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John Grierson

AKA: 约翰·格里尔逊
Birthday: 1898-04-26
Died: 1972-02-19
Birthplace: Kilmadock, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK


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 institutions. Grierson’s vision and advocacy for documentary as a vehicle for public service and civic engagement left a lasting legacy on global nonfiction filmmaking.

Filmography

The Face of Scotland
Character: John Knox (voice)

On the Fishing Banks of Skye
Character: Narrator
Night Mail
Character: Commentary
Rivers at Work
Character: Narrator

John Grierson
Character: Himself
Hitchcock on Grierson
Character: Self
A Return to Memory
Character: Self (archive sound)

Grierson
Character: Self (archive footage)
Weather Forecast
Job: Producer

A Job in a Million
Job: Producer
Cable Ship
Job: Producer
Granton Trawler
Job: Director of Photography

Drifters
Job: Editor
Granton Trawler
Job: Producer
Granton Trawler
Job: Director

Post-Haste
Job: Producer
Drifters
Job: Director

The Coming of the Dial
Job: Producer
Seawards the Great Ships
Job: Screenplay
Daily Round
Job: Producer

The Smoke Menace
Job: Producer
6.30 Collection
Job: Producer

A Colour Box
Job: Producer
The Song of Ceylon
Job: Producer
Coal Face
Job: Producer

O'er Hill and Dale
Job: Producer
Health of a City
Job: Associate Producer

Heart of Scotland
Job: Treatment
Man of Africa
Job: Producer
The Brave Don't Cry
Job: Executive Producer

Our Dumb Friend
Job: Director
Tom Mixup
Job: Director
Kuster Beaton
Job: Director

Four Men in Prison
Job: Producer

Industrial Britain
Job: Producer
Granton Trawler
Job: Writer
Devil on Horseback
Job: Producer

Spring on the Farm
Job: Producer

The New Generation
Job: Producer
Upstream
Job: Producer
Children at School
Job: Producer

North Sea
Job: Executive Producer
Trade Tattoo
Job: Producer

Conquest
Job: Producer
Miss Robin Hood
Job: Executive Producer