Donald Brittain

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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.

Filmography

• Donald Brittain: Filmmaker (1992)
• Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio (1991)
• The Magical Eye (1989)
• Mobility (1986)
• The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle (1986)
• Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame (1986)
• Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (1985)
• First Stop, China (1985)
• Overtime (1984)
• The Accident (1983)
• The Running Man (1981)
• The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten (1980)
• Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? (1979)
• Canada Vignettes: Wop May (1979)
• Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (1979)
• The Dionne Quintuplets (1978)
• Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle (1978)
• The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors (1978)
• The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power (1978)
• Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher (1978)
• Henry Ford's America (1977)
• Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (1976)
• His Worship, Mr. Montréal (1976)
• Whistling Smith (1975)
• Scoggie (1975)
• Arctic IV (1975)
• King of the Hill (1974)
• Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974)
• Thunderbirds in China (1974)
• Grierson (1973)
• Starblanket (1973)
• Tiki Tiki (1971)
• The Apprentice (1971)
• Tiger Child (1970)
• The World Of Enrico Fermi (1970)
• Saul Alinsky Went to War (1968)
• Juggernaut (1968)
• Memorandum (1967)
• Creative Person: Leonard Cohen (1967)
• What on Earth! (1967)
• A Trip Down Memory Lane (1966)
• Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (1966)
• Stravinsky (1966)
• Helicopter Canada (1966)
• Never a Backward Step (1966)
• Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965)
• Bethune (1964)
• Fields of Sacrifice (1963)
• The Clouded Dawn (1962)
• Blitzkrieg (1962)
• Everybody's Prejudiced (1961)
• Setting Fires for Science (1958)