David Widdicombe
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David Widdicombe is a Canadian
filmmaker and playwright
. His most successful work is Santa Baby (2006), which he directed and wrote.
Santa Baby won Best Film Comedy at the 2006 Los Angeles International Short Film Festival and was named Best Screenplay at the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto.
He is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre
.
Widdicombe's stage plays include The River Lady (Winner of the National Playwrighting Competition,) Dinosaur Dreams, Secret of the Lost Empire, Swamp Baby & Other Tales, and Wake (named one of the top ten plays at the 2000 Edinburgh Festival Fringe).
In 2001, his play Science Fiction: The Play won the Aurora Award
and was nominated for four Dora Mavor Moore Awards including Outstanding New Play.
He has been Playwright-in-Residence at Toronto's Factory Theatre. In 1995 playwright George F. Walker and the Arts Foundation of Toronto awarded him the Toronto Arts Protege Award for Drama.
Widdicombe's radio dramas for the CBC include Last of the Great Rock Legends, The Pet, Monster in the Sewer, and Machines and Men.
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filmmaker and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
. His most successful work is Santa Baby (2006), which he directed and wrote.
Santa Baby won Best Film Comedy at the 2006 Los Angeles International Short Film Festival and was named Best Screenplay at the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto.
He is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre
Canadian Film Centre
The Canadian Film Centre is an advanced training institution for film, television and new media. Based in Toronto, Canada, CFC offers residents education, industry partnerships and production experience...
.
Widdicombe's stage plays include The River Lady (Winner of the National Playwrighting Competition,) Dinosaur Dreams, Secret of the Lost Empire, Swamp Baby & Other Tales, and Wake (named one of the top ten plays at the 2000 Edinburgh Festival Fringe).
In 2001, his play Science Fiction: The Play won the Aurora Award
Aurora Award
The Prix Aurora Awards are given out annually for the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy literary works, artworks, fan activities from that year, and are awarded in both English and French...
and was nominated for four Dora Mavor Moore Awards including Outstanding New Play.
He has been Playwright-in-Residence at Toronto's Factory Theatre. In 1995 playwright George F. Walker and the Arts Foundation of Toronto awarded him the Toronto Arts Protege Award for Drama.
Widdicombe's radio dramas for the CBC include Last of the Great Rock Legends, The Pet, Monster in the Sewer, and Machines and Men.