Beryl Fox
Encyclopedia
Beryl Fox is a Canadian documentary
film director
and film producer
.
she was hired by the CBC
and worked there from 1962 to 1966, first as a script assistant and researcher and then as a film director. Fox had a gift for understanding contemporary social and political conflicts. She was the first Canadian to do in depth, and frequently critical, explorations of the Vietnam War, race riots, and feminism in the United States
. She has won three Canadian Film Award
s; the first for Summer in Mississippi in 1965, a film about the civil rights movement and the second and third awards for her best known film, The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam in 1966. The film was shot entirely on location while the war was ongoing and had no narration and no archive footage. She continued making documentaries for another decade before branching out into producing feature films for mainstream audiences.
Documentary film
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film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
.
Biography
After graduating from the University of TorontoUniversity of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
she was hired by the CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
and worked there from 1962 to 1966, first as a script assistant and researcher and then as a film director. Fox had a gift for understanding contemporary social and political conflicts. She was the first Canadian to do in depth, and frequently critical, explorations of the Vietnam War, race riots, and feminism in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She has won three Canadian Film Award
Canadian Film Award
The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually except in 1974 when Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation that year....
s; the first for Summer in Mississippi in 1965, a film about the civil rights movement and the second and third awards for her best known film, The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam in 1966. The film was shot entirely on location while the war was ongoing and had no narration and no archive footage. She continued making documentaries for another decade before branching out into producing feature films for mainstream audiences.
Selected filmography
- North with the Spring (1970)
- Memorial to Martin Luther King (1969)
- Last Reflections on a War (1968)
- Saigon: Portrait of a City (1967)
- Youth in Search of Morality (1966)
- Summer in Mississippi (1965)
- The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam (1965)
- One More River (1964)
- The Single Woman and the Double Standard (1963)