Eric Till (born 24 November 1929) is an English film and

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director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the 1960s. His 1977 film '' It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet'' was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. He is also directed '' Hot Millions'' (1968) and ''

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'' (1992), as well as some Jim Henson productions, including episodes of ''

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'' (1984-1987) and A Christmas Toy (1986).

Career

After directing for the '' Armchair Theatre'' and '' Wednesday Play'' series' in the UK, Till emigrated to Canada in

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. He has directed numerous Canadian and American TV films from the 1960s onwards, including ''An American Christmas Carol'', '' A Nest of Singing Birds'', '' Getting Married in Buffalo Jump'', and ''

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'', starring Brian Dennehy as psychopathic serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Films he has directed include '' A Great Big Thing'', '' Hot Millions'', '' A Fan's Notes'', '' It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet'', '' Bethune'', '' Wild Horse Hank'', '' Improper Channels'', '' Voices from Within'' (also known as ''Silhouette''), ', '' Luther'' and the Muppet television series and specials ''

'', '' The Christmas Toy'' and '' A Muppet Family Christmas''. His work for the

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(CBC) included some of the following: the mini-series of

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's '' The National Dream'', a movie of Brian Friel's ''Freedom of the City'',

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's ''Pale Horse, Pale Rider'', Marghanita Laski's ''The Offshore Island'', John Hopkins's ''Talking to a Stranger'', the television films '' Shocktrauma'', '' Turning to Stone'' and '' Win, Again!'', two episodes of the legal docudrama anthology series '' Scales of Justice'', and the mini-series '' Glory Enough for All'' about the discoverers of

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. Till has directed performances of the

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, the

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, and the

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for television as well as the final concert of the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. In 2005 he was awarded the

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for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson. On 12 August 2008, it was announced that Till would be receiving the 2008 Directors Guild of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award.

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* 1929 births Living people English film directors English television directors Film directors from Toronto Governor General's Award winners {{UK-film-director-stub