Martin Duckworth (born March 8, 1933) is a Canadian documentary

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and

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who was on staff at the

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from 1963 to 1970 and has continued to work with them as a freelance filmmaker. He was cinematographer on more than 100 films, and directed or co-directed 30, most of them with the NFB. His credits as director include ''12,000 Men'' and ''Return to Dresden'' (Golden Sheaf awards at Yorkton, 1979 and 1986), ''

A Wives' Tale ''A Wives' Tale'' (french: Une histoire de femmes) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sophie Bissonnette, Martin Duckworth and Joyce Rock and released in 1980. The film explores the role of women in the community during the 1978 Inco st ...

'' (Quebec Critics’ Choice 1980), ''

No More Hiroshima ''No More Hiroshima'' is a 1984 National Film Board of Canada documentary about two survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, who are among a small group of Japanese who risk ostracism in their country by identifying themselves as h ...

'' (Genie 1984), ''Our Last Days in Moscow'' (best direction FIFA1987), ''Oliver Jones in Africa'' (Mannheim Ducate 1990), and ''Brush with Life'' (Hot Docs Best Film 1994). His cinematography work has included ''

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'', directed by

Mort Ransen Mort Ransen (August 16, 1933 – September 4, 2021) was a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known for his Genie Award-winning 1995 film '' Margaret's Museum''. Ransen was born in Montreal, Quebec, and was educated at the ...

(1968), '' Sad Song of Yellow Skin'', by

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(1970), ''Le bonhomme'', by Pierre Maheu (1972), ''La richesse des autres'', by Maurice Bulbulian (1973), ''Falasha'' by

Peter Raymont Peter Raymont (born February 28, 1950) is a Canadian filmmaker and producer and the president of White Pine Pictures, an independent film, television and new media production company based in Toronto. Among his films are '' Shake Hands with the D ...

(1983), ''La bombe en bonus'', by Audrey Schirmer (1986), ''Between Two Worlds'' by

Barry Greenwald Barry Greenwald (born 1954) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker,Frank Daley"Cannes prize-winner forced to drive taxi" ''Ottawa Journal'', June 18, 1976. and co-founder of the Canadian Independent Film Caucus. While in his final year as a student ...

(1990), ''Seeing Red'' by

Julia Reichert Julia Bell Reichert (June 16, 1946 – December 1, 2022) was an American Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, activist, and feminist. She was a co-founder of New Day Films. Reichert's filmmaking career spanned over 50 years as a directo ...

(1993), ''Maureen Forrester, the Diva in Winter'', by

Donald Winkler Donald Winkler (born 1940) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and French-to-English literary translator. He lives in Montreal with his wife Sheila Fischman. Life and career Early life Winkler was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up loving t ...

(1999), ''Return to Kandahar'' by

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(2003), ''Professor Norman Cornett'', by

Alanis Obomsawin Alanis Obomsawin, (born August 31, 1932) is an Abenaki American Canadian filmmaker, singer, artist, and activist primarily known for her documentary films. Born in New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the n ...

(2009), '' My Real Life (Ma vie réelle)'', by

Magnus Isacsson Magnus Isacsson (1948 - August 2, 2012) was a Canadian documentary filmmaker whose films investigated contemporary political issues and topics in social activism. Early life and television career Isacsson was born in Sweden in 1948. His father ...

(2012), ''Granny Power'', by Jocelyn Clarke (2016). He has also worked as a cinematographer with such filmmakers as

Gilles Groulx Gilles Groulx (August 30, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec – August 22, 1994) was a Canadian film director. He grew up in a working-class family with 14 children. After studying business in school, he went to work in an office but found the white-col ...

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and

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From 1990 to 2012, he taught film at Concordia University's

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. In 2015, he was awarded the Government of Quebec's

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, given to individuals for an outstanding career in

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Personal life

He is a descendant of Nicholas Austin, one of the first Quakers in the province of Quebec and the founder of

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. Duckworth was raised in

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Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Notre-Dame-de-Grâce ( en, Our Lady of Grace), also nicknamed NDG, is a residential neighbourhood of Montreal in the city's West End, with a population of 166,520 (2016). An independent municipality until annexed by the City of Montreal in 1910, ...

neighbourhood. He went to high school in

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, and attended

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

and the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institu ...

for BA and MA degrees in history. His father, Jack Duckworth, was secretary-general of the YMCAs in NDG and Halifax. His mother,

Muriel Duckworth Muriel Helen Duckworth (née Ball; October 31, 1908 – August 22, 2009) was a Canadian pacifist, feminist, and social and community activist. She was a practising Quaker, a religious denomination committed to non-violence. Duckworth maintained t ...

was a distinguished Canadian pacifist and activist. He was married to Audrey Schirmer, a photographer and filmmaker, with whom he has collaborated on a range of projects. They had three children together, Nicholas, Jacqueline and Danielle. Duckworth is also the father of twins from his first marriage, Marya and Sylvia, as well as daughters Natascha and Anana from his second marriage. His relationship with Schirmer, as she struggled with

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-related dementia prior to her death in 2019, was the subject of

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's 2021 documentary film '' Dear Audrey''.Maurie Alioff
"No Hiding a Good Man’s Heart: Jeremiah Hayes’s Dear Audrey"
''

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'', December 7, 2021.

References

External links

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Watch films by Martin Duckworth at NFB.ca
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Martin Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Aus ...

National Film Board of Canada people Canadian documentary film directors Concordia University faculty Canadian film educators Prix Albert-Tessier winners