Television Documentary
Forced March to Freedom 2001 Yes Yes No History Television Documentary
KinK 2001–02 No Yes (26) No No Showcase director (seasons 1–2), creative consultant (season 2)
ZeD 2002 No No Yes (1) No CBC Television segment "Cannibalism and Your Teen"
Yvon of the Yukon 2002, 2004 No No Yes (2) No YTV
Atomic Betty 2004 No No Yes No Teletoon unknown episodes
Being Ian 2005, 2008 No No Yes (4) No YTV
Life with Derek 2005 No No Yes (1) No Family
Blood Ties 2007 No No Yes (5) No Lifetime Also story editor
Wayside 2007 No No Yes (1) No Teletoon
George of the Jungle 2007 No No Yes (2) No Teletoon
Jibber Jabber 2007 No No Yes (1) No YTV
jPod 2008 No No Yes (3) No CBC Television co-producer (4 episodes)
The Listener 2009 No No Yes (2) No CTV Co-producer (season 1)
Casper's Scare School 2009 No No Yes No YTV unknown episodes
My Pal Satan 2009 Yes No Yes (6) No web series
Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story 2010 No No No No CBC miniseries; co-producer
Call Me Fitz 2010–12 No No Yes (12) No HBO Canada co-producer (season 1), co-executive producer (seasons 2–3)
Rated A for Awesome 2011 No No Yes (1) No YTV
Motive 2013–16 No No Yes (13) Yes CTV
Motive Digital Series: The Dark Corner 2013 No No No Yes web series
Primeval: New World 2013 No No Yes (1) No Space
Nerds and Monsters 2014 No No Yes (3) No YTV
Olympus 2014 No No Yes (1) No Super Channel
Ghost Wars 2017–18 No No Yes (2) Yes Syfy
The Order 2019–20 Yes No Yes (5) Yes Netflix
The Imperfects 2022 Yes Yes Yes Yes Netflix

Awards and nominations

Awards
Nominations

References

  1. ^ Otterson, Joe (April 17, 2018). "Netflix Orders Supernatural Drama The Order From Van Helsing Producer Nomadic Pictures". Variety. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dennis Heaton". Cfccreates.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  3. ^ "In the writers' room with Motive » Playback". Playbackonline.ca. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  4. ^ "Calling the Shots on Call Me Fitz". Wgc.ca. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  5. ^ "The Listener". NBC. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  6. ^ "JPod Cast". TV.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  7. ^ "Episodes". BloodTiesCentral. 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  8. ^ "Fido - Reel Canada". Reelcanada.ca. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  9. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards - Academy". Academy.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  10. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2014-05-08.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ Paul Townend. "Gemini Awards". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  12. ^ "Home". Writersguildofcanada.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  13. ^ "Yvon Of The Yukon Conquers The Leo Awards | Animation World Network". Awn.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  14. ^ a b "2005 LEO AWARDS NOMINEES & WINNERS" (PDF). Leoawards.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  15. ^ "Fifth Annual New York Television Festival Announces Awards" (PDF). Nytvf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  16. ^ a b "Home". NYTVF. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  17. ^ a b "Dennis Heaton Photos". Zimbio. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  18. ^ "SLAUGHTERHOUSE AND HOME: HEAD SHOT - 2006". Slaughterhouseandhome.blogspot.ca. 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  19. ^ "| Berlinale | Archive | Annual Archives | 2006 | Programme - Head Shot | Kopfschuss". Berlinale.de. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  20. ^ "Montreal Festival | Just For Laughs". Hahaha.com. 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  21. ^ "Leo Awards, Winners 2015". Leoawards.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  22. ^ "2012 - 2016 Council". Wgc.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  23. ^ a b "Leo Awards, Winners by Name". Leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  24. ^ "Leo Awards, 2012 Winners by Name". Leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  25. ^ "Leo Awards, 2005 Winners". Leoawards.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  26. ^ "Leo Awards, Nominees by Name 2015". Leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  27. ^ "2014 LEO AWARDS NOMINEES & WINNERS" (PDF). Leoawards.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  28. ^ "Leo Awards, 2012 Nominees by Name". Leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  29. ^ "Leo Awards, 2010 Nominees by Name". Leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  30. ^ a b "Leo Awards Nominees 2008". Leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  31. ^ a b c "LEO AWARDS, Nominees 2007". Leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  32. ^ "2002 LEO AWARDS NOMINEES & WINNERS" (PDF). Leoawards.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-08-28.

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