Donald Brittain
Bekannt für: Directing
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.
Veröffentlichung : 1966.02.16Popularität : 1.258
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one of the major novels of the 20th century, Under the...
Veröffentlichung : 1976.01.01Popularität : 2.822
What on Earth!
The Martians speculate on the nature of Earth's apparent dominant life form, automobiles.
Veröffentlichung : 1967.01.01Popularität : 0.52
King of the Hill
This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From the...
Veröffentlichung : 1974.10.01Popularität : 0.337
Stravinsky
This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky. Proudly American, though still very much an Old World figure...
Veröffentlichung : 1966.01.01Popularität : 0.404
The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten
Ancient pharaoh Akhenaten was almost lost to history. Canadian archaeologist Donald Redford, who uncovered the foundation of one of the...
Veröffentlichung : 1980.11.30Popularität : 2.823
Mobility
This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available...
Veröffentlichung : 1986.01.01Popularität : 0.348
First Stop, China
First Stop, China is a record of the choreographed performances and the unrehearsed moments of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens ballet company on the...
Veröffentlichung : 1985.01.01Popularität : 0.004
Canada Vignettes: Wop May
This short animated film is about Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.
Veröffentlichung : 1979.01.01Popularität : 0.107
Juggernaut
In 1968, a convoy set off to transport a Calandria, the 70-ton core of a Canadian nuclear reactor, to Rajasthan in India. Even the largest...
Veröffentlichung : 1968.01.01Popularität : 0.38
Whistling Smith
This film is a revealing portrait of a tough cop with a big heart. Sergeant Bernie "Whistling" Smith walks the beat on Vancouver's Eastside, the...
Veröffentlichung : 1975.01.29Popularität : 0.654
The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
In Part 1 of this 3-part documentary series, director Donald Brittain chronicles the early years of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René...
Veröffentlichung : 1978.01.01Popularität : 0.172
The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a...
Veröffentlichung : 1978.01.01Popularität : 0.845
The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque spans the decade between 1976 and...
Veröffentlichung : 1986.01.01Popularität : 0.567
The Magical Eye
Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film...
Veröffentlichung : 1989.01.01Popularität : 0.321
Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
Bureaucracy shapes our lives and guides us from the cradle to the grave. This documentary lays bare the idiosyncrasies of bureaucracy, whether in...
Veröffentlichung : 1979.01.01Popularität : 0.859
Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame
This feature documentary traces the political career of T.C. (Tommy) Douglas, former premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the New Democratic Party,...
Veröffentlichung : 1986.01.01Popularität : 0.118