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Sydney Newman

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Canadian television producer (1917-1997)

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Sydney Cecil Newman was a Canadian television producer and screenwriter who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.

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Photos 3

Filmography 40

The Avengers1998 · ★ 4.5
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song2015 · ★ 8.0
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe2011 · ★ 7.0
Dr. Who and the Daleks1965 · ★ 5.8
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks1966
Montreal by Night1947
Johnny at the Fair1947
Tea Party1965
Pay-Off In Pain1948
Grierson1973
Fighting Norway1943
Ski Skill1946
Train Busters1944
Innes Lloyd: The Producer2025
Screaming Jets1951
Fighting Sea-Fleas1944
A Night Out1960
Flight 61944
Talent Showcase1951
Canada Dances1947
I Can Destroy the Sun1958
Doctor Who: Origins2006
Afternoon of a Nymph1962
A Capital Plan1949
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime1960
Creation of the Daleks2006
Where I Live1960
After the Funeral1960
The Rose Affair1961
Passport to Canada1949
The Ship That Couldn't Stop1961
The Scent of Fear1959
Trans-Canada Express1944
Science in Bloom1948
Hot Summer Night1959
Careers and Cradles1947
Red Runs the Fraser1949
The New North1946
Summer Is for Kids1949
Banshees Over Canada1943

97 credits on file

Television 18

Doctor Who2005
Doctor Who1963
The Avengers1961
The Wednesday Play1964
Counter-Attack1960
Festival1963
Out of This World1962
Adam Adamant Lives!1966
Armchair Theatre1956
Police Surgeon1960
Pathfinders to Venus1961
Target Luna1960
The Canadian Howdy Doody Show1954
Pathfinders in Space1960
Pathfinders to Mars1960
Doctor Who 9: Christopher Eccleston2005
Doctor Who: Galaxy 42021
Plateau of Fear1961

Awards 1

Officer of the Order of Canada

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About this person

Sydney Cecil Newman was a Canadian television producer and screenwriter who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. After his return to Canada in 1970, he was appointed acting director of the Broadcast Programs Branch for the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) and then head of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He also occupied senior positions at the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and acted as an advisor to the Secretary of State.

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Country
Canada
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1997 · aged 80
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16 languages

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