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Donald Brittain

Birthday: 1928-06-10
Died: 1989-07-21
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Home Page: https://www.nfb.ca/directors/donald-brittain/


Donald Code Brittain, OC (June 10, 1928 – July 21, 1989), was a renown award winning Canadian film maker, especially with the National Film Board. He directed, wrote, narrated and produced over 100 films and documentaries. His breakthrough came with "Fields of Sacrifice" in 1963. Brittain's legacy isn't just his films; his camaraderie and perfectionism left a lasting impact and set the standard for professionalism at the National Film Board.

Filmography

What on Earth!
Character: Narrator

King of the Hill
Character: Self - Narrator
Stravinsky
Character: Narrator
The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)

Mobility
Character: Narrator
Canada Vignettes: Wop May
Character: Narrator

Juggernaut
Character: Narrator (voice)
Whistling Smith
Character: Narrator

The Magical Eye
Character: Self

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
Character: Narrator (voice)
Henry Ford's America
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)

Donald Brittain: Filmmaker
Character: Self (archive footage)
The Running Man
Job: Director

Thunderbirds in China
Job: Producer



Memorandum
Job: Director
The Dionne Quintuplets
Job: Director
What on Earth!
Job: Writer

Helicopter Canada
Job: Writer

Everybody's Prejudiced
Job: Director
Fields of Sacrifice
Job: Director

Mobility
Job: Writer
The Accident
Job: Director

The Clouded Dawn
Job: Writer
Bethune
Job: Writer

Fields of Sacrifice
Job: Writer
Tiger Child
Job: Director


Stravinsky
Job: Writer
The Apprentice
Job: Producer
Never a Backward Step
Job: Director

Bethune
Job: Director
Starblanket
Job: Producer
Starblanket
Job: Writer

Bethune
Job: Producer
Bethune
Job: Script
Whistling Smith
Job: Writer

First Stop, China
Job: Writer
Scoggie
Job: Writer


Juggernaut
Job: Story Consultant
King of the Hill
Job: Director

King of the Hill
Job: Script
Starblanket
Job: Director



Arctic IV
Job: Writer

Henry Ford's America
Job: Director

Grierson
Job: Writer
Henry Ford's America
Job: Producer