PETER COLLEY Playwright-Screenwriter

AWARDS

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:

Ø 2006 Eugene O'Neill Awards semi-finalist.  

Ø Winner of a 2001 Harold Greenburg Screenwriting Award (The Movie Network) for STOLEN LIVES.   

Ø Nominee for the 2000 Humanitas Prize  for his script "Cadmus & Europa", for CBS based on the Greek myth.

Ø Winner of “International Cultural Personality” Award (Italy) 1996 from the Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et du Commerce International.

Ø Inducted into the WHO'S WHO of Canada 1990.

Ø One of 5 playwrights selected for CANADA ON STAGE - celebrating Canada’s 125th anniversary.

Ø Winner: 1991 Petro-Canada "Stage One" Award for Drama.

Ø Winner: 1993 Petro-Canada "Stage One" Award for Drama

Ø Resident Playwright (3 years) The Grand Theatre (then Canada's largest regional theatre with 1200 seats).

Ø 5 Canada Council National Arts Awards for Drama.

Ø 4 Ontario Arts Council Provincial Awards for Drama.

Ø Sole adjudicator: Canadian National Playwriting Competition.

Ø Writing Instructor for the Second City Comedy Troupe and Theatre Ontario.

Ø Resident Playwright: Actors Alley Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles 1991-94.

Ø Winner “Victor Laudorum” (two years running): Royal Grammar School, Buckinghamshire, England (www.rgshw.com).