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Canadian film and television writer For the British cricket player, see Angus Fraser. For other people named Angus Fraser, see Angus Fraser (disambiguation).
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Angus Fraser is a Canadian film and television writer. He has most recently been executive producer and writer for Terminal City.

Career

Fraser is a native of Vancouver.

His drama Terminal City aired on The Movie Network on October 17, 2005. He was the director-creator, with Rachel Talalay also brought in as a director. Timeout says the show "prominently counts reality TV among its subjects, but its chief concerns—marriage, family and mortality—are timeless ones that are given fresh urgency by the way screenwriter Angus Fraser approaches them from odd angles."

Fraser's plot follows a family woman who finds she has cancer and becomes the star of a reality show simultaneously. He was partly inspired by a close call his mother had with cancer, and his own near-death experience when he was stabbed in the heart as a bouncer. In 2008 Terminal City was picked up by Sundance.

He also co-wrote the films A Girl Is A Girl, Witnesses and Wiseguys, and A Complicated Kindness.

Filmography

TV credits

Accolades

Leo Awards

  • Best Screenwriting Dramatic Series - Winner - Terminal City - For Episode 8

Gemini Awards

  • Best Writing in a Dramatic Series - Nominee - Terminal City

References

  1. ^ Terminal City: A Brave New Canadian Original Series From the Movie Network and Movie Central, Corusent, August 23, 2005, retrieved December 10, 2020
  2. ^ Macdonald, Gayle (October 24, 2005), The last laugh on breast cancer, The Globe and Mail, retrieved December 10, 2020
  3. Moss, Marilyn (March 4, 2008), Terminal City, The Hollywood Reporter, retrieved December 10, 2020
  4. Johnston, Andrew (March 5, 2008), Terminal City, TimeOut, retrieved December 10, 2020
  5. Shattuck, Kathryn (March 6, 2008), "What's On Tonight", The New York Times, retrieved December 10, 2020
  6. Gilbert, Matthew (March 6, 2008), 'Terminal City' takes risks with cancer, family, and fame, Boston.com, retrieved December 10, 2020
  7. "2006 NOMINEES & WINNERS" (PDF). www.leoawards.com. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2024.
  8. "Cancelled CBC drama gets 12 Gemini nods". Waterloo Region Record. August 30, 2006. pp. A-15.

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