About

Known credits:
17
Birthday:
1935-01-01
Place of birth:
London, United Kingdom
Website:
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John Trent

Overview

John Trent (1935, London - June 3, 1983, Snelgrove, Ontario, Canada) was a British-born Canadian film director. He directed such films as Homer, Middle Age Crazy, and It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.

Before working in feature films, Trent worked in Canadian television in the 1960s, directing episodes of such popular CBC series as Quentin Durgens, M.P. and Wojeck, based on the career of the controversial Dr. Morton Shulman, then Toronto’s chief coroner. In addition to producing his own films, his company Quadrant Films also produced such fare as Bob Clark's vampire horror film Deathdream.

Trent died in a road accident while returning from delivering his son, who was the Ontario Under 16 show-jumping champion, to an event. He was killed by a police car which came around a bend on the wrong side, and hit his compact Cadillac head-on.

Known for

Directing
1984 Best Revenge Directing Director N/A
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1981 Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner Directing Director 59
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1980 Middle Age Crazy Directing Director 58
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1979 Crossbar Directing Director 58
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1976 Find the Lady Directing Director 58
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1975 It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Directing Director 58
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1974 Sunday in the Country Directing Director 59
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1970 The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever Directing Director 58
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1970 Homer Directing Director 58
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1969 The Bushbaby Directing Director 58
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Writing
1976 Find the Lady Writing Writer 58
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1975 It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Writing Writer 58
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1974 Sunday in the Country Writing Screenplay 59
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Production
1976 Find the Lady Production Producer 58
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1974 Blue Blood Production Producer 58
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1974 Dead of Night Production Producer 59
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1969 The Bushbaby Production Producer 58
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