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Dennis Sawyer
Over the course of his 30-year-long career at the NFB (1955–1987), Dennis Sawyer produced a large body of work, not only as a director (12 titles) and producer (90 titles) but als…
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Over the course of his 30-year-long career at the NFB (1955–1987), Dennis Sawyer produced a large body of work, not only as a director (12 titles) and producer (90 titles) but also as an editor (150 titles), sound technician (4 titles) and cast member (1 title). He started out as a sound technician and film editor in 1955, and his first credit as a director came in 1970. He produced his last film in 1987. His impressive and versatile career saw Sawyer working on a range of films that dealt with a variety of topics, from the Canada Vignettes series and the Fogo Island project to films about Latin America or Africa. Sawyer also directed the timeless depictions of the first four editions of the Arctic Winter Games (from 1970 to 1976), which featured many sports typically included in Olympic competitions but with a specific focus on Indigenous sports.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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1982
Au pays de Zom
Movie
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1979
Canada Vignettes: Wop May
Movie Producer
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1978
Sons of Haji Omar
Movie Producer
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1973
Reconstruction of the NRX Reactor 1970
Movie Producer
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1972
Who Were the Ones?
Movie Editor
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1972
When I Go - That's It!
Movie Director
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1972
The Second Arctic Winter Games
Movie Producer
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1971
On Power Refuelling
Movie Producer
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1971
U 111 Dryout Experiment
Movie Producer
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1971
On the Critical Path
Movie Producer
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1970
Where There's Smoke
Movie Director
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1968
Introduction to Fogo Island
Movie Editor
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1967
Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay
Movie Editor
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1967
Blades and Brass
Movie Editor
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1967
The Children of Fogo Island
Movie Editor
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1967
Citizen Discussions
Movie Editor
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1967
Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle, or Mutilate
Movie Editor
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1967
A Wedding and Party
Movie Editor
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1967
Billy Crane Moves Away
Movie Editor
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1967
A Woman's Place
Movie Editor
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1967
McGraths at Home and Fishing
Movie Editor
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1967
The Fogo Island Improvement Committee
Movie Editor
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1967
Thoughts on Fogo and Norway
Movie Editor
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1967
Some Problems of Fogo
Movie Editor
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1967
The Mercer Family
Movie Editor
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1967
William Wells Talks About The Island
Movie Editor
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1967
Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare
Movie Editor
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1967
Tom Best on Co-operatives
Movie Editor
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1967
Jim Decker's Party
Movie Editor
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1967
Dan Roberts on Fishing
Movie Editor
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1967
The Founding of the Co-operatives
Movie Editor
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1967
The Songs of Chris Cobb
Movie Editor
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1967
Discussion on Welfare
Movie Editor
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1967
Fishermen's Meeting
Movie Editor
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1967
Fogo's Expatriates
Movie Editor
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1967
Jim Decker Builds a Longliner
Movie Editor
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1967
The Story of the Up Top
Movie Editor
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1967
Joe Kinsella on Education
Movie Editor
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1967
The Merchant and the Teacher
Movie Editor
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1966
Canadians Can Dance!
Movie Editor
