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Donald Brittain

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.

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Directing

1958

[ ] Setting Fires for Science (Director)

1961

[ ] Everybody's Prejudiced (Director)

1964

[ ] Fields of Sacrifice (Director)
[ ] Bethune (Director)

1966

[ ] Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (Director)
[ ] Never a Backward Step (Director)

1967

[ ] Memorandum (Director)
[ ] Creative Person: Leonard Cohen (Director)

1968

[ ] Saul Alinsky Went to War (Director)

1970

[ ] Tiger Child (Director)

1973

[ ] Starblanket (Director)

1974

[ ] Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (Director)
[ ] King of the Hill (Director)

1976

[ ] Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (Director)
[ ] His Worship, Mr. Montréal (Director)

1977

[ ] Henry Ford's America (Director)

1978

[ ] The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors (Director)
[ ] The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power (Director)
[ ] The Dionne Quintuplets (Director)
[ ] Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher (Director)
[ ] Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle (Director)

1979

[ ] Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (Director)

1981

[ ] The Running Man (Director)

1983

[ ] The Accident (Director)

1985

[ ] Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (Director)

1986

[ ] The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle (Director)

1991

[ ] Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio (Director)

Production

1964

[ ] Bethune (Producer)

1966

[ ] A Trip Down Memory Lane (Producer)

1971

[ ] The Apprentice (Producer)

1973

[ ] Starblanket (Producer)

1974

[ ] Thunderbirds in China (Producer)

1977

[ ] Henry Ford's America (Producer)

1978

[ ] Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle (Producer)

1979

[ ] Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (Producer)

Writing

1961

[ ] Everybody's Prejudiced (Writer)

1962

[ ] The Clouded Dawn (Writer)

1964

[ ] Bethune (Writer)
[ ] Fields of Sacrifice (Writer)

1965

[ ] Buster Keaton Rides Again (Writer)

1966

[ ] Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (Screenplay)
[ ] Helicopter Canada (Writer)
[ ] Stravinsky (Writer)

1967

[ ] What on Earth! (Writer)

1968

[ ] Juggernaut (Story Consultant)

1970

[ ] The World Of Enrico Fermi (Writer)

1973

[ ] Starblanket (Writer)
[ ] Grierson (Writer)

1975

[ ] Whistling Smith (Writer)
[ ] Scoggie (Writer)
[ ] Arctic IV (Writer)

1976

[ ] Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (Writer)

1977

[ ] Henry Ford's America (Writer)

1978

[ ] The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors (Writer)
[ ] The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power (Writer)
[ ] Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle (Screenplay)

1979

[ ] Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (Writer)
[ ] Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? (Writer)

1985

[ ] Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (Writer)
[ ] First Stop, China (Writer)

1986

[ ] Mobility (Writer)
[ ] The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle (Writer)
[ ] Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame (Writer)

Crew

1964

[ ] Bethune (Script)

1974

[ ] King of the Hill (Script)

1979

[ ] Canada Vignettes: Wop May (Script)

Actor

1966

[ ] Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (Narrator)
[ ] Stravinsky (Narrator)

1967

[ ] What on Earth! (Narrator)

1968

[ ] Juggernaut (Narrator (voice))

1974

[ ] King of the Hill (Self - Narrator)

1975

[ ] Whistling Smith (Narrator)

1976

[ ] Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (Narrator (voice))

1977

[ ] Henry Ford's America (Self - Narrator (voice))

1978

[ ] The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors (Narrator)
[ ] The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power (Narrator)

1979

[ ] Canada Vignettes: Wop May (Narrator)
[ ] Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (Narrator (voice))

1980

[ ] The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten (Self - Narrator (voice))

1985

[ ] First Stop, China (????)
[ ] Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (Narrator)

1986

[ ] Mobility (Narrator)
[ ] The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle (Narrator)
[ ] Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame (Narrator)

1989

[ ] The Magical Eye (Self)

1992

[ ] Donald Brittain: Filmmaker (Self (archive footage))