The Killer Whale Who Changed the World by Mark Leiren-Young

Leiren-Young also has extensive television writing credits, with over 100 hours of produced work. The movie won the El Prat de Llobregat Award at the 15th Annual Festival Internacional de Cinema de Medi Ambient (FICMA 2008) in Barcelona. Leiren-Young's first feature film, The Green Chain (2007), which he wrote, directed and produced, explores the issues facing dying logging communities in British Columbia.

Leiren-Young's documentary, 'The Hundred-Year-Old Whale' (2017), which he wrote and directed, won the 2017 Writers Guild of Canada award for 'best documentary.' The movie explores the life of Granny (orca) and the history of our relationship with the Southern resident killer whales. He left Williams Lake to write and direct 'Exposé: Sometimes the World's Fair, Sometimes it Ain't' a comedy revue about Expo 86 that played for several months at Vancouver's Firehall Theatre (now the Firehalls Arts Centre), and the 1 act play 'Escape From Fantasy Gardens', a play about then Premier Bill VanDerZalm. Leiren-Young's first full-time journalism job was at The Williams Lake Tribune, a newspaper in Williams Lake, British Columbia. His first stage play, 'The Initiation,' which he wrote and directed while a UBC student, is the subject of his comic memoir 'Free Magic Secrets Revealed.' He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre and Creative Writing at the University of Victoria and graduated with distinction in 1985. He spent two years at the University of British Columbia where he wrote extensively for The Ubyssey student newspaper.

Mark Leiren-Young was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.

He lives in Saanich, British Columbia and is married to Rayne Ellycrys Benu. Mark Leiren-Young (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian playwright, author, journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker and performer. Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour 'The Killer Whale Who Changed the World' Never Shoot a Stampede Queen, The Green Chain, Shylock, Orcas Everywhere

Playwright, author, filmmaker, director, performer, satirist, podcaster, activist Masters Degree in Creative Writing - University of British Columbia

The Killer Whale Who Changed the World by Mark Leiren-Young