Donald Shebib

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-01-17 (85 years old)

Deathday

2023-11-05

Place of Birth

Toronto, Canada

Donald Shebib

Biography

Donald Everett Shebib (27 January 1938 – 5 November 2023) was a Canadian film and television director. Shebib was a central figure in the development of English Canadian cinema who made several short documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada and CBC Television in the 1960s before turning to feature films, beginning with the influential Goin' Down the Road (1970) and what many call his masterpiece, Between Friends (1973). He soon became frustrated by the bureaucratic process of film funding in Canada and chronic problems with distribution as well as a string of box office disappointments. After Heartaches (1981), he made fewer films ...

Production

1969

1969

1970

1970

1970

Goin' Down the Road

as Screenplay

1996

The Pathfinder

as Director

1967

1971

Rip-Off

as Director

1971

Rip-Off

as Editor

2011

2011

Down the Road Again

as Screenplay

1990

1973

Between Friends

as Director

2022

Nightalk

as Director

1980

Fish Hawk

as Director

1970

1969

Good Times, Bad Times

as Director of Photography

1965

Satan's Choice

as Director of Photography

1965

2022

Nightalk

as Writer

2022

Nightalk

as Editor

1983

Running Brave

as Director

1976

Second Wind

as Editor

1973

1981

Heartaches

as Director

1976

Second Wind

as Director

1993

1986

The Climb

as Writer

1994

The Ascent

as Director

1993

Change of Heart

as Director

1986

The Climb

as Director

1965

Satan's Choice

as Director

1963

Dementia 13

as Assistant Editor

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