Matthew Heiti Explained

Matthew Heiti
Birth Place:Sudbury, Ontario
Occupation:novelist, screenwriter, playwright
Period:2000s-present
Nationality:Canadian
Notableworks:Son of the Sunshine, The City Still Breathing

Matthew Heiti is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, novelist and playwright.[1] As cowriter with Ryan Ward of the film Son of the Sunshine, he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.[2]

Born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Heiti was educated at Ryerson University and the University of New Brunswick[3] before returning to Sudbury.[4] His plays include Black Dog: 4 vs the World,[5] Mucking in the Drift,[6] Aviatrix: An Unreal Story of Amelia Earhart,[7] Affidavit,[8] Scar,[8] Place to Be: The Nick Drake Project,[8] Just Beyond the Trees[8] and Plague.[9]

Heiti served as the playwright-in-residence for the Sudbury Theatre Centre for the 2011/2012 season.[10] As playwright-in-residence at STC, Heiti ran the Playwrights’ Junction, a workshop for developing writers.[11]

He published his debut novel, The City Still Breathing, with Coach House Press in 2013.[12]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/read_ontario_with_matthew_heiti "Read Ontario, with Matthew Heiti"
  2. http://thetfs.ca/2012/02/20/interview-ryan-ward-and-matt-heiti-of-son-of-the-sunshine/#.Us-vHvt0lDA "Keeping it alive: Ryan Ward and Matt Heiti talk Son of the Sunshine and Genie nominations"
  3. http://www.northernlife.ca/news/lifestyle/2013/10/19-heiti-novel-sudbury.aspx "Playwright Matthew Heiti pens first novel"
  4. http://www.sudburylivingmagazine.com/2013/05/23/four-fresh-faces-on-the-arts-scene.html "Four fresh faces on the arts scene"
  5. http://www.northernlife.ca/news/lifestyle/2013/03/27-black-dog-4-sudbury.aspx "Sudbury playwright tackles teen suicide"
  6. http://www.northernlife.ca/news/lifestyle/2013/11/04-mucking-review-sudbury.aspx "As a Sudbury story, ‘Mucking’ is a grand slam"
  7. http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/11/07/aviatrix-an-unreal-story-of-amelia-earhart-an-enthralling-sassy-take-on-history "Aviatrix: An Unreal Story of Amelia Earhart an enthralling, sassy take on history"
  8. http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/heiti-matthew.html Matthew Heiti
  9. News: Bradley. Lara. Plague a deft and clever play. Sudbury Star. 27 November 2013.
  10. News: Matthew Heiti to serve as Playwright-in-Residence for STC. Sudbury Star. 30 August 2011.
  11. Web site: Sudbury Theatre Centre. 2014-01-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103111827/http://www.sudburytheatre.ca/playwrights-junction. 2014-01-03. dead.
  12. [Shawn Syms]

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