Donald Martin (screenwriter)
Donald Martin is a Canadian and American screenwriter.[1] He is most noted for the film Never Too Late, starring the Oscar-winning actresses Olympia Dukakis and Cloris Leachman, for which he was nominated for a Writers Guild of Canada Award and received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996,[2] and as the recipient of the Margaret Collier Award, a lifetime achievement award for his body of work in television, at the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010.[3]
He was also the inaugural recipient of the Gemini Humanitarian Award in 2001, in honor of his work as a sponsor and supporter of Foster Parents Plan of Canada.[4]
His other credits include The Christmas Choir, winner of the Epiphany Prize for Inspiring Television at the 2009 Movieguide Awards, Dim Sum Funeral for HBO Films, Too Late to Say Goodbye, Céline, The Craigslist Killer, Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy, Milton's Secret and Isabelle, as well as the award-winning indie feature "Toto", shot in Manila in 2015, and the critically acclaimed film "Queen Bees" (2021), starring the Oscar-winning actress Ellen Burstyn, James Caan, Ann-Margret, Loretta Devine and Christopher Lloyd. His Netflix movie "Brazen" stars Alyssa Milano and premieres January 13, 2022.
His feature films and TV movies have won awards around the world. His first production in 1988 was the acclaimed drama "No Blame", the first movie to deal with AIDS from a woman's point of view. Nominated for five Gemini Awards, the movie received the Red Cross Award from Prince Albert at the Monte Carlo Film & Television Festival in 1989. "No Blame" was invited by the World Health Organization to screen at the 5th International AIDS Conference.
He is the recipient of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee Medal (2002), in honor of his philanthropy and his contribution to the arts.
He is a member of the Writers Guild of America West, the Writers Guild of Canada, the Television Academy (U.S.), the British Academy of Film & Television Arts, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
References[]
- ^ Kathy Rumlesky, "'Shut up and write' works for Martin". London Free Press, November 2, 2010.
- ^ "Quebec films dominate Genie nominations" Canadian Press, October 16, 1996.
- ^ "Reel Injun, Degrassi win special Geminis". National Post, October 21, 2010.
- ^ "The First-Ever Recipient of the Gemini Humanitarian Award". Canada AM, October 29, 2001.
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