Wayne Grigsby (born 1947) is a Canadian screenwriter and producer, mainly for television.

Career

Grigsby, who comes from

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, started primarily in arts and entertainment journalism. His goal had always been to write fiction. '' And Then You Die'', his debut screenplay, was produced by

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and Bernard Zukerman, and was broadcast by

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in 1987. Later, he formed Big Motion Pictures Inc. with David MacLeod. He also tried American TV with a failed pilot starring

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Awards

*2004

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Partial filmography

Producer

* ''

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'' (1992; TV series) * ''Dark Eyes'' (1995; TV series) * ''

Black Harbour ''Black Harbour'' is a Canadian television series, which ran on CBC Television from 1996 to 1999. The show starred Rebecca Jenkins as Katherine Hubbard, a successful restaurant owner who returned to live in her Nova Scotia hometown to be with her ...

'' (1996, TV series) * ''A Guy and a Girl'' (2002; TV series) * '' Snakes & Ladders'' (2004; TV series) * ''

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'' (2004; two-part miniseries) * '' October 1970'' (2006; eight-part miniseries)

Writer

* '' And Then You Die'' (1987) * ''Task Force: Caviar'' (2000) * '' Trudeau'' (2002) * ''Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making'' (2005)

References

Canadian television producers Living people 1947 births Writers from Calgary Canadian male television writers Canadian television writers Canadian male screenwriters Canadian Screen Award winning writers Screenwriters from Alberta {{Canada-screenwriter-stub