Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 Toronto – May 22, 2019. On the evening of May 22, 2019, actor-writer-filmmaker and V.P. of ACTRA Newfoundland Ruth Lawrence presented the 6th annual Nell Shipman Award to screenwriter and filmmaker Sherry White and fellow Newfoundlander at Toronto’s The Spoke Club. The Nell Shipman Award is presented annually by The Toronto ACTRA…
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Friday, May 25th, 2018 Toronto, ON – Tonight at 7:30 p.m., Jill Golick, award-winning writer-creator and former president of the Writers Guild of Canada (Central Region), presents the 5th annual Nell Shipman Award to screen and television writer and creative executive producer Karen Walton at The Spoke Club. The Toronto…
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 Toronto – The Toronto ACTRA Women’s Committee (TAWC) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2nd Annual Nell Shipman Award. Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik is best known as the creator, writer and showrunner of Strange Empire; co-creator, executive producer and Gemini Award-winning writer of Durham County; supervising…
May 26, 2014 Toronto, ON – The Toronto ACTRA Women’s Committee (TAWC) tonight awarded its inaugural Nell Shipman Award to Canadian Writer, Director, Producer, Sheri Elwood at a galaat The Spoke Club. Ms. Elwood is the creator and showrunner of the cable TV series, Call Me Fitz. The comedy…