Arthur Henry Percival Hammond (1930 – March 28, 2023) was a Canadian documentary filmmaker, associated with the National Film Board of Canada. He was most noted as codirector with Donald Brittain and

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of '' Never a Backward Step'', which won the Canadian Film Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 20th Canadian Film Awards in 1968,Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

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, 2000. . pp. 81-83. and for his 1968 film '' This Land'', for which he was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Director at the

21st Canadian Film Awards The 21st Canadian Film Awards were held on October 4, 1969 to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 111-114. The cere ...

in 1969. Hammond was also the writer and director of '' Corporation'', a six-part documentary series aired by

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in 1975, and of ''Imperfect Union'', a four-part NFB series on Canadian labour history. Hammond died on March 28, 2023.

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* 1930 births 2023 deaths Canadian documentary film directors Canadian documentary film producers National Film Board of Canada people Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Documentary Film {{Canada-film-director-stub