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Donald Brittain (1928–1989)

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in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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(age 61) in Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1988 The King Chronicle (TV mini-series) (writer)
 
1988 The King Chronicle, Part 1: Mackenzie King and the Unseen Hand (writer)
 
1988 The King Chronicle, Part 2: Mackenzie King and the Great Beyond (writer)
 
1988 The King Chronicle, Part 3: Mackenzie King and the Zombie Army (writer)
 
1986 Long Lance
 
1986 Mobility (short)
 
1986 The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors (documentary)
 
1986 The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power (documentary)
 
1986 The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle (documentary)
 
1986 Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame (documentary)
 
1985 Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
 
1985 First Stop, China (documentary)
 
1984 Overtime (documentary)
 
1984 The Children's Crusade (documentary)
 
1983 Something to Celebrate (documentary) (writer)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 1, 1re partie) (short)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 1, 2e partie) (short)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 2, 1re partie) (short)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 2, 2e partie) (short)
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 1: The Most Dangerous Spy (documentary)
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 2: A Blanket of Ice (documentary)
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 3: Shadows of a Horseman (documentary)
 
1980 The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten (documentary)
 
1979 Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (TV documentary)
 
1979 Bamboo, Lions and Dragons (documentary short) (writer)
 
1979 Bow and Arrow (documentary short) (writer)
 
1979 Canada Vignettes: Wop May (short) (writer)
 
1979 Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (documentary) (writer)
 
1978 Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher (documentary short) (writer)
 
1977 Henry Ford's America (documentary)
 
1976 Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (documentary)
 
1975 Arctic IV (documentary)
 
1975 Scoggie (documentary short)
 
1975 Whistling Smith (documentary short) (commentary)
 
1974 King of the Hill (documentary)
 
1974 Monsieur John Grierson
 
1974 The Players (documentary)
 
1973 Catskinner Keen (documentary short) (writer)
 
1973 Cavendish Country (documentary short) (writer)
 
1973 Grierson (documentary) (commentary)
 
1973 Starblanket (documentary short) (writer)
 
1971 Tiki Tiki
 
1969 Helicopter Canada (documentary) (dialogue)
 
1968 Juggernaut (documentary short) (writer)
 
1967 Memorandum (documentary)
 
1967 What on Earth! (short) (commentary)
 
1966 Take It from the Top (documentary short)
 
1965 Buster Keaton Rides Again (documentary)
 
1965 Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (documentary) (written by)
 
1965 Stravinsky (documentary)
 
1965 Two Men of Montreal (documentary)
 
1964 Bethune (documentary) (commentary)
 
1964 Fields of Sacrifice (documentary short)
 
1964 Return Reservation (documentary short)
 
1964 The Changing City (documentary short)
 
1962 Blitzkrieg (documentary short)
 
1962 Cinderella on the Left (documentary)
 
1962 Crisis on the Hill (documentary)
 
1962 Days of Infamy (documentary short)
 
1962 Dusk (documentary short)
 
1962 Ebbtide (documentary short)
 
1962 New Directions (documentary)
 
1962 Road to Ortona (documentary short)
 
1962 The Clouded Dawn (documentary)
 
1962 The Norman Summer (documentary)
 
1962 Turn of the Tide (documentary short)
 
1962 V Was for Victory (documentary)
 
1962 Willie Catches On (short)
 
1962 Year of Siege (documentary short)
 
1961 Building in the North (documentary short)
 
1961 Everybody's Prejudiced (documentary short)
 
1959 A Day in the Night of Jonathan Mole (short) (writer)
 
1958 Canadian Infantrymen (short) (writer)
 
1958 Fire Detectives (documentary short) (writer)
 
1958 Introduction: A Pattern for Staying Alive (short) (writer)
 
1958 Setting Fires for Science (documentary short) (writer)
 
1958 Sight Unseen (short) (writer)
 
1958 Stay Alive in the Summer Arctic (short) (writer)
 
1958 Stay Alive in the Summer Bush (short) (writer)
 
1958 Stay Alive in the Winter Arctic (short) (writer)
 
1958 Stay Alive in the Winter Bush (short) (writer)
 
1958 Winter Construction? It Can Be Done (documentary short) (writer)
 
1957 Wildlife of the Rocky Mountains (short)
 
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1991 Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio (documentary)
 
1988 The King Chronicle, Part 3: Mackenzie King and the Zombie Army
 
1988 The King Chronicle, Part 2: Mackenzie King and the Great Beyond
 
1988 The King Chronicle, Part 1: Mackenzie King and the Unseen Hand
 
1988 The King Chronicle (TV mini-series)
 
1986 The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power (documentary)
 
1986 The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle (documentary)
 
1986 The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors (documentary)
 
1985 Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
 
1984 The Children's Crusade (documentary)
 
1983 The Accident (TV movie)
 
1983 Something to Celebrate (documentary)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 1, 2e partie) (short)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 1, 1re partie) (short)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 2, 2e partie) (short)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 2, 1re partie) (short)
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 3: Shadows of a Horseman (documentary)
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 2: A Blanket of Ice (documentary)
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 1: The Most Dangerous Spy (documentary)
 
1981 For the Record (TV series)
– The Running Man (1981)
 
1979 Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (documentary)
 
1978 The Dionne Quintuplets (TV documentary)
 
1978 Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher (documentary short)
 
1978 Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle (documentary)
 
1977 Henry Ford's America (documentary)
 
1976 Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (documentary)
 
1976 His Worship, Mr. Montréal (documentary)
 
1974 King of the Hill (documentary)
 
1974 Van's Camp (documentary short)
 
1974 Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (documentary)
 
1973 Catskinner Keen (documentary short)
 
1973 Starblanket (documentary short)
 
1973 Cavendish Country (documentary short)
 
1970 Tiger Child (short)
 
1968 Saul Alinsky Went to War (documentary)
 
1967 Memorandum (documentary)
 
1966 Never a Backward Step (documentary)
 
1965 Two Men of Montreal (documentary)
 
1965 Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (documentary)
 
1964 Return Reservation (documentary short)
 
1964 Fields of Sacrifice (documentary short)
 
1964 Bethune (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1961 Everybody's Prejudiced (documentary short)
 
1959 A Day in the Night of Jonathan Mole (short)
 
1958 Winter Construction? It Can Be Done (documentary short)
 
1958 Setting Fires for Science (documentary short)
 
1958 Fire Detectives (documentary short)
 
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1986 The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors (documentary) (producer)
 
1986 The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power (documentary) (producer)
 
1986 The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle (documentary) (producer)
 
1985 Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (producer)
 
1984 The Children's Crusade (documentary) (producer)
 
1983 Something to Celebrate (documentary) (producer)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 1, 1re partie) (short) (producer)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 1, 2e partie) (short) (producer)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 2, 1re partie) (short) (producer)
 
1981 Les champions (Bobine 2, 2e partie) (short) (producer)
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 1: The Most Dangerous Spy (documentary) (producer)
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 2: A Blanket of Ice (documentary) (producer)
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 3: Shadows of a Horseman (documentary) (producer)
 
1979 Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (documentary) (producer)
 
1978 The Dionne Quintuplets (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1978 Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher (documentary short) (producer)
 
1977 Henry Ford's America (documentary) (producer)
 
1977 The Vacant Lot (documentary short) (producer)
 
1976 Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (documentary) (producer)
 
1974 Thunderbirds in China (documentary) (producer)
 
1974 Van's Camp (documentary short) (producer)
 
1973 Catskinner Keen (documentary short) (producer)
 
1973 Cavendish Country (documentary short) (producer)
 
1973 Starblanket (documentary short) (producer)
 
1971 Fleur bleue (producer)
 
1965 A Trip Down Memory Lane (documentary short) (producer)
 
1965 Two Men of Montreal (documentary) (producer)
 
1964 Bethune (documentary) (producer)
 
1964 Fields of Sacrifice (documentary short) (producer)
 
1964 Return Reservation (documentary short) (producer)
 
1962 Blitzkrieg (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
1962 Cinderella on the Left (documentary) (associate producer)
 
1962 Crisis on the Hill (documentary) (associate producer)
 
1962 Days of Infamy (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
1962 Dusk (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
1962 Ebbtide (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
1962 New Directions (documentary) (associate producer)
 
1962 Road to Ortona (documentary short) (producer)
 
1962 The Clouded Dawn (documentary) (associate producer)
 
1962 The Norman Summer (documentary) (associate producer)
 
1962 Turn of the Tide (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
1962 V Was for Victory (documentary) (associate producer)
 
1962 Year of Siege (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
Show ShowActor (11 titles)
1997 O Canada (TV series)
Voices
 
1988 The King Chronicle (TV mini-series)
Narrator (voice)
 
1988 The King Chronicle, Part 1: Mackenzie King and the Unseen Hand
Narrator
 
1988 The King Chronicle, Part 2: Mackenzie King and the Great Beyond
Narrator
 
1988 The King Chronicle, Part 3: Mackenzie King and the Zombie Army
Narrator
 
1987 Those Roos Boys and Friends
Narrator (voice)
 
1986 Long Lance
Narrator
 
1986 Mobility (short)
Narrator
 
1985 Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
Narrator
 
1979 Canada Vignettes: Wop May (short)
Narrator
 
1967 What on Earth! (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1988 The King Chronicle (TV mini-series) (researcher)
 
1973 Grierson (documentary) (special consultant)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2000 Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (documentary) (dedicatee)
 
1989 The World Is Watching (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (30 titles)
1989 The Magical Eye (documentary)
Himself (film director)
 
1988 See No Evil (documentary)
Narrator
 
1987 Docudrama: Fact and Fiction (documentary)
Himself (filmmaker)
 
1986 No Accident (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1986 The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1986 The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power (documentary)
Narrator
 
1986 The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle (documentary)
Narrator
 
1986 Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame (documentary)
Narrator
 
1985 First Stop, China (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1984 Overtime (documentary)
Narrator
 
1984 The Children's Crusade (documentary)
Narrator
 
1983 Something to Celebrate (documentary)
Himself/Narrator/Interviewer
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 1: The Most Dangerous Spy (documentary)
Narrator
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 2: A Blanket of Ice (documentary)
Narrator
 
1981 On Guard for Thee, Part 3: Shadows of a Horseman (documentary)
Narrator
 
1980 The Inheritance (documentary)
Narrator
 
1980 The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten (documentary)
Narrator
 
1979 Bow and Arrow (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1978 Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1976 Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1976 The Land: A New Priority (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1975 Los Canadienses (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1974 King of the Hill (documentary)
Narrator
 
1971 Atomic Juggernaut (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1968 Juggernaut (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1968 Oskee Wee Wee (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1967 Memorandum (documentary)
Himself - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1965 Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 Days of Infamy (documentary short)
Radio Operator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1962 Dusk (documentary short)
Radio Announcer (of King's proclamation) (voice) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2006 Remembering Arthur (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Donald Brittain: Filmmaker (documentary)
Himself (filmmaker)
 
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