Clifford "Cliff" Solway (November 6, 1926 – August 3, 2009) was a
Canadian producer and director for
public affairs programming for 57 years on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
.
Biography
Solway was born in
Toronto,
Ontario, and attended college at
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute there. After graduating, he began work with CBC at the suggestion of a friend; he applied and was hired into the lightning department and eventually rose to the level of producer.
He produced such shows as ''Fighting Words'' and ''
Background''.
While working in Toronto, he met lifelong friend
Antoinette Bower
Antoinette Bower is a British-American retired film, television and stage actress, whose career lasted nearly four decades.
Early years
Bower was born in Baden-Baden to a German mother and an English father. She lived in England, Vienna and M ...
, who worked at the studio. Though they eventually tried to live together in Bower's home city,
Los Angeles, for a time, they did not spend enough time together for the relationship to be viable, as Solway had to spend too much time in Toronto. Although Bower married in 1963, they remained close friends for Solway's entire life. After his death, Bower was quoted as saying, "We were soulmates for life. We loved each other."
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, Village Voice and the New Statesman — and as a documentary producer.[
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Works
* ''Books Alive'' (TV series)
* ''The Business of Books'' (TV Series)
* '' Crossfire'' (TV series)
* ''Profile'' (TV series)
* ''Fighting Words'' (TV series)
* '' Background'' (TV series)
* ''The Business of Books'' (TV series)
* ''Explorations'' (TV series)
* ''Provincial Affairs'' (TV series)
* ''Winter Conference (1956)'' (TV series)
* ''The Way It Is'' (TV series, director)
* ''The Times They Are A-Changin (TV movie)
* ''Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reagan and The Big, Beautiful, Beleaguered American Dream'' (documentary)
* ''A Long View Of Canadian History'' (documentary)
* ''The Gay Life'' (documentary, short)
* ''The Burglars'' (documentary, short)
* "Turning History Upside Down" (article)
* "Film, Television, and Reality" (article)
References
External links
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1926 births
2009 deaths
Canadian television producers
People from Toronto