Sydney Newman

Personal Info

Know For

Creator

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-04-01 (80 years old)

Deathday

1997-10-30

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sydney Newman

Biography

Sydney Cecil Newman, OC (April 1, 1917 – October 30, 1997) was a Canadian film and television producer, who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. After his return to Canada in 1970, Newman was appointed Acting Director of the Broadcast Programs Branch for the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) and then head of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He also occupied senior positions at the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and acted as an advisor to the Secretary of State. During his time in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, he worked...

Acting

2006

Doctor Who: Origins

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Creation of the Daleks

as Himself (archive footage)

1989

2008

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

as (Archive Footage)

1973

Grierson

as Self

Production

1948

Inside The Atom

as Producer

1983

Utilities

as Associate Producer

1944

Flight 6

as Director

1951

Screaming Jets

as Producer

1998

The Avengers

as Creator

1961

1959

After the Show

as Producer

1959

1962

The Hard Knock

as Producer

1961

1962

1960

1961

The Rose Affair

as Producer

1946

Ski Skill

as Producer

1943

Fighting Norway

as Director

1944

1946

Ski Skill

as Writer

1948

Choral Concert

as Producer

1949

1951

1944

1943

1948

It's Fun to Sing

as Producer

1944

1946

The New North

as Producer

1944

1965

Tea Party

as Producer

1947

Canada Dances

as Producer

1947

1949

1948

Pay-Off In Pain

as Producer

1945

1949

1947

1949

A Capital Plan

as Producer

1948

Science in Bloom

as Producer

1951

1959

Hot Summer Night

as Producer

1944

1944

Train Busters

as Director

1945

1998

The Avengers

as Series Writer

1947

1960

A Night Out

as Producer

1951

Talent Showcase

as Producer

1951

Talent Showcase

as Director

2023

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

as Original Series Creator

1958

1959

Doctor Kabil

as Producer

1960

Where I Live

as Producer

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