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Donald Brittain
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Born:
June 10
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1928
in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died:
July 21
,
1989
(age 61) in
Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Writer
(83 titles)
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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Director
(47 titles)
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)
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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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Producer
(43 titles)
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)
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Actor
(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)
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Miscellaneous Crew
(2 titles)
1988
The King Chronicle
(TV mini-series) (researcher)
1973
Grierson
(documentary) (special consultant)
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Thanks
(2 titles)
2000
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
(documentary) (dedicatee)
1989
The World Is Watching
(documentary) (thanks)
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Self
(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)
Hide
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Archive Footage
(2 titles)
2006
Remembering Arthur
(documentary)
Himself
1995
Donald Brittain: Filmmaker
(documentary)
Himself (filmmaker)
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