William D. MacGillivray
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William D. MacGillivray is a Canadian film director
and screenwriter
. MacGillivray studied art and design at NSCAD University and at Concordia University
. He then studied filmmaking at the London Film School
in England in 1972. In 1974 he was one of the founding members of the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative and in 1979 directed his first film, Aerial View. The following year he founded his own production company, Picture Plant, for which he wrote and directed four feature films over the coming years. His most successful film, Life Classes
(1988), was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
and was selected for official competition at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival
.
Film director
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and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. MacGillivray studied art and design at NSCAD University and at Concordia University
Concordia University
Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
. He then studied filmmaking at the London Film School
London Film School
The London Film School is a private film school in London and is situated in a converted brewery in Covent Garden, London, close to a hub of the UK film industry based in Soho. The LFS was founded in 1956 by Bob Dunbar as The London School of Film Technique...
in England in 1972. In 1974 he was one of the founding members of the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative and in 1979 directed his first film, Aerial View. The following year he founded his own production company, Picture Plant, for which he wrote and directed four feature films over the coming years. His most successful film, Life Classes
Life Classes
Life Classes is a 1987 Canadian drama film directed by William D. MacGillivray.- Plot :Mary Cameron lives on the Canadian island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. There, she enjoys a warm relationship with an old woman she calls Nanny , who regales her with stories of the Gaelic past...
(1988), was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
The Genie Award for Best Motion Picture is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian motion picture.-1st Genie Awards:*The Changeling *Cordélia...
and was selected for official competition at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival
38th Berlin International Film Festival
The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 12 to 23, 1988.-Jury:* Guglielmo Biraghi * Ellen Burstyn* Heiner Carow* Eberhard Junkersdorf* Tom Luddy* Heinz Rathsack* Daniel Schmid* Andrei Smirnov...
.
Selected filmography
- Ron Hynes - Man of a Thousand Songs (2010) (Documentary)
- Reading Alistair MacLeod (2005) (Documentary)
- Silent Messengers (2005) (Documentary)
- For Generations to Come (1994) (Documentary)
- Understanding Bliss (1990)
- The Vacant Lot (1989)
- Life ClassesLife ClassesLife Classes is a 1987 Canadian drama film directed by William D. MacGillivray.- Plot :Mary Cameron lives on the Canadian island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. There, she enjoys a warm relationship with an old woman she calls Nanny , who regales her with stories of the Gaelic past...
(1988) - I Will Make No More Boring Art (1987) (Documentary)
- Stations (1983)
- Aerial View (1979)