b'Writers in ProfileMaddi PattonMadeleine Maddi Patton is an Egyptian-Canadian screenwriter, Youtuber and self-taught animator based in Toronto. She has a YouTube channel with over 275,000 subscribers and nearly 40 million views.Shes been animating long-form stories since she was a child and wrote, directed and produced 10 episodes of her IPF/Ontario Creates-funded project My Pride in 2020, which has amassed nearly 12 million views in its first year. Kris PearnKris was born in London, Ontario. Hes spent most of his life making cartoons for film and television, with credits including: Open Season, Surfs Up, Arthur Christmas and Shaun the Sheep Movie. He was head of story on Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, andco-directed Cloudy Two: Rise of the Leftovers. Hehas most recently written and directed the Netflix animated feature The Willoughbys based on the novel by Lois Lowry.CELEBRATING CANADIAN SCREENWRITERS'