Donald Brittain
Born: 1928-06-10 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1989-07-21
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
1992
- Donald Brittain: Filmmaker as Self (archive footage)
1991
- Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio ... (Director)
1989
- The Magical Eye as Self
1986
- Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame as Narrator
- Mobility as Narrator
- The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle as Narrator
1985
1983
- The Accident ... (Director)
1981
- The Running Man ... (Director)
- On Guard For Thee as Narrator (voice)
1980
- The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten as Self - Narrator (voice)
1979
- Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed as Narrator (voice)
- Canada Vignettes: Wop May as Narrator
- Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? ... (Writer)
1978
- Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle ... (Producer)
- The Dionne Quintuplets ... (Director)
- The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power as Narrator
- The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors as Narrator
- Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher ... (Director)
1977
- Henry Ford's America as Self - Narrator (voice)
1976
- For the Record ... (Director)
- His Worship, Mr. Montréal ... (Director)
- Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry as Narrator (voice)
1975
- Whistling Smith as Narrator
- Scoggie ... (Writer)
- Arctic IV ... (Writer)
1974
- King of the Hill as Self - Narrator
- Thunderbirds in China ... (Producer)
- Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 ... (Director)
1973
- Grierson ... (Writer)
- Starblanket ... (Producer)
1971
- The Apprentice ... (Producer)
1970
- The World Of Enrico Fermi ... (Writer)
- Tiger Child ... (Director)
1968
- Juggernaut as Narrator (voice)
- Saul Alinsky Went to War ... (Director)
1967
- Memorandum ... (Director)
- What on Earth! as Narrator
- Creative Person: Leonard Cohen ... (Director)
1966
- Helicopter Canada ... (Writer)
- Stravinsky as Narrator
- A Trip Down Memory Lane ... (Producer)
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen as Narrator
- Never a Backward Step ... (Director)
1965
- Buster Keaton Rides Again ... (Writer)
1964
- Bethune ... (Writer)
1963
- Fields of Sacrifice ... (Director)
1962
- Blitzkrieg ... (Director)
- The Clouded Dawn ... (Writer)
1961
- Everybody's Prejudiced ... (Director)
1958
- Setting Fires for Science ... (Director)