JP Larocque is a TV writer, producer, and journalist.
Alongside recent work on CTV’s JANN and CBC’s Diggstown, JP has written on Netflix original Another Life, Shudder’s Slasher, and is creator and executive producer of the OUTtv digital series Gay Nerds.
As a journalist, JP has bylines in The Toronto Star, Maclean’s, The Walrus, The Huffington Post, Flare, This Magazine, Xtra, and The Beaverton, with additional work in the anthologies City Voices: A Book of Monologues by Toronto Artists (2012), and The Secret Loves of Geeks (“Love in Alderaan Places,” 2018).
His short films Neutered (2015) and Where We Were (2017) have screened as part of the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival, and as a playwright, his theatre credits include Mythmaking (NIF, Alumnae Theatre, 2011), and GAY NERDS (Toronto Fringe, 2012). JP was also a regular panelist on the MTV/Logo series 1 Girl, 5 Gays.
A proud member of both the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities, JP is committed to diverse representation in all his work.
IMDB: JP Larocque.
Professional Associations: Writers Guild of Canada (Council Delegate, 2020-22; Diversity Committee, 2020-22), BIPOC TV & FILM (formerly Visioning Committee, now Senior Contributor).
