Dennis Sawyer

Editing

Biography

Over the course of his 30-year-long career at the NFB (1955–1987), Dennis Sawyer produced a large body of work, not only as a director (12 titles) and producer (90 titles) but also as an editor (150 titles), sound technician (4 titles) and cast member (1 title). He started out as a sound technician and film editor in 1955, and his first credit as a director came in 1970. He produced his last film in 1987. His impressive and versatile career saw Sawyer working on a range of films that dealt with a variety of topics, from the Canada Vignettes series and the Fogo Island project to films about Latin America or Africa. Sawyer also directed the timeless depictions of the first four editions of the Arctic Winter Games (from 1970 to 1976), which featured many sports typically included in Olympic competitions but with a specific focus on Indigenous sports.

As actor 1

On the crew 48

Treasure Island poster
Treasure Island
1950
Who Were the Ones? poster
Who Were the Ones?
1972
Haida Carver poster
Haida Carver
1964
Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle, or Mutilate
1967
Citizen Discussions
1967
Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle
1961
A Wedding and Party poster
A Wedding and Party
1967
Sable Island poster
Sable Island
1956
Selkirk of Red River poster
Selkirk of Red River
1964
The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson poster
The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
1964
The Founding of the Co-operatives
1967
Billy Crane Moves Away poster
Billy Crane Moves Away
1967
Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay
1967
Where There's Smoke
1970
Fogo's Expatriates
1967
Introduction to Fogo Island poster
Introduction to Fogo Island
1968
Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare
1967
A Woman's Place poster
A Woman's Place
1967
When I Go - That's It! poster
When I Go - That's It!
1972
Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North poster
Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North
1964
Discussion on Welfare
1967
Some Problems of Fogo
1967
The Story of the Up Top
1967
The Mercer Family poster
The Mercer Family
1967
U 111 Dryout Experiment
1971
Blades and Brass poster
Blades and Brass
1967
The Fogo Island Improvement Committee poster
The Fogo Island Improvement Committee
1967
McGraths at Home and Fishing poster
McGraths at Home and Fishing
1967
War II: Total War
1965
The Songs of Chris Cobb
1967
Fishermen's Meeting
1967
Thoughts on Fogo and Norway
1967
Jim Decker Builds a Longliner poster
Jim Decker Builds a Longliner
1967
Jim Decker's Party poster
Jim Decker's Party
1967
Dan Roberts on Fishing
1967
Canada Vignettes: Wop May
1979
The Longer Trail
1956
The Children of Fogo Island poster
The Children of Fogo Island
1967
Tom Best on Co-operatives
1967
Reconstruction of the NRX Reactor 1970
1973
Sons of Haji Omar poster
Sons of Haji Omar
1978
On the Critical Path
1971
William Wells Talks About The Island poster
William Wells Talks About The Island
1967
Canadians Can Dance!
1966
On Power Refuelling poster
On Power Refuelling
1971
The Second Arctic Winter Games poster
The Second Arctic Winter Games
1972
Joe Kinsella on Education
1967
The Merchant and the Teacher
1967