John Frizzell
John B. Frizzell (born in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian screenwriter and film producer.
After several years writing, directing and co-producing the documentary series A Different Understanding for TVOntario, Frizzell joined partners Niv Fichman, Barbara Willis Sweete and Larry Weinstein to found the Canadian production company Rhombus Media. He left Rhombus in the mid-eighties to pursue a career in writing.
His credits include the television series Airwaves, The Rez, Twitch City, Angela Anaconda and Material World and the films A Winter Tan, Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, Life with Billy, Dance Me Outside, On My Own and Lapse of Memory. He was co-winner of a Writers Guild of Canada Award for Lucky Girl.[1]
Filmography
| Writer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Genre | Notes | |
| 2001 | Lucky Girl | teleplay | ||
| 1999 | Angela Anaconda | TV series | ||
| 1998 | Twitch City | TV series | ||
| 1997 | Dante's Peak | Film | Main theme by James Newton Howard | |
| 1994 | Dance Me Outside[2] | Film | ||
| Life with Billy | TV | |||
| 1993 | On My Own | Film | ||
| 1992 | Lapse of Memory | dialogue | ||
| 1990 | Getting Married in Buffalo Jump | TV | ||
| 1999 | Carnival of Shadows | TV | ||
| 1999 | A Winter Tan | TV | ||
External links
References
- Variety
- George Melnyk (15 June 2007). Great Canadian Film Directors. University of Alberta. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-88864-528-9.
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