Shannon Masters | |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Occupation: | screenwriter |
Years Active: | 2010s-present |
Notable Works: | 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]
Masters is of Cree Metis and Ukrainian descent, and is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario.[4] [5]