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William Weintraub est un Acteur, Réalisateur et Scénariste Canadien né le 19 février 1926 à Montréal (Canada)
William Weintraub, OC (born February 19, 1926) is a Canadian journalist, author, filmmaker and lecturer, known for his long association with Canada's National Film Board (NFB).
Born and educated in Montreal, Weintraub graduated from McGill University where he had worked on the McGill Daily. He began his career as a reporter at The Montreal Gazette in the 1950s, later moving to Weekend magazine. His experience in journalism provided the basis for Weintraub's 1961 novel Why Rock the Boat? and his 2001 memoir Getting Started. Among Weintraub's contemporaries and friends were authors Mordecai Richler, Mavis Gallant, Norman Levine and Brian Moore.
Weintraub's satirical 1979 novel The Underdogs provoked controversy by imagining a future socialist republic of Quebec, in which English-speakers were an oppressed minority, complete with a violent resistance movement. One planned stage version was canceled before its premiere.
In a film career spanning decades, Weintraub was involved with more than 150 NFB productions, serving variously as writer, producer and director. Productions ranged from Canada: Beef Cattle to historical documentaries to a portrait of Canadian writer Margaret Laurence. His 1993 documentary The Rise and Fall of English Montreal dealt with the second large Quebec diaspora that began in the 1960s and accelerated rapidly after the 1976 Quebec election. The National Post wrote that he said that Torontonians should express their gratitude to a major benefactor of the city and erect a very large heroic statue at the head of Bay Street of former Premier of Quebec René Lévesque.
Over the years, some critics expressed regret that Weintraub chose to focus mostly on film work, rather than devoting himself more fully to literature. But Weintraub went on to publish no fewer than four books after his seventieth birthday including City Unique (1996), an exploration of English Montreal in the 1940s and 50s.
In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. The citation reads: "As a journalist, author, filmmaker and lecturer, William Weintraub has played a major role in our country's artistic and intellectual life".
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Nationalité Canada
Naissance 19 février 1926 (98 ans) à Montréal (Canada)
Récompenses Officier de l’ordre du Canada
Naissance 19 février 1926 (98 ans) à Montréal (Canada)
Récompenses Officier de l’ordre du Canada
Born and educated in Montreal, Weintraub graduated from McGill University where he had worked on the McGill Daily. He began his career as a reporter at The Montreal Gazette in the 1950s, later moving to Weekend magazine. His experience in journalism provided the basis for Weintraub's 1961 novel Why Rock the Boat? and his 2001 memoir Getting Started. Among Weintraub's contemporaries and friends were authors Mordecai Richler, Mavis Gallant, Norman Levine and Brian Moore.
Weintraub's satirical 1979 novel The Underdogs provoked controversy by imagining a future socialist republic of Quebec, in which English-speakers were an oppressed minority, complete with a violent resistance movement. One planned stage version was canceled before its premiere.
In a film career spanning decades, Weintraub was involved with more than 150 NFB productions, serving variously as writer, producer and director. Productions ranged from Canada: Beef Cattle to historical documentaries to a portrait of Canadian writer Margaret Laurence. His 1993 documentary The Rise and Fall of English Montreal dealt with the second large Quebec diaspora that began in the 1960s and accelerated rapidly after the 1976 Quebec election. The National Post wrote that he said that Torontonians should express their gratitude to a major benefactor of the city and erect a very large heroic statue at the head of Bay Street of former Premier of Quebec René Lévesque.
Over the years, some critics expressed regret that Weintraub chose to focus mostly on film work, rather than devoting himself more fully to literature. But Weintraub went on to publish no fewer than four books after his seventieth birthday including City Unique (1996), an exploration of English Montreal in the 1940s and 50s.
In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. The citation reads: "As a journalist, author, filmmaker and lecturer, William Weintraub has played a major role in our country's artistic and intellectual life".
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Drylanders (1962)
, 1h9Réalisé par Don Haldane
Origine Canada
Genres Drame, Western
Acteurs Frances Hyland, Don Francks, William Weintraub
Rôle Narrateur
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Drylanders is set in Canada at the turn of the century. Daniel Greer (James Douglas) returns home after the Boer War to find city life not to his liking. Instead,he opts for the life of a wheat farmer. At first, his farm is prosperous, but he becomes victim to a nationwide drought. He struggles to keep his farm afloat, but dies before he could see the end of the drought. His wife(Frances Hyland) continues her husbands work on the farm.
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, 51minutesRéalisé par William Weintraub
Origine Canada
Genres Documentaire
Thèmes Documentaire historique, Documentaire sur la politique, Documentaire sur les villes, Politique, Documentaire sur la politique du Québec
Acteurs Vlasta Vrána
A Matter of Fat (1969)
Réalisé par William Weintraub
Origine Canada
Genres Documentaire
Thèmes Documentaire sur la santé, Le handicap
Acteurs Lorne Greene
Scénariste
, 51minutesRéalisé par William Weintraub
Origine Canada
Genres Documentaire
Thèmes Documentaire historique, Documentaire sur la politique, Documentaire sur les villes, Politique, Documentaire sur la politique du Québec
Acteurs Vlasta Vrána
A Matter of Fat (1969)
Réalisé par William Weintraub
Origine Canada
Genres Documentaire
Thèmes Documentaire sur la santé, Le handicap
Acteurs Lorne Greene