Quote of the day
That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
John Grierson
Born: April 26, 1898
Died: February 19, 1972 (aged 73)
Bio: John Grierson was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. In 1926, Grierson coined the term "documentary" in a review of Robert Flaherty's Moana.
Known for:
- Drifters (1929)
- Night Mail (1936)
- The Song of Ceylon (1934)
- Coal Face (1935)
- Granton Trawler (1934)