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Ivor David Munro (1 July 1944 – 5 August 1999)David Boardma

''The Independent'', 12 August 1999 was an English
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maker. He collaborated on 20 documentary films for television with the Australian-born journalist,
John Pilger John Richard Pilger (; born 9 October 1939) is an Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. He has been mainly based in Britain since 1962. He was also once visiting professor at Cornell University in New York. Pilger ...
, with many of their works receiving awards. '' Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia'', their 1979 documentary about the suffering people of
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, resulted in viewers donating more than £45 million in aid.


Early life and education

His parents were Hugh Munro (an actor and television director) and Pamela Barnard (an actress and later longstanding floor manager in Drama at the
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). His grandfather was the actor
Ivor Barnard Ivor Barnard (13 June 1887 – 30 June 1953) was an English stage, radio and film actor. He was an original member of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, where he was a notable Shylock and Caliban. He was the original Water Rat in the first L ...
. Ivor Munro had a brother Tim Munro, who also became an actor, and sister Hatty. Following a series of jobs, beginning as a farm labourer after leaving school, Munro became an actor for a time. He appeared in such series as ''
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'', (1966–67), ''
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,'' ''Tightrope'' (1972), and in the play ''The Bells'' (
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).


Career in film-making

A connection with the actor David Swift via Tempest Films,David Swif
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''The Guardian'', 14 December 1999 an independent production company, led to Munro being introduced to the Australian-born journalist
John Pilger John Richard Pilger (; born 9 October 1939) is an Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. He has been mainly based in Britain since 1962. He was also once visiting professor at Cornell University in New York. Pilger ...
. The two men first worked together on ''Do You Remember Vietnam?'' (1978), first shown by the
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network. In 1979 their film, '' Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia'', exposed the extent of the genocide perpetrated by
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and the
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. Broadcast on British TV, it resulted in nearly £45 million being donated spontaneously by viewers, to help Cambodians. In total Munro and Pilger collaborated on 20 films for television, for which Munro gained several awards and commendations. Munro made several films on his own: notably, ''Knots'' (with the Actors Company) based on
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's poems; ''Going Back,'' about the experiences of the first four US soldiers to return to Vietnam after the war; and ''The Four Horseman'', his trilogy of films about war in the
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.


Marriages and family

He was married three times, the first two relationships were with the actresses
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and
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. His son with Penhaligon, Truan Munro has worked in the film industry. His third wife was Layhing Siu, to whom he was married at the end of his life. Their daughter Natalia, was born eighteen months before Munro's death from cancer. He also had a step-daughter, Pilar.


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* 1944 births 1999 deaths English documentary filmmakers English male television actors English television directors 20th-century English male actors {{tv-director-stub