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Dennis Sawyer

Overview

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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Directing
1972 The Second Arctic Winter Games Directing Director N/A
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1972 When I Go - That's It! Directing Director N/A
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1970 Where There's Smoke Directing Director N/A
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Production
1979 Canada Vignettes: Wop May Production Producer 59
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1978 Sons of Haji Omar Production Producer N/A
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1973 Reconstruction of the NRX Reactor 1970 Production Producer N/A
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1972 The Second Arctic Winter Games Production Producer N/A
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1971 On Power Refuelling Production Producer N/A
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1971 U 111 Dryout Experiment Production Producer N/A
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1971 On the Critical Path Production Producer N/A
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Editing
1972 Who Were the Ones? Editing Editor N/A
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1971 On Power Refuelling Editing Editor N/A
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1968 Introduction to Fogo Island Editing Editor N/A
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1967 Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay Editing Editor N/A
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1967 The Children of Fogo Island Editing Editor 59
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1967 The Mercer Family Editing Editor N/A
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1967 McGraths at Home and Fishing Editing Editor N/A
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1967 The Merchant and the Teacher Editing Editor N/A
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1967 Jim Decker Builds a Longliner Editing Editor N/A
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1967 The Founding of the Co-operatives Editing Editor N/A
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1967 Jim Decker's Party Editing Editor N/A
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1967 William Wells Talks About The Island Editing Editor N/A
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1967 A Woman's Place Editing Editor N/A
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1967 A Wedding and Party Editing Editor N/A
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1967 The Fogo Island Improvement Committee Editing Editor N/A
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1967 Billy Crane Moves Away Editing Editor N/A
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1965 War II: Total War Editing Editor N/A
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1964 Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North Editing Editor N/A
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1964 Haida Carver Editing Editor N/A
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1964 Selkirk of Red River Editing Editor N/A
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1964 The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson Editing Editor N/A
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1961 Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle Editing Editor N/A
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1956 Sable Island Editing Editor N/A
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1950 Treasure Island Editing Assistant Editor 60
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Fishermen's Meeting Editing Editor N/A
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Dan Roberts on Fishing Editing Editor N/A
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Some Problems of Fogo Editing Editor N/A
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The Songs of Chris Cobb Editing Editor N/A
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Fogo's Expatriates Editing Editor N/A
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The Story of the Up Top Editing Editor N/A
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Tom Best on Co-operatives Editing Editor N/A
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Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare Editing Editor N/A
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Thoughts on Fogo and Norway Editing Editor N/A
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Citizen Discussions Editing Editor N/A
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Discussion on Welfare Editing Editor N/A
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Joe Kinsella on Education Editing Editor N/A
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