Canadian filmmaker and co-creator of Degrassi (1943–2020)
Kit Hood
Hood at the 3rd Gemini Awards in December 1988
Born
Christopher Hood
(1943-03-24)24 March 1943
London, England
Died
20 January 2020(2020-01-20) (aged 76)
West Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada
Years active
1978-1998
Notable work
The Kids Of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High
Awards
awards 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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Degrassi
Awards and nominations
Characters
1987–1992
2001–2015
2016–2017
Places
Home video
Main series
The Kids Of Degrassi Street (1979–1986)
Degrassi Junior High (1987–1989)
Degrassi High (1989–1991)
Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2015)
Degrassi: Next Class (2016–2017)
Television movies
School's Out! (1992)
Degrassi Goes Hollywood (2008)
Degrassi Takes Manhattan (2010)
Other series
Degrassi Talks (1992)
Degrassi (unproduced 2023 series)
Episodes
"Ida Makes a Movie" (The Kids Of Degrassi Street)
"It's Late" (Degrassi Junior High)
"Bye-Bye, Junior High" (Degrassi Junior High)
"A New Start" (Degrassi High)
"Showtime" (Degrassi High)
"Mother And Child Reunion" (Degrassi: TNG)
"Accidents Will Happen" (Degrassi: TNG)
"Time Stands Still" (Degrassi: TNG)
"High Fidelity" (Degrassi: TNG)
"My Body Is a Cage" (Degrassi/season 10)
Characters
Joey Jeremiah
Caitlin Ryan
Christine "Spike" Nelson
Derek "Wheels" Wheeler
J.T. Yorke
Novelizations
Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High novels
Spike
Degrassi: Extra Credit
Creative personnel
Linda Schuyler (co-creator)
Kit Hood (co-creator)
Stephen Stohn (executive producer)
Yan Moore (writer)
Susin Nielsen (writer)
Related
De Grassi Street
Playing With Time, Inc.
Epitome Pictures
Liberty Street
The LA Complex
Instant Star
Kevin Smith
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^Vlessing, Etan (28 January 2020). "'Degrassi' Co-Creator Christopher "Kit" Hood Dies at 76". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^"Night Heat tops Gemini Awards". Cinema Canada. January 1988.
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