Dennis Heaton is a Canadian screenwriter working in film and television.

[1] Other recent credits include executive producing and writing on Ghost Wars for SYFY and Netflix, executive producing and showrunning Motive[2][3] on CTV/NBCU, Call Me Fitz[4] (HBO Canada/Audience Network), The Listener[5] (CTV/NBC), JPOD[6] (CBC), Blood Ties[7] (Lifetime/Space) and the feature film Fido.

[8] Heaton received two 2014 Canadian Screen Awards[9] Nominations for Best Dramatic Series for Motive and Best Comedy Series for Call Me Fitz, with Fitz winning the category.

[10] He has four prior Gemini Award[11] nominations, four Canadian Screenwriting Award[12] nominations, winning for his Yvon of the Yukon script "The Trouble With Mammoths",[13] and eleven Leo Award nominations, winning for his Being Ian script "The Greatest Story Never Told"[14] and his Call Me Fitz script "Fucking Memories".

"[21] Dennis Heaton has served as the Pacific Region Councilor for the Writers Guild of Canada since 2012.