Paul Almond
Paul Almond began his career producing and directing over 100 television dramas for the CBC, the BBC, ABC and Granada TV in England (where he created the landmark documentary 7Up). He has won numerous awards, among them 12 Genies and a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Foreign Picture. He has written, produced and directed motion pictures for such major studios as Paramount, Universal and MGM. His trilogy of ‘Isabel’, ‘Act of the Heart’, and ‘Journey’ is considered part of the Canadian film canon. A retrospective of his films toured Canada in 2000-2001. He has also written or adapted a dozen plays for television and five screenplays for motion pictures. He published ‘High Hopes: Coming of Age at the Mid Century’. He was recently appointed to the Order of Canada.
