John Grierson

by Gary Evans

Overview

John Grierson, founder of both the British documentary film movement and the National Film Board of Canada, was one of the twentieth centurys most influential personalities in film culture. He gave the word "documentary" to the English language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770706507
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	01/01/2005
Series:	Quest Biography , #14
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Gary Evans, author of The National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989 (1991), has published extensively on the history of media and communications. A former student of John Grierson, Evans completed his degree in history at McGill and currently teaches at the University of Ottawa. Since 1975 he has also worked as a consultant and writer for the NFB.

Table of Contents

	Prologue: Who Was That Man?	1
1	White Magic	7
2	Itinerant Journalist in America	15
3	Father of Documentary Film	27
4	King of the Showmen	37
5	A Secret Agent?	49
6	Canada's Propaganda Maestro	67
7	Public Servant at the NFB	79
8	Victim of the Cold War	93
9	Vagabond in the Dark	107
10	This Wonderful World	119
11	Passing the Torch	133
	Epilogue: The Grierson Legacy	149
	Chronology of John Grierson (1898-1972)	155
	Acknowledgments	177
	Sources Consulted	179
	Index	181