Martin Duckworth (born March 8, 1933) is a Canadian documentarydirector and cinematographer who was on staff at the National Film Board from 1963 to 1970 and has continued to work with them as a freelance filmmaker. He was cinematographer on more than 100 films, and directed or co-directed 30, most of them with the NFB.
Martin Duckworth
Born
(1933-03-08) March 8, 1933 (age 90)
Canada
Occupation
Director - Cinematographer
His credits as director include 12,000 Men and Return to Dresden (Golden Sheaf awards at Yorkton, 1979[1] and 1986), A Wives' Tale (Quebec Critics’ Choice 1980), No More Hiroshima (Genie 1984), Our Last Days in Moscow (best direction FIFA1987), Oliver Jones in Africa (Mannheim Ducate 1990), and Brush with Life (Hot Docs Best Film 1994).
His father, Jack Duckworth, was secretary-general of the YMCAs in NDG and Halifax. His mother, Muriel Duckworth was a distinguished Canadian pacifist and activist. He was married to Audrey Schirmer, a photographer and filmmaker, with whom he has collaborated on a range of projects. They had three children together, Nicholas, Jacqueline and Danielle. Duckworth is also the father of twins from his first marriage, Marya and Sylvia, as well as daughters Natascha and Anana from his second marriage.[3]
His relationship with Schirmer, as she struggled with Alzheimer-related dementia prior to her death in 2019, was the subject of Jeremiah Hayes's 2021 documentary film Dear Audrey.[8]
ReferencesEdit
^"Morse says entries superb". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 19 November 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^Alioff, Maurie (20 November 2012). "Martin Duckworth: the man behind the camera". Point of View. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ abMaurie Alioff and Susan Schouten Levine (June 1987). "Moving with the Life". Cinema Canada. Reprinted in Point of View. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
^ abLindeman, Tracey (16 December 2015). "Director, cinematographer, mentor: Concordian Martin Duckworth wins Quebec's highest honour". News. Concordia University. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^Dubrofsky, Susan (24 June 2009). . Montreal Serai. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
Concordia University Records Management and Archives: Martin Duckworth fonds
October 21, 2023
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