William Weintraub was raised in Montreal and educated at McGill University before becoming a journalist and later a filmmaker for the National Film Board. In a film career spanning decades, Weintraub was involved with more than 150 NFB productions, serving variously as writer, producer and director. He was the author of three novels, Crazy About Lili, Why Rock the Boat?, and The Underdogs, as well as the non-fiction books, City Unique, and Getting Started. In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
William Weintraub
About the Author
Books written by William Weintraub
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City Unique: Montreal Days and Nights in the 1940s and ’50s
Published in 1997
- Winner — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 1997
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Getting Started: A Memoir of the 1950s
Published in 2001
- Finalist — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 2001
