Canadian film producer, film editor and film director
Thomas Cullen Daly OC (1918– 2011) was a Canadian film producer, film editor and film director, who was the head of Studio B at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).[1]
During his 44-year career, Daly produced, edited and/or directed 315 films.[2]
His remarkable awards roster includes eight BAFTA awards, eight Venice Film Festival awards, seven Cannes Film Festival awards and ten Oscar nominations. On April 27, 2000, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Early life
Thomas Cullen Daly was the second of three children born to Katherine Cullen Daly and Richard Arthur Daly. His was a prominent family; his mother was a Forest Hill socialite and his father was a stockbroker and founder of R.A. Daly and Company.[3] Tom attended Upper Canada College and then University College, Toronto. There, he sat on the school's Art Committee and, as a member of the College Literary and Athletic Society, acted in and directed plays and musicals, and won first prize for a poem called Musician's Lament. He was also his class president and, in a 1938 address, advised fellow students to “not attempt too much...it is better to do one thing, or a few things, well.”[4]
Daly graduated in 1940 and sought to go into the field of information, or anti-propaganda communication. A year earlier, the Canadian government had created the National Film Board of Canada, which was a perfect fit for Daly's aspirations. He asked his Upper Canada College principal, the very highly regarded Terence MacDermot, for a letter of reference. MacDermot wrote directly to NFB Commissioner John Grierson, telling him that Daly was “A first-rate classical scholar...clever and quick above the average, with a ready pen and refreshing personality....Remember he can create with his pen, and his flair is dramatic. If you can find a place for a possible soldier in that (information) field, I think you would be repaid by his dog-like devotion and talents.” Daly did not see this letter until his retirement party in 1984. But he was hired and, in the fall of 1940, moved to Ottawa.[5]
Career
Daly was passionate about assisting in the NFB's war effort. Grierson was taken with his intellect and bookish manner and hired him as a production assistant, jokingly calling him "the best butler in the business", an expression which would serve as the title for film scholar D.B. Jones's decades later book on Daly, The Best Butler in the Business: Tom Daly of the National Film Board of Canada.[6] Daly learned the art of film editing from filmmaker Stuart Legg; while he is not credited until 1943, it is likely that Daly worked on some of Legg's 1940-1942 films.
Unit B
As head of the NFB's Unit B, Daly was involved in, or responsible for, numerous milestones and achievements in both documentary and animation film art, including Cinéma vérité and Direct Cinema productions.[7][8] He was also heavily involved in the multi-projector cinematic presentation In the Labyrinth, which eventually led to the development of IMAX.[2] Daly was persuaded to put aside his studio responsibilities for a year and a half to edit In the Labyrinth.[6]
Daly also produced such works as Colin Low's Corral, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor’s Lonely Boy, Koenig and Low's City of Gold, Kroitor and Low's Universe, Arthur Lipsett’s Very Nice, Very Nice, Robin Spry's One Man, and Gerald Potterton’s animated short My Financial Career.[2] Daly also served as executive producer on Candid Eye, a 14-part cinema-vérité series made between 1958 and 1961.[6][9]
Daly ran a mixed-discipline studio that included many of the most talented Canadian film-makers of the time, including an animation group with Norman McLaren, Don Arioli, and Robert Verrall; a documentary team including Roman Kroitor and Terence Macartney-Filgate.[10] Both Colin Low and Wolf Koenig worked at various times in both areas.[2]
Retirement and death
In 1980, Daly received an honorary doctorate from Concordia University.[11] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000.[12]
He died on September 18, 2011, after a lengthy illness, at the Chateau Westmount residence in Westmount, Quebec.[13]
Awards
Who Will Teach Your Child? (1948)
- Scholastic Teacher Magazine Annual Film Awards: Top-Ten List: Best 16mm Information Films of 1949
- 1st Canadian Film Awards, Ottawa: Best Theatrical Short, 1950
Science at Your Service (1949)[17]
Family Circles (1949)
- Cleveland Film Festival, Cleveland, Ohio: Best Film, Information: 1950
- 2nd Canadian Film Awards, Ottawa: First Prize, Non-theatrical, 1950
- Scholastic Teachers Magazine Annual Film Awards, New York: Top-Ten List of 16mm Information Films of 1949, 1950
- SODRE International Festival of Documentary and Experimental Films, Montevideo: Special Mention, Cultural Films, 1955
Teeth Are to Keep (1949)
Feelings of Depression (1950)[18]
A Friend at the Door (1950)
Family Tree (1950)[19]
Royal Journey (1951)
The Longhouse People (1951)
Caribou Hunters (1951)[20]
- International Exhibition of Big Game Hunting and Fishing Films, Dusseldorf: Bronze Medal, 1954
Breakdown (1951) [21]
- Scholastic Teacher Magazine Annual Film Awards, New York: Outstanding 16mm Film of 1951, 1952
- International Review of Specialized Cinematography, Rome: Certificate of Honour, Film Production in General, 1955
Canada's Awakening North (1951)[22]
Pen Point Percussion (1951)[23]
Fighting Forest Fires with Hand Tools (1951)
- Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, New York: Recognition of Merit, Training, 1954
The Romance of Transportation in Canada (1952) [24]
- 1953 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes: Award for Best Animation, 1953
- 5th Canadian Film Awards, Montreal: Honourable Mention, 1953
- 7th British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Special Award, 1954
- 25th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee, Best Short Subject, Cartoons, 1953
Lismer (1952)
Age of the Beaver (1952) [25]
Varley (1953)
- Boston International Film Festival, Boston: Award of Merit, Arts, 1953
Paul Tomkowicz: Street-Railway Switchman (1953) [26]
Corral (1954) [28]
- Venice Film Festival, Venice: First Prize, Documentary Films, 1954
- Durban International Film Festival, Durban: Second Prize/Bronze Medal, Documentary, 1954
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh: Diploma of Merit, Arts, 1954
- Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, New York: Recognition of Merit, 1955
- 7th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Special Mention, Non-Theatrical Short, 1955
Physical Regions of Canada (1954)
- Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, New York: Recognition of Merit, Classroom Films (Junior and Senior High School), 1955
Riches of the Earth (1954) [29]
One Little Indian (1954) [30]
- National Committee on Films for Safety, Chicago: First Prize, Bronze Plaque, Traffic & Transportation, 1955
- Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, New York: Recognition of Merit, 1955
- Kootenay Film Festival, Nelson, British Columbia: Certificate of Merit, Second Award, Artistic Achievement, 1955
- 7th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Honorable Mention, Non-Theatrical, 1955
- Rapallo International Film Festival, Rapallo: Great Cup of the Province of Genoa, 1956
- Rapallo International Film Festival, Rapallo: First Prize & Silver Medal, Abstract Films, 1956
A Thousand Million Years (1954)
The Homeless Ones (1954)
Iron from the North (1955)
The Jolifou Inn (1955)
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award, Best Film, Creative Arts, 1956
- 8th Canadian Film Awards, Stratford, Ontario: Honorable Mention, Theatrical Short, 1956[31]
- Kootenay Film Festival, Nelson, British Columbia: First Achievement Award, 1957
- Ibero-American-Filipino Documentary Film Contest, Bilbao: Best Film of an Educational and Cultural Character, 1959
- Ibero-American-Filipino Documentary Film Contest, Bilbao: Special Prize, 1959
To Serve the Mind (1955)
- Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, Chicago: Silver Reel, Health, 1956
Gold (1955) [32]
City of Gold (1957) [33]
- 1957 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes: First Prize, Documentary, 1957
- Cork International Film Festival, Cork, Ireland: First Prize - Statuette of St. Finbarr, General Interest 1957
- Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Genie Award, Film of the Year 1958
- Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Genie Award, Award of Merit 1958
- Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver: First Prize, Documentary 1958
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan: Golden Sheaf Award, Best Film, General 1958
- International Festival of Mountain and Exploration Films, Trento: Gold Medal 1958
- Chicago Festival of Contemporary Arts, University of Illinois Chicago: Documentary Prize 1958
- International Festival of Films on People and Countries, La Spezia: Gold Caravelle, 2nd Prize 1958
- SODRE International Festival of Documentary and Experimental Films, Montevideo: Honourable Mention 1958
- Robert J. Flaherty Film Awards, City College Institute of Film Techniques: Honourable Mention, 1958
- Ibero-American-Filipino Documentary Film Contest, Bilbao: First Prize, 1959
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, History & Biography, 1959
- Festival of Experimental and Documentary Films, Santiago, Chile: Honourable Mention 1960
- Festival dei Popoli, Florence: Gold Medal, 1960
- Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Award, First Prize 1960
- 30th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee, Short Subject, Live Action, 1958
Canadian Profile (1957)
Blood and Fire (1958) [34]
The Changing Forest (1958)
- International Review of Specialized Cinematography, Rome: Silver Medal, 1959
- Scholastic Teachers Magazine Annual Film Awards, New York: Outstanding Scholastic Teacher's Award, 1960
The Living Stone (1958) [35]
- International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim: Special Commendation, 1959[36]
- Winnipeg Film Council Annual Film Festival, Winnipeg: Best Canadian Film, Short Subject, 1959
- Locarno Film Festival, Locarno: Diploma of Honour, 1959
- 11th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Award of Merit, General Information, 1959
- Robert J. Flaherty Film Awards, City College Institute of Film Techniques: Honourable Mention, 1959
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Graphic Arts, Sculpture and Architecture, 1960
- Rapallo International Film Festival, Rapallo: Special Prize, Cup of the Minister of Tourism and Entertainment for Best Foreign Film, 1960
- Rapallo International Film Festival, Rapallo: Second Prize, Silver Cup of the Province of Genoa, 1960
- Festival of Tourist and Folklore Films, Brussels: CIDALC Medal of Honour, 1960
- SODRE International Festival of Documentary and Experimental Films, Montevideo: Honourable Mention 1960
- International Festival of Films on People and Countries, La Spezia: Silver Cup for the Most Popular Film of the Festival, 1967
- International Festival of Films on People and Countries, La Spezia: Medal for Best Ethnological Film, 1967
- International Maritime and Exploration Film Festival, Toulon: Ergo Prize of the Presidency of the Republic, 1969
- 31st Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee: Best Documentary Short Film, 1958
City Out of Time (1959) [37]
Fishermen (1959)
Radiation (1959)
The Back-Breaking Leaf (1959) [39]
- 1960 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes: Eurovision Grand Prize, Documentary Films, 1960
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, 1961
- International Labour and Industrial Film Festival, Antwerp: Diploma of Merit, Films Dealing with the Problems of People at Work, 1963
Pangnirtung (1959)[40]
- Okanagan Film Festival, Kelowna: First Prize, 1960
The Cars in Your Life (1960) [41]
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Citizen, Government & City Planning, 1963
Circle of the Sun (1960) [42]
- 14th Canadian Film Awards: Genie Award for Best Film, General Information, 1962
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award, First Prize, 1962
- Festival of Tourist and Folklore Films, Brussels: Best Film on Folklore 1962
- La Plata International Children's Film Festival, La Plata: Silver Oak Leaf, First Prize, Documentary 1962
- Electronic, Nuclear and Teleradio Cinematographic Review, Rome: First Prize, Tourist Films 1962
- SODRE International Festival of Documentary and Experimental Films, Montevideo: Honorable Mention, 1962
- Victoria Film Festival, Victoria: Best Film, 1963
- International Tourism Film Festival, Tarbes: Diploma of Honour and Trophy 1967
Universe (1960) [43]
- Cannes Film Festival, Cannes: Jury Prize for Exceptional Animation Quality, 1960
- Cannes Film Festival, Cannes: Technical Mention of the Commission Supérieure Technique du Cinéma Français, 1960
- International Festival of Scientific and Technical Films, Belgrade: Diploma of Honour, 1960
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award, Best Film of the Festival, 1960
- Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver: First Prize, Documentary, 1960
- Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver: Diploma, Scientific Films, 1960
- Stratford Film Festival, Stratford, Ontario: Special Commendation, 1960
- Cork International Film Festival, Cork: First Prize – Diploma of Merit, 1960
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh: Diploma of Merit, Science, 1960
- 14th British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, 1961
- 13th Canadian Film Awards: Genie Award for Film of the Year, 1961
- 13th Canadian Film Awards: Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short, 1961
- Salerno Film Festival, Salerno: First Prize – Documentary, 1961
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Science and Mathematics, 1961
- Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Award, Information/Education, 1961
- Rapallo International Film Festival, Rapallo: Cup of the Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, 1961
- Philadelphia International Festival of Short Films, Philadelphia: Award for Exceptional Merit, 1961
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Mar del Plata: Grand Prize, 1962
- International Festival of Educational Films, Mar del Plata: Best Documentary, 1962
- La Plata International Children's Festival, La Plata: Silver Oak Leaf, First Prize, Scientific Films, 1962
- Scientific Film Festival, Caracas: Award of Merit, 1963
- Scholastic Teacher Magazine Annual Film Awards, New York: Award of Merit, 1963
- International Educational Film Festival, Tehran: Golden Delfan, First Prize, Scientific Films, 1964
- Educational Film Library Association of America, New York: Nomination, 10 Best Films of the Decade List, 1968
- 33rd Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee: Best Documentary Short Subject, 1961
A is for Architecture (1960) [44]
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award, First Prize, 1960
- 12th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Genie Award for Best Film, General Information, 1960
- Ibero-American-Filipino Documentary Film Contest, Bilbao: Special CIDALC Prize, Silver Medal, 1960
- International Exhibition of Electronics, Nuclear Energy, Radio, Television and Cinema, Trieste: Silver Cup, 1960
- Rapallo International Film Festival, Rapallo: Third Prize - Silver Cup and Medal, 1960
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Certificate of Merit, 1960
- Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Award, First Prize, 1962
Microscopic Fungi (1960)[45]
- International Exhibition of Scientific Film, Buenos Aires: Diploma of Honor, 1964
Life in the Woodlot (1960)[46]
Roughnecks: The Story of Oil Drillers (1960)
- San Sebastián International Film Festival, San Sebastián: First Prize, 1960
- Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Silver Plaque for Best Industrial Film, 1960
- International Industrial Film Festival, Torino: First Prize in Category, 1961
- Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Certificate, Business and Industry, General Information for Public, 1961
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: First Prize, Industry and Agriculture, 1962
- HEMISFILM, San Antonio TX: Best Film, 1972
Lonely Boy (1961) [47]
- Festival dei Popoli, Florence: Gold Medal, 1960
- 1962 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes: Honorable Mention, Documentary Works, 1962
- International Days of Short Films, Tours: Special Jury Prize, 1962
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh: Honorable Mention, 1962
- Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver: First Prize, Documentary, 1962
- Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Purchase Prize, 1963
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen: First Prize, Documentary, 1963
- 15th Canadian Film Awards, Montreal: Film of the Year, 1963
- 15th Canadian Film Awards, Montreal: Best Film, General Information, 1963
Cattle Ranch (1961)
- Locarno Film Festival, Locarno: Diploma of Honour, 1961
- Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver: Honourable Mention, Science and Agriculture, 1961
- International Festival of Films for Television, Rome: First Prize, Gold Plaque, Documentary, 1963
- Congrès du spectacle, Montreal: Best Documentary, 1966
Do You Know the Milky Way? (1961) [48]
Very Nice, Very Nice (1961) [49]
The Days of Whiskey Gap (1961) [50]
Runner (1962) [51]
- Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Honorable Mention, Film as Art, 1963
- Midwest Film Festival, University of Chicago, Chicago: Donald Perry Award, 1963
My Financial Career (1962)[52]
- Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: First Prize, Animated Film, 1962
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Literature in Films, 1964
- 36th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee, Best Short Subject, Cartoons, 1963
The Joy of Winter (1962)
- Locarno Film Festival, Locarno: Diploma of Honour, 1962
- International Cinema Contest, Films for Children and Teenagers, Gijón: Best Film for Children, 1966
- International Cinema Contest, Films for Children and Teenagers, Gijón: Best Television Film, 1966
Kindergarten (1962)
The Living Machine (1962)
The Climates of North America (1962)[54]
21-87 (1963) [55]
Pipers and A’ (1963)
- Canadian Tourist Association Awards, Toronto: First Prize, Canuck Award, 1964
The Great Toy Robbery (1963)
- Cork International Film Festival, Cork: St. Finbarr Statuette, First Prize, Animated Film and Cartoon, 1963
- Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Belgrade: Diploma, 1964
- Landers Associates Annual Awards, Los Angeles: Award of Merit, 1969
Sky (1963)[56]
A Christmas Fantasy (1963)[57]
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (1963) [58]
Christmas Cracker (1963)
- Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: First Prize, Best Animated Short, 1964
- Electronic, Nuclear and Teleradio Cinematographic Review, Rome: Grand Prize for Technique, Films for Children, 1965
- Electronic, Nuclear and Teleradio Cinematographic Review, Rome: Grand Prize for Animation Technique, 1965
- Landers Associates Annual Awards, Los Angeles: Award of Merit, 1965
- Film Centrum Foundation Film Show, Naarden: Silver Squirrel, Second Prize 1966
- Philadelphia International Festival of Short Films, Philadelphia: Award of Exceptional Merit, 1967
- 37th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee: Best Short Subject – Cartoons, 1965
Legault's Place (1964) [59]
The Edge of the Barrens (1964)[60]
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award for Best Film of the Festival, 1964
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: First Prize, Natural History, 1964
- Venice Film Festival, Venice: Second Prize, Children's Films, 1964
- Weyburn Film Festival, Weyburn: First Prize, 1965
- International Exhibition of Scientific Film, Buenos Aires: Special Mention, 1966
Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964) [61]
- 18th British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, 1965
- International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim: CIDALC Award, 1964
- International Film Festival at Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Third Prize, Feature Film, 1966
- Salerno Film Festival, Salerno: First Prize, 1968
- Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto: 9th Place, Canada's Ten-Best Films, 1984
Above the Horizon (1964) [62]
- International Survey of Scientific and Didactic Films, Padua: First Prize, Didactic Films, 1965
- Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS), Sydney: Orbit Award, 1966
- 18th Canadian Film Awards, Montreal: Best Film for Children, 1966
- International Exhibition of Scientific Film, Buenos Aires: Diploma of Honor, 1966
- International Scientific Film Festival, Lyon: Honorable Mention for Popularization of a Scientific Subject, 1969
- Electronic, Nuclear and Teleradio Cinematographic Review, Rome: Best Film in the Scientific Category, 1970
Free Fall (1964)[63]
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak (1964) [64]
- 18th British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, 1964
- Venice Film Festival, Venice: Special Mention, 1964
- Cork International Film Festival, Cork: Statuette of St. Finbarr - First Prize, Art Films, 1964
- Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver: Certificate of Merit, 1964
- Festival of Tourist and Folklore Films, Brussels: Gold Medal - First Prize, 1965
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne: Silver Boomerang - Second Prize, 1965
- International Exhibition of Scientific Film, Buenos Aires: Second Prize in Category, 1965
- Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Award, Education & Information, 1966
- Panama International Film Festival, Panama City: Grand Prize for Best Documentary, 1966
- Tokyo International Film Festival, Tokyo: Certificate of Merit, 1966
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki: First Prize, Foreign Film, 1967
- Festival of Cultural Films, La Felguera: Silver Plaque, 1967
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: First Prize, Graphic Arts, Sculpture and Architecture, 1967
- FIBA International Festival of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires: Diploma of Honor, 1968
- Philadelphia International Festival of Short Films, Philadelphia: Award of Exceptional Merit, 1971
- 37th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee: Best Documentary Short Subject, 1965
Jet Pilot (1964)[65]
The Hutterites (1964) [66]
- Montreal International Film Festival, Montreal: First Prize, Shorts, 1964
- Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Award, First Prize, Religion, 1964
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award, First Prize, Human Relations, 1964
- Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne: Honorable Mention, 1964
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Doctrinal and Denominational Topics, 1965
- Landers Associates Awards, Los Angeles: Award of Merit, 1965
- Festival dei Popoli/International Film Festival on Social Documentary, Florence: Second Prize, 1965
An Essay on Science (1964)
High Steel (1965) [67]
- Cork International Film Festival, Cork: Bronze Statuette of St. Finbarr - First Prize, Documentary, 1966
- Locarno Film Festival, Locarno: Diploma of Honour, 1967
- Kraków Film Festival, Kraków: Diploma of Honour, 1967
- Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne: Diploma of Merit, 1967
- International Days of Short Films, Tours: Prize of the Cine-Clubs, 1967
- Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin: Special Youth Prize, 1967
Stravinsky (1965) [68]
Island Observed (1966)
- International Exhibition of Scientific Film, Buenos Aires: Special Mention, 1967
Helicopter Canada (1966)
- 19th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Best Film, General Information, 1967
- 19th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Special Prize: “For providing a superbly appropriate and inspiring opportunity for Canadians to view their country in the Centennial Year”, 1967
- Canadian Travel Film Awards, Toronto: First Prize, 1967
- International Travel Documentary Film Festival, New Delhi: Special Prize, 1967
- Adelaide International Film Festival, Adelaide: Diploma, 1969
- 39th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee: Best Documentary Feature, 1967
The Forest (1966) [69]
Poen (1967)
Danny and Nicky (1969)
- Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded National Symposium, London, Ontario: Citation “In recognition of the educational contribution in the mental health field", 1969
- Conference on Children, Washington DC: Certificate of Merit, 1970
- Rio Cine Festival, Rio de Janeiro: Third Prize - Jacarandah Wood Trophy, Silver Plaque, Documentary, 1971
Mrs. Ryan's Drama Class (1969)[70]
- Conference on Children, Washington DC: Certificate of Merit, 1970
Falling from Ladders (1969)[71]
- Philadelphia International Festival of Short Films, Philadelphia: Award for Exceptional Merit, 1971
Untouched and Pure (1970)[72]
Prologue (1970)[73]
Half-Half-Three-Quarters-Full (1970)
- International Week of Nautical Cinema, Palma: Silver Plate, First Prize, Best Short in Category, 1972
- CIDALC International Sport Film Festival, Reims: President of the Republic Award, 1972
- International Review of Maritime Documentary / International Film, TV Film and Documentary Film Market (MIFED), Milan: Festival Trophy, 1972
- International Sports Film Festival, Cortina d'Ampezzo: Silver Medal given by the Italian National Olympic Committee, 1972
- British International Sport Film and Television Festival (Videosport), Milton Keynes: Judges’ Award, 1975
Espolio (1970)
- Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Statuette, Religion and Ethics, 1971
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne: Diploma of Merit, 1971
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, 1971
- Hawaii Film Festival, Honolulu: Third Prize, 1972
November (1970)
Legend (1970)
Pillar of Wisdom (1970)
Sad Song of Yellow Skin (1970)[74]
- 24th British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, 1971
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne: Silver Boomerang, Best Film, 1971[75]
- HEMISFILM, San Antonio TX: Best Film, 1971
- Festival of World Television, Los Angeles: Best Documentary, 1971
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, 1971
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Emily Award, 1971
- 22nd Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Special Award for Reportage, 1970
- Atlanta Film Festival: Gold Medal, Special Jury Award, 1971
This is a Photograph (1971) [76]
Norman Jewison, Film Maker (1971)
Wet Earth and Warm People (1971)[77]
The Mechanical Knee (1971)
- International Festival of Red Cross and Health Films, Varna, Bulgaria: Silver Medal in Category, 1973
The Sea (1971)
- 23rd Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Genie Award for Best Documentary Under 30 minutes, 1971
- International Film Festival of Man, Air, Water, Versailles: First Prize of the Festival, 1972
- International Review of Maritime Documentary / International Film, TV Film and Documentary Film Market (MIFED), Milan: Jury Award - Gold Medal of the President of the Republic, 1972
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne: Diploma of Merit, 1972
- International Week of Nautical Cinema, Palma: Gold Anchovy, 1974
- International Documentary Film Days on the Environment, Ouistreham-Riva-Bella: Gold Medal and Grand Prize of the President of the Republic, 1974
Pandora (1971)
The Sloane Affair (1972)
The Huntsman (1972)
Centaur (1972)[78]
Accident (1973)
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, Mental Health, 1975
Coming Home (1973) [80]
The Man Who Can't Stop (1973)[81]
Action: The October Crisis of 1970 (1973)
Sananguagat: Inuit Masterworks (1974) [82]
- Festival international du film sur l'art, Paris: Grand Prize, 1975
- International Tourism Film Festival, Tarbes: Award of Merit, 1975
In Praise of Hands (1974)[83]
- International Craft Film Festival, New York: Award of Merit, 1976
- International Festival of Television Programs of Folk Crafts (RADUGA), Moscow: Diploma for Impressive Transmission of Deep Thought of Unity of the Sources of Folk Creativity, 1979
Waiting for Fidel (1974)[84]
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, World Concerns, 1976
Mr. Symbol Man (1974)
- Australian Film Awards: Sydney: Golden Reel, Documentary, 1975
- Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Bronze Reel, Documentary, 1975
- International Film Festival on Education, Mexico City: First Prize, Didactic Films, 1976
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne: Second Prize - Silver Boomerang and Victorian Government Prize, 1978
Descent (1975)
Musicanada (1975)
- Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Special Jury Award, 1976
Blackwood (1976)
- Festival international du film sur l'art, Paris: Grand Prize for the Quality of the Image, 1977
- Festival of Tourist and Folklore Films, Brussels: Prize of the Principality of Monaco for the Best Film Evocating the Past of a Region by the Means of Art, 1977
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award, Best Short Film, 1977
- 49th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee, Best Documentary Short Subject, 1977
Los Canadienses (1976) [85]
- 30th British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, 1977
- Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Silver Hugo Award, 1977
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award, Best Documentary, 1977
- Melbourne Film Festival: TV Award for Best Film Made for TV, 1977
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, International History and Culture, 1977
- International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim: Special Mention from the Fédération internationale de la presse cinématographique, 1976
- International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim: Special Prize for the Best Film, 1976
One Man (1977) [86]
- ACTRA Awards, Montreal: Film of the Year, 1978
- Film Festival Antwerpen, Antwerp: Second Best Film of the Festival, 1978
- Film Festival Antwerpen, Antwerp: Honorable Mention by the Press Jury, 1978
I'll Go Again (1977)
Travel Log (1978)
Meditation in Motion (1978)
- Dance on Camera Festival, New York: Certificate of Merit, 1980
An Easy Pill to Swallow (1978)
The Last Days of Living (1980)[89]
- Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Gold Plaque, Social Issues, 1980
- Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Honorable Mention, Honorable Mention, 1980
- HEMA (Health Education Media Association) Film Festival, Philadelphia: Best of Show, 1981
- Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Award, Bronze Plaque, 1981
- Medikinale, Marburg: Gold Medal, Specialized Information Films, 1982
- Medikinale, Marburg: Gold Medal, Grand Prize of the University of Marburg, 1982
North China Commune (1980)
Standing Alone (1982)
- HEMISFILM, San Antonio TX: Bronze Medallion for Best Long Documentary, 1983
- International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Vancouver: Certificate of Merit, 1983
Time for Caring (1982)[90]
- International Rehabilitation Film Festival, New York: Certificate of Merit, 1983