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About the Producer - Marvin Ross To Contact Us - please e-mail mross@cuttingforstone.com |
DAVID LAING DAWSON  Formerly Professor of Psychiatry, McMaster University, and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. Dawson now works part-time in clinical psychiatry, primarily with families, children, and adolescents. He devotes the rest of his time to teaching, writing, film making, and painting. He is the author of two academic books and one non -fiction book: "Schizophrenia in
Focus", Human Sciences Press, New
York, 1984 "Relationship Management of the Borderline Patient". Taylor & Francis, New York, 1993 The Adolescent Owners Manual, Bridgeross Communications, 2010 and available for Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Chapters and in Kindle His films and novels usually contain mental health themes, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's, and addictions. And there is a relationship between his interest in Borderline Personality Disorder and his literary endeavours: There are many times, in our attempts to understand human behaviour, when we need to bypass medical and psychological models, and think instead in the manner of a novelist or playwright. Novels Slide in all Direction Bridgeross Communications, October, 2008 and available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Chapters and in Kindle Don't Look Down, Psychological thriller released Fall of 2009 published by Bridgeross Communications, and available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Chapters and in Kindle Essondale Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1993 and reprinted by Bridgeross and available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Chapters and in Kindle Original in Same European Publishers as below The Intern Macmillan of Canada, March, 1996, and reprinted by Bridgeross and available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Chapters and in Kindle Original in Same European Publishers as below Last Rights St. Martin’s Press, New York, N.Y., 1990. Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1990Also translated and published in Denmark, Iceland, Holland, Germany, England, Norway, Sweden, France, and reprinted in paperback, New York Double Blind St. Martin’s Press, New York, N.Y., 1992Macmillan of Canada, Same European Publishers as above
Plays, Screenplays, Film, Video Whose Mind Is This Anyway? 50 minute one act play, written, directed and produced by David Dawson, 1989 Who Cares David Dawson and Alex Chapple, 40 minute dramatic video, 1990 Manic Written by David Dawson, directed by Alex Chapple, one hour dramatic film, made for TV Ontario, 1993 The Waiting Room, one half hour 1 act play, written, directed, produced by David Laing Dawson for International Gerontology Conference, 1994 The Three Harolds, Screenplay for theatre optioned by pat ferns productions I Swear to God, Screenplay for theatre (suspense/thriller with female lead), has been optioned Stray Dogs, Screenplay, in Post-production 2009 Slide in All Direction film in development The Good Buy, Screenplay for theatre Here Not There One act play to be produced at the Hamilton Fringe Festival, July 2012 Dawson is also an artist and co-owner of the Gallery on The Bay in Hamilton, Ontario. Two Canadian painters follow in the footsteps of Tom Thomson, David Milne, and Emily Carr and discuss the influence of these three historic figures as they sit side by side painting the vistas of Vancouver Island, Northern Ontario and Quebec. Available on DVD from Createspace BUY NOW
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