Dennis Sawyer
Known For: Editing
Biography
Over the course of his 30-year-long career at the NFB (1955–1987), Dennis Sawyer produced a large body of work, not only as a director (12 titles) and producer (90 titles) but also as an editor (150 titles), sound technician (4 titles) and cast member (1 title). He started out as a sound technician and film editor in 1955, and his first credit as a director came in 1970. He produced his last film in 1987. His impressive and versatile career saw Sawyer working on a range of films that dealt with a variety of topics, from the Canada Vignettes series and the Fogo Island project to films about Latin America or Africa. Sawyer also directed the timeless depictions of the first four editions of the Arctic Winter Games (from 1970 to 1976), which featured many sports typically included in Olympic competitions but with a specific focus on Indigenous sports.
Filmography
1982
1979
- Canada Vignettes: Wop May ... (Producer)
1978
- Sons of Haji Omar ... (Producer)
1973
- Reconstruction of the NRX Reactor 1970 ... (Producer)
1972
- Who Were the Ones? ... (Editor)
- When I Go - That's It! ... (Director)
- The Second Arctic Winter Games ... (Producer)
1971
- On Power Refuelling ... (Producer)
- On the Critical Path ... (Producer)
- U 111 Dryout Experiment ... (Producer)
1970
- Where There's Smoke ... (Director)
1968
- Introduction to Fogo Island ... (Editor)
1967
- Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle, or Mutilate ... (Editor)
- The Fogo Island Improvement Committee ... (Editor)
- McGraths at Home and Fishing ... (Editor)
- Citizen Discussions ... (Editor)
- Blades and Brass ... (Editor)
- Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay ... (Editor)
- Jim Decker Builds a Longliner ... (Editor)
- Thoughts on Fogo and Norway ... (Editor)
- Some Problems of Fogo ... (Editor)
- The Merchant and the Teacher ... (Editor)
- Tom Best on Co-operatives ... (Editor)
- The Founding of the Co-operatives ... (Editor)
- Billy Crane Moves Away ... (Editor)
- The Songs of Chris Cobb ... (Editor)
- A Woman's Place ... (Editor)
- Jim Decker's Party ... (Editor)
- A Wedding and Party ... (Editor)
- Fogo's Expatriates ... (Editor)
- Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare ... (Editor)
- The Story of the Up Top ... (Editor)
- William Wells Talks About The Island ... (Editor)
- Dan Roberts on Fishing ... (Editor)
- Fishermen's Meeting ... (Editor)
- The Children of Fogo Island ... (Editor)
- Joe Kinsella on Education ... (Editor)
- The Mercer Family ... (Editor)
- Discussion on Welfare ... (Editor)
1966
- Canadians Can Dance! ... (Editor)
1965
- War II: Total War ... (Editor)
1964
- Haida Carver ... (Editor)
- Selkirk of Red River ... (Editor)
- Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North ... (Editor)
- The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson ... (Editor)
1961
- Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle ... (Editor)
1956
- The Longer Trail ... (Editor)
- Sable Island ... (Editor)
1950
- Treasure Island ... (Assistant Editor)