Dennis Foon is an award-winning playwright, producer, screenwriter and novelist. He was artistic director of the Green Thumb Theatre for twelve years, before turning to films and television in 1986. He has written screenplays for many types of drama. In the mid-1990s his personal project Little Criminals

Little Criminals (film)

Little Criminals is a 1995 Canadian movie. It was directed by Stephen Surjik. The movie was shot in Vancouver in the spring of 1995. The camerawork is mostly done hand-held and at eye level for a more realistic feeling.- Characters :...

 became a worldwide critical success.
His novels include The Longlight Legacy

The Longlight Legacy

The Longlight Legacy is a trilogy of fantasy/science fiction books by Dennis Foon, which consists of The Dirt Eaters, Freewalker, and The Keeper's Shadow.- Plot :...

 trilogy and Skud.

Awards

• Leo Award, Best Screenplay (with Vic Sarin & Catherine Spears) "A Shine of Rainbows" 2010
• AATE Distinguished Play Award "Kindness" 2009
• Lifetime Membership, Playwrights Guild of Canada, 2007, for his “outstanding contribution to Canadian Playwriting and Theatre”
• Red Maple Honor Book The Dirt Eaters 2004
• Sheila A. Egoff Award (BC Book Prize) Skud 2004
• Writers Guild of Canada
  Writers Guild of Canada
  The Writers Guild of Canada represents more than 1,800 professional writers working in film, television, radio, and multimedia production in Canada...
  
  : Top Ten Award Torso 2003
• Robert Wagner Award, best screenplay, White Lies Columbus Int'l TV Festival 1998
• Career Achievement Award, Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance 1998
• Gemini Award
  Gemini Award
  The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
  
  , best writing in a Dramatic Program Little Criminals 1997
• Writers Guild of Canada
  Writers Guild of Canada
  The Writers Guild of Canada represents more than 1,800 professional writers working in film, television, radio, and multimedia production in Canada...
  
  , Top Ten Award Little Criminals 1997
• Leo Award (British Columbia Film Award), for best screenplay, Little Criminals 1996
• Chalmers Award for The Short Tree 1995
• Scott Newman Award for Maggie's Secret 1990
• AYA (International Arts for Young Audiences) Award 1989
• Chalmers Award 1987 for Skin
• British Theatre Award 1986 for Invisible Kids
• Jesse Awards: director of four plays receiving "Best Production for Young Audiences" at the Vancouver Theatre Awards. 1984: One Thousand Cranes; 1985: Not So Dumb; 1986: Skin; 1987: Night Light.
• CBC Literary Award, 1985, for The Short Tree and the Bird That Could Not Sing.
• Hopwood Award
  Hopwood Award
  The Hopwood Awards are a major scholarship program at the University of Michigan, founded by Avery Hopwood.Under the terms of the will of Avery Hopwood, a prominent American dramatist and member of the Class of 1905 of The University of Michigan, one-fifth of Mr. Hopwood's estate was given to the...
  
  , Fiction. University of Michigan, 1972
• Writers Digest Award, 1973.

Plays

• "RICK, The Rick Hansen Story"
• "My Acid Trip"
• "Kindness"
• Chasing the Money
• War
• Seesaw
• Mirror Game
• New Canadian Kid
• Skin
• Liars
• The Short Tree and the Bird That Could Not Sing
• Trummi Kaput
• The Windigo
• Heracles
• Raft Baby
• Zaydok
• Feeling Yes Feeling No
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Invisible Kids
• Hindsight
• Bedtimes and Bullies
• Children's Eyes
• Kindness

Books

• The Longlight Legacy
  The Longlight Legacy
  The Longlight Legacy is a trilogy of fantasy/science fiction books by Dennis Foon, which consists of The Dirt Eaters, Freewalker, and The Keeper's Shadow.- Plot :...
  
  
  • The Keeper's Shadow (2006)
  • Freewalker (2004)
  • The Dirt Eaters (2003)
• Skud (2003)
• Double or Nothing (2000)
• Am I the Only One? A Child's Book on Sexual Abuse (1987)
• The Short Tree and the Bird that Could Not Sing (1986)

Films

• "Life, Above All" (2010)
• A Shine of Rainbows" (2009)
• Terry
  Terry (film)
  Terry is a biopic of Canadian amputee athlete Terry Fox, dramatizing his national Marathon of Hope run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. The film, produced by Shaftesbury Films, aired as a television movie on CTV in 2005...
  
   (2005)
• Scar Tissue (2002)
• Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity
  Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity
  Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity is a 2002 English language film starring Sandra Oh.-Synopsis:Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects. Mindy's misdirected charms appear to cause an aging security guard...
  
   (2002)
• Torso (2002)
• Society's Child (2002)
• Hindsight (2000)
• White Lies (1998)
• Little Criminals
  Little Criminals (film)
  Little Criminals is a 1995 Canadian movie. It was directed by Stephen Surjik. The movie was shot in Vancouver in the spring of 1995. The camerawork is mostly done hand-held and at eye level for a more realistic feeling.- Characters :...
  
  (1995)

External links

• Dennis Foon's website