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John Grierson

Born

in Deanson, near Doune, Stirlingshire, Scotland

April 26, 1898

Died

February 19, 1972

Genre

Film

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John Grierson was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. In 1926, he coined the term "documentary" in a review of Robert Flaherty's Moana.

Grierson graduated from the University of Glasgow with a Master of Arts in English and moral philosophy in 1923. He was awarded a Rockefeller Research Fellowship to study in the United States at the University of Chicago, and later at Columbia and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research focus was the psychology of propaganda - the impact of the press, film, and other mass media on forming public opinion.

In 1927, Grierson was employed as an Assistant Films Officer of the Empire Marketing Board (EMB), a governmental agency whi ...more

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	Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary by Kevin Macdonald, Frederick Wiseman, Béla Balázs 4.06 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grierson on Documentary by John Grierson, Forsyth Hardy (Introduction) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1946 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grierson on the Movies by John Grierson, Forsyth Hardy (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Principios de cine documental by Robert Edmonds, John Grierson, Richard Barsam really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eyes of Democracy by John Grierson, Ian Lockerbie 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Documentary News Letter, 1944, Vol. 5 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1944 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grierson on Documentary; with American Notes by Richard Griffith and Mary Losey by John Grierson, Richard Griffith (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mary Losey (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1946	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A mind for the future: The Saint Andrew's Day lecture broadcast in the Scottish Home Service of the B.B.C., 30th November 1962 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Challenge to the Poles: Highlights of Arctic And Antarctic Aviation 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Art Is Not A Mirror - It Is A Hammer.”
― John Grierson

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“The problem seemed especially important to the Scot in 1938. Never before had he so needed to summon up his strength of character and remember his traditions. No country was more badly hit by the economic changes between the wars... The shipping of men was our speciality, and for the first time probably in Scotland's history the younger generation had of necessity to look at its own country and see what could be done about it... A first duty was the articulation of Scottish problems to the Scot and the firing of his mind and heart to the need of his generation... to interpret, and where possible, dramatize the growing points in Scottish life... using the cinema to maintain the national will.”
― John Grierson, Grierson on Documentary

tags: 1938, documentary, films-of-scotland, scotland, the-depression

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“You know the programme which takes the sunlight out of the morning, the chlorophyll from the earth's green finger-tips and sweet song from the bellies of birds, regularly at 12.10 hours of the Sabbath day? They are yattering away about the Arts - and I was saying to myself: the more I hear of some folk the more deeply fascinated I am by hedging and ditching.”
― John Grierson, John Grierson's Scotland

tags: bbc

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