Graham Chittenden
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Graham Chittenden is a Canadian standup comedian and television writer from Brantford, Ontario,[1] most noted for his work as part of the writing team for the television series Still Standing.[2]
Alongside Jonny Harris, Steve Dylan and Fraser Young, he is a four-time winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Factual Program or Series for their work on the show, winning at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for "Fort McMurray",[3] at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for "Carcross",[4] at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 for "Churchill",[5] and at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 for "Rankin Inlet";[6] in 2021, they also won a WGC Screenwriting Award for "Rankin Inlet".[7] In addition to his writing for Still Standing, he also frequently performs as a warm-up comedian prior to Harris's headline set.[8]
Chittenden launched his comedy career in the 2000s.[9] In 2011, he headlined his own Comedy Now! special for The Comedy Network,[10] for which he was a Canadian Comedy Award nominee for Best Taped Live Performance at the 13th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2012.
In 2013, he was one of the hosts of the shortlived MTV Showtown for MTV Canada.[11] In 2015 he created the web series Stand Up Guy, which mixed real stand-up performance with a fictionalized account of his life as a working comedian.[12]
In 2017 he was a finalist in SiriusXM Canada's annual Canada's Top Comic competition,[13] and in 2018 he released the comedy special Graham Chittenden: Reluctant Adult on Crave. He has also appeared on CBC Radio's The Debaters, and has written for the television sitcom Mr. D.
In 2022, he auditioned as a contestant in the second season of Canada's Got Talent,[14] but did not advance to the semi-finals.
References[edit]
- ^ Michelle Ruby, "Stand up kinda guy; Graham Chittenden earns his living by making people laugh". Brantford Expositor, May 19, 2016.
- ^ Monte Sonnenberg, "Vittoria set to go nation-wide". Simcoe Reformer, October 22, 2020.
- ^ Rachel West, "2018 Canadian Screen Awards: ‘Property Brothers’, ‘Big Brother Canada’ Among Non-Fiction Winners". ET Canada, March 6, 2018.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Non-Fiction TV Programming: The Complete List Of Winners". ET Canada, March 26, 2019.
- ^ Jackson Weaver, "The National, The Accountant of Auschwitz lead first night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, May 25, 2020.
- ^ Marriska Fernandes, "Canadian Screen Awards 2021: News, Documentary, Lifestyle and Reality". Tribute, May 18, 2021.
- ^ Musthafa Azeez, "Schitt’s Creek and Trickster win big at WGC Screenwriting Awards". The Globe and Mail, April 27, 2021.
- ^ Don Bodger, "Vancouver Island community depicted in all its glory for TV’s ‘Still Standing’". Saanich News, July 18, 2021.
- ^ Sal Bommarito, "Standup takes stab at fame". Brantford Expositor, August 13, 2009.
- ^ "CTV Goes for Gold with Hot New Summer Lineup". Canada NewsWire, May 3, 2012.
- ^ Sarah MacDonald, "Things will be great when you're downtown; MTV Canada revamps with new show, locale". National Post, February 6, 2013.
- ^ "Graham Chittenden joins Brent Butt Live in Niagara Falls on April 8th, 2015". Canada NewsWire, March 6, 2015.
- ^ "B.C. standup named Canada's Top Comic". Toronto Star, October 3, 2017.
- ^ "Top Performances from Tonight's Episode of Canada's Got Talent on Citytv, Now Available to Share and Post". Financial Post, April 12, 2022.