Producer
Arthur Hammond
Died March 28, 202312 films
Arthur Hammond was a British-born Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer, and executive who spent more than two decades at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). After immigrating to Canada in the mid-1950s, he transitioned from publishing to film, joining the NFB in Montreal during the 1960s.
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As a director and producer, Hammond specialized in social, corporate, and political documentaries. He is best known for co-directing the acclaimed media profile Never a Backward Step (1966)—which won the Canadian Film Award for Best Feature Length Documentary—and directing the landmark six-part CBC television series Corporation (1975) and the multi-part historical series Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left (1989). Hammond also served as the NFB's Director of English Programming before retiring to Toronto, where he lived until his death at age 92.
Filmography
12 films- 1982KubotaProducer
- 1982Taxi!Executive Producer
- 1981After the AxeExecutive Producer
- 1981The Devil at Your HeelsExecutive Producer
- 1979Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?Executive Producer
- 1978Travel LogExecutive Producer
- 1978Meditation in MotionProducer
- 1978Song of the PaddleExecutive Producer
- 1978The Art of the PossibleExecutive Producer
- 1977Flora: Scenes from a Leadership ConventionExecutive Producer
- 1973Real EstateProducer
- 1973GrowthProducer