- Edward Kay
Edward Kay is a Toronto-based
writer with a background in both live-action and animated television comedy, as well as print journalism.Kay spent four years as a writer and producer on the political satire, "
This Hour Has 22 Minutes ", before becoming supervising producer of The Itch, a comedy series starring Jason Jones ofThe Daily Show , andJessica Holmes . Kay then co-created the animated children’s series,Ollie’s Under-the-Bed Adventures (later known asOlliver’s Adventures ) and wrote the pilot episode, which won aGemini Award for Best Animated Program. He has written numerous episodes ofAtomic Betty , a television series broadcast in more than 100 countries. With Sean Scott, he is the co-creator ofJimmy Two Shoes , an animated comedy series that in December 2007, was ordered into production by broadcastersJetix andTeletoon .Kay’s writing for "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" has garnered him three Gemini Awards, [cite web|url=http://academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=3003&shownum=13&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4|title= 13th Geminis - Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series|publisher=Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television|accessdate=2008-04-09] [cite web|url=http://academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=3003&shownum=14&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4|title= 14th Geminis - Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series|publisher=Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television|accessdate=2008-04-09] [cite web|url=http://academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=3003&shownum=15&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4|title= 15th Geminis - Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series|publisher=Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television|accessdate=2008-04-09] a
Canadian Comedy Award , [cite web|url=http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/shows/htmlpage.aspx?pid=3608&sid=3603|title=The Archives - 2001|work=Canadian Comedy Awards|publisher=CTV Globe Media|accessdate=2008-04-09] and a Canadian Screenwriting Award. [cite web|url=http://www.wgc.ca/cscs_awards/pastwinners/1999.html|title=1999 Winners|publisher=Writers Guild of Canada|accessdate=2008-04-09] His print journalism work has received two Canadian National Magazine Award Honourable Mentions.Reference
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