Dennis Foon was born on 18 November 1951 and is a Canadian playwright, producer, screenwriter and novelist.
22 Facts About Dennis Foon
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Dennis Foon was co-founder and artistic director for 12 years of Green Thumb Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Dennis Foon has received the British Theatre Award, two Chalmers awards, the Jesse Richardson Career Achievement Award, a Governor General's nomination for Skin, and the International Arts for Young Audiences Award for these.
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Dennis Foon has won a Gemini Award, two Writers Guild of Canada Awards, two Leos, and numerous other international awards for his screenplays.
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Dennis Foon was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from the University of Michigan.
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Dennis Foon has worked and resided in Vancouver, Canada since 1973, and has Canadian citizenship.
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Dennis Foon was born into a Ukrainian Jewish family in Detroit, Michigan, where he was raised.
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Dennis Foon attended local schools and the University of Michigan, where he studied fiction.
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Dennis Foon moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and has resided in Canada since 1973.
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Dennis Foon served from 1976 to 1988 as artistic director of the theater, in addition to writing several plays exploring the reality of contemporary children's lives.
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In 1978, Dennis Foon realized there were few dramatic works that explored contemporary children's lives and reflected their real concerns.
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Dennis Foon began to write, produce and direct new plays that investigated children's worlds and focused on the concerns of young audiences.
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Dennis Foon later wrote Seesaw, War, Chasing the Money, and Kindness.
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Dennis Foon's works have been enthusiastically received in Canada and around the world.
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In 1988, Dennis Foon left Green Thumb to pursue freelance writing and directing projects.
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Dennis Foon served as dramaturge and director of Joan MacLeod's play, Amigo's Blue Guitar, which won the Governor General's Award; Rigtig Dansk Dreng at Taastrup Teater, Denmark; and a production of his own Invisible Kids for the Unicorn Theatre, London, England.
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Dennis Foon wrote the screenplay Life Above All, winner of the Prix Francois Chalais at Cannes and shortlisted for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Dennis Foon wrote the screenplay for Indian Horse, adapted from a 2012 novel of the same name by Richard Wagamese.
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Dennis Foon co-wrote Mina Shum's feature Long Life.
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Dennis Foon has received the Gemini Award, two WGC Awards, four Leos, and the Robert Wagner Award for his screenplays, including Little Criminals, International Emmy Nominee White Lies, Torso, The Terry Fox Story, and On The Farm.
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Dennis Foon has written more than 60 hours of episodic television, including Cracked, Cold Squad, and 2030 CE.
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Dennis Foon was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Maggie's Secret.