Aubrey Nealon (born 1971 in

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film and television director, producer and writer, most noted as the creator and showrunner of the CTV drama series ''

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''. Nealon began his career as a teen actor, with a minor role as oddball Finnish exchange student "Olaf" on the YTV/

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teen soap opera '' Hillside'' (aka ''Fifteen'' in the U.S.). A graduate of the Vancouver Film School, Nealon directed the short films ''House Arrest'', ''Abe's Manhood'' and ''In Memoriam'' before releasing his semi-autobiographical feature film debut '' A Simple Curve'' in 2005. The film was named to the

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's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2005, was a

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nominee for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay in 2006, and received a

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nomination for Best Feature Film in 2006. Following ''A Simple Curve'' he has worked predominantly in television, including writing and producing for '' Flashpoint'', ''

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''. He won the

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for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for the ''Flashpoint'' episode "Day Game", and was a nominee in the same category at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017 for the ''Orphan Black'' episode "The Stigmata of Progress". At the

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in 2018, he was a nominee for Best Writing in Drama Program or Limited Series for ''Cardinal''."CSA’s ’18: Anne, Kim’s Convenience, Cardinal lead TV noms"
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nealon, Aubrey 1971 births Living people Canadian television directors Canadian television producers Canadian male screenwriters Film directors from British Columbia Canadian Screen Award winning writers People from the Regional District of Central Kootenay 21st-century Canadian screenwriters Canadian male television writers Canadian television writers Screenwriters from British Columbia