John Grierson
Personal Info
Know For
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-04-26 (74 years old)
Deathday
1972-02-19
Place of Birth
Kilmadock, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Also known As
约翰·格里尔逊
John Grierson
Biography
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 Canada (NFB) in 1939, turning it into one of the world's most influential documentary instit...
Acting
1938
as John Knox (voice)
1990
1935
as Narrator
1936
as Commentary
1958
as Narrator
1959
as Himself
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as Self
2024
as Self (archive sound)
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1934
as Producer
1937
as Producer
1933
as Producer
1934
as Director of Photography
1929
as Editor
1934
as Producer
1934
as Director
1934
as Producer
1929
as Director
1951
as Producer
1933
as Producer
1960
as Screenplay
1937
as Producer
1937
as Producer
1934
as Producer
1935
as Producer
1935
as Producer
1934
as Producer
1935
as Producer
1935
as Director
1932
as Producer
1965
as Associate Producer
1962
as Treatment
1953
as Producer
1952
as Executive Producer
1930
as Director
1930
as Director
1930
as Director
1930
as Director
1930
as Director
1950
as Producer
1931
as Producer
1934
as Writer
1954
as Producer
1933
as Producer
1935
as Producer
1935
as Writer
1932
as Producer
1932
as Producer
1937
as Producer
1935
1938
as Executive Producer
1937
as Producer
1930
as Producer
1952
as Executive Producer
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