Shannon Masters is a
Canadian
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screenwriter. She is best known for the film ''
Empire of Dirt'', for which she won the
Canadian Screen Award
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for
Best Original Screenplay
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at the
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
The 2nd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 9, 2014, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2013.[Canadian Film Centre
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's screenwriting program.
In 2021 she was announced as the writer and showrunner for a television adaptation of
Michelle Good's award-winning novel ''
Five Little Indians''.
Personal life
Masters is of Cree Metis and Ukrainian descent, and is a member of the
Métis Nation of Ontario.
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Canadian women screenwriters
Best Screenplay Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
Members of the Métis Nation of Ontario
First Nations women writers
Living people
First Nations screenwriters
Canadian Film Centre alumni
21st-century First Nations writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian screenwriters
21st-century First Nations women
21st-century First Nations people
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