Additional information found by Tomaselli in the Grierson Film Archives, Stirling University, Scotland, during January 1999, has been added. www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/firstrelease/fr0799/k...
In 1939 John Grierson, the father of the documentary film, became the National Film Board's first film commissioner. www.nfb.ca/portraits/fiche.php?id=278&v=h&lg=en
The definitive Wikipedia entry for John Grierson. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grierson
John Grierso n Born in Deanston, Perthshire in 1898 Grierson has been described as the father of documentary filmmaking. www.is.stir.ac.uk/libraries/collections/spcoll/media/grie...
The Grierson Trust commemorates the pioneering Scottish documentary maker John Grierson (1898 1972), famous for Drifters and Night Mail and the man widely regarded as the father of the documentary. www.griersontrust.org/
In 1939 John Grierson, the father of the documentary film, became the National Film Board's first film commissioner. www.nfb.ca/portraits/fiche.php?id=278&v=h&lg=en