David Widdicombe
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David Widdicombe is a Canadian filmmaker, director and playwright born in Toronto. He is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre, the national institution for advanced film studies founded by Norman Jewison.
In 2005 Widdicombe directed the film SANTA BABY, the script of which had previously won the Best Screenplay Award at the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto.
SANTA BABY won the award for BEST COMEDY FILM at the 2006 Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, which made it eligible for Oscar consideration.
It was the most nominated film at the 2006 Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, with seven Golden Sheaf Award nominations including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. It won the Golden Sheaf for Best Actress.
It also received three Slate Award nominations at the California Independent Film Festival including Best Film and Best Actress. The film was named one of the top five short films in the March 2007 issue of Moving Pictures Magazine. Throughout 2006 and 2007 it played to great acclaim at film festivals worldwide.
Widdicombe's stage plays have been produced across North America and internationally including THE RIVER LADY (Winner of the National Playwrighting Competition), DINOSAUR DREAMS, SECRET OF THE LOST EMPIRE, SWAMP BABY & OTHER TALES and WAKE, which was named one of the top ten plays at the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. In 2001 his most recent play SCIENCE FICTION won the Aurora Award, Canada’s highest honour in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing for Best Work in English and was nominated for four Toronto Theatre Awards (the Doras) including Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Production.
Plays for CBC Radio Drama include LAST OF THE GREAT ROCK LEGENDS, THE PET, DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME, THE BAR UNDER THE SEA, MONSTER IN THE SEWER, MACHINES AND MEN, THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, and THE BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION, chosen one of the Best CBC Radio Dramas of the decade.
