Shannon Masters
Canadian screenwriter
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Shannon Masters is a Canadian screenwriter.[1] She is best known for the film Empire of Dirt, for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.[2]
Shannon Masters | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Occupation | screenwriter |
| Years active | 2010s-present |
| Notable work | Empire of Dirt |
Masters is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's screenwriting program.
In 2021 she was announced as the writer and showrunner for a television adaptation of Michelle Good's award-winning novel Five Little Indians.[3]
Personal life
Masters is of Cree Metis and Ukrainian descent, and is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario.[4][5]