Robert Verrall

Robert Verrall

ActorProducerDirectorVisual EffectsEditor Jan 13 (age 98) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1948–2014 (66 year career)
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Biography

Robert Verrall (born January 13, 1928, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian animator, director and film producer who worked for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) from 1945 to 1987. Over the course of his career, his films garnered a BAFTA Award, prizes at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, and six Academy Award nominations. One of the first to join the NFB's fledgling animation unit, under Norman McLaren, Verrall would work as animator on such notable NFB animated shorts as …

Known For

Filmography

Acting (1)

Crew (52)

Movies (52)

Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'

Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'

2009

Producer

Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

1987

Producer

The Way It Is

The Way It Is

1986

Producer

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

1986

Producer

The Cap

The Cap

1985

Producer

6.0
Incident at Restigouche

Incident at Restigouche

1984

Executive Producer

7.5
The Masculine Mystique

The Masculine Mystique

1984

Executive Producer

John Cat

John Cat

1984

Executive Producer

The Wars

The Wars

1983

Executive Producer

3.3
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

1980

Executive Producer

Canada Vignettes: Woolly Mammoth

Canada Vignettes: Woolly Mammoth

1979

Producer

5.0
Canada Vignettes: Ma Chère Albertine

Canada Vignettes: Ma Chère Albertine

1979

Executive Producer

Canada Vignettes: Wop May

Canada Vignettes: Wop May

1979

Executive Producer

5.0
Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora

Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora

1979

Executive Producer

Canada Vignettes: Faces

Canada Vignettes: Faces

1978

Executive Producer

5.0
Canada Vignettes: Onions and Garlic: A Hebrew Fable

Canada Vignettes: Onions and Garlic: A Hebrew Fable

1978

Executive Producer

Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner

Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner

1978

Executive Producer

5.3
Canada Vignettes: Logger

Canada Vignettes: Logger

1978

Executive Producer

5.0
Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family

Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family

1978

Executive Producer

Canada Vignettes: Toronto

Canada Vignettes: Toronto

1978

Executive Producer

4.2
Canada Vignettes: Captain Cook

Canada Vignettes: Captain Cook

1978

Executive Producer

4.0
Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf

Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf

1978

Executive Producer

4.8
Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer

Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer

1977

Executive Producer

6.0
Face of the Earth

Face of the Earth

1975

Executive Producer

Goldwood

Goldwood

1975

Executive Producer

The Bear's Christmas

The Bear's Christmas

1974

Executive Producer

Propaganda Message

Propaganda Message

1974

Executive Producer

8.0
The Family That Dwelt Apart

The Family That Dwelt Apart

1973

Producer

7.7
11 Steps to Survival

11 Steps to Survival

1973

Executive Producer

Tickets s.v.p

Tickets s.v.p

1973

Executive Producer

Tilt

Tilt

1972

Executive Producer

The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by Aesop

The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by Aesop

1972

Producer

8.0
Christmas at Moose Factory

Christmas at Moose Factory

1971

Executive Producer

8.0
Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff

1971

Producer

5.8
The Specialist

The Specialist

1971

Producer

Ashes of Doom

Ashes of Doom

1970

Producer

4.7
Where There's Smoke

Where There's Smoke

1970

Director

The Sky Is Blue

The Sky Is Blue

1969

Producer

To See or Not to See

To See or Not to See

1969

Producer

5.2
Around Perception

Around Perception

1968

Producer

6.4
Cosmic Zoom

Cosmic Zoom

1968

Director

6.0
Cosmic Zoom

Cosmic Zoom

1968

Producer

6.0
Boomsville

Boomsville

1968

Producer

In a Box

In a Box

1968

Producer

Kurelek

Kurelek

1967

Producer

7.0
Energy and Matter

Energy and Matter

1966

Director

Percé on the Rocks

Percé on the Rocks

1964

Animation

Appetizers

Appetizers

1960

Director

A is for Architecture

A is for Architecture

1959

Director

Age of the Beaver

Age of the Beaver

1952

Animation

Time and Terrain

Time and Terrain

1948

Editor

A Story About Breadmaking in the Year 1255 A.D.

A Story About Breadmaking in the Year 1255 A.D.

1948

Director