• Source: Stanley Jackson (filmmaker)

      • Stanley Jackson (1914–1981) was a Canadian film director, producer, writer and narrator with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).


      Biography


      Jackson began his career as a schoolteacher in Winnipeg, before taking a teaching position in Toronto. There, in 1942, he was hired by NFB producer Stuart Legg to conduct research for the new NFB series Canada Carries On. He wrote and directed the first film he worked on, Battle of the Harvests. At the time, Tom Daly was putting together the NFB's now-famous Unit B; Jackson and Colin Low were its first two members. They were joined by Terence Macartney-Filgate, Robert Verrall, Norman McLaren, Roman Kroitor, Don Owen, Arthur Lipsett, Wolf Koenig and Hugh O'Connor.

      Jackson soon distinguished himself as a writer, and as a narrator. He wrote most of his own scripts, and created a characteristic narration style for NFB, becoming known as ‘the voice of the NFB’. Of the 130 films he made, he was the narrator of 82, and Low would call him "irreplaceable" in the field of documentary film commentary. Ironically, Jackson is also credited with helping to break the NFB narration style he helped to create, on Low and producer Tom Daly's 1954 film, Corral:Gathered around the moviola, the crew watched the film; it was silent, save for the music. "Where's the commentary?" someone asked halfway through. They kept watching. When it was over, Jackson asked them frankly, "What would a commentary do for that?" Low and Daly couldn't help but agree. Corral became the first NFB film without a voiceover track.
      Jackson was known as a meticulous filmmaker and, along with Low, as the ‘conscience’ of Unit B; the two men worked together to make sure that no documentary descended into voyeurism. Jackson was also the ‘peace-keeper’ of the unit, holding the team together as others found the personalities of Kroitor and Lipsett difficult to deal with. A bachelor with no relatives, Unit B was Jackson's family—to the point where he paid the school tuition for Kroitor's son for two years. He retired for health reasons in 1971 and died in Toronto in 1981, at age 67.


      Filmography


      All National Film Board of Canada

      Canada Carries On: Battle of the Harvests - documentary short, 1942 - writer, director
      Canada Carries On: Thought for Food - documentary short, 1943 - writer, director
      Home to the Land - documentary short, 1944 - writer, director
      Hands for the Harvest - documentary short, 1944 - writer, director
      The Plots Thicken - animated short, 1944 - writer, director
      This is Our Land - documentary short, 1945 - writer, producer, director
      Canada Carries On: This is Our Canada - documentary short, 1945 - writer, producer, director
      Condition Improved - documentary short, 1946 - writer, director
      Ukrainian Festival - documentary short, 1947 - writer, co-producer, co-director with John H. Tyo
      Who Will Teach Your Child? - documentary short, 1948 - writer, editor, director
      Canada Carries On: Summer is for Kids - documentary short, 1949 - producer, director
      Canada Carries On: Our Town is the World - short film, 1950 - director
      Feelings of Depression - documentary short, 1950 - writer, director
      Depressive States - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director
      Schizophrenia: Catatonic Type - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director
      Schizophrenia: Hebephrenic Type - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director
      Schizophrenia: Simple Type: Deteriorated - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director
      Paranoid Conditions - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director
      Organic Reaction Type: Senile - documentary short, 1951 - writer, director
      Manic State - documentary short, 1952 - writer, director
      Paul Tomkowicz: Street-Railway Switchman - documentary short, Roman Kroitor 1953 - writer
      Shyness - documentary short, 1953 - writer, director
      The Ballot-o-Maniac - short film, 1953 - writer, director
      One Little Indian - animated puppet film, 1954 - writer, director
      To Serve the Mind - short film, 1955 - writer, director, co-narrator with Tom McBride
      The Pony - short film, Lawrence Cherry 1955 - narrator
      Introducing Canada - documentary short, Tom Daly 1956 - writer
      Profile of a Problem Drinker - short film, Perspective series 1957 - writer, director
      Looking Beyond…Story of a Film Council - documentary short, 1957 - writer, director
      The Quest - short film, 1958 - director
      Stigma -short film, 1958 - writer, director
      Town Planning (The Master Plan) - documentary short, Louis Portugais 1958 - narrator
      Trans Canada Summer - documentary, Ronald Dick 1958 - writer, narrator
      Memory of Summer - documentary short, 1958 - writer, director
      A Foreign Language - documentary short, 1958 - writer, director
      The Days Before Christmas - documentary short, 1958 - co-writer and co-director with Terence Macartney-Filgate and Wolf Koenig
      The Back-Breaking Leaf - documentary short, Terence Macartney-Filgate 1959 - writer, narrator
      The Canadians - documentary short, Terence Macartney-Filgate 1959 - writer, narrator
      Emergency Ward - documentary short, William Greaves 1959 - writer, narrator
      Glenn Gould - On the Record - documentary short, Wolf Koenig & Roman Kroitor 1959 - co-writer, narrator
      Glenn Gould - Off the Record - documentary short, Wolf Koenig & Roman Kroitor 1959 - co-writer, narrator
      Tourist Go Home -short film, 1959 - co-writer and co-director with Ron Weyman
      Roughnecks: The Story of Oil Drillers - documentary short, Guy L. Coté 1960 - narrator
      The Cars in Your Life - documentary short, Terence Macartney-Filgate 1960 - writer, narrator
      Circle of the Sun - documentary short, Colin Low 1960 - co-writer with Colin Low
      Universe - documentary short, Colin Low & Roman Kroitor 1960 - commentary
      The Discovery of Insulin - documentary short, 1961 - director
      Wrestling - documentary short, Michel Brault, Claude Jutra, Marcel Carrière, Claude Fornier 1961 - narrator
      Mathematics at Your Fingertips - documentary short, John Howe 1961 - writer, narrator
      The Days of Whiskey Gap - documentary short, Colin Low 1961 - writer, narrator
      University - documentary, 1961 - director
      The Peep Show - cartoon, Kaj Pindal 1962 - narrator
      My Financial Career - animated short, Gerald Potterton 1962 - writer, narrator
      The Living Machine - documentary, Roman Kroitor 1962 - writer, narrator
      The Origins of Weather - animated documentary short, Joe Koenig 1963 - narrator
      Cornet at Night - short film, 1963 - writer, director
      Children Learn from Filmstrips - documentary short, 1963 - director, narrator
      Paul-Émile Borduas 1905-1960 - documentary short, Jacques Godbout 1963 - co-narrator with Percy Rodriguez
      Trail Ride - documentary short, Ernest Reid 1964 - writer, narrator
      The Transition - documentary short, Mort Ransen 1964 - narrator
      The Hundredth Summer - documentary, Terence Macartney-Filgate 1964 - writer, narrator
      The Moontrap - documentary, Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière and Pierre Perrault 1964 - writer, narrator
      Among Fish - documentary short, 1964, co-director with Mort Ransen & Kenneth McCready
      The Hutterites - documentary short, Colin Low 1964 - writer, narrator
      Above the Horizon - documentary short, Roman Kroitor and Hugh O'Connor 1964, writer, narrator
      Antigonish - documentary short, 1964 - director
      Legault's Place - documentary short, Suzanne Angel 1964 - writer, narrator
      Jet Pilot - documentary short, Joe Koenig 1964 - writer, narrator
      About Flowers - documentary short, René Jodoin 1964 - writer
      A Tree is a Living Thing - documentary short, Vincent Vaitiekunas 1964 - writer, narrator
      Two Men of Montreal - documentary, Suzanne Angel, Donald Brittain & Don Owen 1965 - co-writer with Donald Brittain
      Henry Larsen - documentary short, John Kemeny 1965 - writer, narrator
      War II: Total War - documentary short, William Canning 1965 - writer, narrator
      Instant French - short film, David Bearstow 1965 - writer
      Stefansson: The Arctic Prophet - documentary short, John Kemeny 1965 - narrator
      The Forest - documentary short, John Spotton 1966 - writer
      The Long Haul Men - documentary short, Michael Rubbo 1966 - writer, narrator
      The People at Dipper - documentary short, Richard Gilbert and Jack Ofield 1966 - writer, narrator
      Island Observed - documentary short, Hector Lemieux 1966 - writer
      Paddle to the Sea - documentary short, Bill Mason 1966 - co-producer, writer, narrator
      Helicopter Canada - documentary, Eugene Boyko 1966 - narrator
      Steeltown - documentary, Walford Hewitson 1966 - writer
      After Eve - documentary short, Michael J.F. Scott 1967 - writer, narrator
      The Transportation of Ore Concentrate - documentary short, Eugene Boyko 1967 - writer, narrator
      The Name of the Game is Volleyball - documentary short, Hector Lemieux 1967 - writer, narrator
      Charlie’s Day - short film, Martin Defalco 1967 - narrator
      The Indian Speaks - documentary, Marcel Carrière 1967 - writer, narrator
      They’re Putting Us Off the Map - documentary short, Michael J.F. Scott 1968 - writer, narrator
      Foresters - documentary short, Werner Aellen 1968 - narrator
      Standing Buffalo - documentary short, Joan Henson 1968 - writer
      The World of One in Five - documentary short, James Carney 1969 - writer, narrator
      Pathways to the Sky - documentary short, Hector Lemieux 1969 - writer, narrator
      If He Is Devoured, I Win - experimental film, Rick Raxlen 1969 - co-producer with Tom Daly
      Aqua Rondo - documentary short, Jacques Bensimon 1969 - writer, narrator
      Of Many People - documentary short, 1970 - writer, director
      Introduction to Labrador - documentary short, George C. Stoney and Harvey Best 1970 - writer, narrator
      Tee-Won Short - documentary short (3 parts), Michael J. F. Scott 1970 - producer
      Death of a Legend - documentary, Bill Mason 1970 - writer
      The Conquered Dream - documentary, Michael McKennirey and Richard Robinson 1971 - writer, narrator
      People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer - documentary, Michael McKennirey and Richard Robinson 1971 - writer
      People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Winter - documentary, Michael McKennirey and Richard Robinson 1971 - writer
      The Sea - documentary short, Bané Jovanovic 1971 - co-writer with Joseph B. MacInnis
      Here is Canada - documentary short, Tony Ianzelo 1972 - writer, narrator
      Kainai - documentary short, Raoul Fox 1973 - writer
      Child, Part 1: Jamie, Ethan and Marlon: The First Two Months - documentary short, Robert Humble 1973 - writer, narrator
      Child, Part 2: Jamie, Ethan and Keir: 2-14 Months - documentary short, Robert Humble 1973 - writer, narrator
      Mr. Symbol Man - documentary, Bruce Moir & Bob Kingsbury 1974 - writer, narrator
      The New Alchemists - documentary, Dorothy Todd Henaut 1974 - writer, narrator
      Child, Part 3: Debbie and Robert: 12-24 Months - documentary short, Robert Humble 1974 - writer, narrator
      The Boat That Ian Built - documentary short, Andy Thomson 1974 - co-producer with Colin Low
      Freshwater World - documentary short, Giles Walker 1974 - narrator, co-writer
      The Light Fantastik - documentary short, Michel Patenaude and Rupert Glover 1974 - writer, narrator
      Enemy Alien - documentary short, Jeanette Lerman 1975 - narrator, co-writer with Jeanette Lerman
      Jack Rabbit - documentary short, Bill Brind 1975 - writer, narrator
      The Outcome of Income - animated documentary short, Veronika Soul 1975 - writer, narrator
      Have I Ever Lied to You Before? - documentary, John Spotton 1976 - writer, narrator
      A Pinto for the Prince - documentary short 1976 - Colin Low and John Spotton, writer, narrator
      The Great Clean-Up - documentary, James Carney 1976 - writer, narrator
      First Steps - documentary short, Philip Bridgeman and Alec MacLeod 1976 - writer, producer, narrator
      The Vacant Lot - documentary short, Judith Merritt 1977 - co-producer with Donald Brittain
      The 1 CAG Story - documentary short, Douglas Cameron and Andy Thomson 1977 - writer
      Child, Part 4: Kathy and Ian: Three-Year-Olds - documentary short, Robert Humble 1977 - writer, narrator
      Child, Part 5: 4 Years - 6 Years - documentary short, Robert Humble 1978 - writer, narrator
      Flash William - documentary short, Tom Radford 1978 - co-writer, narrator
      The Forests and Vladimir Krajina - documentary short, John Laing and Thomas Burstyn 1978 - writer, narrator
      Canada Vignettes: Helen Law - documentary short, Jennifer Hodge de Silva 1979 - writer
      China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story - documentary, Tom Radford 1979 - co-writer with Tom Radford
      John Law and the Mississippi Bubble - animated short, Richard Condie 1979 - writer, narrator
      Unemployment: Voices from the Line - documentary short, Pierre Lasry 1979 - narrator
      Prairie Album - animated documentary short, Blake James 1979 - writer


      Awards


      Who Will Teach Your Child? (1948)

      1st Canadian Film Awards, Ottawa: Best Theatrical Short, 1950
      Scholastic Teacher Magazine Annual Film Awards: Top-Ten List: Best 16mm Information Films of 1949
      Canada Carries On: Summer is for Kids (1949)

      2nd Canadian Film Awards, Ottawa: Honourable Mention, Theatrical Short, 1950
      Feelings of Depression (1950)

      3rd Canadian Film Awards, Ottawa: Genie Award for Best Non-Theatrical Film, 1951
      To Serve the Mind (1955)

      Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, Chicago: Silver Reel, Health, 1956
      The Quest (1958)

      11th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Award of Merit, Theatrical Short, 1959
      HYSPA Healthcare & Sports Exhibition, Bern: Diploma of Merit, 1961
      Children Learn from Filmstrips (1963)

      Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Award, Adult Education/Teachers, 1963
      Cornet at Night (1963)

      American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Stories for Children, 1965


      References




      External links


      Stanley Jackson at IMDb

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