Ken Cuperus (born 1972) is a Canadian television writer and producer, who is a partner with his wife Michelle Melanson in the children's television production firm Headspinner Productions.[1] He is most noted as a writer of the children's television series Happy House of Frightenstein, for which he and writing partner Sandy Jobin-Bevans won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in an Animated Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022[2] and Best Writing in a Preschool Program or Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.[3]
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, he began his career as a member of the sketch comedy troupe Brave New Weasels with Jobin-Bevans, Ron Moore and Matt Kippen,[4] as well as writing for the television series Freaky Stories and the short film Good Monday, for which he received a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Writing in a Film at the 2nd Canadian Comedy Awards in 2001.[5]
He was subsequently a writer for television series such as Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse, Medabots, John Callahan's Quads!, George Shrinks, The Berenstain Bears, Moville Mysteries, The Doodlebops, Carl², Stargate: Atlantis and Total Drama before creating the television series The Stanley Dynamic in 2015.[6]
Cuperus and Melanson launched Headspinner in 2018.[7] The company's productions have included Happy House of Frightenstein, Denis and Me and Aunty B's House.
^Jeremy Dickson, "Headspinner to recharge Frightenstein kid classic". Playback, May 30, 2018.
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2022, for Best Pre-School Program or Series, Best Writing, Animation (KenCuperus and Sandy Jobin-Bevans for "Hide and Go Eek") and Best Original Music...
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