Camera · geboren 1927-08-08 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

John Spotton

John Spotton was a Canadian filmmaker, cinematographer, and editor associated with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He played a pivotal role in developing the Direct Cinema movement, contributing to documentaries that emphasized naturalistic and unobtrusive filming techniques. Spotton's notable works include Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965), a documentary capturing the making of Keaton's short film The Railrodder, and Memorandum (1965), which explores the Holocaust's impact on survivors. His contributions significantly influenced documentary filmmaking in Canada and beyond.

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• Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965) – Director
• Lonely Boy (1962) – Editor
• Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964) – Editor
• Memorandum (1967) – Director
• High Steel (1965) – Director of Photography
• City Out of Time (1959) – Editor
• Runner (1962) – Director of Photography
• The Back-breaking Leaf (1959) – Editor
• Railroaders (1958) – Director of Photography
• Circle of the Sun (1961) – Director of Photography
• Toronto Jazz (1963) – Director of Photography
• The Hutterites (1964) – Editor
• Final Offer (1985) – Executive Producer
• Pitchmen (1985) – Executive Producer
• Abortion: Stories from North and South (1984) – Producer
• Pilgrimage (1958) – Producer
• A Day in June (1958) – Camera Operator
• Never a Backward Step (1966) – Director
• Viking Visitors to North America (1979) – Producer
• The Days of Whisky Gap (1961) – Camera Operator
• Peep and the Big Wide World (1988) – Executive Producer
• The Story of Peter and the Potter (1953) – Director of Photography
• A Pinto for the Prince (1979) – Director
• Legault's Place (1964) – Director of Photography
• I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling (1960) – Editor
• Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community (1983) – Executive Producer
• Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis (1983) – Executive Producer
• Circus World (1974) – Cinematography
• The White Ship (1966) – Editor
• Kainai (1973) – Director of Photography
• What Do You Think About... Being Different (1957) – Director of Photography
• Montreurs de marionnettes (1952) – Director of Photography
• Thanks for the Ride (1983) – Producer
• No Way! Not Me (1987) – Executive Producer