John Grierson
Production • AGE 73
John Grierson (1898–1972) was a pioneering Scottish filmmaker and producer who shaped the documentary film movement, earning recognition as the father of British and Canadian documentary cinema. He fa...
Filmography
The New Generation
Producer
2025
A Return to Memory
Self (archive sound)
2024
Grierson
Self (archive footage)
1973
I Remember, I Remember
1968
Seawards the Great Ships
Screenplay
1960
The Oracle
Executive Producer
1953
Man of Africa
Producer
1953
Miss Robin Hood
Executive Producer
1952
The Brave Don't Cry
Executive Producer
1952
You're Only Young Twice!
Executive Producer
1952
The Face of Scotland
John Knox (voice)
1938
North Sea
Executive Producer
1938
The Smoke Menace
Producer
1937
Trade Tattoo
Producer
1937
Daily Round
Producer
1937
Children at School
Producer
1937
Night Mail
Commentary
1936
A Colour Box
Producer
1935
BBC: The Voice of Britain
Producer
1935
Coal Face
Producer
1935
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Producer
1935
The Song of Ceylon
Producer
1934
Granton Trawler
Director of Photography
1934
6.30 Collection
Producer
1934
Post-Haste
Producer
1934
Industrial Britain
Producer
1931
Herlock Sholmes in Be-a-Live-Crook
Director
1930
Kuster Beaton
Director
1930
Our Dumb Friend
Director
1930
Drifters
Editor
1929
Hitchcock on Grierson
Self