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Donald Shebib

Canadian film director (1938-2023) · Canada · Directors · Died at 85

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Donald Everett Shebib was a Canadian film and television director. Shebib was a central figure in the development of English Canadian cinema who made several short documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada and CBC Television in the 1960s before turning to feature films, beginning with the influential Goin'...

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A life in dates

2023Died5 November 20232022NightalkFilm, Director, Writer2011Down the Road AgainFilm, Director, Writer2000Caitlin's WaySeries, Director1997Dead Man's GunSeries, DirectorPolice Academy: The SeriesSeries, 1997Director1996Wind at My BackSeries, DirectorThe PathfinderFilm, 1996Director1993Change of HeartFilm, Director, Writer1990CounterstrikeSeries, DirectorThe Little KidnappersFilm, 1990Director, Writer1989E.N.G.Series, Director1988My Secret IdentitySeries, Director1986The ClimbFilm, Director, Writer1983Running BraveFilm, Director1980Fish HawkFilm, Director1976For the RecordSeries, DirectorSecond WindFilm, 1976Director1973Between FriendsFilm, Director1971Rip-OffFilm, Director1969Good Times, Bad TimesFilm, Director, Writer1967A Search for LearningFilm, Director1965Satan's ChoiceFilm, Director, Writer1938Born17 January 1938

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Filmography 17

NINightalkDirector, Writer2022
DADown the Road AgainDirector, Writer2011
TPThe PathfinderDirector1996
TAThe AscentDirector1994
CHChange of HeartDirector, Writer1993
TKThe Little KidnappersDirector, Writer1990
TCThe ClimbDirector, Writer1986
RBRunning BraveDirector1983
HEHeartachesDirector1981
FHFish HawkDirector1980
SWSecond WindDirector1976
BFBetween FriendsDirector1973
RORip-OffDirector1971
GRGoin' Down the RoadDirector, Writer1970
GTGood Times, Bad TimesDirector, Writer1969
ALA Search for LearningDirector1967
SCSatan's ChoiceDirector, Writer1965

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CWCaitlin's WayDirector2000
DGDead Man's GunDirector1997
PSPolice Academy: The SeriesDirector1997
WBWind at My BackDirector1996
COCounterstrikeDirector1990
EGE.N.G.Director1989
MIMy Secret IdentityDirector1988
FRFor the RecordDirector1976

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Donald Everett Shebib was a Canadian film and television director. Shebib was a central figure in the development of English Canadian cinema who made several short documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada and CBC Television in the 1960s before turning to feature films, beginning with the influential Goin' Down the Road (1970) and what many call his masterpiece, Between Friends (1973). He soon became frustrated by the bureaucratic process of film funding in Canada and chronic problems with distribution as well as a string of box office disappointments. After Heartaches (1981), he made fewer films for theatrical release and worked more in television.

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Country
Canada
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2023 · aged 85

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