John N. Smith
John N. Smith Order of Canada, OC (born July 31, 1943 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Career Smith graduated with a B.A. in political science from McGill University in 1964. He joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1968 as producer of ''The Way It Is'', and the National Film Board of Canada in 1972 as a producer and director. In 1981 he directed ''First Winter'', a short period drama that went on to be nominated for an Academy Award. He then made a string of feature-length docudramas that earnestly probed issues such as male sexuality (''The Masculine Mystique''), teen pregnancy (''Sitting in Limbo''), and immigration (''Welcome to Canada''). With collaborators such as Giles Walker, Smith made economic use of non-professional actors and documentary techniques. In 1993, he filmed ''The Boys of St. Vincent'', a powerful and controversial television two-part drama depicting the sexual violation of children in a Catholic orphanage. Excelle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Boys Of St
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Welcome To Canada
''Welcome to Canada'' is a 1989 Canadian docufiction film directed by John N. Smith. Loosely based on a real-life incident, the film depicts the interactions of a small community in Newfoundland with a group of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who turn up in the town."John N. Smith's Welcome to Canada". ''Cinema Canada'', November 1989. p. 23. The film's cast includes Charlene Bruff, Madonna Hawkins, Nirmalan Masilamany, Anandprasad Pathanjali, Beverly Power, Francis Power, Rosie Power, Kumar Singam Nadarajah, Murugesu Sivanesan and Sinnakili Baskaran. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1989, and was screened at the 1989 Toronto International Film Festival. Smith received a Genie Award nomination for Best Director at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990."Rundown on the Genie hopefuls". ''Edmonton Journal The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Postmedia Network. History The ''Journal'' was founded in 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Train Of Dreams
''Train of Dreams'' is a 1987 Canadian film directed by John N. Smith and starring Jason St. Amour, Christopher Neil and Frederick Eugene Ward as a popular teacher. In this documentary-style drama, a delinquent teenager tries to put his life on the right track. Awards The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1987, and was nominated for four Genie Awards in 1988. Jason St. Amour also won the Best Actor award at the Paris Film Festival Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ... in 1989. References External links * * 1987 films English-language Canadian films National Film Board of Canada films Films directed by John N. Smith 1987 drama films Canadian docufiction films Canadian drama films 1980s English-language film ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sitting In Limbo (1986 Film)
''Sitting in Limbo'' is a 1986 Canadian docudrama film directed by John N. Smith."It looks like a banner year for NFB entries". ''Montreal Gazette'', August 22, 1986. Developed through interviews and improvisational work with a group of Black Canadian youth in Montreal, the film stars Pat Dillon as Pat, a young woman who moves in with her boyfriend Fabian (Fabian Gibbs) after getting pregnant. The film was produced by the National Film Board, through its Alternative Drama program. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in August 1986. The film's soundtrack consisted primarily of reggae recordings by Jimmy Cliff. Awards At the Montreal World Film Festival, the film won the award for best Canadian film shown outside the competitive program. At the 1986 Festival of Festivals, the film received a special citation from the Canadian film award jury. The film was also a shortlisted finalist for the Quebec Association of Film Critics award for the best film made in Que ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Masculine Mystique
''The Masculine Mystique'' is a Canadian docufiction film directed by Giles Walker and John N. Smith and released in 1984. The film centres on Alex ( Sam Grana), Blue ( Stefan Wodoslawsky), Mort (Mort Ransen) and Ashley (Ashley Murray), four men whose perspectives on the changing nature of men's sexual and romantic relationships with women in the wake of feminism are explored through both documentary "interviews" and narrative vignettes. Alex is a married father who is having an extramarital affair; Ashley is a single parent, recently separated from his wife but not ready to commit to a new relationship; Mort is a divorced man who is seeking a new relationship; Blue is a single man seeking the "perfect woman"."Feminist movement changed men's lives; NFB film looks at how men deal with feminism". ''Montreal Gazette'', May 8, 1985. The film, which had a budget of $489,590 (), was the first in the National Film Board of Canada's series of "alternative dramas" in the 1980s and early ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gala (1982 Film)
''Gala'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Michael McKennirey and John N. Smith and released in 1982.Stephen Godfrey, "Gala: a dance milestone makes a fascinating film". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 1, 1982. A portrait of the Canadian Dance Spectacular, a 1981 show at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, at which eight Canadian professional dance companies all performed on stage together for the first time, the film blends both dance performance segments and backstage footage.Alina Gildiner, "A spectacular film event born out of desperation". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 3, 1982. The participating dance companies were the National Ballet of Canada, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, le Groupe de la Place Royale, the Danny Grossman Dance Company, the Toronto Dance Theatre, the Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers, and the Anna Wyman Dance Theatre. The event had been planned for a television broadcast on CBC Television, which was not able to pr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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First Winter (film)
''First Winter'' is a 1981 Canadian short film, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by John N. Smith. It is about an Irish immigrant family's first winter in Canada in 1830, centring on the hardships experienced by the mother (Kathleen McAuliffe) and children (Sharon O'Neill and Eric Patrick Godfrey) while the father (Kevin Kennedy) is away working at a logging camp. The film was shot in 1980, in and around Algonquin Park.Bonnie Campbell"Looking back in Alqonquin Park" ''Ottawa Journal'', March 6, 1980. Smith went directly to Ireland to cast the roles of the children, as he needed to find kids who were able to speak Irish Gaelic. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 54th Academy Awards in 1982.Bruce Bailey"Montrealers have high hopes for Oscar gold" ''Montreal Gazette ''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Revolution's Orphans
''Revolution's Orphans'' is a 1979 Canadian short film, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by John N. Smith. It is about a man who flees Hungary, with his daughter Clara, for Canada as the 1956 Hungarian Revolution happens. They feel regret for abandoning their homeland—until Clara's uncle Janos arrives. The film won the Bronze Hugo, Short Subject-Drama at the 1979 Chicago International Film Festival. It earned six Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ... nominations; Rudi Lipp won the Genie Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Non-Feature). References External links *''Revolution's Orphans''at the NFB collection catalog 1979 films Quebec films 1970s English-language films National Film Board of Canada short f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher
''Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher'' is a Canadian short drama film directed by John N. Smith and released in 1977. The film stars Martin Kevan as Mr. Todrick, a wheelchair-using substitute teacher facing an unruly high school class, and Marina Dimakopoulos as Tony, a student and class leader who comes to regret how she treated Mr. Todrick after she is given detention.Richard Labonté, "NFB short gets message across". ''Ottawa Citizen'', June 25, 1980. Dimakopoulos won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in a Non-Feature at the 28th Canadian Film Awards.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing Stoddart Publishing was a Canadian book publisher and distributor, owned by Jack Stoddart, which ceased operations in 2002. History In 1967, General Publishing purchased the Musson imprint, based in Canada, from British publisher Hodder & Stough ..., 2000. . p. 119. References External links * * 1977 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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West (TV Series)
''West'' is a Canadian documentary television series that aired on CBC Television from 1973 to 1974. Premise This series of National Film Board of Canada productions featured life on the Canadian prairie provinces (Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan). Scheduling This half-hour series was broadcast Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. from 19 December 1973 to 17 April 1974. There were rebroadcasts from 23 June 1974, Sundays at 1:00 p.m. Episodes * "Catskinner Keen" (Donald Brittain producer and director), featuring Bob Keen * "Cavendish Country" (Donald Brittain producer and director), about Cal Cavendish, a country musician * "Every Saturday Night" (John Taylor producer; Tom Radford director), concerning the Depression-era hoedown band the Badlanders * "I Don't Have to Work that Big" (John N. Smith producer; Michael McKennirey director), featuring Joe Fafard's sculpting * "The Jews of Winnipeg" (John N. Smith producer; Bill Davies director), a community profile with interviews of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dylan Smith (actor)
Dylan Scott Smith is a Canadian actor. He is known for his portrayal of the characters Sepp on TNT's ''I Am the Night'', Jasper in '' Maze Runner: The Death Cure'', Daniel in ''Lemonade'', and Largo Brandyfoot in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power''. Early life and education Dylan Scott Smith was born in Montreal, the son of Academy Award-nominated film director John N. Smith, and documentarian, Academy Award winner, and member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Cynthia Scott. He grew up playing ice hockey, getting a sports scholarship for college, but after an injury that made him change his career, he studied Theater at the University of Toronto. There, he joined the Soulpepper Theatre Company. Career Smith continued studying acting at Webber Douglas in London, England, where he took leading roles in TV shows like the British classic ''EastEnders'', and in films such as ''Murder On The Orient Express''. Smith was cast in ''Private Lives'' on Broadway. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |