Dennis Sawyer
Editing
49 credits
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Over the course of his 30-year-long career at the NFB (1955–1987), Dennis Sawyer produced a large body of work, not only as a director (12 titles) and producer (90 titles) but also as an editor (150 titles), sound technician (4 titles) and cast member (1 title). He started out as a sound technician and film editor in 1955, and his first credit as a director came in 1970. He produced his last film in 1987. His impressive and versatile career saw Sawyer working on a range of films that dealt with a variety of topics, from the Canada Vignettes series and the Fogo Island project to films about Latin America or Africa. Sawyer also directed the timeless depictions of the first four editions of the Arctic Winter Games (from 1970 to 1976), which featured many sports typically included in Olympic competitions but with a specific focus on Indigenous sports.
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Filmography
Other credits
40 credits
Haida Carver
Citizen Discussions
The Longer Trail
Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle, or Mutilate
Billy Crane Moves Away
Some Problems of Fogo
The Songs of Chris Cobb
Thoughts on Fogo and Norway
The Mercer Family
McGraths at Home and Fishing
The Founding of the Co-operatives
Fishermen's Meeting
Jim Decker's Party
Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay
Tom Best on Co-operatives
Who Were the Ones?
A Woman's Place
On Power Refuelling
Dan Roberts on Fishing
Introduction to Fogo Island
Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare
The Fogo Island Improvement Committee
War II: Total War
Discussion on Welfare
Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle
Jim Decker Builds a Longliner
Canadians Can Dance!
A Wedding and Party
The Merchant and the Teacher
Blades and Brass
The Story of the Up Top
Fogo's Expatriates
The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
Selkirk of Red River
William Wells Talks About The Island
Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North
Au pays de Zom
Sable Island
The Children of Fogo Island
Joe Kinsella on Education
Producing
7 credits
Reconstruction of the NRX Reactor 1970
U 111 Dryout Experiment
On Power Refuelling
On the Critical Path
Canada Vignettes: Wop May
Sons of Haji Omar
The Second Arctic Winter Games
Directing
3 credits
Acting
1 credit
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