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John Grierson (26 April 1898 – 19 February 1972) is often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. Grierson was born in Deanston, near Doune, Scotland. His father was the local...
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Documentary film is a broad category of visual expressions that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies sh...
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Sussex, Elizabeth, The Rise and Fall of British Documentary: The Story of the Film Movement Founded by John Grierson , Berkeley, 1975. ... Hardy, Forsyth, John Grierson: A Documentary Biography , London, 1979. ... Aitken, Ian, Film and Reform: John Grierson and the Documentary Film Movement , London and New York, 1990.
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Pioneers often suffer cruelly at the hands of posterity, and John Grierson (1898-1972), the dour but brilliant Scotsman who created the National Film Board of Canada, can stand as the perfect example. ... While Grierson was learning about documentary in America, he was also discovering the purpose of his life. When he went...
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The Grierson Trust commemorates the pioneering Scottish documentary maker John Grierson (1898 – 1972), famous for Drifters and Night Mail and the man widely regarded as the father of the documentary.
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Producer, Director, Executive ... Hardy, H. Forsyth (ed.), John Grierson: A Documentary Biography (London: Faber and Faber, 1979); Ellis, Jack, C., John Grierson. a guide to references and resources (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1986);
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The Name Grierson: The Word Documentary (1973) TV episode; Grierson (1973) .... Himself ... Find where John Grierson is credited alongside another name ...
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John Grierson (1898-1972) was a Scotsman who created the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). First to use the word documentary in relation to film, he founded the documentary film movement in Britain. ... John Grierson: Trailblazer of Documentary Film (Paperback)
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John Grierson: Trailblazer of Documentary Film is book 24 of "The Quest Library" series of biographies of important figures in Canadian history. John Grierson is an important figure in the history of Canadian cinema.
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For many John Grierson is one of the important figures in documentary. He is credited with "coining" the current usage of "documentary" as the "creative treatment of reality." He also worked extensively in England and Canada to develop a particular style of documentary, one still written about today.
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