Richard Beattie is a Canadian screenwriter. He is most noted for the 1989 film '' Cold Comfort'', for which he and Elliot L. Sims won the

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

for

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at the

11th Genie Awards The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990, and honoured Canadian films released in 1989. For this year, CTV had negotiated to serve as broadcaster and the academy formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, ACCTV Productions, to independe ...

in 1990. Born and raised in

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

, Beattie studied political science at the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

before applying to, but then dropping out of law school in 1985. His first screenplay, '' Blindside'', was directed by Paul Lynch and released in 1987. His other credits have included the films '' Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil'' (1992), '' The Shower'' (1992), ''

Cold Sweat "Cold Sweat" is a song performed by James Brown and written with his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis. Brown recorded it in May 1967. An edited version of "Cold Sweat" released as a two-part single on King Records was a No. 1 R&B hit, and reac ...

'' (1993), ''

No Contest II ''No Contest II'' is a 1996 action film starring Shannon Tweed, Bruce Payne and Lance Henriksen. It is a sequel to ''No Contest''. Plot Erich Dengler (Lance Henriksen), the son of Manferd Dengler (a prominent Nazi during the rule of Adolf Hitler ...

'' (1997), ''

Grizzly Falls ''Grizzly Falls'' is a 1999 adventure film about a boy and a bear, set in British Columbia in the early 20th century. It was written by Stuart Margolin and Richard Beattie, and directed by Stewart Raffill. Plot The film starts with an old man, Ha ...

'' (1999), ''The Highwayman'' (2000), ''

The Baby Formula ''The Baby Formula'' is a 2008 Canadian mockumentary film, directed by Alison Reid. The film stars Angela Vint and Megan Fahlenbock as Athena and Lilith, a lesbian couple each pregnant with the other's baby through an experimental stem cell proc ...

'' (2009),Barry Hertz, "A plot that's hard to conceive". ''

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'', June 19, 2009. ''

High Plains Invaders ''High Plains Invaders'' is a 2009 American Western science fiction television film that aired on the Syfy Channel. It is the 21st film of the ''Maneater Series''. The film stars James Marsters. Plot A man goes to a small Colorado town to be ...

'' (2009), ''

Maximum Conviction ''Maximum Conviction'' is a 2012 action thriller starring Steven Seagal and Steve Austin and directed by Keoni Waxman. Plot It should be an easy day's work for former black ops operative Cross (Steven Seagal) and his partner Manning (Stone Cold ...

'' (2012) and ''

Cartels A cartel is a group of independent market participants who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the market. Cartels are usually associations in the same sphere of business, and thus an alliance of rivals. Mo ...

'' (2017), and episodes of the television series ''

True Justice ''True Justice'' is an American television action series created by Steven Seagal that ran for two seasons in 2011 and 2012. Seagal stars as Elijah Kane, the head of the "Special Investigation Unit", an undercover police task force, in Seattle, W ...

'', ''

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'', ''Insomnia'' and ''Rising Suns''.

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