Diana Braithwaite

Diana Braithwaite is a writer and musician who grew up in Toronto, the 2nd youngest of six in an African-Canadian family. As a teen, she left TO to discover California. Loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly. Hills that is. Swimmin pools. Movie stars. Unjudgmental, optimistic, writer, singer, wife, mother and a lover of life, she continues to live vicariously through herself, writing stories, screenplays, singing and playing the blues. Diana attended York University's Graduate Theatre Programme. Her feature film Underground to Canada produced by Global TV aired nationally. Race to Freedom, a feature film produced by Atlantis Films, BET, Family Channel, CTV and Daphne Balon was nominated for a Cable Ace Award, Los Angeles. Gracie, produced by CBC and Inside Stories, won a Gemini for Best Short Drama and a Yorkton Short Film and Video Award for Best short Drama and Best Musical score. Survivors produced by Inner City Films and Alfons Adetuyi was nominated for a Gemini Award, received 1st place at the Columbus International Film Festival, official selection at TIFF and won The Golden Sheaf Award for Best Musical score. Greatest accomplishment? At the age of 6 writing a spellbinding poem called The Snowflake.