Sean Reycraft is a
Canadian
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screenwriter, television producer and playwright.
["Reycraft's craft"]
''Now
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'', January 22, 2004. He is most noted for his theatrical play ''Pop Song'', which won the
Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in the Youth Theatre division in 2001,
["Chalmers winners for the last time ; Rich theatre awards will be replaced with grants system". '']Toronto Star
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'', May 15, 2001. and as the screenwriter of
Laurie Lynd
Laurie Lynd (born May 19, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known as the director of the feature film ''Breakfast with Scot''.
In his early career, Lynd made the short films ''Together and ...
's 2007 film ''
Breakfast with Scot
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The screenplay was adapted by Sean Reycraft from the book by Michael Downing, and the film was directed by ...
''.
The son of former
Ontario
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MPP
Doug Reycraft
Douglas Richard Reycraft (born March 9, 1943) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990 who represented the southwestern Ontario riding of Middlesex. From 2001 ...
,
["Prime Time: Citizen writer Tony Atherton follows a group of students taking a crash course on writing for TV". '']Ottawa Citizen
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History
Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the ''Citizen'' in 1851. The newsp ...
'', May 27, 1999. he was born and raised in
Glencoe.
[ He was an actor in the early 1990s before premiering his first play, ''Einstein Dreams'' at ]Buddies in Bad Times
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in 1996. His later plays included ''Reconstruction'', ''The End of Dancing'', ''Roundabout'', ''Strange Things Happen'',["Salons & Soirees". '']Toronto Star
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'', April 10, 2003. and ''One Good Marriage''.[
He studied film and television writing at the ]Canadian Film Centre
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,[ and has since been a writer and producer on television series such as '']Braceface
''Braceface'' is an animated television series that aired on Teletoon in Canada and the Fox Family Channel in the U.S. The series was produced by Nelvana and Jade Animation, the show features actress Alicia Silverstone from the movie '' Clueless ...
'', '' The Eleventh Hour'', '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'', ''Instant Star
''Instant Star'' is a Canadian musical comedy-drama television series which aired from 15 September 2004 to 26 June 2008. The series starred Alexz Johnson as teenage singing competition winner Jude Harrison. The show chronicles Harrison's experie ...
'', ''Slings & Arrows
''Slings & Arrows'' is a Canadian television series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival. It stars Paul Gross, Stephen Ouimette and Martha Burns. Rachel McAdams appeared ...
'', ''The Best Years
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'', '' 90210'', ''Being Erica
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'', ''The Vampire Diaries
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'', '' Switched at Birth'', ''Finding Carter
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'' and ''Killjoys
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''.
He is out as gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...
.[
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