Directing · geboren 1928-06-10 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Donald Brittain

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.

Bekannt aus

• Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965) – Writer
• What on Earth! (1967) – Narrator
• Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (1966) – Narrator
• Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (1976) – Narrator (voice)
• A Trip Down Memory Lane (1966) – Producer
• Fleur Bleue (1971) – Producer
• Memorandum (1967) – Director
• Helicopter Canada (1966) – Writer
• Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle (1978) – Director
• Whistling Smith (1975) – Narrator
• Stravinsky (1966) – Narrator
• Canada Vignettes: Wop May (1979) – Narrator
• Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (1985) – Narrator
• Grierson (1973) – Writer
• The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle (1986) – Narrator
• The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors (1978) – Narrator
• The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power (1978) – Narrator
• Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame (1986) – Narrator
• Fields of Sacrifice (1963) – Director
• The Accident (1983) – Director
• Bethune (1964) – Writer
• His Worship, Mr. Montréal (1976) – Director
• Saul Alinsky Went to War (1968) – Director
• Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? (1979) – Writer
• King of the Hill (1974) – Self - Narrator
• The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten (1980) – Self - Narrator (voice)
• Mobility (1986) – Narrator
• First Stop, China (1985)
• Juggernaut (1968) – Narrator (voice)
• The Magical Eye (1989) – Self
• Overtime (1984) – Narrator
• Henry Ford's America (1977) – Self - Narrator (voice)
• Donald Brittain: Filmmaker (1992) – Self (archive footage)
• The Running Man (1981) – Director
• Thunderbirds in China (1974) – Producer
• The Dionne Quintuplets (1978) – Director
• Everybody's Prejudiced (1961) – Director
• Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher (1978) – Director
• The Clouded Dawn (1962) – Writer
• 虎の仔 (1970) – Director