KING, Allan 1930–
(Allan Winton King)

PERSONAL

Born February 6, 1930, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Education: University of British Columbia, degree in philosophy. Avocational Interests: Travel.

Addresses: Agent —Ralph Zimmerman, Great North Artists Management, Inc., 350 Duponte, Toronto, Ontario M5R 1V9, Canada.

Career: Director, producer, and writer. CBUT–TV (CBC affiliate), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, worked as television producer, 1954–56, director, beginning 1956; Allan King Associates, founder and principal; filmmaker in London, early 1960s. Also worked as a cab driver.

Member: Directors Guild of Canada (founding member, former president, former chief executive officer), Film Studies Association of Canada.

Awards, Honors: Canadian Film Award, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, television information category, 1958, for Skid Row; Canadian Film awards, film of the year, best feature film, and best direction, and Prix d'art et d'essai, Cannes International Film Festival, all 1967, special award, National Society of Film Critics, best feature–length documentary, 1968, Film Award (with others), British Academy of Film and Television Arts, outstanding foreign film, New York Critics Award, and designation as a masterwork, AV Preservation Trust, Canada, 2002, all for Warrendale; Golden Reel Award, Canadian Film awards, 1978, and grand prize, Paris International Film Festival, both for Who Has Seen the Wind; Canadian Film Award, outstanding television drama, 1978, for One Night Stand; Genie Award nomination, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, best achievement in direction, 1982, for Silence of the North; Banff Festival Award, best television drama, 1983, for Ready for Slaughter; Gemini Award nomination, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, best direction in a dramatic or comedy series, 1988, for Danger Bay; Award for Excellence in Canadian Cinema, Ontario Film Institute, 1988; Genie Award nomination, best motion picture, 1990, for Termini Station; Gemini Award, best direction in a dramatic or comedy series, 1993, for Road to Avonlea; Gemini Award nomination, best direction in a dramatic or comedy series, 1994, for By Way of the Stars; Lifetime Achievement Award, Hot Docs (Canadian international documentary film festival), 1998; nomination for Donald Brittain Award, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, best social or political documentary program, 1999, and M. Joan Chalmers Documentarian Award for Film and Video, 2000, both for The Dragon's Egg; decorated officer, Order of Canada, 2003; honored by retrospectives of his work.

CREDITS

Film Director and Producer:

Where Will They Go? (documentary), 1958.

Josef Drenters (documentary), 1961.

The Peacemakers (documentary), 1963.

Bjorn's Inferno (short film), 1964.

Running Away Backwards (short film), Allan King Associates/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1964.

Warrendale (documentary), Columbia, 1967.

A Married Couple (documentary), Aquarius Releasing, 1970.

Come On Children (documentary), Allan King Associates, 1973.

(As Allan Winton King) Who Has Seen the Wind, Astral Films, 1977, then Janus Films, 1982.

Termini Station, 1989, Northern Arts Entertainment, 1991.

Dying at Grace (documentary), Allan King Associates, 2003.

Film Director:

The Pemberton Valley, 1957.

Bullfight (documentary), 1959.

Report from Saigon (documentary), 1959.

The Field Day (short film), Allan King Associates, 1963.

The Most Unlikely Millionaire (documentary), 1964.

Mortimer Griffin, Shalinsky, and How They Settled the Jewish Question (short film), 1971.

Delilah (short film), 1972.

Baptizing (short film), 1974.

Pity the Poor Piper (short film), 1974.

Silence of the North, Universal, 1981.

Also director of the documentary Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up.

Film Producer:

Gyppo Logging (documentary), 1956.

The Yukoner (documentary), 1956.

The Private World of James Jones (documentary), 1967.

Film Work; Other:

Pursuit of Happiness (documentary), 1962.

Lynn Seymore: Our Dancing Export (documentary), 1964.

Who Is Oscar Niemeyer? (documentary), 1966.

The New Woman (documentary), 1968.

Executive producer, Who Is Vasarely? (documentary), 1968.

Can I Count You In?, 1972.

Film Appearances:

Blockmark, 1996.

Television Director; Series:

(And producer) Children in Conflict: A Talk with Irene (film series; also known as Children in Conflict ), beginning 1967.

Television Director; Specials:

Skid Row, CBC, 1956.

Interview with Orson Welles, CBC, 1960.

A Matter of Pride, CBC, 1961.

A Bird in the House, 1973.

Red Emma, CBC, 1974.

Maria, CBC, 1977.

The Last Season, CBC, 1986.

The Dragon's Egg, TV Ontario, 1998.

Leonardo: A Dream of Flight, HBO, 1998.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Rickshaw," Close–Up, CBC, 1960.

"Morocco" (documentary), Close–Up, CBC, 1961.

"Unconditional Surrender," Home Fires, 1983.

"Red Wind," Phillip Marlowe, Private Eye, HBO, 1985.

"Blackmailers Don't Shoot," Phillip Marlowe, Private Eye, HBO, 1986.

Danger Bay, multiple episodes, CBC, 1985–1990, The Disney Channel, 1986– 1992.

"Root of All Evil," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday's Curse and Friday the 13th: The Series ), syndicated, 1987.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USA Network, multiple episodes, 1987–1989.

"Dream Me a Life," The Twilight Zone, syndicated, 1988.

"Four Eyes," Bordertown (also known as La deux font la loi ), CanWest Global Television and The Family Channel, 1990.

"Get a Job," Dracula: The Series, syndicated, 1990.

"The Great Tickler," Dracula: The Series, syndicated, 1990.

"The Vampire Solution," Dracula: The Series, syndicated, 1990.

"You Can Run," Neon Rider, syndicated, 1990.

Road to Avonlea (also known as Avonlea and Tales from Avonlea ), CBC and The Disney Channel, multiple episodes, 1990–1996.

"All the King's Horses," Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House, Showtime, 1991.

"Belfast Says No," Lightning Force, 1991.

"Fallout:Parts 1 & 2," Lightning Force, 1991.

"The Girl Most Likely," Madison, [Canada], 1991.

"Last Pick," Madison, [Canada], 1991.

"Smart Bullet," Lightning Force, 1991.

"Sophie, Queen of the Night," Dracula: The Series, syndicated, 1991.

"The Learning Curve," Odyssey III, 1994.

"The Possessed," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1994.

"Temple," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1994.

"Monkey See, Monkey Do," Ready or Not, The Disney Channel, c. 1994.

"Citizen Caine," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1995.

"Eye Witness," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1995.

"Three's a Crowd," Ready or Not, The Disney Channel, c. 1995.

"Under One Roof," Ready or Not, The Disney Channel, c. 1995.

"I Do, I Don't," Ready or Not, The Disney Channel, c. 1996.

"Your Own Money," Ready or Not, The Disney Channel, c. 1997.

Twice in a Lifetime, PAX TV, multiple episodes, 1999–2000.

Also directed "Yugoslavia," Close–Up, CBC.

Television Producer; Episodic:

"Batista," Close–Up, CBC, 1959.

"Morocco" (documentary), Close–Up, CBC, 1961.

"The Sound of Christopher Plummer," Telescope, CBC, 1964.

Executive producer, "Who Is Max Frisch?," Who Is?, CBC, 1968.

"Six War Years," Take 30, CBC, 1975.

Television Director; Other:

Dreams, CBC, 1962.

Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait, CBC, 1963.

One Night Stand (movie), CBC, 1978.

Ready for Slaughter, 1983.

Tucker and the Horse Thief, 1985.

By Way of the Stars (miniseries; also known as Der Lange Weg des Lukas B. ), CBC, 1992, then The Disney Channel, 1994.

Television Producer; Other:

Portrait of a Harbour (special), CBC, 1956.

Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait, CBC, 1963.

One Night Stand (movie), CBC, 1978.

Who's in Charge?, CBC, 1983.

The Dragon's Egg (special), TV Ontario, 1998.

WRITINGS

Screenplays; Documentaries:

Josef Drenters, 1961.

The Peacemakers, 1963.

The Most Unlikely Millionaire, 1964.

Teleplays:

"A Matter of Pride," Close–Up (episodic), CBC, 1961.

"Morocco" (documentary), Close–Up (episodic), CBC, 1961.

Dreams, CBC, 1962.

"Old Quarrels, Old Love," Road to Avonlea (episodic; also known as Avonlea and Tales from Avonlea ), CBC and The Disney Channel, 1990.

Nonfiction:

Allan King: Filmmaker, edited by Seth Feldman, Toronto International Film Festival/Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Allan King Films, http://allankingfilms.com, April 7, 2004.

Northern Stars, http://www.northernstars.ca, April 13, 2004.