Meredith Vuchnich

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Meredith Vuchnich is a Canadian film and television screenwriter. She is most noted as cowriter with Tracey Deer of the 2020 film Beans . They won the WGC Screenwriting Award for Best Feature Film in 2021 [1] and was nominated for a Prix Iris Best Screenplay at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022 for this work. [2]

Vuchnich was also a Gemini Award nominee for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series at the 23rd Gemini Awards in 2008 for her work on the television series ReGenesis .

Her other writing credits have included the series Train 48 , Godiva's , Wild Roses , The Saddle Club , Remedy , and Carter . She has also had occasional roles as an actress, most notably in a 2001 stage production of Salt-Water Moon [3] and the 2005 film Love Is Work . [4]

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References

  1. Musthafa Azeez, "Schitt’s Creek and Trickster win big at WGC Screenwriting Awards". The Globe and Mail , April 27, 2021.
  2. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Finalistes aux Prix Iris 2022". Films du Québec, April 14, 2022.
  3. Raymond Bowe, "Salt-Water Moon actors shine opening night". Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin, June 15, 2001.
  4. Jason Anderson, "Love Is Work". The Globe and Mail , June 8, 2007.