Personal Info
约翰·格里尔逊
John Grierson
Production
Biography
John Grierson (1898–1972) was a pioneering Scottish filmmaker and producer who shaped the documentary film movement, earning recognition as the father of British and Canadian documentary cinema. He famously coined the term "documentary" in 1926 and championed the idea that film should serve as a tool for social education and reform. As the driving force behind the British documentary movement, he founded the GPO Film Unit, which produced groundbreaking works like Night Mail (1936), and later played a key role in establishing the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in 1939, turning it into one …
Filmography
Movies
A Return to Memory
as Self (archive sound)
Documenting John Grierson
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
as Self
Grierson
as Self (archive footage)
I Remember, I Remember
John Grierson
as Himself
Rivers at Work
as Narrator
The Face of Scotland
as John Knox (voice)
Night Mail
as Commentary
On the Fishing Banks of Skye
as Narrator