Donald Brittain
Biography
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.
Birthday
Jun 10, 1928
Place of birth
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Deathday
Jul 21, 1989
Homepage
Credited in
As cast
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
- Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
- What on Earth!
- King of the Hill
- Stravinsky
- The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten
- MobilityNo picture available
- First Stop, ChinaNo picture available
- Canada Vignettes: Wop MayNo picture available
- JuggernautNo picture available
- Whistling Smith
- The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
- The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
- The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
- The Magical Eye
- Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
- Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame
- Henry Ford's America
- Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
- Donald Brittain: Filmmaker
As crew
- The Running ManNo picture available
- Thunderbirds in China
- The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
- The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
- The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
- Buster Keaton Rides Again
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
- Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
- Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
- Memorandum
- The Dionne Quintuplets
- What on Earth!
- Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
- Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
- Helicopter Canada
- Everybody's PrejudicedNo picture available
- Everybody's PrejudicedNo picture available
- Fields of Sacrifice
- Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz SchumacherNo picture available
- MobilityNo picture available
- The Accident
- Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
- The Clouded Dawn
- Bethune
- Fields of Sacrifice
- A Trip Down Memory Lane
- Tiger Child
- His Worship, Mr. Montréal
- Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
- Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
- Stravinsky
- The Apprentice
- Never a Backward Step
- Bethune
- Starblanket
- Starblanket
- Bethune
- Bethune
- Whistling Smith
- First Stop, ChinaNo picture available
- Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio
- Scoggie
- Creative Person: Leonard Cohen
- Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939
- The World Of Enrico FermiNo picture available
- Setting Fires for Science
- JuggernautNo picture available
- King of the Hill
- King of the Hill
- Starblanket
- Canada Vignettes: Wop MayNo picture available
- The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
- The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
- The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
- Saul Alinsky Went to War
- Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
- Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
- Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
- Arctic IV
- Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?No picture available
- Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame
- Henry Ford's America
- Henry Ford's America
- Grierson
- Henry Ford's America