Chris Haddock is a Canadian

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and director best known as the creator and

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of the

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series ''

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'', '' Da Vinci's City Hall'', ''

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'' and '' The Romeo Section''. He has won 14

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as a writer, producer and/or director and received another 15 nominations - most of them for ''

''.

Career

Haddock began as a street performer, but he later focused his creative energies into screenwriting for television. One of his earliest efforts in writing was for the popular series, ''

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'', where he also served as the Story Editor and Executive Story Editor. He founded Haddock Entertainment in 1997. Haddock is most well known for his Vancouver-based television drama creations ''

'' (1998-2005), '' Da Vinci's City Hall'' (2005-2006) and ''

'' (2006-2007). Most recently Chris served as writer/co-executive producer on the Martin Scorsese HBO production ''

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'', and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for that show. His stage play ''Helen Lawrence'' was staged internationally in 2014, including stints at the prestigious Edinburg Drama Festival, Toronto's Canadian Stage, Munich and Vancouver."Helen Lawrence: groundbreaking and old-fashioned, all at once" by J Kelly Nestruck
'' The Globe and Mail'', Winter 2004 His espionage drama series, '' The Romeo Section,'' debuted in 2015.

Filmography

He has been intimately involved with these shows:WGN-Da Vinci's Inquest
Accessed December 21, 2006. * ''

'', developed Lisa Woodman in 1989 * ''

'', a CBC series - creator, writer, executive producer * '' Da Vinci's City Hall'', a CBC series - creator, writer, executive producer * '' The Handler'', a CBS series - creator, writer, executive producer * ''

'' - creator, writer, executive producer * '' The Life'', a

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television movie - co-writer, executive producer * '' The Romeo Section'', a CBC series - creator, writer, executive producer

References

External links

Haddock Entertainment ProfileMovietome
* Canadian male screenwriters Canadian film producers Living people Writers from Vancouver Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-film-producer-stub