John Grierson
Born in Kilmadock, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK — Apr 26 1898• Died Feb 19 1972
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John Grierson (1898–1972) was a pioneering Scottish filmmaker and producer who shaped the documentary film movement, earning recognition as the father of British and Canadian documentary cinema. He famously coined the term "documentary" in 1926 and championed the idea that film should serve as a tool for social education and reform. As the driving force behind the British documentary movement, he founded the GPO Film Unit, which produced groundbreaking works like Night Mail (1936), and later played a key role in establishing the National Film Board of Ca…
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Grierson
Self (archive footage)
Miss Robin Hood
Production
The Oracle
Production
The Brave Don't Cry
Production
The Song of Ceylon
Production
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Self
Man of Africa
Production
Hitchcock on Grierson
Self
Documenting John Grierson
Devil on Horseback
Production
Coal Face
Production
You're Only Young Twice!
Production
Drifters
Editing
Conquest
Production
The Smoke Menace
Production
Night Mail
Commentary
North Sea
Production
Seawards the Great Ships
Writing
A Colour Box
Production
BBC: The Voice of Britain
Production
A Return to Memory
Self (archive sound)
Trade Tattoo
Production
Daily Round
Production
Four Men in Prison
Production
The Face of Scotland
John Knox (voice)
Post-Haste
Production
Weather Forecast
Production
6.30 Collection
Production
On the Fishing Banks of Skye
Narrator
Herlock Sholmes in Be-a-Live-Crook
Directing
The New Generation
Production
Industrial Britain
Production
A Job in a Million
Production
Granton Trawler
Camera
Kerri Cheertum in Jungle-Tungle
Directing
Cable Ship
Production
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Production
Health of a City
Production
Kuster Beaton
Directing
Spring on the Farm
Production
Upstream
Production
Rivers at Work
Narrator
John Grierson
Himself
Heart of Scotland
Crew
Our Dumb Friend
Directing
O'er Hill and Dale
Production
Children at School
Production
I Remember, I Remember
Tom Mixup
Directing
The Coming of the Dial
Production