Full Name
Greig Dymond
Company
CBC Comedy
Title
Director of Development, Comedy
Country (Address)
Canada
Biography
As Director of Development for CBC Comedy, Greig Dymond is responsible for driving and overseeing the quality and diversity of the comedy development slate for Canada's national public broadcaster. Since 2013, Greig has served as Development Executive and/or Production Executive on a variety of CBC Comedy series, including Schitt's Creek, Baroness von Sketch Show, Son of a Critch, TallBoyz, Run The Burbs, Workin' Moms, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and stand-up festival programming from Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal, and Halifax. Prior to joining CBC Scripted Content he was an arts editor and writer at The Grid (a weekly Toronto magazine) and CBCNews.ca. In 2005, he wrote and directed the eight-episode comedy series Jimmy MacDonald's Canada for CBC; the Toronto Star called it "the best comedy of the year." Greig's writing on culture has appeared in Toronto Life, The Globe and Mail, and the National Post. Greig's forthcoming book, The Toronto Toros: Adventures in Unconventional Hockey, will be published by ECW Press.
What we're looking for from Ready, Steady, Pitch!
The current focus in CBC Comedy is on finding single-camera, contemporary comedies that offer a strong POV and showcase a distinctive comedic vision. We are talent-focused and want to support both existing and emerging performers, writers, and producers that reflect contemporary Canada. Best suited to CBC are comedies that are grounded in reality and really speak to: "Why is this series relevant now"? We want our comedies to reflect a world that is familiar to Canadian audiences and yet will also connect with powerful universal themes.
