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.
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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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
Mobility
First Stop, China
Canada Vignettes: Wop May
Juggernaut
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
The Running Man
Thunderbirds in China
Buster Keaton Rides Again
Memorandum
The Dionne Quintuplets
Helicopter Canada
Everybody's Prejudiced
Fields of Sacrifice
Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher
The Accident
The Clouded Dawn
Bethune
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Tiger Child
His Worship, Mr. Montréal
The Apprentice
Never a Backward Step
Starblanket
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 Fermi
Setting Fires for Science
Saul Alinsky Went to War
Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
Arctic IV
Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?
Grierson
Blitzkrieg