Jeremy Boxen

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Jeremy Boxen
Jeremy Boxen in 2012
Jeremy Boxen in 2012
Nationality Canada
Occupation screenwriter and producer
Known for winning a Gemini Award
Awards
  • 2010 Gemini Award
  • 2019 Writer's Guild of Canada

Jeremy Boxen is a Canadian filmmaker. He has been a producer or screenwriter on close to a dozen Canadian television series, and won the Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series in 2010.[1] The episode of the series Cra$h and Burn was entitled "Sunday Bloody Sunday".[2]

Boxen's writing credits include: Endgame, Lost Girl, Orphan Black, Killjoys, Imposters, Iron Belly and the feature films Cottage Country and 22 Chaser.[3][4][5]

In 2013, Bell Media picked Boxen and two other writer/producers to participate in their annual Showrunner Bootcamp.[6] The program is co-run by the Canadian Film Centre.

In 2014 Boxen collaborated with Jonathon Sobol on a script entitled Iron Belly, about the crew and prisoners on a prison ship transporting convicts to Australia.[4] Nicholas Tabarrok of Darius Films was to produce a 10 episode series for Bell Media and BBC America.[7]

Boxen's script for 22 Chaser won an award from the Writer's Guild of Canada in 2019, for best feature film.[8]

References

  1. Diane Wild (2010-11-03). "GEMINI AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". Tv-Eh. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411074020/https://www.tv-eh.com/2010/11/03/gemini-award-winners-announced/. Retrieved 2022-02-11. 
  2. "Gemini award for best writing in a dramatic series". Awards and winners. Archived from the original on 2019-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20190307142823/http://awardsandwinners.com/category/gemini-awards/gemini-award-for-best-writing-in-a-dramatic-series/. Retrieved 2022-02-11. 
  3. "LIFT OUT LOUD April 4 – Guest Moderator Jeremy Boxen". Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto. Archived from the original on 2021-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20210304185713/https://lift.ca/programming-home/lift-out-loud-april-4-guest-moderator-jeremy-boxen/. Retrieved 2022-02-11. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Katie Bailey (2014-06-09). "Bell Media, BBC America order Iron Belly to script". Playback online. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20180906101905/https://playbackonline.ca/2014/06/09/hbo-canada-bbc-america-order-iron-belly-to-script-exclusive/. Retrieved 2022-02-12. "Inspired by a family story, Sobol was struggling to write a script about 19th century trans-oceanic prisoner transport ships when he had a chance meeting with writer-showrunner Jeremy Boxen (Lost Girl, End Game) to riff on film ideas." 
  5. Regan Reid (2017-07-20). "In Brief: Al Magee joins the NSI Features First program". Playback online. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20180906113613/https://playbackonline.ca/2017/07/20/in-brief-keslow-camera-acquires-clairmont-camera/. Retrieved 2022-02-12. "Canadian writer and producer Jeremy Boxen (Orphan Black, Killjoys) has joined season two of Universal Cable Production’s Imposters as co-showrunner." 
  6. Danielle Ng See Quan (2013-02-25). "Bell Media showrunner bootcamp underway in Toronto, L.A.". Playback online. Archived from the original on 2018-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20181212223213/https://playbackonline.ca/2013/02/25/bell-media-showrunner-bootcamp-underway-in-toronto-l-a/. Retrieved 2022-02-11. "Writer/producers Jeremy Boxen, Jenn Engels and Joseph Kay are in the midst of this year’s Bell Media Showrunner Bootcamp, which runs to mid-March." 
  7. Etan Vlessing (2014-06-10). "Electus Sells BBC America, HBO Canada on ‘Iron Belly’: The period drama was created by Canadian director Jonathan Sobol and writer Jeremy Boxen and will be co-produced by Darius Films.". The Hollywood Reporter (Bamff, Alberta). Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20220212051703/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/electus-sells-bbc-america-hbo-710671/. Retrieved 2022-02-12. "Canadian director Jonathan Sobol (The Art of the Steal) created the series along with writer Jeremy Boxen (Lost Girl)." 
  8. Margaret DeRosia (2019-05-01). "CFC alumni win 2019 WGC awards". Canadian Film Centre. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20210414222146/http://cfccreates.com/news/1002-cfc-alumni-win-2019-wgc-awards. Retrieved 2022-02-12. "This film was also produced by CFC Features, and as part of his speech, Boxen gave a warm shout out to Justine Whyte, Director and Executive Producer, CFC Features, for believing in the project over many years."