Jeremie Saunders
Jeremie Saunders is a Canadian actor, comedian and podcaster, who has been a two-time winner of the Gemini/Canadian Screen Award for Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series, winning at the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011 and at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013, as host of the children's television series Artzooka!.[1] He was also the host of BiteTV, as well as making several stand-up comedy appearances, including Comedy Now! and the 2011 Just for Laughs festival.
He has also been a host of the podcasts Sickboy, about his life with cystic fibrosis,[2] and Turn Me On, about his polyamorous relationship with his wife Bryde MacLean.[3] In 2017, he was the subject of a documentary film by Andrew MacCormack about his work on Sickboy.[4]
In 2020, he was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal for his work educating listeners about chronic disease through Sickboy.[5]
Originally from Prince Edward Island, he is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[4]
References
- ^ "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, February 28, 2013.
- ^ Hillary Gillis, "Meet Sickboy: The Halifax Podcast Normalizing Death Through Dark Laughs". Vice, July 26, 2017.
- ^ "How this polyamorous couple makes their marriage work". Now or Never, February 1, 2019.
- ^ a b Tim Arsenault, "Sickboy, a film by Andrew MacCormack about Jeremie Saunders and his podcasts premiered last night". SaltWire Network, October 16, 2017.
- Canadian Press, July 1, 2020.
External links
- Jeremie Saunders at IMDb
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