Peter Pearson
Canadian film director and screenwriter
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Peter Pearson is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Biography Pearson studied political science and economics at the University of Toronto and television production at Ryerson Institute of Technology before attending film school in Rome. Upon his return to Canada, his first job was as a journalist for the Timmins Daily Press. In 1964 he was hired by the CBC and worked there for two years as a director-producer-writer. He joined the NFB in 1966 where he began making documentaries, including three with American social activist Saul Alinsky. His work received nineteen Canadian Film Awards – more than any other Canadian director. His two most notable features – The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar and Paperback Hero – are landmarks in English-Canadian cinema. From 1975 to 1981 he served as a director on the TV series For The Record, and was responsible for the innovative and controversial episodes The Insurance Man from Ingersoll , Nest of Shadows , Kathy Karuks is a Grizzly Bear , The Tar Sands and Snowbirds .
