John Grierson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 52 years ago |
Date of birth | April 26,1898 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Deanston |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | February 19,1972 |
Died | Bath |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Margaret Grierson |
Job | Film director |
Film Producer | |
Screenwriter | |
Cinematographer | |
Education | University of Glasgow |
Columbia University | |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
The University of Chicago | |
Books | Grierson on Documentary |
Grierson on the Movies | |
Eyes of Democracy | |
The John Grierson Archive: List of Contents | |
Found | National Film Board of Canada |
Siblings | Ruby Grierson |
Marion Grierson | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 603791 |
John Grierson Life story
John Grierson CBE was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. In 1926, Grierson coined the term "documentary" in a review of Robert J. Flaherty's Moana.