Brian Paisley

Brian Paisley C.M. is a Canadian writer and theatre producer.

Early years

He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Career

Paisley is most famous in Western Canada for his contributions to the development of Canadian theatre, most notably as the founder of the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, which he modeled after the Edinburgh Fringe.[1] The festival began in 1982 and was the very first Fringe festival in North America. The alternative theatre concept has since spread and been developed as similar 'Fringes' in major cities across the continent including Vancouver, Toronto, Winnipeg, Boston, and New York. Paisley worked as producer of the Fringe festival in Edmonton for the first ten years of its existence, until 1991, when he left his position to shift his artistic focus from theatre to film.

Paisley's feature-length screenplay, Lies Like Truth, won the 2003 CHUM TV Reel Edge competition. Along with a million dollar plus budget for the film itself, a 13-part documentary entitled Good To Go was made to chronicle the development of the project from script to screening. The documentary, which featured Paisley's insight prominently throughout the series, aired nationally in Canada on the A-Channel network. Lies Like Truth premiered at the 2005 Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival.

In 2006, Paisley once again tackled event production and worked as producer for the 2006 Victoria Arts Symposium.

Recognition

In April, 2010, Paisley was awarded the Order of Canada.[2] Named as a Member, he received the honour as "a cultural visionary who has left an indelible mark on Canadian theatre".[3]

In 2012, the City of Edmonton named a new suburban neighbourhood in the Heritage Valley area as Paisely in his honour.[4][5]

Personal life

He shares a son, filmmaker Stuart Paisley, with writer/director Ti Hallas. Brian is currently married to Julia. Their daughter is writer Erinne Paisley.

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References
  1. "Brian Paisley". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  2. http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100407/edm_fringe_100407/20100407/?hub=EdmontonHome
  3. "Order of Canada Investiture Ceremony". acelebrationofwomen.org.
  4. "Fringe Founder Brian Paisley has a neighbourhood name". City of Edmonton Naming Committee. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  5. Elise Stolte (2012-08-23). "New Edmonton suburb to be named for Fringe founder Brian Paisley". Edmonton Journal. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
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