Chris Brookes is a Canadian feature maker whose work has won numerous
international awards for radio documentary. These include a Grand Prize from the New York Festival World Media Awards
for "Death at the Door", a portrait of El Salvador, and a Prix
Europa Special Commendation for Radio Documentary for Mucho Corazon. He is an author and playwright
and has been nominated for a Gemini award for his television writing. He
lives in St.John's, Newfoundland underneath the cliff where Marconi received the
first wireless radio signal 100 years ago.