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Uncommon Hero
20114 min 5 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: John L'Ecuyer
Production: Lea MarinGerry FlahiveSilva Basmajian
Script: John L'Ecuyer
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation.
Theatre is heady stuff. A single exposure can change your life.
When Paul Thompson was 14, working on his uncle's farm, he was given a ticket for the Stratford Festival. The rest is cultural history...
Fifty years later, it's hard to imagine Canadian theatre without Thompson's inspired leadership. From Theatre Passe Muraille to the National Theatre School, he's mentored generations of actors and plawrights, forging a vibrant and distinctly Canadian theatre tradition.
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- Theater > Performing ArtsPortraits
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Feminism
- Civics/Citizenship > Ideologies
- Media Education > Popular Culture
Credits
- recipient
- Paul Thompson
- writer
- John L'Ecuyer
- director
- John L'Ecuyer
- producer
- Lea Marin
- director of photography
- Jonathon Cliff
- editor
- Lawrence Jackman
- sound recordist
- Sanjay Mehta
- 1st assistant director
- Kevin Walker
- 1st assistant camera
- Jonathan Staav
- gaffer
- Sean Paul Hearn
- key grip
- Rhys Brisbin
- best boy grip
- Fraser Brown
- re-recording engineer
- Paolo Amati
- sound effects editor
- Adam Raley
- online editor
- Rocky Polidoro
- colourist
- Colin Moore
- marketing manager
- Kelly Fox
- production supervisor
- Mark Wilson
- Marcus Matyas
- technical coordinator
- Christopher Logan
- Drew Stevenson
- centre administrator
- Josiah Rothenberg
- production coordinator
- Rachel Punwassie
- production assistant
- Chris Niesing
- senior producer
- Gerry Flahive
- executive producer
- Silva Basmajian