Adam Pettle
Adam Pettle | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 Toronto |
| Occupation | Writer, producer, playwright |
| Education | National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, Canada. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. |
| Notable works | Saving Hope, Rookie Blue, King |
| Spouse | Patricia Fagan (2 children) |
Adam Pettle (born 1973) is a Canadian playwright, radio producer, and television writer, most noted as the showrunner and executive producer on the CTV and Ion Television hospital drama Saving Hope.
Biography
[edit]Theatre
[edit]Born in Toronto in 1973, Pettle is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada's (NTS) playwriting program. He received a BA in theatre from Dalhousie University in 1994.[1]
His first play, Therac 25 (1995), is autobiographical – Pettle received extensive treatment for thyroid cancer in the early 1990s.[2] It stages a developing romance in the halls of a cancer treatment unit. His next drama, Zadie's Shoes (2000), is one of the few Canadian plays to successfully transfer from a medium-size house (The Factory Theatre) to the commercial Winter Garden Theatre. It has been produced across Canada as well as in the US and the UK.[3]
Zadie's Shoes, Sunday Father and Therac 25 have all been nominated for Dora Awards for best new play.[1]
Television and radio
[edit]In 2006, Pettle began his move towards television writing, penning an original pilot Clean for Ilana Frank and Thump Inc (now ICF Films).[4] He has since worked on several Canadian and American television series, including Combat Hospital, King, Rookie Blue, X Company, and Saving Hope.[5] He was nominated a Gemini Award in 2010 for a Rookie Blue episode entitled "Big Nickel," co-written with Morwyn Brebner.[6] He is credited as a co-producer on King and executive producer on Saving Hope.
Pettle is also co-creator and head writer of the miniseries Afghanada, heard on CBC Radio.[7]
Personal life
[edit]He is married to Patricia Fagan.[8] They have two children, Alice and Lev Pettle. As a teen, Pettle was a well-known break dancer with the street name "Kid Quik".
Work
[edit]Plays
[edit]| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Therac 25 | Dora Award Nominee for Best New Play. |
| 2000 | Zadie's Shoes | Dora Award Nominee for Best New Play. |
| 2002 | Sunday Father | Dora Award Nominee for Best New Play. |
| Misha | One Act Play | |
| The Tragic Role | Adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play for Soulpepper Theatre. | |
| 2003 | Mosley and Me | |
| 2006 | Rattle the Bones | |
| 2009 | Parfumerie | Adaption Miklos Laszlo's romantic comedy, co-written by Brenda Robins for Soulpepper. |
Television
[edit]Production staff
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Combat Hospital | Executive Story Editor | Season 1 |
| 2011–2012 | Rookie Blue | Executive Story Editor | Season 1 and 2 |
| 2012 | King | Co-Producer | Season 2 |
| 2012 | Saving Hope | Co-executive producer | Seasons 1 |
| 2013 – 2017 | Executive Producer | Season 2 – 4 | |
| 2015 – 2017 | Showrunner | Season 4 | |
| 2015 | X Company | Story Consultant | Season 1 |
| 2020 | Nurses |
Writer
[edit]| Year | Show | Season | Episode | Original airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Rookie Blue | 1 | "Honour Roll" | August 12, 2010 | |
| "Big Nickel" | August 26, 2010 | Co-written with Morwyn Brebner. Nominated for a Gemini Award. | |||
| 2011 | Combat Hospital | 1 | "Hells Bells" | July 19, 2011 | |
| 2011 | Rookie Blue | 2 | "Brotherhood" | August 19, 2011 | |
| 2012 | King | 2 | "Josh Simpson" | March 7, 2012 | |
| "Isabelle Toomey" | April 20, 2012 | Co-written with Morwyn Brebner. | |||
| 2012 | Saving Hope | 1 | "Blindness" | June 21, 2012 | |
| "Heartsick" | July 26, 2012 | Co-written with Morwyn Brebner. | |||
| "Ride Hard or Go Home" | September 6, 2012 | ||||
| 2013 | 2 | "Little Piggies" | July 2, 2013 | ||
| "Vamonos" | August 20, 2013 | Co-written with Amanda Fahey. | |||
| 2014 | "Twinned Lambs" | February 20, 2014 | |||
| 3 | "Kiss Me Goodbye (Part 2)" | September 25, 2014 | |||
| 2015 | "Narrow Margin" | January 14, 2015 | Co-written with Morwyn Brebner. | ||
| "Fearless" | February 11, 2015 | ||||
| 4 | "Sympathy for the Devil" | September 24, 2015 | |||
| "Waiting on a Friend" | November 12, 2015 | Co-written with Graeme Stewart. | |||
| 2016 | "Let Me Go" | February 14, 2016 | |||
| 5 | "Doctor Dustiny" | TBD | |||
| "Leap of Faith" | TBD | Co-written with Hayden Simpson. | |||
| "We Need to Talk About Charlie Harries" | TBD | Co-written with Graeme Stewart. | |||
| "Hope Never Dies" | TBD |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Adam Pettle – The Canadian Encyclopedia".
- ^ "Take a bow, tie a knot – Post City Magazine – December 2009". December 2, 2009.
- ^ "Adam Pettle knows when to hold 'em and fold 'em – The Toronto Star – May 04, 2011". Toronto Star. May 4, 2011.
- ^ "Norstar Corporate Overview".
- ^ "Adam Pettle IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "26th Gemini Awards". Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ "Adam Pettle knows when to hold 'em and fold 'em – The Toronto Star – May 04, 2011". Toronto Star. May 4, 2011.
- ^ "Take a bow, tie a knot – Post City Magazine – December 2009". December 2, 2009.
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
- Canadian television writers
- Canadian television producers
- Screenwriters from Toronto
- Dalhousie University alumni
- National Theatre School of Canada alumni
- Showrunners
- 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- Canadian radio writers
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian male television writers