Julian Roffman
Born: 1915-12-13 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 2000-11-07
Known For: Production
Biography
Julian Roffman was a cross-border director who made most of his films in the United States. He was responsible for two notable low-budget horror films: The Bloody Brood and The Mask, the first feature to use 3-D in Canada. He studied film in New York and in 1940 joined the NFB where he became responsible for the Armed Service Production program. In the late 1950s, he joined forces with distributor Nat Taylor to form Taylor-Roffman Productions and produce the two features.
Filmography
1987
- Shades of Love: The Ballerina and the Blues ... (Writer)
- Shades of Love: The Garnet Princess ... (Writer)
- Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet ... (Writer)
- Shades of Love: Echoes in Crimson ... (Writer)
- Shades of Love: Make Mine Chartreuse ... (Writer)
- Shades of Love: The Rose Cafe ... (Writer)
- Shades of Love: Lilac Dream ... (Writer)
- Shades of Love: Champagne for Two ... (Writer)
1979
- The Glove ... (Screenplay)
1973
- The Pyx ... (Producer)
1969
- Explosion ... (Producer)
1965
- Spy in Your Eye ... (Co-Producer)
1961
- The Mask ... (Producer)
1959
- The Bloody Brood ... (Director)
1954
- Freedom to Read ... (Director)
1952
- FDR Hyde Park ... (Director)
1951
- Farewell to Childhood ... (Director)
1950
- Sarumba ... (Producer)
1944
- Proudest Girl in the World ... (Director)
1940
- And So They Live ... (Director)