Shannon Masters
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Shannon Masters | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | screenwriter |
| Years active | 2010s-present |
| Notable work | Empire of Dirt |
Shannon Masters is a Canadian screenwriter.[1] She is best known for the film Empire of Dirt, for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.[2]
Masters is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre'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.[3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Masters is of Cree Metis and Ukrainian descent, and is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario.[4][5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "TIFF 2013: The making of an indie movie, from script to premiere". Toronto Star, August 30, 2013.
- ^ "Gabrielle, Enemy among big winners at Canadian Screen Awards". The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2015.
- ^ Vicky Qiao, "Michelle Good's Five Little Indians to be adapted into limited TV series". CBC News, June 9, 2021.
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External links
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Categories:
- 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
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century First Nations women
- 21st-century First Nations people
- Canadian screenwriter stubs