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Digby |
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Born in
Coventry England and educated at St. Mary's College, London
and The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Keith has worked
at the top levels of live theatre in Canada, including a season
at The
Stratford Festival, Ontario. There he worked with the
eminent Canadian director, Jean Gascon, and helped create
the festival's submission to the Applebaum-Hebert Royal Commission
on the Arts.
While
in Edmonton, Keith worked with John Neville OBE at Edmonton's
Citadel Theatre, and created The Phoenix Theatre. At Theatre
3, Edmonton, his award-winning premiere of Sharon Pollock's
internationally acclaimed drama, Blood Relations, earned
him one of his four entries in The Oxford Companion to Canadian
Theatre.
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Keith
recently completed a well-spent decade and a half as a teacher
at Brentwood
College on Vancouver Island, where he was Director of
Fine and Performing Arts. He continues to teach both screenwriting
and public speaking and mentors emerging screenwriters.
As a commissioned
writer for Centre Film Sales and Mediabus Productions in London,
England, Keith has completed five screenplays and two film
treatments, the latest being developed for acclaimed German
actor Thomas Kretschmann (Eichmann in "Eichmann").
Keith's
sitcom series concept, "Con Jobs", has been optioned
to noted UK production company, Green Bay Media, and is currently
developing a major documentary series with Gemini Award winning
Ferns Productions (Captain Cook, Darwin).
Keith
has had five scripts optioned, and a 'story credit' on YOUNG
ALEXANDER, a feature-length production, (Kersley Enterprises).
Keith was also a series writer on TIME EXPOSURES for Chek
TV.
A dual
national since coming to this amazing country, a sports nut,
gregarious almost to the extreme, Keith is an excited mentor
to the next generation of writers.
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| Brian
Paisley |
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Born in Belfast, Brian Paisley has been writing, directing
and producing theatre and film entertainment for over 30 years.
He is the author of eight stage plays for young people, twelve
feature-length screenplays and has also written extensively
for radio, television, video and new media.
Brian's first screenplay, BILLY'S RUN, was made into an independent
feature (1132 PLEASANT STREET) by Edmonton's Blue Sky Productions.
LIES LIKE TRUTH (Gumboot Productions) premiered at the 2005
Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival. DREAMS OF FLIGHT
(Gold Star Productions), a dance documentary he co-wrote with
Jason Bourque, won a 2008 Leo Award (B.C.) as Best Arts Documentary.
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Brian is currently working on two feature-length scripts:
IKHAYA, a political thriller set in 1990’s South Africa; and
co-writing (with Keith Digby) THE HANGING ROOM, a supernatural
horror story about a group of teens trapped in a not-quite-abandoned
prison. He is also developing two documentaries: THE GREAT
NIGHT OF SHIVA (Gumboot Productions), an hour-long weave of
celebration, ritual and myth for Vision TV; and FERMENTING
REVOLUTION (Asterisk Productions) a feature on real beer,
based on the popular book of the same name.
Before he began writing for the screen, Brian was the founder/producer
of the world famous Edmonton Fringe Theatre Event (1982),
which now has an annual audience of over 500,000, and has
provided the artistic-administrative foundation for similar
festivals in nearly every major city across Canada and several
in the USA.
In April 2010, Brian was inducted as a Member of the Order
of Canada, the country's highest civilian award, for his ongoing
contributions to the Arts in Canada.
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