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Donald Brittain Award
The Donald Brittain Award is a Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to honour the year's best television documentary on a social or political topic. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. The award may be presented to either a standalone broadcast of a documentary film, or to an individual full-length episode of a news or documentary series; documentary films which originally premiered theatrically, but were not already submitted for consideration in a CSA film category before being broadcast on television, are also considered television films for the purposes of the award. The award is named in honour of Donald Brittain, a pioneering Canadian documentary filmmaker."Gemini gala scores with innovation; Awards show tosses in falcon, football and plea from star of Wayne's World". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 9, 1992. On one occasion to date, the award has be ...
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Academy Of Canadian Cinema And Television
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize the achievements of the over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals, most notably through the Canadian Screen Awards The mandate of the Academy is to honour outstanding achievements; to heighten public awareness of and increase audience attendance of and appreciationпа of Canadian film and television productions; and to provide critically needed, high-quality professional development programs, conferences and publications. Background Since 2012, the Academy's primary national awards program is the Canadian Screen Awards, which were announced that year as a replacement for the formerly distinct Genie Award (for film) and Gemini Award (for television) ceremonies. The Prix Gémeaux for French-language television remains a separate awards program. The organization also administers the Prism Prize for music videos. The current chief executive ...
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Anatomy Of A Writer
Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its beginnings in prehistoric times. Anatomy is inherently tied to developmental biology, embryology, comparative anatomy, evolutionary biology, and phylogeny, as these are the processes by which anatomy is generated, both over immediate and long-term timescales. Anatomy and physiology, which study the structure and function of organisms and their parts respectively, make a natural pair of related disciplines, and are often studied together. Human anatomy is one of the essential basic sciences that are applied in medicine. The discipline of anatomy is divided into macroscopic and microscopic. Macroscopic anatomy, or gross anatomy, is the examination of an animal's body parts using unaided eyesight. Gross anatomy also includes the branch of ...
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Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson (; ; born February 10, 1939) is a British Hong Kong, Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist who served from 1999 to 2005 as Governor General of Canada, the List of Governors General of Canada#Governors General of Canada, 1867–present, 26th since Canadian Confederation. Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a refugee from Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, and was raised in Ottawa. After receiving a number of university degrees, Clarkson worked as a producer and broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and a journalist for various magazines. Her first diplomatic posting came in the early 1980s, when she promoted Ontario, Ontarian culture in France and other European countries. In 1999, she was appointed Governor General of Canada, Governor General by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, to replace Roméo LeBlanc as viceroy, a post which she occu ...
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Adrienne Clarkson Presents
''Adrienne Clarkson Presents'' is a Canadian cultural entertainment series broadcast on CBC Television beginning in 1988. The series ended in 1999, the year host Adrienne Clarkson was appointed Governor General of Canada. Episodes featured artists such as Molly Johnson, Quartette, and Peppiatt and Aylesworth Peppiatt and Aylesworth were a Canadian television comedy team. The team consisted of Frank Peppiatt (March 19, 1927 – November 7, 2012) and John Aylesworth (August 18, 1928 – July 28, 2010). John Aylesworth was born on August 18, 1928, in .... The series was preceded by a limited 1988 summer programme, ''Adrienne Clarkson's Summer Festival''. External links * * TVArchive.ca: ''Adrienne Clarkson Presents''Adrienne Clarkson Presents: A Tribute to Peppiatt & Aylesworth: Canada's First Television Comedy Team 1988 Canadian television series debuts 1999 Canadian television series endings CBC Television original programming 1980s Canadian variety television series ...
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Adam Symansky
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Book of Genesis, Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations i ...
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8th Gemini Awards
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 9th Gemini Awards were held on March 6, 1994 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Albert Schultz and Valerie Pringle, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television. Awards Best Dramatic Series * '' E.N.G.'' – Atlantis Communications. Producers: Jennifer Black, Greg Copeland, Robert Lantos * '' Beyond Reality'' – Paragon Entertainment. Producers: Jon Slan, Richard Borchiver, Janet Cuddy * ''Forever Knight'' – Paragon Entertainment. Producers: Jon Slan, James D. Parriott, Richard Borchiver, Lionel E. Siegel, Nicholas Gray * '' North of 60'' – (Seven24 Films). Producers: Tom Cox, Doug MacLeod, Robert Lantos, Barbara Samuels, Wayne Grigsby *'' Street Legal'' – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Nicholas Rose, Duncan Lamb, Brenda Greenberg Best Short Dramatic Program * ''Letter from Francis'' – Atlantis Films, Cabiria P ...
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Christine Welsh
Christine Welsh is a Métis Canadian filmmaker, feminist and associate professor at the University of Victoria. Early life Welsh was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. She is the great-grand-daughter of Norbert Welsh, the famous Metis buffalo hunter. Education Welsh graduated from University of Regina, with a B.A. in 1986. Career Welsh has produced, written and directed films for more than 30 years. In 1977, Welsh's career began as an assistant editor on Allen Kings ''Who Has Seen the Wind'' film. Welsh moved to Vancouver Island after working as a film editor in Toronto for ten years. Welsh's 2006 National Film Board of Canada documentary ''Finding Dawn'', about murdered and missing Canadian Aboriginal women, won a Gold Audience Award at the 2006 Amnesty International Film Festival. Other film credits include: Women in the Shadows (directed by Norma Bailey, 1992), Keepers of the Fire (1994), Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle (with Peter C. Campbell, 1997), ...
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Signe Johansson (filmmaker)
Signe Dagmar Charlotta Johansson-Engdahl (27 May 1905 – 9 May 2010) was a Swedish diver. She competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the 3 m springboard and placed fifth. From the death of Erna Sondheim on 9 January 2008 until her own death, she was believed to be the oldest living person to have competed in the Olympic games. She was married to the Olympic runner Nils Engdahl, and her sister-in-law Märta Johansson Märta Ester Lovisa Johansson (later ''Engdahl'', 24 January 1907 – 6 January 1998) was a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germ ... was also an Olympic diver. References 1905 births 2010 deaths Olympic divers of Sweden Swedish centenarians Swedish female divers Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Divers from Stockholm Stockholms KK divers Women centenarians 20th-century Swedish women 21st-century Swedish women {{Sweden-acrobati ...
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Jane Harris (filmmaker)
Jane Harris may refer to: * Jane Harris (producer), British television director and producer * Jane Harris (writer) Jane Harris (born 1961) is a British writer of fiction and screenplays. Her novels have been published in over 20 territories worldwide and translated into many different languages (see The Observations and Gillespie and I). Her most recent work ... (born 1961), British writer of fiction and screenplays * Jane Harris (''Neighbours''), a fictional character in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Jane Elizabeth Harris (c. 1853–1942), New Zealand writer, lecturer and spiritualist {{hndis, Harris, Jane ...
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Les Harris (producer)
Les Harris is a Canadian television producer and filmmaker. Harris co-founded Canamedia Productions with his wife & executive producer, Jane Harris in 1979. He was also the co-founder of the YTV children's cable television network in Canada. Apart from founding Canamedia he also designed and had built a sports car whilst at Sheffield University called a Harmoke. teleBenzine, Adam"Distribution Access buys Canamedia."''C21Media'', December 7, 2010. Archived frothe original.Accessed on November 5, 2017. By the time of its acquisition by Distribution Access in 2010, the production company had built up a factually-based catalog of more than 1500 titles. Partial filmography “International Dragging In Olde England”. A half hour 16mm documentary written, directed and edited by Les Harris on early drag car racing that aired on London Weekend Television in the UK. “Chabot Solo”. Pts1,2&3. Three one hour 16mm documentaries on the history of flight told through the eyes of the wor ...
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Mary Armstrong (filmmaker)
Mary Armstrong may refer to: * Mary Carew Mary Louise Carew Armstrong was an American athlete who competed in sprinting events. Life She was born in Medford, Massachusetts. She married William "Bud" Armstrong in 1938. She died in Framingham, Massachusetts. Athletics career Mary ... (Mary Louise Carew Armstrong, 1913–2002), American athlete * Mary Ann Armstrong (1838–1910), British botanical fern artist {{hndis, Armstrong, Mary ...
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