Lee MacDougall

Lee MacDougall is a Canadian actor, writer and theatre director.[1] Originally from Kirkland Lake, Ontario,[2] he studied at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University before launching his career as an actor.[1]

He acted primarily on stage, as well as having guest roles in film and television, until writing his first play, High Life, in the early 1990s.[1] A comedy-drama based on a group of drug addicts he met while acting in a regional theatre production, the play won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Mid-Sized Theatre Division, in 1996,[3] and was a shortlisted Governor General's Award finalist for English-language drama at the 1997 Governor General's Awards.[4] He later wrote the screenplay for the 2009 film adaptation High Life, for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 31st Genie Awards.[5]

His later plays have included The Gingko Tree, Resistance, Her Wonders and an adaptation of W. O. Mitchell's novel Who Has Seen the Wind.[6] He has also published a number of short stories.

As an actor, he is now most noted for his role in the original cast of Come from Away.[7]

He lives in Stratford, Ontario with his husband, theatre director and choreographer Tim French.[6]

References
  1. "High Life? Absolutely: Stratford actor Lee MacDougall is enjoying success and honors as a playwright". Waterloo Region Record, November 1, 1997.
  2. "Kirkland Laker has write stuff". Northern News, February 11, 2002.
  3. "Dora Mavor Moore Awards announced". Montreal Gazette, June 25, 1996.
  4. "More than 60 nominees for Governor General's literary awards". Hamilton Spectator, October 23, 1997.
  5. "A look at some of the key Genie Award categories". Canadian Press, February 2, 2011.
  6. "Actor's Björn again". Now, May 11, 2000.
  7. "Three Canadians cast in Come From Away's premiere: Story of passengers stranded in Newfoundland after 9/11 written by married writers". Toronto Star, April 19, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.