Paul Quarrington(1953-2010)
- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Paul Quarrington has been involved in all arts for most of his life. He attended
the University of Toronto for a short time and then joined Martin
Worthy to form a folk duo 'Quarrington/Worthy'. They had success as
singers and songwriters and in 1979 had a number 1 single in Canada
'Baby and the Blues'. Quarrington was also a member of the Canadian
band 'Joe Hall and the Continental Drift'. Quarrington wrote a radio
play that was performed by the CBC in the mid '70s. Quarrington's list
of published books includes 'Civilization', 'Spirit Cabinet'
'Galveston" and 'The Ravine' (2008) amongst others, and many have won
rave reviews and awards. notably 'Home Game', 'King Leary', and 'Whale
Music'. In 1993, 'Whale Music' was filmed as a feature in British
Columbia, presented in several International Film Festivals, nominated
for 9 Genie awards (Canadian Film industry awards) and premiered in
Canada November 4th, 1994. Quarrington has penned two stage plays and
two additional screenplays. 'Camilla' was the last film to star Jessica
Tandy. He has written extensively for television, including episodes of
Due South, John Woo's Once A Thief, Executive Story Editor for the CTV
Series Power Play, and Host / Story Editor for BookShorts Moving
Stories, for which he also made a short film, Angel Takes All: No-Limit
Texas Hold'em, with Bert Kish.
