Derek Diorio is a Canadian writer, director, producer, and actor. Derek Diorio arrived in Ottawa from Montreal in the mid-seventies to attend

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public university, public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to se ...

. Within four years he had dropped out of Carleton but had picked up an education at

CKCU-FM CKCU-FM is a Canadian campus-based community radio station, broadcasting at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and www.ckcufm.com, and offering live and archived on-demand audio streams from its website. The station broadcasts 24 hours per day, 365 days per yea ...

, Carleton's campus radio station. It was at CKCU that he developed a desire to create and be part of an Ottawa entertainment scene. Between 1979 and 1999 he co-founded Sound Venture Productions, the Ottawa Improv League, the Skit Row comedy troupe, the Skit Row Comedy Club, The Creative Block, Diorio Production, and Distinct Features Inc. He started his career as an award-winning radio advertising copywriter and moved on to co-write with Dan Lalande and Rick Jones for a number of Ottawa-based television series and specials, "You Can't Do That On Television", "The Raccoons" and "Skit Row". In the eighties, he produced, performed, and promoted several live stage productions with Skit Row in both the Theatre and Studio of the National Arts Centre while simultaneously developing a corporate video business. In the nineties, he started directing television shows for the then-nascent Canadian specialty channels.

Works

Writer

You Can't Do That on Television ''You Can't Do That on Television'' is a Canadian sketch comedy television series that aired locally in 1979 before airing in the United States in 1981. It featured adolescent and teenage actors performing in a sketch comedy format similar to A ...

(1982–1984) *

The Raccoons ''The Raccoons'' is a Canadian animated television series that ran on CBC from November 11, 1985, to March 19, 1991, in Canada and on Disney Channel from July 4, 1985, to August 28, 1992, in the U.S., with three preceding television specials ...

(1985–1988) *

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin'' is a children's animated television series based on Teddy Ruxpin, an electronic children's toy created by Ken Forsse and distributed by toy manufacturer Worlds of Wonder (WoW9. Produced in 1986–1987 for te ...

(1987) * The Railway Dragon (1988) *

The Teddy Bears' Picnic "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a song consisting of a melody written in 1907 by American composer John Walter Bratton, and lyrics added in 1932 by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy. It remains popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom as a children' ...

(1989) * Kit & Kaboodle (1998) * The Kiss of Debt (2000) * The Quantum Tamers: Revealing our Weird and Wired Future (2009) *

Hard Rock Medical ''Hard Rock Medical'' is a Canadian medical drama television series which aired on TVOntario (TVO) from 2013 to 2018. It was the first original drama series for TVO, the public television network for Ontario. The series also aired nationally in Can ...

(2013-2017)

Director

* Two's a Mob (1998) * The Kiss of Debt (2000) * House of Luk (2001) * Ottawa: Technically Funny (2001) *

Punch & Judy Punch and Judy is a traditional puppet show featuring Mr Punch and his wife Judy. The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between two characters, most typically the anarchic Mr Punch and one other ...

(2002) *

Francoeur ''Francoeur'' was a Canadian television series, first aired by TFO in 2003. It was the first Franco-Ontarian téléroman. The series has produced 44 episodes to date. The series revolves around the Francoeurs, a Franco-Ontarian family in Eastern ...

(2003) * Mann to Mann (2004) * A Taste of Jupiter (2005) * Meteo+ (2008-2011) * Les Bleus de Ramville (2012-2013) * Hard Rock Medical (2013-2017) * ''Happy FKN Sunshine'' (2022)

Producer

* ''The Kiss of Debt'' (2000) * ''House of Luk'' (2001) * ''Ottawa: Technically Funny'' (2001) * ''Punch & Judy'' (2002) * ''Mann to Mann'' (2004) * ''

Getting Along Famously ''Getting Along Famously'' is a Canadian sitcom which aired on CBC Television in 2006. Set in the early 1960s, ''Getting Along Famously'' starred real-life couple Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath as the hosts of a television variety show. Supporti ...

'' (2006) * ''The Quantum Tamers: Revealing our Weird and Wired Future'' (2009) * '' Fresh Meat'' (2012) * ''Hard Rock Medical'' (2013-2017) * '' The Fruit Machine'' (2018)

Actor

* The Raccoons (1985) - Haggis Lamborgini * Babar and Father Christmas (1986) - Elderberry, Elf #2, Boatman * Two's a Mob (1998) - Sonny Vendetta * Ottawa: Technically Funny (2001) - Various * Mann to Mann (2004) - Serge * A Taste of Jupiter (2005) - Tony * Lucky Days (2006) - Dean

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diorio, Derek Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian television directors Canadian television producers Canadian television writers Canadian male television writers