Sherry White

Sherry White is a Canadian screenwriter, television producer, director, and actress. She is best known for co-creating and executive producing the CBC Television comedy-drama series Pretty Hard Cases, and for writing the 2016 film Maudie. Early life and education Originally from Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, White studied theatre at the Memorial University of Newfoundland's Grenfell College campus in Corner Brook, where Susan Kent, Adriana Maggs and Jonny Harris were among her classmates. Career After screening her short films Diamonds in the Bucket and Spoiled at numerous festivals, White wrote and directed the Genie-nominated feature film Crackie, which premiered at the 34th annual Toronto International Film Festival. She then gained experience as a writer, producer, and showrunner on series such as the Shondaland crime drama The Catch, the police drama Rookie Blue, the Kyra Sedgwick-starring drama Ten Days in the Valley, and the CBC comedy-drama Little Dog, which earned her two nominations for the Directors Guild of Canada. White has also written and produced for Orphan Black, Burden of Truth, and Saving Hope, and consulted on many other shows.