Diana Frances

Diana Frances (born Diana Frances Clent) is a Canadian comedian, writer, and business manager. She has written and performed comedy for stage, television and radio for three decades, and served as the managing director of the Vancouver-based Rock Paper Scissors comedy collective. Her writing has been recognized with a Canadian Screen Award and a Writers Guild of Canada Award, and she has also been nominated for a Gemini Award and nine Canadian Comedy Awards.

Early life and education

Diana Frances Clent moved from Langley to Maple Ridge, British Columbia, when she was 13, after what she later described as a "rather traumatic family shake-up". which won her a 2020 Canadian Screen Award

Frances performed with RPS on two tours for the Canadian Armed Forces: a one-month tour in 1997, visiting CFS Alert, Bosnia, Egypt, Israel, and CFB Goose Bay;

Frances has written for a number of award shows in Canada, including the 2018 ACTRA Awards in Toronto show, hosted by Colin Mochrie, and she has also written for The Directors Guild of Canada Awards (host Arisa Cox), and the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Frances's first feature film script, The Burning Season, won Best Screenplay at the Whistler Film Festival and Canadian Film Festival and at the Writers Guild of Canada Awards.

Selected works

Improv Productions A Twisted Christmas Carol with Rock Paper Scissors, Writers Guild of Canada Award, Best Screenplay, The Burning Season, 2024

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