Beverly Shaffer (partial data)

Country: Canada
Born: 1945

Films directed by Beverly Shaffer

My Friends Call Me Tony (1975)
My Name Is Susan Yee (1975)
Beautiful Lennard Island (1977)
Gurdeep Singh Bains (1977)
I'll Find a Way (1977) (also known as: "Je trouverai un moyen")
Kevin Alec (1977)
Veronica (1977)
Benoît (1978)
Julie O'Brien (1981)
It's Just Better (1982)
Discussions in Bioethics: Who Should Decide? (1985) (also known as: "La bioéthique : une question de choix - qui décidera?")
To a Safer Place (1987) (also known as: "L'enfant dans le mur")
Tamar (1991) (also known as: "Children of Jerusalem - Tamar")
Asya (1992) (also known as: "Children of Jerusalem - Asya")
Neveen (1992) (also known as: "Children of Jerusalem - Neveen")
Yacoub (1992) (also known as: "Children of Jerusalem - Yacoub")
Yehuda (1994) (also known as: "Children of Jerusalem - Yehuda")
Gesho (1996) (also known as: "Children of Jerusalem - Gesho")
Ibrahim (1996) (also known as: "Children of Jerusalem - Ibrahim")
Just a Wedding (1999)
To My Birthmother... (2002)
Mr Mergler's Gift (2004) (also known as: "L'héritage de Monsieur Mergler")

For QUOTES about a specific film by Beverly Shaffer, please see: I'll Find a Way To a Safer Place

The first Canadian woman director to win an Academy Award (Oscar).
Born in Montreal.
Studied religion and philosophy at McGill University and film at Boston University.
Began working at the National Film Board of Canada (Studio D) in 1975.

Vanstone, Gail. D Is for Daring: The Women behind the Films of Studio D. Toronto: Sumach Press, 2007. (pp. 131-134)

Vanstone, Gail E. "Documenting D: Studio D of the NFB and Its Representation of Women's Lives in Canada, 1974-1996." PhD diss., York University, 2003. (pp. 178-180)

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