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Lionel Chetwynd worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Chetwynd worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Goldenrod" (CBS, 1976-77). In the eighties and the nineties, Chetwynd devoted his time to various credits, such as "To Heal a Nation" (NBC, 1987-88), "So Proudly We Hail" (CBS, 1989-1990) and "The Heroes of Desert Stor...
Language. English. Two Solitudes is a 1978 Canadian drama film written and directed by Lionel Chetwynd. [1] An adaptation of the 1945 novel by Hugh MacLennan, the film depicts French-English relations in Quebec during World War I and 1919 through the story of Jean-Claude Tallard ( Jean-Pierre Aumont ), a Member of Parliament who tries to pursue ...
Varian's War (aka Varian's War: The Forgotten Hero) is a 2001 joint Canadian/American/United Kingdom film made-for-television drama. The film was written and directed by Lionel Chetwynd, based on the life and wartime exploits of Varian Fry who saved more than 2,000 Jewish artists from Vichy France, the conquered ally of Nazi Germany.
Lionel Chetwynd was born in London, England, and moved to Canada at the age of eight, growing up in Montreal and Toronto. He left school at age 14, later enlisting in the Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment of Canada.
Chetwynd wrote two other Canadian features – Goldenrod (1976) and Two Solitudes (1978), which he also directed – and is somewhat notorious for The Hanoi Hilton (1987), a film he wrote and directed that expresses many ideological beliefs inspired by his personal involvement with several Vietnam veterans’ associations.
Oct 19, 2008 · Chetwynd: ‘I stuck out like a sore thumb’ With this year's passing of Charlton Heston, the elder statesman of Hollywood Republicans might be producer, director and screenwriter Lionel Chetwynd.
The Hanoi Hilton. Available on Pluto TV. Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo — more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton — between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of American servicemen who are prisoners at the detention camp.
