Alan DiFiore

Alan DiFiore was born in Akron, Ohio, and grew up wanting to be a writer. While attending Akron University, he realized that in order to be a writer you needed to write what you know, so he hit the road. He did community organizing for Mexican American farmworkers and worked in a dog food factory, a fish plant, and various other fun jobs until one day when he was struck by a deadly cable on a log salvage boat stealing a log from a log boom, when he decided a guy could get killed before actually becoming a writer. So why not try just using your imagination instead? And he did.

Eventually, DiFiore began writing for television, and for the past 25 years he has garnered numerous accolades for screenwriting both in the U.S. and in Canada. In Canada, he has received five Gemini Awards (Canadian Emmys), three LEO Awards and five Writers Guild Awards. His major credits in Canada include his work over seven seasons as head writer on "DaVinci's Inquest," and his award winning movies-of-the-week, including the CBC's "DaVinci's City Hall" and CTV's "The Life" and "Milgaard," which won a total of eight Geminis including Best Drama. He was also Creator and Executive Producer for CTV'S acclaimed drama series "The Bridge."

Among his U.S. credits, he has written for CBS's "Ghost Whisperer" and "The Handler," and he hasbeen a Co-Executive Producer on NBC's "Grimm," for which he received a Hugo Award nomination. Other TV credits include the miniseries "Vendetta," which won the Donatella award. More recent, DiFiore has worked on a limited drama series for Phoenix Pictures and National Geographic based on the book The Long Road Home by Martha Raddatz. DiFiore's feature film credits include A Fork in the Road, which he also co-wrote with Jim Kouf.

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