Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren

male, deceased (1987)
From Montreal, C. Q., C. C., immigrant to Canada, World War II, Scottish…Companion of the Order of Canada, Canadian Film Award, Glasgow School of Art, Canadian Film Awards, Quebec film director
Norman McLaren, C. C., C. Q. (b. April 11 1914 - d. January 27 1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for...
Alanis Obomsawin

Alanis Obomsawin

female, 77 years old
First Nations artist, film director, Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation, Spudwrench – Kahnawake Man, My Name is Kahentiiosta, Rocks at Whiskey Trench…Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance, NationalFilmBoardofCanada, Quebec film director, Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada Council
Alanis Obomsawin : Filmmaking with a focus on social justice Alanis Obomsawin (photo: National Film Board of Canada)Reference: Publication of the...
Torill Kove

Torill Kove

female
norwegian, My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts, King Haakon VII, Hamar, Academy Award for Animated Short Film, NationalFilmBoardofCanada…film director
Torill Kove (born 1958) is a Norwegian-Canadian film director and animator. She won the 2007 Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the film...
Caroline Leaf

Caroline Leaf

female, 63 years old
Harvard University, the street, underground railroad, American, Documentary film, orfeo…NationalFilmBoardofCanada, film director, film producer
Caroline Leaf was born in Seattle, Washington in 1946. She made her first film in 1968 at Harvard University. "Sand, or Peter and the Wolf" was...

Richard Condie

male, 67 years old
university of manitoba, NationalFilmBoardofCanada, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Canada Council, The Cat Came Back, 50 Greatest Cartoons…Film Maker, University of Manitoba alumni
Richard Condie, RCA (born 1942 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian animator and film maker. Condie received his Bachelor of Arts...
Ryan Larkin

Ryan Larkin

male, deceased (2007)
Canadian of Irish descent, Beggars, Lung cancer death, From Montreal, oscar, alcoholism…NationalFilmBoardofCanada, Academy Award for Animated Short Film, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Ryan Larkin (b. July 31 1943, Montreal, Quebec - d. February 14 2007, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec) was a Canadian animator who rose to fame with the...

Colin Low

male, 83 years old
Mormon, film director, Filmmaker, Documentary filmmaker, NationalFilmBoardofCanada, Order of Canada…Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Quebec film director, Member of the Order of Canada, born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, film production designer
Colin Low, C.M., RCA, (born July 24 1926) is a Canadian animation and documentary filmmaker. Born in Cardston, Alberta, Low's career at the...
Donald Brittain

Donald Brittain

male, deceased (1989)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, memorandum, Margaret Collier Award, Officer of the Order of Canada, Canadian, film director…Canadian Film Awards, NationalFilmBoardofCanada, Order of Canada, The National, Film Board of Canada
Donald Brittain, O.C. (June 10, 1928 - July 21, 1989) was an acclaimed filmmaker with the National Film Board of Canada. Brittain's most notable...
Ishu Patel

Ishu Patel

male, 67 years old
From Vadodara, Indian, film director, Canadian, Animator, NationalFilmBoardofCanada
Ishu Patel (April 20, 1942 -) is an award-winning animator who is one of the "key filmmakers" of the National Film Board of Canada.,. Patel is...
Derek Lamb

Derek Lamb

male, deceased (2005)
cancer death, title sequence, Quebec film director, animation, Canadian, PBS…NationalFilmBoardofCanada
Derek Lamb (1936- 2005) was an Academy Award-winning animation filmmaker and producer. While serving as Executive Producer of the National Film...