Brendan Gall

Brendan Gall
Brendan Gall
	Gall (back) with Shawn Myrick and Rob Scarborough (front)
Born	September 2, 1978 (age 46); Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupation	film and television writer, producer, actor, playwright
Period	2000s-present
Notable works	Blindspot, The L.A. Complex, The Go-Getters, Dakota, Wide Awake Hearts, Alias Godot, A Quiet Place
Website
	imdb.me/brendangall

Brendan Gall (born September 2, 1978) is a Canadian writer, actor and producer living in Toronto, Ontario.

Early life and education

Gall graduated from the George Brown Theatre School.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Gall has written and/or produced for the television series Blindspot, Open Heart, and The L.A. Complex, the CBC Radio drama series Afghanada, the feature films The Lovebirds, The Go-Getters, and Dakota, and stage plays such as Panhandled, A Quiet Place,^[1] Alias Godot^[2] and Wide Awake Hearts.^[3]

As an actor, he has had lead or recurring roles on the series Remedy, Good God, Overruled!, and Men With Brooms, and guest appearances on Covert Affairs, The L.A. Complex, Against The Wall, Flashpoint, Murdoch Mysteries, and Stargate: Atlantis. He has also appeared in the films Remember, The Captive, Stag, Let's Rap^[4] and Dakota, and in numerous theatrical works, including the world premiere (and subsequent remounts) of Hannah Moscovitch's East of Berlin and the 2014 Toronto production of Duncan Macmillan's Lungs which garnered him a 2014 Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Actor.^[5]^[6]

A playwright in residence at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre from 2007 to 2017 and artistic director of his own theatre companies Single Threat and The Room, he has been nominated for four Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play: twice in 2008 for Alias Godot and A Quiet Place, again in 2009 for The Gladstone Variations, and finally in 2011 for Wide Awake Hearts. Wide Awake Hearts and A Quiet Place were published by Coach House Books in 2010 under the title Minor Complications: Two Plays. The title was a shortlisted nominee in the English-language drama category of the 2011 Governor General's Awards. Gall has also been nominated twice for the K.M. Hunter Artist Award.

Bibliography

Screenplays

2020: The Lovebirds
2017: The Go-Getters (with Aaron Abrams)
2007: Dakota

Teleplays

2017: Blindspot (7 episodes)
2015: Open Heart (2 episodes)
2012: The L.A. Complex (6 episodes)

Stage Plays

2010: Wide Awake Hearts
2010: Red Machine: Under The Knife (collective creation)
2010: 300 Tapes (collective creation)
2009: Red Machine: Part One (contributing writer: "First & Last")
2008: Alias Godot
2008 The Sound Plays (contributing writer: "A Book On Tape")
2007: The Gladstone Variations (contributing writer: "The Card Trick", with Mike McPhaden, Rick Roberts, Julie Tepperman)
2007: I Keep Dropping Sh*t (collective creation)
2006: Don't Wake Me (collective creation)
2006: Autoshow (contributing writer: "Hawk Limited")
2005: A Quiet Place
2005: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (collective creation)
2004: Panhandled
2003: The Awesome Club Presents "It's Raining Fun!" (contributed sketches)

Collections

2010: Minor Complications: Two Plays, Coach House Books; ISBN 978-1552452370

Awards and nominations

2015: Lungs - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best Actor
2014: Lungs - My Theatre Award nomination, Best Actor
2014: K.M. Hunter Artist Award nomination, Theatre
2011: Minor Complications: Two Plays - Governor General's Literary Award for Drama nomination, English-Language Category
2011: Wide Awake Hearts - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
2011: Men With Brooms - Canadian Comedy Awards nomination, Best Ensemble
2010: K.M. Hunter Artist Award nomination, Theatre
2009: Alias Godot - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
2009: East of Berlin - Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award nomination, Best Actor
2008: A Quiet Place - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
2008: The Gladstone Variations - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
2003: A Quiet Place - Herman Voaden National Playwriting Award, Honourable Mention

References

^ "Strong and Quiet". NOW Magazine. 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
^ "Alias Godot Gets North American Premiere April 22 in Toronto | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
^ Collins-hughes, Laura (2016-01-21). "Review: 'Wide Awake Hearts' and the ABC's of Infidelity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
^ "With Characters That I Play, I Love Them". Film Courage. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
^ "Lungs a breath of fresh air at Tarragon Theatre: review | Toronto Star". thestar.com. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
^ "My Theatre Award Nominee: Q&A w/ Brendan Gall » My Theatre | My Entertainment World". www.myentertainmentworld.ca. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-02.

External links

[1] "Strong and Quiet". NOW Magazine. 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2017-05-02.

[2] "Alias Godot Gets North American Premiere April 22 in Toronto | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-03-16.

[3] Collins-hughes, Laura (2016-01-21). "Review: 'Wide Awake Hearts' and the ABC's of Infidelity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-16.

[4] "With Characters That I Play, I Love Them". Film Courage. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2017-05-02.

[5] "Lungs a breath of fresh air at Tarragon Theatre: review | Toronto Star". thestar.com. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-16.

[6] "My Theatre Award Nominee: Q&A w/ Brendan Gall » My Theatre | My Entertainment World". www.myentertainmentworld.ca. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-02.

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