Ian Craig Walker

'Ian Craig Walker' (qv) is an award-winning journalist and screenwriter whose slate of 'written by' and 'story development' credits span multiple titles, including feature-length documentaries 'I Am Heath Ledger,' with Ang Lee, Naomi Watts and Ben Mendelsohn, 'I Am Sam Kinison,' with Jay Leno, Bill Burr and Tommy Chong, 'I Am Paul Walker,' with Tyrese Gibson, Rob Cohen and Wayne Kramer, 'I Am MLK Jr.,' with Jesse Jackson, Carmelo Anthony and Nick Cannon, and 'I Am Richard Pryor,' with Lily Tomlin, Tiffany Haddish and Howie Mandel, along with three episodes of National Geographic channel's award-winning 'Facing' seven-part global television docu-series, which reveal epic tales of opposition against some of the world's most powerful icons.In the non-fiction realm, his serialized television drama, 'More Than A Game,' was optioned by Screen Siren Productions and deals with a disgraced professional hockey coach forced to face his demons and the drama of small-town life when he returns to his hometown to rebuild a once-fabled dynasty. His first film credit, $2 Pesos, screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.Graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours from St. Francis Xavier University in 1995 and a Bachelor of Journalism with Honours from the University of King's College three years later, Ian Craig spent the first 15 years of his career as a hugely popular sports writer and columnist with the Vancouver Sun. He shifted his focus to screenwriting in 2013, graduating from Vancouver Film School's prestigious Writing for TV & Film program 16-months later at age 40.::IanCraig.OceanWave Staff