Stanley Jackson (1914–1981) was a Canadian film director, producer, writer and narrator with the

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(NFB).

Biography

Jackson began his career as a schoolteacher in

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, before taking a teaching position in

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. There, in 1942, he was hired by NFB producer

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to conduct research for the new NFB series ''

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''. He wrote and directed the first film he worked on, '' Battle of the Harvests''. At the time, Tom Daly was putting together the NFB's now-famous Unit B; Jackson and Colin Low were its first two members. They were joined by

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, Don Owen,

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and Hugh O'Connor. Jackson soon distinguished himself as a writer, and as a narrator. He wrote most of his own scripts, and created a characteristic narration style for NFB, becoming known as ‘the voice of the NFB’. Of the 130 films he made, he was the narrator of 82, and Low would call him "irreplaceable" in the field of documentary film commentary. Ironically, Jackson is also credited with helping to ''break'' the NFB narration style he helped to create, on Low and producer Tom Daly's 1954 film, ''

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'': Jackson was known as a meticulous filmmaker and, along with Low, as the ‘conscience’ of Unit B; the two men worked together to make sure that no documentary descended into voyeurism. Jackson was also the ‘peace-keeper’ of the unit, holding the team together as others found the personalities of Kroitor and Lipsett difficult to deal with. A bachelor with no relatives, Unit B was Jackson's family—to the point where he paid the school tuition for Kroitor's son for two years. He retired for health reasons in 1971 and died in Toronto in 1981, at age 67.

Filmography

All

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: Battle of the Harvests'' - documentary short, 1942 - writer, director *''

: Thought for Food'' - documentary short, 1943 - writer, director *''Home to the Land'' - documentary short, 1944 - writer, director *''Hands for the Harvest'' - documentary short, 1944 - writer, director *''The Plots Thicken'' - animated short, 1944 - writer, director *''This is Our Land'' - documentary short, 1945 - writer, producer, director *''

: This is Our Canada'' - documentary short, 1945 - writer, producer, director *''Condition Improved'' - documentary short, 1946 - writer, director *''Ukrainian Festival'' - documentary short, 1947 - writer, co-producer, co-director with John H. Tyo *''

Who Will Teach Your Child? ''Who Will Teach Your Child?'' is a 1948 Canadian short documentary, directed by Stanley Jackson for the National Film Board of Canada."Documentary Film On Pupils And Teachers". ''Ottawa Citizen'', December 8, 1948. The film is about the importa ...

'' - documentary short, 1948 - writer, editor, director *''

: Summer is for Kids'' - documentary short, 1949 - producer, director *''

: Our Town is the World'' - short film, 1950 - director *''Feelings of Depression'' - documentary short, 1950 - writer, director *''Depressive States'' - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director *''Schizophrenia: Catatonic Type'' - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director *''Schizophrenia: Hebephrenic Type'' - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director *''Schizophrenia: Simple Type: Deteriorated'' - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director *''Paranoid Conditions'' - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director *''Organic Reaction Type: Senile'' - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director *''Manic State'' - documentary short, 1952 - writer, director *''Paul Tomkowicz: Street-Railway Switchman'' - documentary short,

1953 - writer *''Shyness'' - documentary short, 1953 - writer, director *''The Ballot-o-Maniac'' - short film, 1953 - writer, director *''One Little Indian'' - animated puppet film, 1954 - writer, director *''To Serve the Mind'' - short film, 1955 - writer, director, co-narrator with Tom McBride *''The Pony'' - short film, Lawrence Cherry 1955 - narrator *''Introducing Canada'' - documentary short, Tom Daly 1956 - writer *''Profile of a Problem Drinker'' - short film, ''Perspective'' series 1957 - writer, director *''Looking Beyond…Story of a Film Council'' - documentary short, 1957 - writer, director *''The Quest'' - short film, 1958 - director *''Stigma'' -short film, 1958 - writer, director *''Town Planning (The Master Plan)'' - documentary short, Louis Portugais 1958 - narrator *''Trans Canada Summer'' - documentary, Ronald Dick 1958 - writer, narrator *''Memory of Summer'' - documentary short, 1958 - writer, director *''A Foreign Language'' - documentary short, 1958 - writer, director *''The Days Before Christmas'' - documentary short, 1958 - co-writer and co-director with

and

*''The Back-Breaking Leaf'' - documentary short,

1959 - writer, narrator *''The Canadians'' - documentary short,

1959 - writer, narrator *''Emergency Ward'' - documentary short,

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1959 - writer, narrator *''Glenn Gould - On the Record'' - documentary short,

1959 - co-writer, narrator *''Glenn Gould - Off the Record'' - documentary short,

1959 - co-writer, narrator *''Tourist Go Home'' -short film, 1959 - co-writer and co-director with

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*''Roughnecks: The Story of Oil Drillers'' - documentary short, Guy L. Coté 1960 - narrator *''The Cars in Your Life'' - documentary short,

1960 - writer, narrator *''

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'' - documentary short, Colin Low 1960 - co-writer with Colin Low *''

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'' - documentary short, Colin Low &

1960 - commentary *''The Discovery of Insulin'' - documentary short, 1961 - director *''Wrestling'' - documentary short,

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Claude Jutra Claude Jutra (; March 11, 1930 – November 5, 1986) was a Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter.

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, Claude Fornier 1961 - narrator *''Mathematics at Your Fingertips'' - documentary short, John Howe 1961 - writer, narrator *''The Days of Whiskey Gap'' - documentary short, Colin Low 1961 - writer, narrator *''University'' - documentary, 1961 - director *''The Peep Show'' - cartoon,

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1962 - narrator *'' My Financial Career'' - animated short,

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1962 - writer, narrator *''The Living Machine'' - documentary,

1962 - writer, narrator *''The Origins of Weather'' - animated documentary short, Joe Koenig 1963 - narrator *''Cornet at Night'' - short film, 1963 - writer, director *''Children Learn from Filmstrips'' - documentary short, 1963 - director, narrator *''Paul-Émile Borduas 1905-1960'' - documentary short,

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1963 - co-narrator with

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*''Trail Ride'' - documentary short, Ernest Reid 1964 - writer, narrator *''The Transition'' - documentary short,

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1964 - narrator *''The Hundredth Summer'' - documentary,

1964 - writer, narrator *'' The Moontrap'' - documentary,

and

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1964 - writer, narrator *''Among Fish'' - documentary short, 1964, co-director with

& Kenneth McCready *''

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'' - documentary short, Colin Low 1964 - writer, narrator *''Above the Horizon'' - documentary short,

and Hugh O'Connor 1964, writer, narrator *''Antigonish'' - documentary short, 1964 - director *''Legault's Place'' - documentary short, Suzanne Angel 1964 - writer, narrator *''Jet Pilot'' - documentary short, Joe Koenig 1964 - writer, narrator *''About Flowers'' - documentary short,

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1964 - writer *''A Tree is a Living Thing'' - documentary short, Vincent Vaitiekunas 1964 - writer, narrator *''Two Men of Montreal'' - documentary, Suzanne Angel,

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& Don Owen 1965 - co-writer with

*''Henry Larsen'' - documentary short, John Kemeny 1965 - writer, narrator *''War II: Total War'' - documentary short, William Canning 1965 - writer, narrator *''Instant French'' - short film, David Bearstow 1965 - writer *''Stefansson: The Arctic Prophet'' - documentary short, John Kemeny 1965 - narrator *''The Forest'' - documentary short, John Spotton 1966 - writer *''The Long Haul Men'' - documentary short,

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1966 - writer, narrator *''The People at Dipper'' - documentary short, Richard Gilbert and Jack Ofield 1966 - writer, narrator *''Island Observed'' - documentary short, Hector Lemieux 1966 - writer *''Paddle to the Sea'' - documentary short,

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1966 - co-producer, writer, narrator *'' Helicopter Canada'' - documentary,

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1966 - narrator *''Steeltown'' - documentary, Walford Hewitson 1966 - writer *''After Eve'' - documentary short,

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1967 - writer, narrator *''The Transportation of Ore Concentrate'' - documentary short,

1967 - writer, narrator *''The Name of the Game is Volleyball'' - documentary short, Hector Lemieux 1967 - writer, narrator *''Charlie’s Day'' - short film, Martin Defalco 1967 - narrator *''The Indian Speaks'' - documentary,

1967 - writer, narrator *''They’re Putting Us Off the Map'' - documentary short,

1968 - writer, narrator *''Foresters'' - documentary short, Werner Aellen 1968 - narrator *''Standing Buffalo'' - documentary short, Joan Henson 1968 - writer *''The World of One in Five'' - documentary short, James Carney 1969 - writer, narrator *''Pathways to the Sky'' - documentary short, Hector Lemieux 1969 - writer, narrator *''If He Is Devoured, I Win'' - experimental film, Rick Raxlen 1969 - co-producer with Tom Daly *''Aqua Rondo'' - documentary short, Jacques Bensimon 1969 - writer, narrator *''Of Many People'' - documentary short, 1970 - writer, director *''Introduction to Labrador'' - documentary short,

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and Harvey Best 1970 - writer, narrator *''Tee-Won Short'' - documentary short (3 parts),

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1970 - producer *''Death of a Legend'' - documentary,

1970 - writer *''The Conquered Dream'' - documentary, Michael McKennirey and Richard Robinson 1971 - writer, narrator *''People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer'' - documentary, Michael McKennirey and Richard Robinson 1971 - writer *''People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Winter'' - documentary, Michael McKennirey and Richard Robinson 1971 - writer *''The Sea'' - documentary short, Bané Jovanovic 1971 - co-writer with

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*''Here is Canada'' - documentary short,

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1972 - writer, narrator *''Kainai'' - documentary short, Raoul Fox 1973 - writer *''Child, Part 1: Jamie, Ethan and Marlon: The First Two Months'' - documentary short, Robert Humble 1973 - writer, narrator *''Child, Part 2: Jamie, Ethan and Keir: 2-14 Months'' - documentary short, Robert Humble 1973 - writer, narrator *''Mr. Symbol Man'' - documentary, Bruce Moir & Bob Kingsbury 1974 - writer, narrator *''The New Alchemists'' - documentary, Dorothy Todd Henaut 1974 - writer, narrator *''Child, Part 3: Debbie and Robert: 12-24 Months'' - documentary short, Robert Humble 1974 - writer, narrator *''The Boat That Ian Built'' - documentary short, Andy Thomson 1974 - co-producer with Colin Low *''Freshwater World'' - documentary short,

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1974 - narrator, co-writer *''The Light Fantastik'' - documentary short, Michel Patenaude and Rupert Glover 1974 - writer, narrator *''Enemy Alien'' - documentary short, Jeanette Lerman 1975 - narrator, co-writer with Jeanette Lerman *''Jack Rabbit'' - documentary short, Bill Brind 1975 - writer, narrator *''The Outcome of Income'' - animated documentary short, Veronika Soul 1975 - writer, narrator *''Have I Ever Lied to You Before?'' - documentary, John Spotton 1976 - writer, narrator *''A Pinto for the Prince'' - documentary short 1976 - Colin Low and John Spotton, writer, narrator *''The Great Clean-Up'' - documentary, James Carney 1976 - writer, narrator *''First Steps'' - documentary short, Philip Bridgeman and Alec MacLeod 1976 - writer, producer, narrator *''The Vacant Lot'' - documentary short, Judith Merritt 1977 - co-producer with

*''The 1 CAG Story'' - documentary short, Douglas Cameron and Andy Thomson 1977 - writer *''Child, Part 4: Kathy and Ian: Three-Year-Olds'' - documentary short, Robert Humble 1977 - writer, narrator *''Child, Part 5: 4 Years - 6 Years'' - documentary short, Robert Humble 1978 - writer, narrator *''Flash William'' - documentary short, Tom Radford 1978 - co-writer, narrator *''The Forests and Vladimir Krajina'' - documentary short, John Laing and Thomas Burstyn 1978 - writer, narrator *''Canada Vignettes: Helen Law'' - documentary short,

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1979 - writer *''China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story'' - documentary, Tom Radford 1979 - co-writer with Tom Radford *''John Law and the Mississippi Bubble'' - animated short,

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1979 - writer, narrator *''Unemployment: Voices from the Line'' - documentary short, Pierre Lasry 1979 - narrator *''Prairie Album'' - animated documentary short, Blake James 1979 - writer

Awards

''Who Will Teach Your Child?'' (1948) *

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: Best Theatrical Short, 1950 * ''Scholastic Teacher Magazine'' Annual Film Awards: Top-Ten List: Best 16mm Information Films of 1949 ''

: Summer is for Kids'' (1949) *

2nd Canadian Film Awards The 2nd Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 19, 1950 to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 9-11. The cere ...

: Honourable Mention, Theatrical Short, 1950 ''Feelings of Depression'' (1950) *

3rd Canadian Film Awards The 3rd Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 22, 1951, to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 13-15. The cer ...

: Genie Award for Best Non-Theatrical Film, 1951 ''To Serve the Mind'' (1955) * Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, Chicago: Silver Reel, Health, 1956 ''The Quest'' (1958) *

11th Canadian Film Awards The 11th Canadian Film Awards were held on June 5, 1959 to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 45-47. At this time ...

: Award of Merit, Theatrical Short, 1959 * HYSPA Healthcare & Sports Exhibition,

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: Diploma of Merit, 1961 ''Children Learn from Filmstrips'' (1963) *

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: Chris Award, Adult Education/Teachers, 1963 ''Cornet at Night'' (1963) * American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Stories for Children, 1965

References

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