Adam Pettle

Adam Pettle

FILM AND TELEVISION

SMALL ACHIEVABLE GOALS (Writer – Season 2) CBC; Sphere
ALLEGIANCE
(Writer – Season 2) CBC; Lark
BETWEEN THE FENCES (Writer – Season 1) BYUtv; Shaftesbury
NURSES
(Showrunner, Creator & Writer – Season 1; Co-Showrunner, Creator & Writer – Season2) Global/NBC; ICF Films/Piazza Entertainment
BURDEN OF TRUTH (Showrunner & Writer – Seasons 1-3; Co-Showrunner & Writer – Season 4) CBC/The CW Network; Eagle Vision/ICF Films/eOne; 2021 Canadian Screen Award Nomination – Best Dramatic Series
THE DETAIL (Co-Showrunner & Writer – Season 1) CTV/ION; eOne/ICF Films
SAVING HOPE (Writer – Season 1; Co-Showrunner & Writer – Seasons 2-3; Showrunner &  Write – Seasons 4-5) Bell/ION; eOne/Thump Inc.; 2016 Canadian Screen Award Nomination – Best Dramatic Series
X COMPANY (Writer – Season 1) Sony Pictures Television; Temple Street Productions
KING (Co-Executive Producer & Writer – Season 2) Showcase; Indian Grove Productions
COMBAT HOSPITAL (Writer – Season 1) Global/ABC; Sienna Films
ROOKIE BLUE (Writer – Seasons 1 & 2) Global/ABC; eOne/Thump Inc.; 2011 Gemini Award Nomination – Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
CLEAN (Creator – Pilot) Thump Inc.

PLAYS

PARFUMERIE co-written with Brenda Robins; Soulpepper Theatre; Dora Award Winner for Outstanding Production
MOSLEY AND ME
The Canadian Stage Company
SUNDAY FATHER The Canadian Stage Company/Hampstead Theatre, London
MISHA (2002) Theatre Direct
ZADIES’ SHOES
Factory Theatre/Mirvish Productions; Dora Award nomination for Outstanding New Play
THERAC 25 Slide Theatre – Summerworks Festival/(2001) Factory Theatre; Dora Award nomination for Outstanding New Play

PUBLICATIONS

Macleans (2022) Freelance article
Saturday Night Magazine Freelance article; National Magazine Award Nominee for Personal Essay
SUNDAY FATHER
(2003) Scirocco Drama
SHAKIN’ THE STAGE feat. MISHA (2003) Scirocco Drama
ZADIES’ SHOES
(2001) Scirocco Drama
THERAC 25 (2000) Scirocco Drama

RADIO

AFGHANADA (Co-Creator & Co-Showunner – Seasons 1-6) CBC; 2007 & 2008 WGC Awards for Best Radio Drama
THERAC 25
(2001) CBC

OTHER

Playwright-in-residence, Canadian Stage Company
Member of the Tarragon Playwright’s Unit
Member of the Factory Theatre Playwright’s Lab
Recipient of the Paulina McGibbon Bursary
Graduate, The National Theatre School of Canada (Playwriting Program)
B.A. in Theatre, Dalhousie University (Professional Actor Training Program)

 

Adam Pettle is a Canadian writer/showrunner whose credits include showrunner on Corus and NBC drama “Nurses”, “Burden of Truth” for CBC and The CW and CTV’s supernatural medical series “Saving Hope”, which aired on CTV for five seasons and NBC in the U.S.

He was also lead creative for the Black Screen Office sponsored anthology Festivale with Bell Media and helped develop CBC drama series “The Borough” as a writing Executive Producer alongside show creators, Catherine Hernandez, Shamier Anderson and Stephan James. Most recently: Adam was a Consulting Executive Producer on Season 2 of “Allegiance” (CBC); on Season 2 of “Small Achievable Goals” (CBC) and was attached as Executive Producer and Co-Showrunner of “Someone Knows Something” a dramatic series in development at the CBC based on their flagship podcast of the same name.

Adam is also an award-winning Playwright, whose work has been produced across North America and the U.K.

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