Robert Verrall Explained

Robert Verrall
Birth Date:1928 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Toronto, Canada
Occupation:Producer, director, animator
Awards:see below

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.

Career

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 . He is the father of David Verrall, who would himself go on to head the NFB's English-language animation unit.[1] [2]

Filmography

Fashion Designer - documentary short, Rosemarie Shapley and Judith Potterton 1977 - executive producer

Physiotherapist - documentary short, Rosemarie Shapley and Judith Potterton 1977 - executive producer

Bells and Brass - documentary short, Rick Butler 1978 - executive producer

Bill Miner - documentary short, Peter Jones 1978 - executive producer

Captain Cook - documentary short, Barry Helmer 1978 - executive producer

Crossing Guards - documentary short, Kris Paterson 1978 - executive producer

Faces - animated short, Paul Bochner 1978 - executive producer

Home of the Beaver - documentary short, Ron Webber 1978 - executive producer

Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary: An Irish Folktale - animated short, Eva Szasz 1978 - co-executive producer with Floyd Elliott

Land of the Maple Leaf - documentary short, Ron Webber 1978 - co-executive producer with Floyd Elliott

Les nigogeux - documentary short, Robert Haché 1978 - co-producer with Paul-Eugène LeBlanc

Logger - documentary short, Al Sens 1978 - executive producer

Onions and Garlic: A Hebrew Fable - animated short film, Eva Szasz 1978 - co-executive producer with Floyd Elliott

Stunt Family - documentary short, Lois Siegel 1978 - co-executive producer with Kathleen Shannon

The Ballet Master - documentary short, Rosemarie Shapley and Judith Potterton 1978 - executive producer

The Dentist - documentary short, Rosemarie Shapley and Judith Potterton 1978 - executive producer

The Violin Maker - documentary short, Rosemarie Shapley and Judith Potterton 1978 - executive producer

The Photographers - documentary short, Rosemarie Shapley and Judith Potterton 1978 - executive producer

Veterinarian - documentary short, Rosemarie Shapley and Judith Potterton 1978 - executive producer

The Ham - documentary short, Ronald Blumer 1978 - executive producer

The Veteran - documentary short, Ronald Blumer 1978 - executive producer

The Maple Leaf - animated short, Paul Bochner 1978 - executive producer

The Performer - documentary short, Norma Bailey 1978 - executive producer

Toronto - documentary short, Carlos Marchiori 1978 - executive producer

Wild Rice Harvest Kenora - documentary short, Alanis Obomsawin 1978 - executive producer

Winter - Dressing Up - short film, Gerald Potterton 1978 - executive producer

Winter - Starting the Car - short film, Gerald Potterton 1978 - executive producer

Full Circle - documentary short, Rudi Wrench 1979 - executive producer

Helen Law - documentary short, Jennifer Hodge de Silva 1979 - executive producer

La mer enligne nos terres - documentary short, Phil Comeau 1979 - executive producer

Ma Chère Albertine - documentary short, Suzanne Olivier 1979 - executive producer

Wooly Mammoth - documentary short, 1979 - co-producer with Peter Jones

Wop May - documentary short, Blake James 1979 - co-executive producer with Floyd Elliott

June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic - documentary short, Alanis Obomsawin 1980 - executive producer

Awards

A is for Architecture (1960) [5]

Hors-d'oeuvre (1960)[6]

The Great Toy Robbery (1963)[7]

The Drag (1965)

What on Earth! (1966)

Alphabet (1966)[8]

Energy and Matter (1966)[9]

Around Perception (1968)[10]

Cosmic Zoom (1968)

Boomsville(1968)[11]

King Size (1968)[12]

Population Explosion (1968)[13]

To See or Not to See (1969)

Little Red Riding Hood (1969)[14]

Ashes of Doom (1970)[15]

Doodle Film (1970)[16]

What is Life? (1970)[17]

Evolution (1971)

Citizen Harold (1971)[18]

Hot Stuff (1971)

In a Nutshell (1971)[19]

The Men in the Park (1971)[20]

Hard Rider (1972)[21]

180 is Max (1972)[22]

Tilt (1972)[23]

The Underground Movie (1972)[24]

The Family That Dwelt Apart (1973)

The Twitch (1973)[25]

Face of the Earth (1975)[26]

Canada Vignettes

Faces (1978)[27]

Canada Vignettes

The Performer (1978)[28]

Going the Distance (1979)

A Right to Refuse? (1981)[29]

The Way It Is (1982)[30]

One Out of Three is a Fishboat (1982)[31]

Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair (1984)[32]

A Good Tree (1984)[33]

The Masculine Mystique (1984)

The Painted Door (1984)

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (1986)[34]

Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place (1987)[35]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Robert Verrall. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. 28 February 2016.
  2. Book: Wise, Wyndham. Wyndham Wise

    . Wyndham Wise. Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. 15 December 2001. University of Toronto Press. 9781442656208.

  3. Web site: Robert Verrall. IMDb. 2020-05-22.
  4. Web site: Robert Verrall The Canadian Encyclopedia. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. 2020-05-22.
  5. Web site: A is for Architecture . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 4 February 2023.
  6. Web site: Hors-d'oeuvre . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 4 February 2023.
  7. Web site: The Great Toy Robbery . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  8. Web site: Alphabet . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  9. Web site: Energy and Matter . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 8 February 2023.
  10. Web site: Around Perception . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  11. Web site: Boomsville . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  12. Web site: King Size . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  13. Web site: Population Explosion . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  14. Web site: Little Red Riding Hood . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  15. Web site: Ashes of Doom . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 17 February 2023.
  16. Web site: Doodle Film . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  17. Web site: What is Life? . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  18. Web site: Citizen Harold . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  19. Web site: In a Nutshell . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  20. Web site: The Men in the Park . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  21. Web site: Hard Rider . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  22. Web site: 180 is Max . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  23. Web site: Tilt . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  24. Web site: The Underground Movie . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  25. Web site: The Twitch . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  26. Web site: Face of the Earth . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  27. Web site: Faces . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  28. Web site: The Performer . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  29. Web site: A Right to Refuse? . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  30. Web site: The Way It Is . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  31. Web site: One Out of Three is a Fishboat . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  32. Web site: Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  33. Web site: A Good Tree . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  34. Web site: Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.
  35. Web site: Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 23 February 2023.