Making Movie History: Svend-Erik Eriksen

Colin Low reflects on leaving art school in Calgary to join the NFB and his early days in the NFB's animation department.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.

Director and writer Carol Geddes reflects on telling stories from an aboriginal perspective as a filmmaker in the NFBs North West studio.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.

Morten Parker recalls the early days of documentary filmmaking at the NFB, including the making of his Oscar nominated film The Stratford Adventure.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.

A series of interviews with NFB artisans (filmmakers, producers, technicians, etc.) coupled with archival footage recounting the infancy of cinema, NFB Memories is a project that seeks to track the role of the Film Board since its inception while playing homage to the art of filmmaking at large. In this excerpt, writer and director Robert Duncan reflects on the art of writing in documentary in this short profile interweaving interviews, photographs and film excerpts.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.

Robert Verrall recalls coming to Ottawa to join the NFB and the early days in the animation studio including his work on the Oscar winning Romance of Transportation.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.

Director and Animator Gerald Potterton recalls arriving at the NFBs celebrated Animation Studio and some of his forays into live action fiction.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.

Director Sylvia Hamilton reflects on her work with the NFBs Atlantic Studio and the birth of New Initiatives in Film - A Studio D initiative for women of colour and aboriginal women.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.

Alanis Obomsawin talks about how she got her start at the NFB and the overarching importance of sound/story in her work.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.

In this short interview, Grant Munro, the celebrated animator, actor and director recalls being recruited by Norman McLaren to join the NFB's legendary animation studio.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.

A look at the work and legacy of Tom Daly, the legendary Unit B producer, who died in 2011.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.

Lateformer NFB commissioner Jacques Bensimon, who headed the Film Board from 2001 to 2006, recalls coming into the NFB as a director in the early 1960s, at a time when the institution was seeking to broaden its horizons and expand its reach.

This interview is part of Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts.