- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 25, 1939
- Place of Birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- March 28, 2005
Robin Spry
Robin Spry (October 25, 1939 – March 28, 2005) was a Canadian film director and television producer and screenwriter. Spry was perhaps best known for his documentary films Action: The October Crisis of 1970 and Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis about Quebec's October Crisis. Robin Spry was born in Toronto, Ontario to Canadian broadcast pioneer Graham Spry and economic historian Irene Spry. After studies at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, Spry began his filmmaking career in 1964 at the National Film Board in Montreal, earning a place on its payroll in 1965 and remaining there until stepping down in 1978. While at the NFB Spry built a reputation as a documentarist engaged with the issues of the day, with films on abortion, youth rebellion, and contemporary politics. His Prologue documented the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, w…
Filmography
tvCharlie Jade
2005 · Producer
movieStudent Seduction
2003 · Producer
tvThe Lost World
1999 · Executive Producer
tvBig Wolf on Campus
1999 · Producer
movieNightmare Man
1999 · Executive Producer
movieThe Windsor Protocol
1998 · Executive Producer
movieThunder Point
1998 · Executive Producer
tvStudent Bodies
1997 · Producer
movieMidnight Man
1997 · Executive Producer
movieOn Dangerous Ground
1996 · Co-Executive Producer
tvSirens
1993 · Producer
movieA Cry in the Night
1992 · Writer, Producer, Director
movieAn Imaginary Tale
1991 · Producer
movieMalarek
1988 · Producer
movieStraight for the Heart
1988 · Producer
movieHitting Home
1988 · Story, Producer, Director
movieKeeping Track
1987 · Director, Story
movieSuzanne
1981 · Director, Writer
movieKings and Desperate Men
1981 · Harry Gibson
movieDrying Up the Streets
1978 · Director
movieOne Man
1977 · Director, Writer
movieAction : The October Crisis of 1970
1974 · , Director, Producer, Writer
movieReaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis
1973 · Director, Producer
Downhill
movieDownhill
1973 · Director, Producer
movieQuebec: Duplessis and After...
1972 · Narrator - Durham Report (1838)
Prologue
moviePrologue
1970 · Director, Producer
movieThe Ernie Game
1968 · Assistant Director
Flowers on a One-Way Street
movieFlowers on a One-Way Street
1968 · Director, Writer
movieRide for Your Life
1967 · Director
Illegal Abortion
movieIllegal Abortion
1967 · Director, Writer
movieLittle White Crimes
1966 · Writer
Miner
movieMiner
1966 · Director, Writer
Change in the Maritimes
movieChange in the Maritimes
1966 · Director, Writer
movieYou Don't Back Down
1965 · Script, Writer