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Robert Verrall

Born January 13, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada51 films

Robert Verrall (born January 13, 1928, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian animator, director and film producer who worked for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) from 1945 to 1987. Over the course of his career, his films garnered a BAFTA Award, prizes at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, and six Academy Award nominations.

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One of the first to join the NFB's fledgling animation unit, under Norman McLaren, Verrall would work as animator on such notable NFB animated shorts as The Romance of Transportation in Canada and produce such shorts as Cosmic Zoom, Hot Stuff as well as the Academy Award-nominees The Drag and What on Earth!. His NFB animation credits as executive producer included The Family That Dwelt Apart and Evolution, also Oscar nominees.[1][2][3][4]

Verrall was named director of English-language NFB animation in 1967, and director of NFB's English-language production overall, in 1972. In the 1980s he acted as executive producer on a number of NFB co-productions, including the film adaption of The Wars, and The Tin Flute. His documentary production credits include Alanis Obomsawin's 1986 Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child. He is the father of David Verrall, who would himself go on to head the NFB's English-language animation unit.

Filmography

51 films
  1. 2009Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'Producer
  2. 1987Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing PlaceProducer
  3. 1986The Way It IsProducer
  4. 1986Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis ChildProducer
  5. 1985The CapProducer
  6. 1984The Masculine MystiqueExecutive Producer
  7. 1984John CatExecutive Producer
  8. 1984Incident at RestigoucheExecutive Producer
  9. 1983The WarsExecutive Producer
  10. 1983Laughter in My SoulExecutive Producer
  11. 1982The Way It IsExecutive Producer
  12. 1981Ten Million Books: An Introduction to Farley MowatExecutive Producer
  13. 1980Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec ArcticExecutive Producer
  14. 1979Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest KenoraExecutive Producer
  15. 1979Canada Vignettes: Woolly MammothProducer
  16. 1979Canada Vignettes: Wop MayExecutive Producer
  17. 1979Canada Vignettes: Ma Chère AlbertineExecutive Producer
  18. 1979Canada Vignettes: Helen LawExecutive Producer
  19. 1978Canada Vignettes: Onions and Garlic: A Hebrew FableExecutive Producer
  20. 1978Canada Vignettes: The Maple LeafExecutive Producer
  21. 1978Canada Vignettes: Stunt FamilyExecutive Producer
  22. 1978Canada Vignettes: TorontoExecutive Producer
  23. 1978Canada Vignettes: Captain CookExecutive Producer
  24. 1978Canada Vignettes: LoggerExecutive Producer
  25. 1978Canada Vignettes: Bill MinerExecutive Producer
  26. 1978Canada Vignettes: FacesExecutive Producer
  27. 1977Canada Vignettes: Fashion DesignerExecutive Producer
  28. 1975Face of the EarthExecutive Producer
  29. 1975GoldwoodExecutive Producer
  30. 1974The Bear's ChristmasExecutive Producer
  31. 1974Propaganda MessageExecutive Producer
  32. 1973The Family That Dwelt ApartProducer
  33. 1973Tickets s.v.pExecutive Producer
  34. 197311 Steps to SurvivalExecutive Producer
  35. 1972TiltExecutive Producer
  36. 1972The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by AesopProducer
  37. 1972Paul Kane Goes WestExecutive Producer
  38. 1972ExeterExecutive Producer
  39. 1971The SpecialistProducer
  40. 1971Christmas at Moose FactoryExecutive Producer
  41. 1971Hot StuffProducer
  42. 1970Ashes of DoomProducer
  43. 1969The Sky Is BlueProducer
  44. 1969To See or Not to SeeProducer
  45. 1968BoomsvilleProducer
  46. 1968Cosmic ZoomProducer
  47. 1968In a BoxProducer
  48. 1968Around PerceptionProducer
  49. 1967KurelekProducer
  50. 1967What on Earth!Producer
  51. 1966The DragProducer