CSAs cheer Wright
by: Marise Strauss
Apr 23, 2007
(Playback Daily)
Stargate SG-1 co-creator Brad Wright won the inaugural showrunner prize at the Canadian Screenwriting Awards on Monday night at a downtown Toronto nightspot, in recognition of his “outstanding creative vision” on the long-running, since-cancelled sci-fi series.
“I don’t know if it’s an important award, but in our industry we celebrate things, and I love the fact that we’re celebrating the showrunner because it’s such a little understood job in our business,” Wright told Playback Daily. He is currently writing and producing a series of Stargate movies for MGM, and is co-developing a third series for the sci-fi franchise, which also includes the spin-off Stargate: Atlantis.
The ceremony was hosted by Gavin Crawford of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, who joked about the ACTRA strike, noting “I didn’t know there was a strike, I was working.” The awards are presented by the Writers Guild of Canada.
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