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Allan King

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director | * 02/06/1930 († 79, 06/15/2009) | Vancouver (Canada)
Allan Winton King, (February 6, 1930 – June 15, 2009), was a Canadian film director. ()

Allan King was born on February 6, 1930, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for Dying at Grace (2003), Warrendale (1967) and Avonlea (1990). He was married to Colleen Murphy. He died on June 15, 2009, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | TV Movies

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The coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is told. The son of the local pharmacist Gerald O'Connal, Brian is in many ways a typical boy, who dislikes sch ...

Who Has Seen the Wind

Certification unknown

1977 | 3.6/5 | 1h 40min
Comedy, Drama
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This film is about the experience of dying. Five terminal patients in a Palliative Care Unit share the last days of their lives and deaths with a film crew. ...

Dying at Grace

Certification unknown

2003 | 3.8/5 | 2h 28min
Documentary
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This ground-breaking cinéma-vérité classic documents five weeks in the lives of twelve children in a home for emotionally disturbed children. It is the first in the form that King later described a ...

Warrendale

Certification unknown

1967 | 3.7/5 | 1h 41min
Documentary
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After her father is accused of embezzlement, wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with her deceased mother's relatives on Prince Edward Island. While there, she must adjust to life in the small rural ...

Road to Avonlea: The Movie

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1990 | 4.5/5 | 1h 32min
 
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Kurt Vonnegut, the author of a collection of short stories called "Welcome to the Monkey House", hosts a series that displays dramatizations of several of his short stories. The anthology series aired ...

Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House

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1991 | 3.5/5 | 30min per episode
 
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Awards & Nominations for Allan King

Officer of The Order of Canada
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Movies with Allan King as Crew(22)

Directing/Director2010 Orson Welles: The Paris Interview
Directing/Director2006 EMPz 4 Life
Directing/Director2005 Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company
Production/Producer2005 Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company
Directing/Director2003 Dying at Grace
Directing/Director1999 The Dragon's Egg
Production/Producer1999 The Dragon's Egg
Directing/Director1996 Leonardo: A Dream of Flight
Directing/Director1989 Termini Station
Production/Producer1989 Termini Station
Production/Producer1988 Who's in Charge
Directing/Director1981 Silence of the North
Directing/Director1978 One Night Stand
Production/Producer1978 One Night Stand
Directing/Director1977 Who Has Seen the Wind
Directing/Director1973 Come On Children
Directing/Director1969 A Married Couple
Directing/Director1967 Warrendale
Directing/Director1963 Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait
Production/Producer1963 Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait
Directing/Director1960 Rickshaw
Directing/Director1956 Skid Row

TV Shows/Series with Allan King as Crew(10)

Directing/Director1999 Twice in a Lifetime
Directing/Director1993 Madison
Directing/Director1993 Ready or Not
Directing/Director1992 By Way of the Stars
Directing/Director1992 The Odyssey
Directing/Director1991 Lightning Force
Directing/Director1989 Bordertown
Directing/Director1985 Danger Bay
Directing/Director1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Directing/Director1983 Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

Full Name: Allan King
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Thursday, 02/06 1930 (February) in Vancouver (Canada)
Died: Monday, 06/15 2009 (June) in Toronto (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Colleen Murphy
Allan King frequently works together with these people:
Allan King (9x, Crew)
Al Waxman (4x, Actor)
Garry Chalk (4x, Actor)
John Pyper-Ferguson (3x, Actor)
Jay Brazeau (3x, Actor)
Malcolm Stewart (3x, Actor)
Jorge Montesi (3x, Crew)
Mavor Moore (3x, Cast)
Gordon Tootoosis (3x, Actor)
Cynthia Belliveau (3x, Actress)
Gerry Mendicino (3x, Actor)
Brent Carver (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1354320, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/26/2024