Terence Macartney-Filgate OC was a British-Canadian filmmaker.
He directed, wrote, produced, or photographed over 100 films over a 50-year career.
Terence Macartney-Filgate cause of death
He died from an unknown illness.
Macartney-Filgate received Hot Docs’ exceptional accomplishment award in May 2011, which featured a retrospective of his work.
Macartney-Filgate was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011.
Terence Macartney-Filgate was a pioneering documentary filmmaker and cinematographer who contributed to the unscripted, observational style of shooting that is now ubiquitous in reality television.
Throughout his 60-year career, he was a frequent collaborator with the National Picture Board of Canada, and in 1956, he directed his first film for the public filmmaker, Emergency Rescue – T33 Jet Aircraft.
He pioneered the free-form, fly-on-the-wall documentary genre in the United States with films such as The Days Before Christmas (1958), Blood and Fire (1958), Police (1958), and the ground-breaking The Backbreaking Leaf (1959).
Macartney-Filgate directed 31 films for the NFB, the latest of which, the three-part Canada Remembers, was finished in 1995.
Terence Macartney-Filgate wife and children
He was believed to be married as of 2022.
Terence Macartney-Filgate net worth
He was worth 3 million at the time of his death.
He made lots of money from his movies and tv shows.
Terence Macartney-Filgate funeral
His funeral is yet to be held
