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Robert Verrall

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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.

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…

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Documenting John Grierson Documenting John Grierson 2014 Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?' Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?' 2009 Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place ★ 8.0 Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place 1987 The Way It Is ★ 8.0 The Way It Is 1986 Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child ★ 8.0 Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child 1986 The Cap ★ 7.0 The Cap 1985 The Masculine Mystique ★ 7.0 The Masculine Mystique 1984 John Cat John Cat 1984 Incident at Restigouche ★ 7.3 Incident at Restigouche 1984 The Wars ★ 5.0 The Wars 1983 Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic ★ 9.0 Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic 1980 Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora 1979 Canada Vignettes: Woolly Mammoth ★ 6.5 Canada Vignettes: Woolly Mammoth 1979 Canada Vignettes: Wop May ★ 6.3 Canada Vignettes: Wop May 1979 Canada Vignettes: Ma Chère Albertine ★ 8.0 Canada Vignettes: Ma Chère Albertine 1979 Canada Vignettes: Helen Law ★ 8.0 Canada Vignettes: Helen Law 1979 Canada Vignettes: Onions and Garlic: A Hebrew Fable ★ 10.0 Canada Vignettes: Onions and Garlic: A Hebrew Fable 1978 Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf ★ 5.4 Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf 1978 Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family ★ 8.0 Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family 1978 Canada Vignettes: Toronto ★ 5.4 Canada Vignettes: Toronto 1978 Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner ★ 6.0 Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner 1978 Canada Vignettes: Captain Cook ★ 6.0 Canada Vignettes: Captain Cook 1978 Canada Vignettes: Logger ★ 6.3 Canada Vignettes: Logger 1978 Canada Vignettes: Faces ★ 5.6 Canada Vignettes: Faces 1978 Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer ★ 7.5 Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer 1977 Face of the Earth ★ 8.0 Face of the Earth 1975 Goldwood ★ 9.0 Goldwood 1975 The Bear's Christmas ★ 8.0 The Bear's Christmas 1974 Propaganda Message ★ 8.0 Propaganda Message 1974 The Family That Dwelt Apart ★ 7.8 The Family That Dwelt Apart 1973 Tickets s.v.p ★ 10.0 Tickets s.v.p 1973 11 Steps to Survival ★ 7.0 11 Steps to Survival 1973 Tilt ★ 10.0 Tilt 1972 The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by Aesop ★ 9.0 The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by Aesop 1972 Paul Kane Goes West Paul Kane Goes West 1972 Exeter Exeter 1972 The Specialist ★ 9.0 The Specialist 1971 Christmas at Moose Factory ★ 8.0 Christmas at Moose Factory 1971 Hot Stuff ★ 6.3 Hot Stuff 1971 Ashes of Doom ★ 5.1 Ashes of Doom 1970 Where There's Smoke ★ 8.0 Where There's Smoke 1970 The Sky Is Blue The Sky Is Blue 1969 To See or Not to See ★ 6.3 To See or Not to See 1969 Boomsville ★ 7.0 Boomsville 1968 Cosmic Zoom ★ 6.4 Cosmic Zoom 1968 In a Box In a Box 1968 Around Perception ★ 6.8 Around Perception 1968 Kurelek ★ 7.0 Kurelek 1967 Energy and Matter Energy and Matter 1966 Percé on the Rocks ★ 7.0 Percé on the Rocks 1964 Appetizers ★ 9.0 Appetizers 1960 A is for Architecture A is for Architecture 1959 Age of the Beaver ★ 8.0 Age of the Beaver 1952 Time and Terrain ★ 10.0 Time and Terrain 1948 A Story About Breadmaking in the Year 1255 A.D. ★ 8.0 A Story About Breadmaking in the Year 1255 A.D. 1948