Terence Heffernan
Canadian screenwriter and playwright
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Terence Heffernan (October 10, 1941 – January 13, 1998) was a Canadian screenwriter and playwright.[1] He was most noted for writing the film Heartaches,[2] for which he won the Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 3rd Genie Awards.[3]
Terence Heffernan | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 10, 1941 |
| Died | 13 January 1998 (aged 56) Thailand |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Occupations | Screenwriter and playwright |
| Notable work | Heartaches |
The son of former Montreal Canadiens hockey player Gerald Heffernan,[1] Heffernan was educated at Lower Canada College.[4] His theatrical play Blossom Hill was produced by Montreal's Shoestring Theatre in 1961.[4] The play was also produced for television as part of Shoestring Theatre's CBC Television anthology series. He subsequently submitted a script to the CBC anthology series Festival; although it was not produced, it led to Eric Till directing his screenplay for A Great Big Thing in 1968.[5]
Terry worked with Suzanne Findlay as his editor in his early Toronto days and later often worked with filmmaker Don Shebib.
His other film screenplays included Mahoney's Last Stand,[6] The Young Adventurers and Change of Heart.[4]
He died in 1997 of lung cancer in Thailand.[1]