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Robin Spry (October 25, 1939 – March 28, 2005) was a Canadian film director, producer and writer. He was perhaps best known for his documentary films Action: The October Crisis of 1970 and Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis about Quebec's October Crisis. His 1970 film Prologue won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.
Robin Spry was born on 25 October 1939 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a producer and writer, known for Hitting Home (1988), One Man (1977) and Keeping Track (1986). He died on 28 March 2005 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Producer, Writer, Director
- October 25, 1939
- Robin Spry
- March 28, 2005
Jan 9, 2011 · Robin Spry was the son of Canadian broadcast pioneer and CBC co-founder Graham SPRY. Robin Spry was educated at Oxford University, England, and the London School of Economics. He made several short films in England before returning to Canada to join the NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (NFB) as an assistant director in 1964.
Mar 29, 2005 · Canadian director and producer Robin Spry died March 28 in a car accident in Montreal. He was 65.
Oct 5, 2020 · On the morning of October 16, 1970, filmmaker Robin Spry listened to the radio as he made breakfast. Like many of his fellow citizens, he was stunned to learn that the War Measures Act had come into force in Quebec.
Robin Spry. Director, Producer, Screenwriter. Robin Spry was one of the brightest talents of the late sixties and early seventies and a pioneer of the emerging English-Canadian film scene of that era.
Nov 16, 2018 · Director Robin Spry had worked almost exclusively in documentaries at that time. He wrote several outlines of a story he wanted to film involving the effects of pollution on people. It took many drafts of the script before the NFB was comfortable greenlighting it.
