Wayne Grigsby (born 1947) is a Canadian screenwriter and producer, mainly for television.

Career

Grigsby, who comes from

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, started primarily in arts and entertainment journalism. His goal had always been to write fiction. He had a script produced by Brian McKenna and Bernie Zukerman, which led to his becoming a screenwriter. Later, he formed Big Motion Pictures Inc. with David MacLeod. He also tried American TV with a failed pilot starring

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Awards

*2004

Margaret Collier Award The Margaret Collier Award is a lifetime achievement award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, to a Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, ...

Partial filmography

Producer

* ''

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'' (1992; TV series) * ''Dark Eyes'' (1995; TV series) * ''

Black Harbour ''Black Harbour'' is a Canadian television series, which ran on CBC Television from 1996 to 1999. The show starred Rebecca Jenkins as Katherine Hubbard, a successful restaurant owner who returned to live in her Nova Scotia hometown to be with her ...

'' (1996, TV series) * ''A Guy and a Girl'' (2002; TV series) * '' Snakes & Ladders'' (2004; TV series) * ''

Sex Traffic ''Sex Traffic'' is a two-part British-Canadian television thriller, written by Abi Morgan and directed by David Yates, that first broadcast on Channel 4 on 14 October 2004. The series, produced by Veronica Castillo and Derek Wax, stars John S ...

'' (2004; two-part miniseries) * '' October 1970'' (2006; eight-part miniseries)

Writer

* ''And Then You Die'' (1987) * ''Task Force: Caviar'' (2000) * '' Trudeau'' (2002) * ''Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making'' (2005)

References

Canadian television producers Canadian television writers Living people 1947 births Writers from Calgary Canadian male television writers Canadian male screenwriters {{Canada-screenwriter-stub