Director Profile: Donald C Brittain

Occupation: Producer/director/writer
Birthdate: June 10, 1928
Birthplace: Ottawa

Brittain, Donald Code born: 10 June 1928 (Ottawa); deceased: 21 July 1989 (Montreal).

Producer/director/writer of over 100 films, primarily with the National Film Board of Canada from 1955; including: "Bethune" (1964); "Memorandum" (1965); "Volcano: An Inquiry Into The Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry" (1976).

Big Movies include: Tiger Child (1970 - writer/director; first IMAX format film - Expo 70, Osaka); Earthwatch (1986 - producer/director/writer; Showscan format - Canada Pavilion, Expo 86, Vancouver).