Annmarie Morais | |
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| Born | 1973 Jamaica |
| Nationality | Jamaican-Canadian |
| Education | Bachelor of Fine Arts |
| Alma mater | York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Known for | Writing the film How She Move |
| Notable work | How She Move was accepted into the 2007 Sundance, Film Festival. |
| Awards | Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting |
Annmarie Morais (born 1973 in Jamaica) is a Jamaican-Canadian screenwriter best known for writing the film How She Move. She earned a BFA from York University in Film and Video in 1995.
Morais won funding for two Vision TV Cultural Diversity Drama Competition movies: Hotel Babylon and Da Kink in My Hair, which aired on Vision in 2004 and 2005.[1] Hotel Babylon is the story of immigrants working in a hotel in Winnipeg, Canada. Kink was adapted from the Trey Anthony play about a beauty parlour in a Jamaican-Canadian neighbourhood. Morais was also a writer and story editor on the television series adapted from the play, which aired on Global in 2007.