Michael Maclear
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Michael Maclear (born 1929)[1] is an award-winning Canadian journalist, documentary filmmaker,[2] and former correspondent for various CBC programs and for CTV's W5.[3] He is the great-great-grand-nephew of South African astronomer Sir Thomas Maclear.[4]
Born in London, UK in 1929, Maclear moved to Canada in 1954 and joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation the next year. As a foreign correspondent for CBC (1961–1971) and the CTV Television Network, he travelled to more than 80 countries.[1]
He has received numerous awards, including an ACTRA Award for "Best Broadcaster", three Gemini Awards, and the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association's Personal Achievement Award.[1] In 2004, he won the "Outstanding Achievement Award" at Hot Docs, an annual documentary film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, where he was also honoured with a 13-film retrospective.[3]
His daughter, Kyo Maclear, wrote the novel The Letter Opener, published in Canada by HarperCollins in 2007.[citation needed]
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[edit] Selected filmography
- Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War (1980), producer[5]
- The Canadians (1988), writer and executive producer, for CTV[6]
- America at War (2004), director[7]
[edit] Selected publications
- The ten thousand day war: Vietnam, 1945-1975 (1981, Methuen; ISBN 0-45895170-6)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c *University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library: Michael Maclear papersPDF (193 KiB). Accessed 7 July 2007
- ^ Dixon, Guy. "Confronting ghosts of Vietnam: Michael Maclear's new documentary revisits his coverage of Vietnam, drawing parallels to Iraq, GUY DIXON reports", The Globe and Mail, 18 March 2004. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^ a b Lacey, Liam. "War at forefront of film festival", The Globe and Mail, 31 March 2004. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^ Ostroff, Joshua. "Television: Welcome to the holidays, bitch", Eye Weekly, Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd, 2005-12-15. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War. MediaRights. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ videocassette citation (Lirico.ca)
- ^ "Last chance for Hot Docs", Eye Weekly, Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd, 2004-04-29. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
[edit] External links
- Michael Maclear at the Internet Movie Database
- University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library: Michael Maclear papersPDF (193 KiB)
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