Phil Savath (December 28, 1946 - November 3, 2004) was an

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-born

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film and television writer and producer. He was most noted as a two-time

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nominee for

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, with nominations for Original Screenplay at the

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in 1983 for '' Big Meat Eater'' and Adapted Screenplay at the

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in 1989 for '' The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick''. His other film credits included ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In television, he was a cocreator and star of the

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children's comedy series ''

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'' and ''

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'' in the 1970s. He later wrote several episodes of ''

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'', co-created the television series ''

Max Glick ''Max Glick'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which aired on CBC Television from 1990 to 1991. Based on the Morley Torgov novel '' The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick'' and its 1988 film adaptation, the series centred on Maximilia ...

'' with Stephen Foster and '' These Arms of Mine'' with his wife Susan Duligal, and cowrote the television films ''

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'' and ''

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''."Little Criminals a chilling flick: Send kids to bed, director advises parent viewers". ''

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'', January 15, 1996.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Savath, Phil 1946 births 2004 deaths Canadian television writers Film producers from British Columbia Canadian television producers Writers from Vancouver 20th-century Canadian screenwriters Screenwriters from British Columbia