Dennis Foon
Website: http://https://www.dennisfoon.com
Agent: Michael Petrasek
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Photographer: Oisin McHugh
Dennis was co-founder of Vancouver’s acclaimed Green Thumb Theatre and served as Artistic Director for 12 years, where he began writing a body of groundbreaking plays, including New Canadian Kid, Liars, and Mirror Game, that continue to be produced internationally in numerous languages and for which he has received the British Theatre Award, two Chalmers awards, and a Governor General’s nomination for Skin. He was made a lifetime member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada for his “outstanding contribution to Canadian Playwriting and Theatre.” He has received a Gemini, three Leos, and two Writers Guild Awards for his screenplays, including Indian Horse, the Cannes Film Festival winner, Life Above All, A Shine of Rainbows; Little Criminals; Torso; and The Terry Fox Story. His novel, Skud, received the Sheila A. Egoff Book Award, and his fantasy/sci-fi trilogy, The Longlight Legacy, is published in five languages.