IMPORTANT – THIS IS A TWO DAY WORKSHOP YOU MUST ATTEND BOTH DAYS!
Saturday, April 21, 2018 – 10:30 am – 3:330 pm
Sunday, April 22, 2018 – 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Learn screenwriting from Ian Weir, Instructor, Playwright, Screenwriter & Novelist, in this rare workshop opportunity. Ian Weir is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Born in North Carolina, he was raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, where he told his piano teacher that he wanted to be a writer when he grew up. (Her reply: “Yes, that’s a nice hobby. But what do you want to do for a living?”)
After working for several years as a newspaper reporter, he completed a BA in English at UBC and an MA in Middle English Language and Literature at King’s College, University of London – an experience that started a life-long love affair with London itself. He wrote several radio plays for CBC and BBC, before establishing himself as a stage playwright. His first full-length play, The Idler, premiered in Vancouver in 1987, winning a Jessie Award for Best New Play and going on to several other productions across Canada. Ian was astonished to discover that he seemed to be doing this for a living, and has since written more than a dozen other plays, among them Bloody Business, St. George, and Hope and Caritas.
He stumbled more or less accidentally into screenwriting, and over the past twenty-five years has written extensively for television, most recently serving as creator and executive producer of the CBC one-hour drama series Arctic Air. Prior to that he was writer and executive producer of the acclaimed gangland miniseries Dragon Boys, a thriller set in the world of Asian organized crime on Canada’s West Coast. He was also the creator and executive producer of the long-running teen drama series Edgemont. Otherwise he has written more than 100 episodes for nearly two dozen series, ranging from ReBoot to Flashpoint. Awards include two Geminis, four Leos and a Writers’ Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award.
Only 15 spaces are available at $200 each. Register no later than April 13th by contacting Sherry Lapointe at Thompson-Nicola Film Commission office:
4th floor 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops
tnfc@tnrd.ca or call (250) 377-8673 ext. 2594
Registrants must pay in person with cash, cheque or debit card.