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Don Haig is a Producer Canadien born on 22 july 1933 at Winnipeg (Canada)
Don Haig (22 July 1933 - 2 March 2002) was a Canadian filmmaker, editor, and producer.
His work in film and television spanned nearly 5 decades.
Awards included Genie, Gemini awards, and the Governor General's award.
Don was known as the "godfather of Canadian film" for nurturing young talent and producing many award-winning films. He is recognized by some as "the most important person on the Canadian film scene," helping create over 500 films.
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Birth name Donald George Haig
Nationality Canada
Birth 22 july 1933 at Winnipeg (Canada)
Death 2 march 2002 (at 68 years) at Toronto (Canada)
Awards Governor General's Awards
Nationality Canada
Birth 22 july 1933 at Winnipeg (Canada)
Death 2 march 2002 (at 68 years) at Toronto (Canada)
Awards Governor General's Awards
His work in film and television spanned nearly 5 decades.
Awards included Genie, Gemini awards, and the Governor General's award.
Don was known as the "godfather of Canadian film" for nurturing young talent and producing many award-winning films. He is recognized by some as "the most important person on the Canadian film scene," helping create over 500 films.
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Filmography of Don Haig (8 films)
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, 1h34Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Feminist films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Gloria Steinem
Roles Producer
Rating77%
Secret Nation (1992)
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Cathy Jones, Michael Wade, Mary Walsh, Ken Campbell, Andy Jones, Brian Downey
Roles Executive Producer
Rating66%
The film opens with the death of the elderly and wealthy Leo Cryptus (Denys Ferry), the Chief Returning Officer for the 1948 confederation referenda. The film then shifts to Montreal, introducing Frieda Vokey, a graduate student of McGill University completing her history thesis on confederation titled “the decline of the sovereign Newfoundland state”. After academic advisors in Montreal tell Frieda that her thesis is a “joke” she then returns to her hometown of St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Comic Book Confidential (1989)
, 1h30Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about the visual arts
Actors Will Eisner, William Gaines, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Frank Miller, Charles Burns
Roles Executive Producer
Rating69%
The film includes profiles of twenty-two notable and influential talents in the comics field, such as Charles Burns, Art Spiegelman, Françoise Mouly, Frank Miller, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar and William M. Gaines. In interviews, the creators discuss their contributions and history, and read passages from their works over filmograph animations. Montages of comics through the decades, archival scenes of politically important moments, and a live-action Zippy the Pinhead are featured.
Termini Station (1989)
, 1h48Directed by Allan King
Genres Drama
Actors Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Gordon Clapp, Debra McGrath, David James Elliott
Roles Executive Producer
Rating68%
Mob Story (1989)
, 1h34Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Actors John Vernon, Kate Vernon, Al Waxman, Margot Kidder
Roles Executive Producer
Rating39%
The Brain (1988)
, 1h34Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Cynthia Preston, David Gale, George Buza
Roles Executive Producer
Rating52%
Dr. Blakely runs a TV show called "Independent Thinkers", which is a Scientology-like self-help/religion program. But he's not making his audience think any more independently - with the help of an alien organism he calls The Brain, he's using brainwashing and mind control. The only thing that stands between them and world domination is a brilliant but troubled high school student with a penchant for pranks.
, 1h21Directed by Patricia Rozema
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Richard Monette, Patricia Rozema
Roles Executive Producer
Rating66%
The film stars Sheila McCarthy as Polly, a worker for a temporary secretarial agency. Polly serves as the narrator for the film, and there are frequent sequences portraying her whimsical fantasies. Polly lives alone, seems to have no friends and enjoys solitary bicycle rides to undertake her hobby of photography. Despite her clumsiness, lack of education, social awkwardness and inclination to take others' statements literally, all of which have resulted in scarce employment opportunities, Polly is placed as a secretary in a private art gallery owned by Gabrielle (Paule Baillargeon).
Dancing in the Dark (1986)
, 1h33Directed by Bill Corcoran
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Martha Henry, Neil Munro
Roles Executive Producer
Rating67%
The story begins in the present as unfolds along with scenes from the past about Edna (Henry), a woman in a hospital who each day writes down her memories. Edna cannot (or will not) talk to her doctor, and nurses have to take care of her basic needs. Edna's hospital surroundings give way to the bright colours of her home life as her memories surface while she writes. She is a devoted housewife, an excellent cook, and in love with her husband Harry (Munro) who often compliments her on her cooking, fills their conversations with his life at work, and they seem quite normal if perhaps a little boring. But then something happens that will change Edna's attitude toward herself, resulting in a hospital stay, and her stubborn unwillingness to talk.