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Donald Brittain
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In short · Wrote for five decades — 38 credits.
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Director
7 credits
Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio(1991)
Director
Film
Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle(1978)
Director
Film
His Worship, Mr. Montréal(1976)
Director
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Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939(1974)
Director
Film
Saul Alinsky Went to War(1968)
Director
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Never a Backward Step(1967)
Director
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Memorandum(1966)
Director
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Writer
8 credits
Actor
12 credits
The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle(1986)
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Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame(1986)
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FilmFirst Stop, China(1985)
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The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten(1980)
Narration
FilmThe Inheritance(1980)
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Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed(1979)
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The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors(1978)
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The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power(1978)
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Los Canadienses(1976)
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Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry(1976)
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King of the Hill(1974)
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What on Earth!(1967)
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Producer
3 credits
Awards & Nominations
1 nominationAcademy Awards
- Nom1976Oscar — Documentary (feature)
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Additional credits8Show
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- Remembering ArthurSelf · 2006
- Donald Brittain: FilmmakerSelf (filmmaker) · 1995
- The Magical EyeSelf - Film Director · 1989
- Long LanceSelf - Narrator · 1986
- Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. BanksSelf - Narration · 1985
- OvertimeSelf - Narrated by · 1984
- Henry Ford's AmericaSelf - Narrated by · 1977
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard CohenSelf · 1965
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