NFB Collection
Donald Brittain: Filmmaker
19921 h 34 min 23 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Kent Martin
Production: Adam SymanskyColin Neale
Script: Kent Martin
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with Access Network.
A close look at one of the best documentary filmmakers in the world, this retrospective of Brittain films also offers a glimpse of the man and the restless energy that informed his work. Dedicated and hard-working, Donald Brittain left nothing to chance, driving himself and his colleagues at the NFB and the CBC until perfection was achieved, or until airtime, whichever came first.
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Subject categories
- Film and Video Arts > DocumentaryPortraits
Credits
- director
- Kent Martin
- script
- Kent Martin
- producer
- Adam Symansky
- executive producer
- Colin Neale
- cinematography
- Kent Nason
- sound
- Diane Carrière
- Roger Hart
- John Martin
- Arthur McKay
- Hans Oomes
- editing
- Hannele Halm
- sound editing
- Les Halman
- Kimberlee McTaggart
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- narrator
- Douglas Rain
- music
- Alain Clavier
- Chris Crilly
- Larry Crosley
- Eldon Rathburn
Awards
- Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary ProgramGemini Awards