Donald Brittain: Filmmaker
1992•1h 35m•7.0•Released
Documentary
A retrospective of documentary films by Donald Brittain offering a glimpse of the man and the restless energy that informed his work. Dedicated and hard-working Brittain left nothing to chance, driving himself and his colleagues at the NFB and the CBC until perfection was achieved, or until airtime -- whichever came first.
Director
Kent Martin
Writer
Kent Martin
Languages
English
Studio
ONF | NFB
Cast
Douglas Rain
Self - Narrator (voice)
Donald Brittain
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
ONF | NFB
Producer
Adam Symansky
Recommended
7.7
Being James Bond
2021
7.4
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
6.8
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
7.9
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.5
Spielberg
2017
7
Directed by John Ford
1971
7.7
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7.3
Maria by Callas
2017
7.1
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
6.2
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
7.6
42 Up
1999
7
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
6.7
Cameraperson
2016
7.4
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
7.4
Love, Antosha
2019
7.8
The Skywalker Legacy
2020
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
6.6
The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
8.7
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
7
Corman's World
2011
Similar Movies
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000
4.5
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2002
Manila... A Filipino Film
1975
8.2
Edgar Allan Poe - Amerikas abgründiger Pop-Poet
2024
8
Cecil B. DeMille, l'inventeur du blockbuster
2025
5
Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann
2012
Vana: The Biggest Race Is the Life Itself
2012
4.5
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
8
Mendès la France
2022
Zende
2023
7.9
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
5.5
The Grim & The Dark
2025
Billy Flanigan: The Happiest Man On Earth
2022
Callahan: He Won't Get Far On Foot
2001
10
They Wore The Red Suit
2013
6.2
Cesar Millan: The Real Story
2012
7.2
Tin Tan
2010
7
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni: filmbiografía de Antonio Maenza
2012
Making Of Castelo
2019
Jamie Foxx: Secret to Success
2022