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Bookmark or Share- Benjamin Grierson - WikipediaBenjamin Henry Grierson (July 8, 1826 – August 31, 1911) was a music teacher, then a career officer in the United States Army. He was a cavalry general in the volunteer Union Army during the Civil War and later led troops in the American Old West.
- John Grierson | The Canadian EncyclopediaJohn Grierson. Article by James H. Marsh. Published Online December 3, 2007. Last Edited October 7, 2022. John Grierson, film producer (born 26 April 1898 in Deanston, Scotland; died 19 February 1972 in Bath, England). His ancestors were lighthouse keepers and his father was a school teacher.
- John Grierson | Documentary Filmmaker, Documentary Pioneer ... - BritannicaJohn Grierson (born April 26, 1898, Kilmadock, Stirlingshire, Scot.—died Feb. 19, 1972, Bath, Somerset, Eng.) was the founder of the British documentary-film movement and its leader for almost 40 years. He was one of the first to see the potential of motion pictures to shape people’s attitudes toward life and to urge the use of films for ...
- A Profile of John Grierson, Godfather of DocCinemaA Profile of John Grierson, Godfather of DocCinema. By Peter Biesterfeld. The orbit of John Grierson’s legacy touches almost everything we know about documentary. The five-foot something Scotsman with an orator’s voice single-handedly birthed the documentary form when cinema itself was still in its infancy. Just as Orson Welles pushed ...
- John GriersonJohn Grierson. Dr. John Grierson CBE (1898-1972) was born in Perthshire, Scotland, son of a local school headmaster. He studied philosophy at Glasgow University, but was drawn into film-making through post-graduate study in the US on the influence of mass media on public opinion. His ground-breaking work on the Scottish herring fleet, Drifters ...
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