Canadian Writers Group

Denis Seguin

Location:

Toronto, ON

Styles:

Broadcast: Audio, Broadcast: Video, Case studies, Columns, Copywriting: Direct, Copywriting: New Media, Copywriting: Print, Copywriting: Radio, Copywriting: TV, Corporate Communications, Essays, Features, Ghostwriting, Humour, Investigative Reporting, Naming, Personal Journalism, Profiles, Promotional copy, Proposals, Public relations, Reports/Whitepapers, Scriptwriting, Speechwriting

Subjects:

Adventure, Architecture, Arts, Automotive, Aviation, Biotechnology, Books & literature, Broadcast, Business, Communication technologies, Culture & community, Defence, Design, Earth sciences, Education, Entertainment (film, television, theatre), Environment, Family & parenting, Food, Information & communication technologies, Marketing, Men, New media, Non-profit, Publishing, Sex and relationships, Travel & tourism, Women

Bio:

An award-winning journalist and filmmaker, Denis Seguin has been writing about what interests him in such publications as The Walrus and The Globe and Mail in Canada, Slate in the US and The Times and The Guardian in the UK. He wrote and co-produced the feature documentary How to Start Your Own Country, which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. As well, he co-wrote the feature documentary 100 Films And A Funeral, the story of the first Hollywood film studio not run from Hollywood. His short film, It’s My Right, won the $10,000 first prize in Canadian Film Centre’s 2010 Reel Challenge.

Publications/Client List:

• The Walrus
• Canadian Business
• Globe and Mail
• Readers Digest
• Elle Canada
• Toronto Life
• National Post
• Toronto Star
• Ski Canada
• The Times (UK)
• The Independent (UK)
• Financial Times (UK)
• The Guardian (UK)
• Slate (US)
• Premiere (US)
• Details (US)
• Rolling Stone (US)
• Playboy (US)

Copywriting and Corporate Clients

• Canadian Film and Television Producers Association
• Ontario Media Development Corp.
• Industrial Line Multimedia
• Gray Interactive
• Alliance For Converging Technologies
• Toronto International Film Festival

Other Projects:

Writer, Co-producer

• How To Start Your Own Country
  Dir: Jody Shapiro
  Feature documentary – world premiere, 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
  Everyday Pictures/CBC, Toronto

Director-writer-producer

• It’s My Right
  Short film featuring Atom Egoyan and Deepa Mehta
  Winner of the $10,000 Canadian Film Centre Reel Challenge

Co-writer

• 100 Films and A Funeral
  Dir: Michael McNamara
  Feature documentary – broadcast December 2007, Documentary Channel
  Markham Street Productions, Toronto

Awards:

Canadian Film Centre Reel Challenge 2010

$10,000 First Prize

Best Canadian Essays 2009

“The Anti-socialite”, originally published in The Walrus
Published by Tightrope Books

National Magazine Awards, Canada

• Silver Award, Arts and Entertainment, 2005
• Finalist Arts and Entertainment, 2007
• Finalist, Business, 2005
• Finalist, Arts and Entertainment, 2002

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