Dennis Heaton is a Canadian screenwriter working in film and television. He formerly executive produced and show-ran The Order for Netflix.[1] Other recent credits include executive producing and writing on Ghost Wars for SYFY and Netflix, executive producing and showrunning Motive[2][3] on CTV/NBCU, Call Me Fitz[4] (HBO Canada/Audience Network), The Listener[5] (CTV/NBC), JPOD[6] (CBC), Blood Ties[7] (Lifetime/Space) and the feature film Fido.[8]
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Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Years active | 1994–present |
Heaton received two 2014 Canadian Screen Awards[9] Nominations for Best Dramatic Series for Motive and Best Comedy Series for Call Me Fitz, with Fitz winning the category.[10] He has four prior Gemini Award[11] nominations, four Canadian Screenwriting Award[12] nominations, winning for his Yvon of the Yukon script "The Trouble With Mammoths",[13] and eleven Leo Award nominations, winning for his Being Ian script "The Greatest Story Never Told"[14] and his Call Me Fitz script "Fucking Memories".[10] His web series, My Pal Satan, won[15] Best Web Series and Theme Song at the New York Television Festival.[16][17] His short film Head Shot[18] premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival,[19] won best short film at the Just For Laughs Festival[20] in Montreal, and went on to play in film festivals and on television around the world.
He won two Leo Awards in 2015 - one for Best Dramatic Series for Motive and one for Best Screenwriting/ Animation Program or Series for Nerds and Monsters - "Are You Gonna Eat That?"[21]
Dennis Heaton has served as the Pacific Region Councilor for the Writers Guild of Canada since 2012.[22] In 2018, he was elected president of the WGC.
Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Producer | Writer | |||
Let's Chop Soo-E | 1989 | No | No | No | Short film; production supervisor |
Angel Square | 1990 | No | No | No | animation production manager |
Pink Komkommer | 1991 | No | No | No | Short film; production supervisor |
Deadly Deposits | 1993 | No | Yes | No | Short film |
Headshot | 2006 | Yes | No | Yes | Short film |
Fido | 2006 | No | No | Yes | |
Funny Business | 2011 | No | No | No | Short film; story editor |
The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | |||
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Creator | Director | Writer | Executive Producer | ||||
The Brothers Grunt | 1994–95 | Developer | No | Yes (8) | No | MTV | Also producer |
Gary Larson's Tales from the Far Side | 1994 | No | No | No | No | CBS | Television film; producer |
Life and Times | 1997, 2002 | No | Yes (1) | No | CBC Television | Documentary; additional producer (1 episode, 1997), writer (2002) | |
Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side II | 1997 | No | No | No | No | BBC | Television film; producer |
Murder in Normandy | 1999 | No | Yes | No | History Television | Documentary | |
Forced March to Freedom | 2001 | Yes | Yes | No | History Television | Documentary | |
KinK | 2001–02 | No | Yes (26) | No | No | Showcase | director (seasons 1–2), creative consultant (season 2) |
ZeD | 2002 | No | No | Yes (1) | No | CBC Television | segment "Cannibalism and Your Teen" |
Yvon of the Yukon | 2002, 2004 | No | No | Yes (2) | No | YTV | |
Atomic Betty | 2004 | No | No | Yes | No | Teletoon | unknown episodes |
Being Ian | 2005, 2008 | No | No | Yes (4) | No | YTV | |
Life with Derek | 2005 | No | No | Yes (1) | No | Family | |
Blood Ties | 2007 | No | No | Yes (5) | No | Lifetime | Also story editor |
Wayside | 2007 | No | No | Yes (1) | No | Teletoon | |
George of the Jungle | 2007 | No | No | Yes (2) | No | Teletoon | |
Jibber Jabber | 2007 | No | No | Yes (1) | No | YTV | |
jPod | 2008 | No | No | Yes (3) | No | CBC Television | co-producer (4 episodes) |
The Listener | 2009 | No | No | Yes (2) | No | CTV | Co-producer (season 1) |
Casper's Scare School | 2009 | No | No | Yes | No | YTV | unknown episodes |
My Pal Satan | 2009 | Yes | No | Yes (6) | No | web series | |
Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story | 2010 | No | No | No | No | CBC | miniseries; co-producer |
Call Me Fitz | 2010–12 | No | No | Yes (12) | No | HBO Canada | co-producer (season 1), co-executive producer (seasons 2–3) |
Rated A for Awesome | 2011 | No | No | Yes (1) | No | YTV | |
Motive | 2013–16 | No | No | Yes (13) | Yes | CTV | |
Motive Digital Series: The Dark Corner | 2013 | No | No | No | Yes | web series | |
Primeval: New World | 2013 | No | No | Yes (1) | No | Space | |
Nerds and Monsters | 2014 | No | No | Yes (3) | No | YTV | |
Olympus | 2014 | No | No | Yes (1) | No | Super Channel | |
Ghost Wars | 2017–18 | No | No | Yes (2) | Yes | Syfy | |
The Order | 2019–20 | Yes | No | Yes (5) | Yes | Netflix | |
The Imperfects | 2022 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Netflix |
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