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Film and television director Eric Till began his career in theatre as a composer and made a few appearances in opera and on the stage Later with two years of service in the British military he joined a radio station in Hamburg Germany which he then used to work his way into a job in the record library at the British Broadcasting Corporation He quickly realized this was a deadend in terms of a career move and so left England for Canada in 1954 After serving two years as company manager with National Ballet of Canada Till joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC and directed a number of fine arts programs of opera ballet and television plays which ran the gamut from classic to contemporary His bestknown Canadian films are emSmall Gifts Getting Married in Buffalo Jump First Snowfall Win Again Turning To Stoneem and emA Nest of Singing Birdsem In 2004 he was honoured with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement award from the Governor Generals Performing Arts Awards His 2000 film emBonhoeffer Agent of Graceem won the Grand Prix at the 2001 Monte Carlo Film FestivalbrbrThe photo of Eric Till was taken while he was working on a hrefheffernanterenceTerence Heffernansa emA Great Big Thingem and was donated to the Northernstars Collection in April of 2011brbr
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
A Great Big Thing (1968)
Hot Millions (1968)
Walking Stick (1970)
A Fan’s Notes (1972)
Back to Beulah (TV-1974)
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet (1975)
Bethune (TV-1977)
Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (TV-1979)
An American Christmas Carol (TV-1979)
Wild Horse Hank (1979)
Improper Channels (1981)
If You Could See What I Hear (1982)
Shocktrauma (TV-1982)
Gentle Sinners (1983)
A Case of Libel (TV-1983)
Bridge to Terabithia (1985)
Turning to Stone (1985)
The Cuckoo Bird (TV-1985)
The Christmas Toy (TV-1986)
A Nest of Singing Birds (1987)
A Muppet Family Christmas (TV-1987)
Glory Enough For All (TV-1988)
The Challengers (TV-1989)
Clarence (TV-1990)
Getting Married in Buffalo Jump (TV-1990)
The Trial of Red Riding Hood (TV-1992)
Oh, What a Night (1992)
Farther West (1992)
Final Appeal (TV-1993)
The Challengers (1993)
Lifeline to Victory (TV-1993)
Voices From Within (TV-1994)
Small Gifts (TV-1994)
Falling For You (TV-1995)
When the Vows Break (TV-1995)
Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story (TV-1996)
Murder at My Door (TV-1996)
Pit Pony (TV-1997)
Win, Again! (TV-1999)
The Girl Next Door (TV-1999)
Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000)
Duct Tape Forever (2002)
Luther (2003)
The Secret of the Nutcracker (TV-2007)
Chekhov and Maria (2007)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
Festival (1960)
Forest Rangers (1963)
Seaway (1964)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
The National Dream (1974, mini-series)
Home Fires (1981)
Fraggle Rock (1983)
The Hitchhiker (1983)
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Scales of Justice (1990)
To Catch a Killer (1992, mini-series)
F/X: The Series (1996)
Doc (2001)
72 Hours (2003)
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