Name
Donald Brittain
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1928-06-10
Deathday
1989-07-21 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Donald Code Brittain, OC (June 10, 1928 – July 21, 1989), was a renown award winning Canadian film maker, especially with the National Film Board. He directed, wrote, narrated and produced over 100 films and documentaries. His breakthrough came with "Fields of Sacrifice" in 1963. Brittain's legacy isn't just his films; his camaraderie and perfectionism left a lasting impact and set the standard for professionalism at the National Film Board.
Known For
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In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada t...
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A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comed...
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This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one ...
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In this Academy Award–nominated animated satire, Martian observers analyze life on Earth...
- 1966 Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen as Narrator
- 1976 Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry as Narrator (voice)
- 1967 What on Earth! as Narrator
- 1974 King of the Hill as Self - Narrator
- 1966 Stravinsky as Narrator
- 1980 The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1986 Mobility as Narrator
- 1985 First Stop, China
- 1979 Canada Vignettes: Wop May as Narrator
- 1968 Juggernaut as Narrator (voice)
- 1975 Whistling Smith as Narrator
- 1986 The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle as Narrator
- 1978 The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power as Narrator
- 1978 The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors as Narrator
- 1989 The Magical Eye as Self
- 1979 Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed as Narrator (voice)
- 1986 Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame as Narrator
- 1977 Henry Ford's America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1985 Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks as Narrator
- 1992 Donald Brittain: Filmmaker as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 On Guard For Thee ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
