Gudrun Parker
Born: 1920-03-16 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 2022-11-15
Known For: Directing
Biography
Gudrun Johanna Bjerring Parker OC (March 16, 1920 – November 15, 2022) was a Canadian filmmaker, writer, and producer. She worked on films with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) during the Second World War and in the early 1950s. Parker wrote the script for The Stratford Adventure, which was nominated for an academy award, and directed part of Royal Journey, which won a BAFTA. She married fellow NFB filmmaker Morten Parker. They often worked as a team on films and in 1963, they established a production company, Parker Film Associates
Filmography
2024
- A Return to Memory as Self (archive footage)
2014
1957
- What Do You Think About... Being Different ... (Script)
1954
- The Stratford Adventure ... (Writer)
- What Do You Think About... The Honest Truth? ... (Director)
1953
- Highlights from Royal Journey ... (Director)
1951
- Opera School ... (Director)
- Royal Journey ... (Director)
1948
- Who Will Teach Your Child? ... (Editor)
- The Home Town Paper ... (Producer)
1946
- A City Sings ... (Director)
1945
- Listen to the Prairies ... (Director)
1943
- Proudly She Marches
- Before They Are Six ... (Director)