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Community Rating
7.3
TMDB estimate
Born
August 8, 1927
Died
March 3, 1991 (age 63)
Born in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John Spotton was a Canadian filmmaker, cinematographer, and editor associated with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He played a pivotal role in developing the Direct Cinema movement, contributing to documentaries that emphasized naturalistic and unobtrusive filming techniques. Spotton's notable works include Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965), a documentary capturing the making of Keaton's short film The Railrodder, and Memorandum (1965), which explores the Holocaust's impact on survivors. His contributions significantly influenced documentary filmmaking in Canada and beyond.

Peep and the Big Wide World
as Executive Producer
1988

Final Offer
as Executive Producer
1985

Pitchmen
as Executive Producer
1985

Abortion: Stories from North and South
as Producer
1984

Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community
as Executive Producer
1983

Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis
as Executive Producer
1983

Thanks for the Ride
as Producer
1983
Viking Visitors to North America
as Producer
1979

A Pinto for the Prince
as Director
1979

Circus World
as Cinematography
1974

Kainai
as Director of Photography
1973

Memorandum
as Director
1967

Never a Backward Step
as Director
1966

The White Ship
as Editor
1966

Buster Keaton Rides Again
as Director, Editor, Director of Photography
1965

High Steel
as Director of Photography
1965

Nobody Waved Goodbye
as Editor, Director of Photography
1964

Legault's Place
as Director of Photography
1964

The Hutterites
as Editor, Director of Photography
1964

Toronto Jazz
as Director of Photography
1963