John Frizzell

John B. Frizzell (born in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian screenwriter and film producer.

For the composer, see John Frizzell (composer).

After several years writing, directing and co-producing the documentary series A Different Understanding for TVOntario, Frizzell joined partners Niv Fichman, Barbara Willis Sweete and Larry Weinstein to found the Canadian production company Rhombus Media. He left Rhombus in the mid-eighties to pursue a career in writing.

His credits include the television series Airwaves, The Rez, Twitch City, Angela Anaconda and Material World and the films A Winter Tan, Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, Life with Billy, Dance Me Outside, On My Own and Lapse of Memory. He was co-winner of a Writers Guild of Canada Award for Lucky Girl.[1]

Filmography
Writer
Year Film Genre Notes
2001 Lucky Girl teleplay
1999 Angela Anaconda TV series
1998 Twitch City TV series
1997 Dante's Peak Film Main theme by James Newton Howard
1994 Dance Me Outside[2] Film
Life with Billy TV
1993 On My Own Film
1992 Lapse of Memory dialogue
1990 Getting Married in Buffalo Jump TV
1999 Carnival of Shadows TV
1999 A Winter Tan TV
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gollark: Plants have genetic variation naturally.
gollark: Even if that were true, GMOs aren't *that* different to non-genetically-modified versions.
gollark: Can you point to any examples of GMOs causing actual bad effects in people who eat them?
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References
  1. Variety
  2. George Melnyk (15 June 2007). Great Canadian Film Directors. University of Alberta. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-88864-528-9.


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