Glenn Cockburn is the founder of Meridian Artists. Along with the rest of the Meridian Artists team, Glenn currently represents a select roster of some of Canada’s most talented writers, directors and producers.
Glenn’s career started in 1996 working as a script reader for New Line Cinema and Innovative Artists Agency. From 1997 through 1999, Glenn worked as a Creative Executive at Templeton Productions' first look deal with New Line Cinema. In 1999, Glenn returned to Toronto to run the Packaging Department at The Characters Talent Agency. Glenn also acted as Executive Producer on the feature film, Young People Fucking, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007 and became one of the most successful and highest grossing Canadian comedies of all time. Glenn's work as a producer further includes the feature Stay the Night, which premiered at South by Southwest in 2022 and earned rave reviews from critics.
Glenn’s other professional activities include speaking at industry events and schools across Canada and the states, including Banff World Media Festival, Austin Film Festival, Toronto Metropolitan University, and York University. He founded the Toronto Screenwriting Conference, which offers masterclasses given by some of the top showrunners, creators, and writers in the business. He also leads the Canadian Black Screen Office's Writers' Retreat to assist with the writers understanding of TV writing and the business of the industry.
Glenn has a B.F.A. Honours in Film and Television Production from York University and an M.B.A. from the Ivey School of Business.
