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John Trent
London, United Kingdom
John Trent (1935, London - June 3, 1983, Snelgrove, Ontario, Canada) was a British-born Canadian film director. He directed such films as Homer, Middle Age Crazy, and It Seemed Li…
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John Trent (1935, London - June 3, 1983, Snelgrove, Ontario, Canada) was a British-born Canadian film director. He directed such films as Homer, Middle Age Crazy, and It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time. Before working in feature films, Trent worked in Canadian television in the 1960s, directing episodes of such popular CBC series as Quentin Durgens, M.P. and Wojeck, based on the career of the controversial Dr. Morton Shulman, then Toronto’s chief coroner. In addition to producing his own films, his company Quadrant Films also produced such fare as Bob Clark's vampire horror film Deathdream. Trent died in a road accident while returning from delivering his son, who was the Ontario Under 16 show-jumping champion, to an event. He was killed by a police car which came around a bend on the wrong side, and hit his compact Cadillac head-on.
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1984
Best Revenge
Movie Director
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1981
Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
Movie Director
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1980
Middle Age Crazy
Movie Director
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1980
The Phoenix Team
TV show Director
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1979
Crossbar
Movie Director
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1976
Find the Lady
Movie Director
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1976
For the Record
TV show Director
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1975
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Movie Director
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1974
Sunday in the Country
Movie Director
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1974
Blue Blood
Movie Producer
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1974
Dead of Night
Movie Producer
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1973
Chelsea D.H.O.
Movie Director
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1970
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
Movie Director
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1970
Homer
Movie Director
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1969
The Bushbaby
Movie Director
