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Michael began his career as a playwright, with his debut play Beat The Sunset earning Vancouver's Jessie Richardson Award for outstanding emerging playwright and the Theatrum National Playwriting Award. His play Grace won the Theatre BC National Playwriting Competition. His next two works, The Shooting Stage and Last Romantics, both received the Voaden Prize and were nominated for the Governor General's Award. He adapted Life After God, a commissioned play based on Douglas Coupland's short story, followed by his sixth published play, The Good Egg. Additionally, he has collaborated with renowned Canadian composer Jeffrey Ryan on two operas.
As a screenwriter, Michael MacLennan has received seven nominations for the WGC Canadian Screenwriting Award. With over 200 TV episodes produced, he began as a Writer and Story Editor for two seasons of CBC's Wind At My Back before leading the writing team on PBS's Anne of Green Gables series and serving as showrunner for the BBC/TV series Super Rupert. He was Co-Executive Producer on Showtime/Showcase's Queer As Folk, contributing 14 episodes across four seasons. He co-created, executive produced, and showran City TV's flagship drama Godiva's. His American pilot projects include The Healer and Four Corners for CBS, as well as The Box and Afterwives (co-written with bestselling author Jennifer Weiner) for ABC. Together with Douglas Coupland, he co-created and produced the CBC series jPod. Other writing credits include The Guard and Being Erica, where he was a Consulting Producer. More recently, he served as Consulting Producer on the CBS/CTV series Flashpoint. He most recently created, showran, and executive produced the acclaimed series Bomb Girls, which won multiple awards, including the 2012 Gracie Award for Outstanding Drama Series.
Born in Vancouver, he splits his time between Toronto, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.
