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.

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.

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.

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.