Paul Almond

Paul Almond

Paul Almond OC RCA (April 26, 1931 – April 9, 2015) was a Canadian television and motion picture screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is most known for being the director of the first film in the Up series. Paul Almond was born to Rene Almond and Eric Almond. He attended Bishop's College School, McGill University and Balliol College, Oxford University, where he read Philosophy, Politics, Economics; edited the University magazine, Isis; played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club; and served as president of the university Poetry Society. At the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he worked primarily as a director and producer, and also wrote several scripts. He did similar work in England for the BBC, ABC Weekend TV, and Granada TV, where he created the ground-breaking documentary Seven Up!, before embarking on a career as a feature-length film-maker. In the late 1960s, he attempted to establish a high quality Canadian art cinema with his understated and highly interiorized films Isabel (1968), The Act of the Heart (1970) and Journey (1972), featuring his wife at the time, actress Geneviève Bujold. These films met some critical resistance in Canada, but the trilogy was Almond's most ambitious work and a distinctive contribution to Canadian film. After an absence from filmmaking of almost a decade, Almond directed three more films: Ups and Downs (1983); Captive Hearts (1987); and The Dance Goes On (1991), featuring Bujold and their son Matthew Almond. In addition to his television and film work, Almond also produced and directed several plays for television by such authors as Henrik Ibsen, Tennessee Williams, Harold Pinter, William Shakespeare, as well as creating his own adaptations of works by Jane Austen, Emily Brontë, Henry James, Somerset Maugham, among others. In later years, Almond authored eight novels in the Alford Saga. The final novel is titled The Inheritor, a stand-alone autobiographical roman à clef about the remarkable life, loves, agonies, achievements and awards of a prestigious Canadian movie producer, director, and author. It was published in April 2015 by Red Deer Press. Almond was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001, and given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Directors Guild of Canada in 2007. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Almond was first married to National Ballet of Canada leading dancer Angela Leigh, then to Geneviève Bujold from 1967 to 1974. Their son, Matthew James Almond, was born in 1968. In 1976 he married photographer Joan Harwood Elkins. Almond maintained a home in Malibu, California, in addition to the Almond hereditary family farm in Shigawake, Quebec. Almond died on April 9, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California, of cardiac problems from which he had suffered for several years.

  • Title: Paul Almond
  • Popularity: 1.441
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1931-04-26
  • Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Paul Almond Movies

  • 1964
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    Seven Up!

    Seven Up!

    7.2 1964 HD

    A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. The filmmakers plan to re-interview...

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  • 1964
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    Seven Up!

    Seven Up!

    7.2 1964 HD

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  • 1987
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    Captive Hearts

    Captive Hearts

    6.8 1987 HD

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  • 1968
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    Isabel

    Isabel

    5.2 1968 HD

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  • 1970
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    Act of the Heart

    Act of the Heart

    4 1970 HD

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  • 1972
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    Journey

    Journey

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Journey

    Journey

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1964
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    Seven Up!

    Seven Up!

    7.2 1964 HD

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  • 1962
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    Backfire!

    Backfire!

    5 1962 HD

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  • 1970
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    Act of the Heart

    Act of the Heart

    4 1970 HD

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  • 1980
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    Final Assignment

    Final Assignment

    4 1980 HD

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  • 1970
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    Act of the Heart

    Act of the Heart

    4 1970 HD

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  • 1981
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    Ups & Downs

    Ups & Downs

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Dance Goes On

    The Dance Goes On

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Dance Goes On

    The Dance Goes On

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1961
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    MacBeth

    MacBeth

    4.1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    MacBeth

    MacBeth

    4.1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    MacBeth

    MacBeth

    4.1 1961 HD

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  • 1968
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    Isabel

    Isabel

    5.2 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    Isabel

    Isabel

    5.2 1968 HD

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  • 1966
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    Neighbours

    Neighbours

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Dumb Waiter

    The Dumb Waiter

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1981
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    Ups & Downs

    Ups & Downs

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    Ups & Downs

    Ups & Downs

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1993
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    Doppelganger

    Doppelganger

    5 1993 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Dance Goes On

    The Dance Goes On

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    A coroner searches for truth and justice with the help of his friends, while trying to hold his family together. (inspired by the headlines of Dr....

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967....

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  • 1970
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    7.736 1970 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1970
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    7.7 1970 HD

    A series of documentaries that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old.

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  • 1970
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    7.7 1970 HD

    A series of documentaries that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old.

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