Terri Hawkes
ON THE PAGE
Writing women's transformations with wit, grit, and wisdom.
Terri Hawkes writes dramatic and comedic scripts for television, film and theatre – tales that celebrate women’s and girls’ transformations, thereby inspiring her audiences to live their best lives.
Her seasoned experience as a screenwriter, actor and director position her to cross mediums in choosing the best platform for her many stories of strength and sass.
She has been honoured for her work in both comedy and drama, and generally chooses the genre of dramedy – sharing tales that entertain and powerfully highlight galvanizing social messages.
Selected Writing Credits
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The Book of Eve: Feature film – Lions Gate Films – Screenwriter
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Anne of Green Gables: TV series (animated) – Sullivan Ent/ABC/CBC- Screenwriter
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“Fourteen – In Between” – Short film – London South Bank - Screenwriter
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Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb: UCLA New Works Playwright’s Festival - Playwright
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Performing Motherhood - Demeter Press - Co-Editor & Writer
Writing Awards, Nominations & Close Calls
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Sydney Women's International Film Festival: Best Television Pilot Winner - Fantasy Revenge, Inc.
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Stareable Fest NYC: TV Pilot Pitch Competition - 2nd Place - Fantasy Revenge, Inc.
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Herman Voaden National Playwriting Award: Finalist - Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb
Terri was runner-up in the Stareable Festival pitch competition in New York in Fall 2022.
Fun fact: Terri holds an Honours MFA from UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television and an MA from York University in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies.
Academic Writing
Performing Motherhood: Artistic, Activist, and Everyday Enactments
Performing Motherhood explores relationships between performativity and the maternal. Highlighting mothers’ lived experiences, this collection examines mothers’ creativity and agency as they perform in everyday life: in mothering, in activism, and in the arts. This book focuses on motherwork, maternal agency, mothers’ multiple identities and marginalized maternal voices, and explores how these are performatively constituted, negotiated and affirmed.
Demeter Press, 2014
Screening Mothers: Motherhood in Contemporary World Cinemas
The contributing scholars to this collection analyze culturally specific and globally held attitudes about mothers and mothering, as represented in world cinema. Examining films from a range of countries including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Eastern Europe, Canada, and the United States, the various chapters contextualize the socio-cultural realities of motherhood as they are represented on screen, and explore the maternal figure as she has been glamorized and celebrated, while simultaneously subjected to public scrutiny.
Demeter Press, 2016
Sailor Moon Reflections
The work of a voice artist isn't necessarily what it may seem to the viewer or listener. It is a craft that is learned through intense study and practice. The cast of Sailor Moon were paragons of this art form and reveal their techniques in accomplishing their roles in this book. This is the inside story of the English recording of Sailor Moon and will make the reader aware of the arduous work that actually took place to achieve this groundbreaking series that still receives continuing adoration.
Foreword by Terri Hawkes
Friesen Press, 2014
Inappropriate Bodies: Art, Design, and Maternity
The contributing scholars to this collection analyze culturally specific and globally held attitudes about mothers and mothering, as represented in world cinema. Examining films from a range of countries including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Eastern Europe, Canada, and the United States, the various chapters contextualize the socio-cultural realities of motherhood as they are represented on screen, and explore the maternal figure as she has been glamorized and celebrated, while simultaneously subjected to public scrutiny.
Demeter Press, 2019
On Mothering Multiples: Complexities and Possibilities
There has been an increase of twin births and higher order multiple birth babies born in Canada and around the world in the past few decades. On Mothering Multiples seeks to (re)explore, (re)present, and make meaning of the process of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering experiences with multiples. It features a collection of scholarly, creative non-fiction, and visual essays from a wide range of disciplines and cultural perspectives.
Demeter Press 2016