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Donald Brittain

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter / Actor | * 06/10/1928 († 61, 07/21/1989) | Ottawa (Ontario) (Canada)
Donald Code Brittain, (June 10, 1928 – July 21, 1989) was a film director and producer with the National Film Board of Canada. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

This 1964 documentary returns to the battlefields where over 100,000 Canadian soldiers lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. The film also visits cemeteries where servicemen are buried. ...

Fields of Sacrifice

Certification unknown

1964 | 3.5/5 | 38min
War, Documentary
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The film was about Hal C. Banks, a controversial American labour union leader who came to Canada in 1949 to lead a sectarian fight between rival shipping unions. Banks left Canada in 1962 after being ...

Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

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1985 | 3.3/5 | 1h 55min
 
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A Jewish Holocaust survivor travels through Germany recalling scenes from his memory. ...

Memorandum

Certification unknown

1967 | 3.6/5 | 58min
Documentary
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The early history of Canadian film making before the establishment of the National Film Board of Canada. ...

Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939

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1974 | 1h 26min
Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Donald Brittain

Officer of The Order of Canada Gemini Awards Genie Awards Canadian Film Awards
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Movies with Donald Brittain as Actor(12)

as himself1989 The Magical Eye
as Narrator1986 The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
as Narrator1986 Mobility
as Narrator1979 Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
as Narrator1979 Canada Vignettes: Wop May
as Narrator1978 The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
as Narrator1978 The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
as Narrator (voice)1976 Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
as Narrator1975 Whistling Smith
as Self - Narrator1974 King of the Hill
as Narrator1966 What on Earth!
as himself1965 Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

Movies with Donald Brittain as Crew(52)

Directing/Director1991 Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio
Directing/Director1986 The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
Writing/Writer1986 The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
Writing/Writer1986 Mobility
Directing/Director1985 Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
Writing/Writer1985 Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
Directing/Director1983 The Accident
Directing/Director1981 The Running Man
Directing/Director1979 Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
Production/Producer1979 Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
Writing/Writer1979 Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
Crew/Script1979 Canada Vignettes: Wop May
Directing/Director1978 The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
Writing/Writer1978 The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
Directing/Director1978 Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
Production/Producer1978 Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
Writing/Screenplay1978 Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
Directing/Director1978 The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
Writing/Writer1978 The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
Directing/Director1976 Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Writing/Writer1976 Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Directing/Director1976 His Worship, Mr. Montréal
Writing/Writer1975 Whistling Smith
Writing/Writer1975 Scoggie
Crew/Script1974 King of the Hill
Directing/Director1974 King of the Hill
Directing/Director1974 Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939
Production/Producer1974 Thunderbirds in China
Directing/Director1973 Starblanket
Production/Producer1973 Starblanket
Writing/Writer1973 Starblanket
Production/Producer1971 The Apprentice
Directing/Director1970 Tiger Child
Directing/Director1968 Saul Alinsky Went to War
Directing/Director1967 Memorandum
Writing/Writer1966 What on Earth!
Writing/Writer1966 Helicopter Canada
Directing/Director1966 Never a Backward Step
Writing/Writer1966 Stravinsky
Production/Producer1965 A Trip Down Memory Lane
Writing/Writer1965 Buster Keaton Rides Again
Directing/Director1965 Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
Writing/Screenplay1965 Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
Directing/Director1964 Fields of Sacrifice
Writing/Writer1964 Fields of Sacrifice
Crew/Script1964 Bethune
Directing/Director1964 Bethune
Production/Producer1964 Bethune
Writing/Writer1964 Bethune
Writing/Writer1962 The Clouded Dawn
Directing/Director1961 Everybody's Prejudiced
Writing/Writer1961 Everybody's Prejudiced

Full Name: Donald Brittain
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Sunday, 06/10 1928 (June) in Ottawa (Ontario) (Canada)
Died: Friday, 07/21 1989 (July) in Montreal (aged: 61)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Glebe Collegiate Institute
Employer: National Film Board of Canada
Donald Brittain frequently works together with these people:
John Kemeny (5x, Crew)
John Spotton (5x, Crew)
Marrin Canell (5x, Crew)
Robert A. Duncan (4x, Crew)
Roger Hart (4x, Crew)
Michael J.F. Scott (3x, Crew)
René Lévesque (3x, Actor)
Arthur Lipsett (3x, Crew)
Rex Tasker (3x, Crew)
Pierre Elliott Trudeau (3x, Actor)
Roman Kroitor (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:510762, Added: 10/05/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024