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The Idealist - James Beveridge, Film Guru
20051 h 7 min 45 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Nina Beveridge
Production: Nina BeveridgePaul HartPeter Raymont
Script: Nina BeveridgePeter Raymont
Produced by Beevision Productions Inc. in association with TVO, Bravo!, Knowledge Network, SCN and Canadian Learning Television, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund and the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund, and with the assistance of the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit
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Filmmaker, activist, artist, idealist - James Beveridge was, before all, a teacher. He was also a husband and a father - my father - though a father I rarely saw and, as I'm finding, knew even less.
Over 50 years, he produced over 150 documentary films. He worked in Europe, India, the United States, Japan and Canada where he founded the graduate program in Film Studies at York University.
My journey of discovery takes me throughout North America and India, following my father's footsteps. Testimonials of world-renowned filmmakers, musicians and artists weave together the story of a complex Canadian filmmaker. Excerpts from his films and personal letters, photographs, clips from his Canadian AM movie reviews, and voice-overs from his personal audiotapes, complete the portrait.
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- Film and Video Arts > DocumentaryHistorical PerspectivesPortraits
Credits
- director
- Nina Beveridge
- producer
- Nina Beveridge
- Paul Hart
- executive producer
- Peter Raymont
- commissioning editor
- Rudy Buttignol
- writer
- Nina Beveridge
- Peter Raymont
- director of photography
- Bongo Kolycius
- editor
- Paul Hart
- location sound
- Paul Hart
- music
- Jack Lenz
- narration
- Nina Beveridge
- voice
- Peter Raymont
- Meghan Jones
- Bob Duncan
- production manager
- Meghan Jones
- production coordinator
- Alka Gupta
- fixer
- Mr. Bhave
- boom operator
- Sundar Sound
- André Gougeon
- Gary Nichol
- second camera
- Christian Champagne
- production assistant
- Adam Bradovka
- research
- Meghan Jones
- Alka Gupta
- Katherine Collins
- Lindsay Hood
- Bernard Lutz
- James Roberts
- Sophie Quevillon
- post-production
- Beevision Productions Inc.
- online editor
- Paul Hart
- assistant editor
- Adam Bradovka
- compositing
- Adam Bradovka
- animation
- Ian Culley
- archival photo repair
- Erin Freedman
- Amanda Rainbird
- sound editor
- Ken Churchill
- Alan Geldart
- sound mix
- Serge Boivin
- production accountant
- David Gellman
- business affairs consultant
- Del Mehes
- bookkeeper
- Maryann Chaput
- legal counsel
- Kathy Avrich-Johnson
- courier
- ZAP Courier
- interviewee
- Shyam Benegal
- Red Burns
- Rudy Buttignol
- Katie Campeau
- Michel Campeau
- Amitanshu Das
- Sabeena Gadihoke
- Shohini Ghosh
- I.K. Gujral
- Sheila Gujral
- Shama Habibullah
- Pierre Juneau
- Kiran Karnik
- Amjad Ali Khan
- Krystyna Khote
- N.V. Khote
- Sabina Kidwai
- Raghu Krishna
- Himanshu Malhotra
- Ben Mast
- Vijaya Mulay
- Sadhan Mullick
- Gary Nichol
- Ranjana Pandey
- Mike H. Pandey
- Gudrun Parker
- Rajeev Sethi
- Attar Singh
- Tom Slevin
- Michael Spencer
- George C. Stoney
- Bob Verrall
- William Weintraub
- Colin Low