Grierson
Grierson
1973
Documentary
Synopsis
A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, interviews with people who knew him and footage of Grierson himself, this film is a sensitive and informative portrait of a dynamic man of vision. Grierson believed that the filmmaker had a social responsibility, and that film could help a society realize democratic ideals. His absolute faith in the value of capturing the drama of everyday life was to influence generations of filmmakers all over the world. In fact, he coined the term 'documentary film'.
Credits
Director
Roger Blais
Cast
Basil Wright as Self
John Grierson as Self (archive footage)
Joris Ivens as Self
Joseph McCarthy as Self (archive footage)
Lorne Greene as Self
Michael Kane as Narrator (voice)
Norman McLaren as Self (archive footage)
Roberto Rossellini as Self
Sydney Newman as Self
Woodrow Wilson as Self (archive footage)
Crew
Raymond Dumas (Animation Director)
Eugene Boyko (Director of Photography)
Jacques Fogel (Director of Photography)
Lewis McLeod (Director of Photography)
Magí Torruella (Director of Photography)
Michel Thomas-d'Hoste (Director of Photography)
Annick de Bellefeuille (Editor)
John Kramer (Editor)
Les Halman (Editor)
David Bairstow (Executive Producer)
Colin Charles (Location Sound Mixer)
Roger Blais (Producer)
Bev Davidson (Sound)
Gildas LeSausse (Sound)
Hans Oomes (Sound)
Ron Seltzer (Sound)
André Galbrand (Sound Editor)
Bernard Bordeleau (Sound Editor)
Jean-Pierre Joutel (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Donald Brittain (Writer)
Original Poster
Grierson - Original Poster
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