Allan King

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

RECENT CREDITS

Dying at Grace (FILM) May. 23, 2007

Termini Station (FILM) May. 31, 1991

Memories of Me (FILM) Sep. 28, 1988

Come On Children (FILM) Jan. 1, 1972

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BIOGRAPHY

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Internationally acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Allan King is among his country's best filmmakers. His most famous film is his debut Warrendale, a wrenching documentary examination of life in a home for emotional disturbed teens. So brutal and disturbing was the 1966 made-for-television film that neither the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation nor the BBC would air the film. He released it theatrically in 1966 and it won a prize at Cannes and earned him a reputation as a major filmmaker. King was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. Before becoming a director he obtained a degree in philosophy, worked as a cabbie and traveled throughout Europe. In 1954 he began working for the CBC and became a television director in 1956. During the '60s, King began working independently as a director and producer. Later he took much of the footage he had not used in Warrendale and used it to create Children in Conflict, an 18-part television series. In addition to producing and directing features and television shows in Canada, King has also made films in Great Britain.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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