About
David Young
David Young has written extensively for film and television, beginning with Jim Hensonâ??s Fraggle Rock. Most recently he wrote and co-produced a one-hour dramatic comedy pilot for CTV about residential real estate agents. Theatrical works include Love is Strange (with Paul Ledoux); Glenn, a theatrical portrait of Glenn Gould, which had numerous productions in Canada (including at the Stratford Festival) and overseas; and Inexpressible Island, which was produced in Canada, the United States, Germany, and Londonâ??s West End. Both Glenn and Inexpressible Island were nominated for the Governor Generalâ??s Literary Award. Clout, a portrait of a neoconservative press baron, was co-produced by the National Arts Centre and Tarragon Theatre. David also wrote an adaptation of Ibsenâ??s An Enemy of the People for the NAC. David adapted Alistair MacLeodâ??s award-winning novel No Great Mischief for Tarragon Theatre. Current theatrical projects include Without Hope, Without Fear, a theatrical portrait of Caravaggio for the NAC. David was a founding director of the Writersâ?? Trust of Canada and is a trustee of the Griffin Poetry Prize.