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Don Haig

Known for: Production

Biography: 1933-07-22

Deathday: 2002-03-02 (68 years old)

Biography

Don Haig (22 July 1933 — 2 March 2002) was a Canadian filmmaker, editor, and producer.

His work in film and television spanned nearly five decades. Over the course of his career, he won Academy, Genie, and Gemini awards, and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.

Don was known as the "godfather of Canadian film" for nurturing young talent and producing many award-winning films. He is recognized by some as "the most important person on the Canadian film scene," helping create over 500 films.

Filmography

all 42

Movies 42

Producer 35

Executive Producer

Don Haig

Biography

Filmography

all 42

Movies 42

Producer 35

The Battle of Vimy Ridge (1999)

Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West (1999)

Asylum (1998)

Barbed Wire and Mandolins (1997)

Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950. (1997)

Picturing a People: George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer (1997)

Power (1996)

Bronwen & Yaffa (Moving Towards Tolerance) (1996)

When Shirley Met Florence (1996)

Children First! (1996)

A Web of War (1996)

Anatomy of Desire (1995)

Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics (1995)

The Marco Polo: Queen of the Seas (1995)

Mystery of the Maya (1995)

Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation (1995)

Blockade (1993)

Twist (1992)

Secret Nation (1992)

The Midday Sun (1990)

Mob Story (1989)

Termini Station (1989)

Comic Book Confidential (1989)

Growing Up in America (1989)

Freakshow (1989)

The Brain (1988)

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)

The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe (1987)

Dancing in the Dark (1986)

Alex Colville: The Splendour of Order (1984)

K.C.I.: Beyond the Three R's (1982)

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet (1979)

Summer's Children (1979)

Track Stars.: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound (1979)

Fields of Endless Day (1978)

125 Rooms of Comfort (1974)

The Great Canadian Comic Books! (1971)

A Further Glimpse of Joey (1966)

The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam (1965)

Summer in Mississippi (1964)

Under One Sky: Arab Women in North America Talk about the Hijab

Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores

Information

Known ForProduction

GenderMale

Birthday1933-07-22

Deathday2002-03-02 (68 years old)

Birth PlaceWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

CitizenshipsCanada

AwardsGovernor General's Awards

Credited with

Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1933-07-22

Deathday
2002-03-02 (68 years old)

Birth Place
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Citizenships
Canada

Awards
Governor General's Awards