Des Walsh

Known for Acting

Desmond Walsh is a veritable cultural icon in Newfoundland, with six books of poetry published, including the acclaimed Love and Savagery, which was adapted for a motion picture by Morag Films in 2009. Talonbooks released the second edition of Love and Savagery concurrent with the film’s release. Walsh is also a noted screenwriter, playwright and musician. He was the 2001 and 2003 playwright-in-residence at the Playwright’s Workshop in Montreal and at Memorial University’s Grenfell College in Corner Brook, respectively. He also scripted the mini-series adaptation of Bernice Morgan’s Random Passage and Waiting for Time, which aired on the CBC in 2002, commenting that: “Morgan’s works are sacred material because they are, finally, our story.” Along with John Smith and Sam Grana, he co-wrote the intensely popular and critically acclaimed miniseries The Boys of St. Vincent. Having encountered the public education system in Placentia and St. John’s, he left school in grade ten, famously claiming it did nothing for him. His awards include a Gemini, a New York Festival Award, Italy’s Umbria Fiction Award, and Best Series (Cannes International TV Festival), all for co-writing The Boys of St. Vincent. Walsh currently divides his time between New Bonaventure, Trinity Bay and St. John’s.Read more

Movies & web series

When Women Are Crazy

Finding Mary March

Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

Welcome to Canada

The Boys of St. Vincent

Cast No Shadow

Riverhead

The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later

Hold Fast

Love & Savagery

Down to the Dirt

Little Orphans

Hunting Pignut

Close to the Bone: The Film

Under the Weather

Keystone

The Tour

Clipper Gold

Sadie

Still Rowdy After All These Years

Snarbuckled

Four Sisters

Down to the Wood

Mum's the Word

Spoiled

To Dublin with Love

Random Passage