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David Tynan Biography

Birth Name:David Tynan

Profession Writer, Producer, Script department

Fast Facts

  • Won a Writers Guild of Canada Award for Best Screenwriter in a Dramatic TV Series for "Highlander" in 1996
  • Died at 62-years-old after a five-year battle with pancreatic cancer
  • Started out as a writer on the TV series "War of the Worlds" in 1988
  • Best known as the writer, coordinating producer, and executive script consultant of "Highlander" and the writer and producer of "Poltergeist: The Legacy․"
  • Was a member of both the Writers Guild of Canada and the Writers Guild of America West

Awards

  • 2015IFTA Award-Best Short Film: winner