| Dennis Heaton | |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter |
| Years Active: | 1994–present |
Dennis Heaton is a Canadian screenwriter working in film and television. He formerly executive produced and show-ran The Order for Netflix.[1] Other recent credits include executive producing and writing on Ghost Wars for SYFY and Netflix, executive producing and showrunning Motive[2] [3] on CTV/NBCU, Call Me Fitz[4] (HBO Canada/Audience Network), The Listener[5] (CTV/NBC), JPOD[6] (CBC), Blood Ties[7] (Lifetime/Space) and the feature film Fido.[8]
Heaton received two 2014 Canadian Screen Awards[9] Nominations for Best Dramatic Series for Motive and Best Comedy Series for Call Me Fitz, with Fitz winning the category.[10] He has four prior Gemini Award[11] nominations, four Canadian Screenwriting Award[12] nominations, winning for his Yvon of the Yukon script "The Trouble With Mammoths",[13] and eleven Leo Award nominations, winning for his Being Ian script "The Greatest Story Never Told"[14] and his Call Me Fitz script "Fucking Memories".[10] His web series, My Pal Satan, won[15] Best Web Series and Theme Song at the New York Television Festival.[16] [17] His short film Head Shot[18] premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival,[19] won best short film at the Just For Laughs Festival[20] in Montreal, and went on to play in film festivals and on television around the world.
He won two Leo Awards in 2015 - one for Best Dramatic Series for Motive and one forBest Screenwriting/ Animation Program or Series for Nerds and Monsters - "Are You Gonna Eat That?"[21]
Dennis Heaton has served as the Pacific Region Councilor for the Writers Guild of Canada since 2012.[22] In 2018, he was elected president of the WGC.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | |||||
| scope=row | Let's Chop Soo-E | 1989 | Short film; production supervisor | ||||
| scope=row | Angel Square | 1990 | animation production manager | ||||
| scope=row | Pink Komkommer | 1991 | Short film; production supervisor | ||||
| scope=row | Deadly Deposits | 1993 | Short film | ||||
| scope=row | Headshot | 2006 | Short film | ||||
| scope=row | Fido | 2006 | |||||
| scope=row | Funny Business | 2011 | Short film; story editor | ||||
The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creator | Director | Writer | Executive Producer | ||||||
| scope=row | The Brothers Grunt | 1994–95 | (8) | MTV | Also producer | ||||
| scope=row | Gary Larson's Tales from the Far Side | 1994 | CBS | Television film; producer | |||||
| scope=row | Life and Times | 1997, 2002 | (1) | CBC Television | Documentary; additional producer, writer | ||||
| scope=row | Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side II | 1997 | BBC | Television film; producer | |||||
| scope=row | Murder in Normandy | 1999 | History Television | Documentary | |||||
| scope=row | Forced March to Freedom | 2001 | History Television | Documentary | |||||
| scope=row | KinK | 2001–02 | (26) | Showcase | director, creative consultant | ||||
| scope=row | ZeD | 2002 | (1) | CBC Television | segment "Cannibalism and Your Teen" | ||||
| scope=row | Yvon of the Yukon | 2002, 2004 | (2) | YTV | |||||
| scope=row | Atomic Betty | 2004 | Teletoon | unknown episodes | |||||
| scope=row | Being Ian | 2005, 2008 | (4) | YTV | |||||
| scope=row | Life with Derek | 2005 | (1) | Family | |||||
| scope=row | Blood Ties | 2007 | (5) | Lifetime | Also story editor | ||||
| scope=row | Wayside | 2007 | (1) | Teletoon | |||||
| scope=row | George of the Jungle | 2007 | (2) | Teletoon | |||||
| scope=row | Jibber Jabber | 2007 | (1) | YTV | |||||
| scope=row | jPod | 2008 | (3) | CBC Television | co-producer | ||||
| scope=row | The Listener | 2009 | (2) | CTV | Co-producer | ||||
| scope=row | Casper's Scare School | 2009 | YTV | unknown episodes | |||||
| scope=row | My Pal Satan | 2009 | (6) | web series | |||||
| scope=row | 2010 | CBC | miniseries; co-producer | ||||||
| scope=row | Call Me Fitz | 2010–12 | (12) | HBO Canada | co-producer, co-executive producer | ||||
| scope=row | Rated A for Awesome | 2011 | (1) | YTV | |||||
| scope=row | Motive | 2013–16 | (13) | CTV | |||||
| scope=row | Motive Digital Series: The Dark Corner | 2013 | web series | ||||||
| scope=row | 2013 | (1) | Space | ||||||
| scope=row | Nerds and Monsters | 2014 | (3) | YTV | |||||
| scope=row | Olympus | 2014 | (1) | Super Channel | |||||
| scope=row | Ghost Wars | 2017–18 | (2) | Syfy | |||||
| scope=row | The Order | 2019–20 | (5) | Netflix | |||||
| scope=row | The Imperfects | 2022 | Netflix | ||||||