Guy Glover (November 5, 1910 in

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, U.K. – May 17, 1988 in

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, Canada) was a senior

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(NFB) producer and administrator.

Career

Guy Glover's career as an NFB senior producer and administrator spanned more than 35 years and more than 200 films. His family immigrated from England in 1913, and as a young man studied at the

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. He co-founded the Progressive Arts Club of Vancouver and in 1936 participated in a production of ''

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'', which played Vancouver and was invited to the

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in Ottawa. A chance meeting with

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back in London, England, in 1937 changed the course of his professional and personal life. The pair relocated to New York City in 1939 then in 1941, Film Commissioner

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invited both McLaren and Glover to join the fledgling NFB. By 1945 the bilingual Glover was put in charge of a small group of French-Canadian filmmakers then working in the Ottawa studios of the Board. In 1952 he wrote and narrated the

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-nominated animated short, '' The Romance of Transportation in Canada''. He was the producer on 50 episodes of the series ''Window of Canada'', hosted by

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, and in 1956 he was appointed the producer on the Board's French-language television unit, a position he held until 1958. Four of the films he produced or served as executive producer were nominated for

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: ''The Fight: Science against Cancer'', ''Herring Hunt'', ''The Stratford Adventure'' and

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's ''

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''. A poet, actor and theatre director, Glover was the director of the Canadian Ballet Festival Association. He was the lifelong partner of Norman McLaren, whom he met at the ballet in London in 1937.

Films and awards as producer include

*''Lining the Blues'', 1939 (animated) *''Listen to the Prairies'', 1945 (executive producer) *''Challenge: Science against Cancer'', 1950 (producer) *''The Fight: Science against Cancer'', 1951 (producer);

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-Special Award;

nomination – Short Subjects *''

The Bird Fancier ''The Bird Fancier'' (french: L'Homme aux oiseaux) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Bernard Devlin and Jean Palardy and released in 1952. Written by Roger Lemelin, the film tells the story of a man whose passion for birds is bordering ...

(L'Homme aux oiseaux)'', 1952 (producer) *''Opera School'', 1952 (producer);

– Theatrical Short *''

Herring Hunt ''Herring Hunt'' is a 1953 National Film Board of Canada short documentary film about the operations of a herring boat off the coast of British Columbia, directed by Julian Biggs, written by Leslie McFarlane and produced by Guy Glover, which was n ...

'', 1953 (executive producer);

nomination – Short Documentary *''

Farewell Oak Street ''Farewell Oak Street'' is a Canadian docudrama short film, directed by Grant McLean and released in 1953."Film Tells Story of Housing Project". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 19, 1954. Narrated by Lorne Greene as part of the ''Canada Carries ...

'', 1953 (executive producer);

- Theatrical Short *''

The Stratford Adventure ''The Stratford Adventure'' is a 1954 National Film Board of Canada documentary film about the founding of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, directed by Morten Parker. It tells the story of what was to become North America's premiere Shakespea ...

'', 1954 (producer);

– Film of the Year, Feature Film;

nomination – Short Documentary *''

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'', 1958 (co-producer) *''River with a Problem'', 1961 (executive producer) *''

Morning on the Lièvre ''Morning on the Lièvre'' is a 1961 short film, directed by David Bairstow for the National Film Board of Canada. The film depicts two men canoeing on the Lièvre River near Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Quebec. Five poems by the Canadian poet Ar ...

'', 1961 (executive producer);

– Theatrical Short *''Lewis Mumford on the City'', 1963 (executive producer, six films) *''Bethune'', 1964 (executive producer) *'' 23 Skidoo'', 1964 (executive producer) *''

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'', 1966 (producer);

– Arts and Experimental *''

Never a Backward Step ''Never a Backward Step'' is a 1966 documentary film, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by Donald Brittain, Arthur Hammond and John Spotton. It is a profile of Canadian press magnate Roy Thomson, whose single-minded a ...

'', 1966 (producer);

– Feature Documentary *''Fluxes'', 1967 *''

'', 1976 (producer);

– Animated Short;

nomination – Animated Short;

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– Grand Prize *''Poets on Film'', 1977 (producer, three films)

References

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