Kit Hood

Kit Hood
Hood at the 3rd Gemini Awards in December 1988
Born
Christopher Hood

(1943-03-24)24 March 1943
London, England
Died20 January 2020(2020-01-20) (aged 76)
West Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada
Years active1978-1998
Notable workThe Kids Of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High
Awardsawards list

Christopher Hood[1] (24 March 1943 – 20 January 2020), known professionally as Kit Hood, was an English-born Canadian filmmaker who co-created the Degrassi television franchise and its first three entries: The Kids of Degrassi Street (1979–86), Degrassi Junior High (1987–89), and Degrassi High (1989-91), as well serving as the writer and/or director of the majority of their episodes. As a director, Hood won a Gemini Award in 1987 for the Degrassi Junior High episode "It's Late".[2]

Born in London, he emigrated to Canada in 1969 and worked as a freelance editor before meeting ex-schoolteacher Linda Schuyler, with whom he founded the company Playing With Time in 1976. Outside of Degrassi, the company produced educational films and documentaries. He split from Schuyler in the early 1990s and was not involved with Degrassi: The Next Generation or Degrassi: Next Class, having retired in 1998.

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  1. ^ Vlessing, Etan (28 January 2020). "'Degrassi' Co-Creator Christopher "Kit" Hood Dies at 76". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Night Heat tops Gemini Awards". Cinema Canada. January 1988.