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John Grierson (I) (1898–1972)

Producer | Writer | Miscellaneous Crew

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He arrived in the United States in 1924 because of a grant from the Rockeller foundation. His research was in the field of social sciences. See more trivia »

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in Kilmadock, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Died:

(age 73) in Bath, Somerset, England, UK
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1956 Man of Africa (producer)
 
1954 Child's Play (executive producer)
 
1954 Devil on Horseback (producer)
 
1953 Edge of Divorce (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1953 The Horse's Mouth (executive producer)
 
1953 Scotch on the Rocks (executive producer)
 
1952 Miss Robin Hood (executive producer)
 
1952 The Brave Don't Cry (executive producer)
 
1952 Time, Gentlemen, Please! (executive producer)
 
1952 You're Only Young Twice (executive producer)
 
1952 Brandy for the Parson (executive producer)
 
1952 Judgment Deferred (executive producer)
 
1942 The Invasion of North Africa (series producer)
 
1938 The Face of Scotland (documentary short) (producer)
 
1937 A Job in a Million (documentary short) (producer)
 
1937 Children at School (documentary short) (producer)
 
1937 Daily Round (short) (producer)
 
1937 The Saving of Bill Blewitt (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1937 We Live in Two Worlds (documentary short) (producer)
 
1935 A Colour Box (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1935 BBC: The Voice of Britain (documentary) (producer)
 
1935 Coal Face (documentary short) (producer)
 
1934 6.30 Collection (documentary short) (producer)
 
1934 Granton Trawler (documentary short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1934 Post-haste (documentary short) (producer)
 
1934 The Song of Ceylon (documentary short) (producer)
 
1934 Weather Forecast (short) (producer)
 
1933 Cable Ship (documentary short) (producer)
 
1933 Industrial Britain (documentary short) (producer)
 
1933 Spring on the Farm (documentary short) (producer)
 
1933 The Coming of the Dial (documentary short) (producer)
 
1933 The Country Comes to Town (documentary short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1932 O'er Hill and Dale (documentary short) (producer)
 
1931 Shadow on the Mountains (documentary short) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1961 Seawards the Great Ships (documentary short) (treatment)
 
1961 The Heart of Scotland (documentary short) (treatment)
 
1960 Rivers at Work (documentary short)
 
1934 Granton Trawler (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1937 Trade Tattoo (short) (presenter)
 
1934 Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (short) (presenter)
 
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1934 Granton Trawler (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1929 Drifters (documentary)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (2 titles)
1934 Granton Trawler (documentary short)
 
1934 The Private Life of the Gannets (documentary short)
 
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1936 Night Mail (documentary short) (production supervisor)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1929 Drifters (documentary)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1993 Creative Process: Norman McLaren (documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
1960 Rivers at Work (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1959 John Grierson (short)
Himself
 
1957 This Wonderful World (TV series)
Presenter
 
1938 The Face of Scotland (documentary short)
John Knox (voice) (uncredited)
 
1936 Night Mail (documentary short)
Commentary
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2000 Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (documentary)
Himself (founder, NFB) (uncredited)
 
1989 The Magical Eye (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1979 Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (TV documentary)
Himself - Takes Film Notes with Officers (uncredited)
 
1973 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
 
1973 Grierson (documentary)
Himself
 

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The story of the documentary movement is the story of how, not without a scar or two, we got by. See more »

Trivia:

He arrived in the United States in 1924 because of a grant from the Rockeller foundation. His research was in the field of social sciences. See more »

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