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1 day ago · John Grierson, born in Deanston, Scotland, is widely regarded as the father of the British documentary-film movement. His early exposure to strong social and political ideas shaped his pioneering vision for using film as a tool for education and social change. Early Years and Education. John Grierson was born on April 26, 1898, in Deanston ...
4 days ago · A deliberate effort to combine the directness and relevance of Flaherty’s Nanook (1922) with the stylistic innovations of Eisenstein et al. Director John Grierson also wanted to point the camera at ordinary people—working-class heroes—near the heart of an empire, for the sake of representing them.
4 days ago · The best known of them is John Grierson, founder of the British Documentary Film Movement, who insisted that his energetic and influential filmmakers ‘looked northwards’; and many films were made by Scots (like Harry Watt) and on Scottish themes. Less known but no less influential is John Maxwell, who ran one of Britain’s most successful ...
4 days ago · An early maker of documentaries, John Grierson (1898-1972) is believed to have coined the term documentary in about 1926. "Drifters" is about the North Sea Herring fishery. Running at about 61 minutes, the film was made on a budget of about 3,000 British pounds (1929 money).
3 days ago · EE210/G was later sent to the U.S. for evaluation in exchange for a pre-production Bell YP-59A Airacomet, the Meteor being flown first by John Grierson at Muroc Army Airfield on 15 April 1944.
3 days ago · The Grierson Trust and Creators Counsel have announced a new partnership which will incorporate specialist legal and compliance training modules into the prestigious Grierson DocLab industry training and mentoring schemes.
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4 days ago · The Linguistic Survey of India, was carried out between 1894 and 1928. A project of the British Raj, the survey was compiled and edited by George A. Grierson, an official of the Indian Civil Service. Often referred to as Grierson’s survey or LSI, this was the first language survey of British India.
