Sally Clark (born 26 July 1953 in
Vancouver,
British Columbia) is a Canadian playwright and filmmaker.
Career
After moving to Toronto in 1973, Sally Clark served as playwright/dramaturge for
Theatre Passe Muraille, the
Shaw Festival, Nakai Theatre,
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Nightwood Theatre.
Her plays have received two
Dora Mavor Moore Award
The Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as the Dora Award) is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped estab ...
nominations and a
Governor General's Award nomination for ''The Trial of Judith K.'' In 1990 she won the
Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award for her play, ''
Moo'' (1988).
Clark has also written and directed for film. Her film, ''Ten Ways to Abuse an Old Woman'' (1983), won the Special Prix du Jury at the
Henri Langlois International Short Film Festival in France and another of her films, ''The Art of Conversation'' won the Bronze Award for Best Dramatic Short at the
Worldfest Charleston Festival in 1993 and has been screened at several other film festivals around the world.
Other Works include:
*''Jehanne of the Witches'' (1989)
*''Life Without Instruction'' (1991)
*''Lost Souls and Missing Persons'' (1984)
*''Saint Frances of Hollywood'' (1996)
*''Trial of a Ladies Man'' (1987)
*''Wanted''
*''WASPS'' (1996)
References
Sally Clark, Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
External links
Sally Clark, Talon BooksPlaywrights GuildSally Clark entry in the Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada
1953 births
Living people
Canadian women dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Canadian women writers
Canadian Film Centre alumni
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