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NOTE to French-speaking citizens of Canada: This page is constructed in English only,
since the builder is a citizen of the United States, and English is the only language
that he speaks fluently, or even can pronounce properly. No offense intended.

Books  on  Canadian  Cinema

	"The Cinema of Canada (24 Frames Series)" [2006] Edited by Jerry White Wallflower Press 9x7¾ pb [6/2006] for $25.00 Wallflower Press 9¾x8 hardcover [6/2006] for $75.00
	"One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema" [2004] by George Melnyk Univ Toronto Press 9x6 pb [9/2004] for $35.00 Univ Toronto Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2004] for $70.00
	"North of Everything: English-Canadian Cinema Since 1980" [2002] Edited by William Beard & Jerry White Univ Alberta Press 10x6¾ pb [6/2002] for $49.95 Univ Alberta Press 10x5¾ hardcover [6/2002] for $75.00
	"Canadian National Cinema" [2002] by Christopher E. Gittings Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [1/2002] for $30.95 Routledge 9¾x6 hardcover [1/2002] for $125.00 [sic]
	"Guide To The Cinema(s) of Canada" [2001] Edited by Peter Harry Rist Greenwood Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2001] for $107.95 [sic]
	"Stardust and Shadows: Canadians In Early Hollywood" [2000] by Charles Foster The stories of eighteen Canadians who were celebrities during Hollywood’s formative years: Al & Charles Christie, Joe & Sam De Grasse, Marie Dressler, Allan Dwan, May Irwin, Florence La Badie, Florence Lawrence, Del Lord, Louis B. Mayer, Sidney Olcott, Jack Pickford, Mary Pickford, Marie Prevost, Mack Sennett, Douglas Shearer & Norma Shearer Dundurn Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2000] for $15.59

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Filmmakers  of  Canada

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NOTE: Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Language Film are not attributed
by A.M.P.A.S. or IMDb to the director or producer, but to the country of origin.

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Denys  Arcand  [Canada/Quebec]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Denys Arcand bio page at Canadian Film Encyclopedia

impressionist animator   Frédéric Back  [b. 1924] credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Atom Egoyan
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

Claude Jutra  [1930-86]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Allan King  [1930-2009]
IMDb listing • production company • Wikipedia

actor-director-writer  Robert  Lepage  [Canada/Quebec]
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

Ex Machina Theatre Company in Quebec City
La Caserne Dalhousie in Quebec City

Actors & Others

Foreign Actors   •   Actors of Asia   •   Actors of France   •   Actors of Germany
Actors of India   •   Actors of Italy   •   Actors of Japan   •   Actors of Mexico

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There are many fine actresses & actors of Canada; however, the more successful ones attained that success
in Hollywood or New York, or in Europe. Such actors include Dan Aykroyd, John Candy [1950-94], Jim Carrey,
Michael J. Fox, Lorne Greene [1915-87], Mike Myers, Mary Pickford [1892-1979], Keanu Reeves,
Mack Sennett [1880-1960], Norma Shearer [1902-83] & Martin Short

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Genevieve Bujold

Selected  Movies  of  Canada
Canada's films have received 1 Best Foreign Language Oscar® win,
among 4 Best Foreign Film nominations.
list of Canada's submissions for Oscar consideration

Selected movies of:  Asia   •   France   •   Germany   •   India   •   Italy   •   Japan   •   Mexico

"Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites From The National Film Board of Canada" [2001] Nine animated shorts, including Norman McLaren's "Begone Dull Care" [1949] & Oscar-nominated "Pas de Deux" [1968]; Jacques Drouin's "Mindscape" [1976]; John Weldon's "Log Driver's Waltz" [1979]; Cordell Barker's Oscar-nominated "The Cat Came Back" [1988]; Richard Condie's "Getting Started" [1979]; Sheldon Cohen's BAFTA-winner "The Sweater" [1980]; Caroline Leaf's Oscar-nominated "The Street" [1976]; and Marc Aubry & Michel Hébert's "Anniversary" [1989] Image Ent. b&w/color DVD [4/2001] for $22.49

"Animation Express" Collection, 2004-2009 [2010]   Image Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2010] 39 films for $24.99 Image Ent. widescreen color DVD [6/2010] 26 films on 2 disks for $26.99 contains 26 animated films (13 more on the Blu-ray); all are from The National Film Board of Canada: "Come Again In Spring" [2007], "Drux Flux" [2008], "Engine 371" [2007], "Forming Game" [2008], "Flutter" [2006], "Ha'Aki" [2008], "Here and There" [2006], "How People Got Fire" [2008], "Hungu" [2008], "Invasion of The Space Lobsters" [2005], "Land of The Heads" [2009], Oscar-nominated "Madame Tutti-Putli" [2007], "The Man Who Slept (L'Homme Qui Dort)" [2009], "The Necktie (Le Noeud Cravate)" [2008], "Paradise" [2007], "Rains (L'Ondée)" [2008], "Retouches" [2008], "Robes of War (Robe de Guerre)" [2009], "Rosa Rosa" [2008], "Runaway" [2009], "Sainte Barbe" [2007], "Sleeping Betty" [2007], "Spare Change" [2008], "The Spine" [2009], "Subservience" [2007], and "Vive la Rose" [2009]; 13 additional shorts on the Blu-ray disk including two Oscar© winners: "At Home With Mrs. Hen" [2006], "Cot Cot" [2007], Genie- & Oscar-winning "The Danish Poet" [2006], "Nightmare At School" [2007], "Peggie Baker Four Phrases" [2009], "Pimp My Boat (Pimp ma botte)" [2005], "The Real Place" [2009], "Roots" [undated], Oscar-winning "Ryan" [2004], "Stationery" [2005], "Terra" [2005], "The True Story of Sawney Beane" [2005], and "Uncle Bob's Hospital Visit" [2008]

"Nanook of The North"  [Pathé June 1922 silent]
Written & directed by Robert J. Flaherty
full credits from IMDb; listed on National Film Registry (1989)

smash "Mon Oncle Antoine" [Canada 1971] by Claude Jutra

"Kamouraska" [1973] by Claude Jutra with Genevieve Bujold

"My Winnipeg" [2007] http://us.imdb.com/title/tt1093842/

Canadian  Cinema  Links

foreign movie poster catalog at AllPosters [dot] com
Foreign Films [dot] com
Canadian Film Encyclopedia
Women In Film & Video of Vancouver BC Canada [est. 1989]
New German Cinema at University of Victoria, BC Canada
Complete Index To World Film
Yahoo! Canada Movies
HarbourFront Films of Scarborough (Toronto), Canada
Northern Stars cinema news website

National Film Board of Canada official website aka Office National du Film du Canada official website {en Français} N.F.B.C.'s Get Animated! program & animated film library N.F.B.C. Online Film Library N.F.B.C. Online Filmmaker Profiles

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