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Years active
  
1979–present

Name
  
William MacGillivray


Role
  
Film director

Shows
  
Gullage's

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Born
  
May 24, 1946 (age 77) (
1946-05-24
)
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Occupation
  
Film director Screenwriter Film producer Film editor

Movies
  
Hard Drive, Life Classes, Danny

Education
  
London Film School, NSCAD University

Nominations
  
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay

Similar People
  
Ron Hynes, Hal Niedzviecki, Douglas Smith, Laura Slade Wiggins, Jordan Canning

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William D. MacGillivray (born May 24, 1946 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. MacGillivray studied art and design at NSCAD University and at Concordia University. He then studied filmmaking at the London Film School in England in 1972. In 1974 he was one of the founding members of the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative and in 1979 directed his first film, Aerial View. The following year he founded his own production company, Picture Plant, for which he wrote and directed four feature films over the coming years. His most successful film, Life Classes (1988), was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture and was selected for official competition at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.

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In 2013, he received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.

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Features

  • Danny (2014) (documentary; co-directed with Justin Simms)
  • Ron Hynes - Man of a Thousand Songs (2010) (documentary)
  • Reading Alistair MacLeod (2005) (documentary)
  • Silent Messengers (2005) (documentary)
  • For Generations to Come (1994) (documentary)
  • Understanding Bliss (1990)
  • The Vacant Lot (1989)
  • I Will Make No More Boring Art (1988) (documentary)
  • My Brother Larry (1988) (documentary)
  • Life Classes (1986)
  • Stations (1983)
  • Short films

  • This is a Story (2006)
  • Linda Joy (1985)
  • Abraham Gesner (1985)
  • Alistair MacLeod (1984)
  • The Author of These Words (1980)
  • Aerial View (1979)
  • Breakdown (1977)
  • Lil and Mr. Bill (1973)
  • 7:30 A.M. (1971)
  • Talkautobanden (1970)
  • References

    William D. MacGillivray Wikipedia